UK tour dates announced for A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
The dates and venues have been announced for the UK screening and Q&A tour of Mark Cousins’ latest feature A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Featuring Tilda Swinton as the voice of Scottish painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, and a gorgeous score composed by Linda Buckley, this feature documentary tells the story of a remarkable artist and a magnificent obsession.
UK Q&A Tour
12 October – London Phoenix East Finchley (+ Q&A with Mark Cousins)
13 October – London The Garden Cinema (+Q&A with Mark Cousins)
16 October – Glasgow GFT (+ Q&A with Mark Cousins)
19 October – Bath Film Festival (+ Q&A with Mark Cousins)
21 October – Plymouth Plymouth Arts Centre (+ Q&A with Mark Cousins)
22 October – Falmouth The Poly (+ Q&A with Mark Cousins)
23 October – St. Ives The Royal Cinema (+ Q&A with Mark Cousins)
24 October – Bristol Watershed (+ Q&A with Mark Cousins)
25 October – Belfast Queen’s Film Theatre (+ Q&A with Mark Cousins)
29 October – Edinburgh The Cameo (+ Q&A with Mark Cousins)
1 November – Stirling Central Documentary Festival (+Q&A with Mark Cousins)
2 November – Dundee DCA (+ Q&A with Mark Cousins) – 2 November
3 November – Newcastle Tyneside Cinema (+ Q&A with Mark Cousins)
7 November – Woodbridge The Riverside (+ video Q&A with Mark Cousins)
Born with the gift of synaesthesia – associating letters, names and people with particular colours – Barns-Graham, or Willie as she was known, was a member of the St Ives circle of modernist artists who were active in the post-war era. In 1949, aged 36, she scaled a Swiss glacier, where she experienced an aesthetic and spiritual breakthrough which transformed her vision. Cousins reenacts this climb, and traces its resonance throughout the rest of her prolific life and career.
Willie’s inner thoughts, drawn from her private notebooks, are voiced by Tilda Swinton, a longtime fan of Barns-Graham’s art; Cousins uses his distinctive storytelling style to paint a unique portrait of Willie’s imagination.
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things is both the story of a remarkable artist, and a wider exploration of themes of gender, neurodiversity, climate change, and the nature of creativity from youth to old age. Two decades after her death in 2004, the film represents a major reassessment of Barns-Graham’s life and work, and her place in 20th century art.
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things will make its UK Premiere as part of the 77th Edinburgh International Film Festival on 21st August, followed by a cinema release across the UK and Ireland on 18 October.
