Hull Film brings highly regarded documentary ISOLATION to The Lamp

The Lamp: 7.30pm (main feature starts at 8pm)

Running time: 70 mins (approx)

Tuesday 23^rd March

Cert: 18

Tickets £2, available on the door

Continuing its mission to showcase new and exciting films from across the world, Hull Film will bring astounding documentaryISOLATION - which received a rapturous reception when it screened at last year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival – to The Lamp on Tuesday 23^rd March. The film deals with the scandalous statistic that a quarter of British ex-soldiers sleep rough after they return home. An impressionistic portrait of the emotional and physical aftermath of war, the film follows photographer and ex-soldier Stuart Griffiths as he travels across England uncovering the stories behind the military statistics. This bold documentary explores the personal demons and uncertain futures faced by soldiers leaving the army.

Griffiths now photographs the 25% of British soldiers who find themselves on the streets after they leave active service. ISOLATIONeschews gritty realism, and goes for a dreamy and visually stunning aesthetic that is absolutely riveting. Griffiths is an engaging narrator and the people he interviews (including injured soldier Simon Brown in an astounding middle section) are honest and forthcoming.

Not about the morality of war and much more about the treatment of those who fight in our name, this is a vital and important documentary which has come from ultra-talented directors Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull. The film also has a local connection as David Procter, the Director of Photography who helped give the film it’s unique and beautiful look, is a former student of the Hull School of Art and Design

Hull Film Director Laurence Boyce said:

“ISOLATION is an important documentary that manages to not only deal with a sensitive subject in a careful and even handed way, but does so in a breathtaking way. It’s such a beautiful and moving piece of work and its style is quite unlike any documentary that you would have seen before. It marks out directors Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull as stunning talents, whose work over the coming years should mark them out as important UK talents working the film industry. Also it’s great to see that – after studying at the Hull School Art & Design - David Procter is currently one of the most sought after DOPs and directors in the UK whose stock should also rise massively over the coming years,”

For more information on the film go to www.instituteforeyes.co.uk

The screening will be the last Hull Film screening before GLIMMER: The Hull International Short Film Festival in association with the University of Hull. Running from 19^th-25^th April, the festival promises to bring some of the very best short films in the world alongside a number of special guests and wonderful surprises. Keep checking www.hullfilm.co.uk for more information on the programme.

For more information on Hull Film, and to get on the mailing list, email office@hullfilm.co.uk or ring 01482 381512. You can also find Hull Film on My Space at www.myspace.com/hullfilm whilst Glimmer, the Hull International Short Film Festival, has a Facebook Group at www.tinyurl.com/co8u9h