A Portrait of the Artist Jacqueline Stanley Memory comes in small moments. Filmmaker Nichola Bruce unveils a nuanced and intimate family portrait, centering on the indomitable spirit of her mother, the visionary artist Jacqueline Stanley. Through a collage of small, profound moments, the film captures the essence of a determined woman’s extraordinary life, weaving…
Adapted by Nichola Bruce from the acclaimed photographic novel by Timothy O’Grady and Steve Pyke, I Could Read the Sky is a haunting and lyrical film about identity, love, loss and the isolation and loneliness of the immigrant. Dermot Healy movingly portrays a man reflecting upon his life, from his rural upbringing on the west…
Seen through the work of eight leading artists, Axis of Light, is a poignant and absorbing observation, of the beauty and mystery of the Middle East which is often ignored, especially today where anger and violence demand centre stage in our media and where stereotypes and prejudices distort our view of this region. Through the…
A short film from the Nichola Bruce Archive and also included in the archive project ’52 Weeks’.
Bitten by the ‘Moonbug’, photographer Steve Pyke set out on a journey across America in his search to meet and photograph the Apollo space pioneers. A journey in which he was to meet the adventurers, risk takers and dreamers who were behind one of the most historic endeavors of our time. From living rooms and…
The film Gifts, originated from eight objects that were traditionally given in England, to welcome a new child into the world: Egg, Coal, Evergreen, Salt, Candle, Bread, Coin and Silver. Each symbolic gift has been the theme of a public event, created by Artist Clare Whistler, in collaboration with leading artists, musicians, poets and documented…
CREEPING BUTTERCUP – RANUNCULUS REPENS Film By Nichola Bruce and Sam Sharples. Performance by Clare Whistler and Ellen Southern at Fabrica, Brighton. Film commissioned by Clare Whistler. Will be screening at the Stade Hall, Hastings, UK. October 2013
WEIGHING OF HEART Bruce + MarshallMoving Image Screening at Jerwood Gallery2.30 pm Apr 28th 2013 Hastings Film makers FestivalJerwood GalleryRock-a-Nore, Hastings.UK
MOONBUG Directed by Nichola Bruce Screening at Photofestival Milano. Apr 19th 2013 at the cinema Palestrina. Milan, Italy
PALE SHADOWS Directed by Sam Sharples and Nichola BruceAn adaption of Handel’s ALCINAPreview Screening at Hastings Film makers Festival8 pm Apr 26th 2013 St Leonards Film SocietyChristchurch Parish Centre,London Road, St Leonards. UKBased on the Barefoot Opera stage ProductionDirected by Jenny Miller and Polly Graham
MOONBUG Directed by Nichola Bruce Screening at Filmorama Apr 11th 2013 Prytania Theatre, with Steve Pyke New Orleans Film Society. USA in Association with MOONBUG Exhibition which opens 13th April 2013 at New Orleans Photo Alliance. USA
Axis of Light will be screening on 10th April 2013 Carroll University. 8th UNAFF Travelling Film Festival Waukesha, Wisconsin USA Director Pia Getty, Co director/ writer Nichola Bruce Edited by Justinian Buckley
Moonbug DVD available on Amazon from February 11th Bitten by the ‘Moonbug’, photographer Steve Pyke sets out on a journey across America in his search to meet and photograph the Apollo space pioneers. A journey in which he was to meet the adventurers, risk takers and dreamers who were behind one of the most historic…
AXIS OF LIGHT wins the prestigious UNAFF /Stanford Award for best Editing at United Nations Association Film Festival. One of only five awards given by UNAFF from over 650 documentary entries. UNAFF is one of the oldest documentary festivals in the US, known for its fearless Independence and Integrity. This year’s theme was Human Dignity.…
THINGS AS WE ARE and DREAM DREAM DREAM – extracts from the Randometer Archive are screening at Jerwood, Hastings UK as part of Black Huts Poetry Festival. Saturday 3 November at 15.00 With the films of Roland Jarvis and poets John Hall and Nicholas Johnson.
Moonbug, the award-winning documentary, will be screening at NASA Johnson Space Centre in Houston USA as part of an exhibition marking the anniversary of the END OF APOLLO. The exhibition will feature the photographs of leading photographer, Steve Pyke, and the Fase Archive, curated by Alistair Fairley and additional moving image work by Nichola Bruce.…