closing gala
A TRIBUTE TO ACTOR DARREN KENT
SUNDAY 9 JUNE : 8.00PM
BALLROOM, PARK INN BY RADISSON PALACE
TICKETS: £9.00
This year’s Closing Gala will be a tribute to the dearly loved and missed Darren Kent, the actor, director, writer and producer who sadly passed away last year.
Darren was from Essex and regularly supported local actors and filmmakers, helping emerging creatives. He attended the Southend Film Festival and the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival every year. He trained at Italia Conti and appeared in many films and TV shows, including Blood Drive, Game of Thrones, Les Misérables and Mirrors.
Over the years Darren has made, and starred in numerous
films that have screened at this festival. His feature directorial debut, Abusing Protocol, the Southend Film Festival Closing Gala in 2015, was, deservedly, a sell-out.
This celebration of Darren’s life and achievements will include a selection of his short films and talks by industry professionals.
+ ARCHIVE OF LIFE WORLD PREMIERE
UK : 11m : Director Morgan Mackerness
This documentary short-film follows the story of The White Bus Cinema based in Southend-on-Sea. They keep the process of projecting real celluloid film alive by showing films from their archive of over 3,000 films, ranging from Super 8, 16mm, and 35mm prints. The film argues why it’s important to continue the shooting and projection process of film in our current age of digital shooting and projection in modern Hollywood, amidst the chaos of studios removing films from their streaming services.
