Eric Ravilious – Drawn to War: in-person screening and Q&A

**Please note this is an in-person event.**

Monday 26 September, 18:30 – 20:30

The Garden Cinema, 39-41 Parker Street London WC2B 5PQ

Tickets are limited to one per member.

Join WFTV for a screening of major new documentary Eric Ravilious – Drawn to War followed by an in conversation with writer, director and producer Margy Kinmonth, executive producer Maureen Murray and re recording mixer Kate Davis.

Eric Ravilious – Drawn to War, a Margy Kinmonth film, is a true story. One of Britain’s greatest landscape artists, Eric Ravilious, is killed in a plane crash while on commission as Official War Artist in Iceland in 1942. His life is as compelling and enigmatic as his art, set against the dramatic wartime locations that inspire him. This film brings to life this unique and still hugely undervalued British artist caught in the crossfire of war 80 years ago, whose legacy largely sank without trace, until now…

This is the first full length feature documentary about Eric Ravilious, told in his own words through previously unseen private correspondence. Shot entirely on location in UK, Portugal and Ireland, the film features Ai Weiwei, Alan Bennett, Grayson Perry, Robert Macfarlane, Freddie Fox, Tamsin Greig and many more.

This WFTV event is presented in partnership with Foxtrot Films & Dartmouth Films with the support of Directors Cut Films.

Event Schedule:

18:15: Guest arrivals

18:30: Screening begins

20:00: Q&A discussion with Margy Kinmonth and Kate Davis hosted by Maureen Murray

20:30: Finish

Margy Kinmonth is a BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker whose many credits include Eric Ravilious - Drawn To War (Foxtrot Films), Revolution - New Art For A New World (Foxtrot Films/Park Circus) marking the centenary of the 1917 Russian Revolution, Hermitage Revealed (Foxtrot Films / Arts Alliance) and Royal Paintbox (Foxtrot Films / ITV/ PBS) with HRH The Prince of Wales. Kinmonth’s series Naked Hollywood (BBC) won BAFTA Best Documentary Series. The Strange World of Barry Who? (BBC) about Francis Bacon won RTS Best Arts Film Award. War Art with Eddie Redmayne (Foxtrot Films / ITV) was nominated for BAFTA, RTS and Peabody Awards. Kinmonth is Winner of WFTV Creative Originality Award, 2009.

Kate Davis started her career in Post Production as a runner at BBC Birmingham, where she originally progressed down the picture route to assistant editor on their drama output. During this time, she felt a calling to the Dubbing Studios where she would watch and listen quietly at the back, and her passion for sound was born. She then spent 6 years in a dark room editing dialogues for Dalziel & Pascoe and Dangerfield, after which time, a slide into the factual and entertainment genre had her mixing The Hairy Bikers, Countryfile and Gardeners World within a few years. Since her move to Directors Cut Films as Head of Sound in 2012, she has mixed some of the UK's highest rating entertainment shows, including DNA Journeys, Travelman, and Great Canal Journeys, as well as impactful factual docs Extinction: The Facts, Bin Laden: The Road to 911 and The Last Mountain. Kate was nominated for a Bafta in 2019 for her work on Classic Albums - Amy Winehouse: 'Back to Black'.

Maureen Murray is a founder member and former Board Member of WFTV UK, a Producer Member of The Production Guild of Great Britain and BAFTA, a graduate of the European Audio-Visual Entrepreneurs and alumna of the European Film Business School. She has served as Mentor for WFTV, PGGB and The Grierson Trust. Murray is Executive Producer of Margy Kinmonth’s films produced through their company Foxtrot Films. She is an Emmy Award-Winning Producer, whose previous work includes films with directors Bille August, Dominic Murphy, Sarah Pia Anderson, Chris Hunt, Tony Palmer, Barrie Gavin and Ken Russell.

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