HASTINGS ROCKS 2024 Screening Schedule is now available!
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Hastings Rocks
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Festival Director's Message |
Dr James Rowlins
Festival Director |
"HASTINGS is an extraordinary coven of creatives, filmmakers and musicians from all walks of life and is fast becoming one of the premier sites in the UK for film and television production. The town’s unique identity has been forged over the course of more than a thousand years of history. As every schoolchild knows, the Battle of Hastings in 1066 saw the demise of King Harold and the birth of modern England.
Gangs of smugglers have inhabited a maze of ancient cliffside caves since the Middle Ages. The town was made into a bustling resort by the Victorians, who built splendid – now decaying – Gothic buildings, while sadly allowing poverty and disease to run riot. The occultist Aleister Crowley spent his final year here, allegedly casting a spell on the town prohibiting those born in Hastings from leaving. Today, Hastings is famed for its vibrant festivities: Jack in the Green, Fat Tuesday, Bonfire Night, etc – now joined, with great pride, by the Hastings Rocks International Film Festival. We're sure you'll find this wonderful town the perfect backdrop to share your film with fellow artists." |
Screening Events
The 3rd edition of the festival will take place 12-14 April 2024 at the PRINTWORKS, a unique arts space in the old Hastings Observer building off the cyberpunk Gotham Alley, often used in film productions. Please see SCREENINGS for more information. HRIFF 2023 screened 66 films (including 6 feature films) to over 500 attendees. The comedian Jo Brand hosted our awards ceremony and gave a Q&A following the screening of her acclaimed film "The More You Ignore Me." |
Festival Partners
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