Tweed River Festival – Film Night

The festival’s second day concludes with an evening of film and discussion, centred on the premiere live performance of Jessie Growden’s new film, Bodies in Water, which has emerged out of Jessie’s month-long residency with Connecting Threads this summer. For its first outing, Bodies in Water is accompanied by a live narration.

Bodies in Water is suitable for people aged 15 and over. The film includes themes around climate anxiety; discussion of nudity, death, dealing with the UK Home Office, body image anxiety, foot fetishes, and animal abuse.

PROGRAMME

7.30pm – 9pm

• Jessie Growden, Bodies in Water (2025) 30 mins
  Bodies in Water is a story in film and on paper, partly a document of wild swimming, partly a diary of a summer spent longing, partly a fun fictional future of the rivers and the fish of the Tweed. Featuring live narration.
• Q&A with artist Jessie Growden
• Dario Di Liberti, Arab Fluids (2025) 7 mins
  Arab Fluids documents qanats in Palermo, still used in what is left of the prosperous Conca d’Oro citrus orchards, and the abandoned subterranean canals – both integral to cultural heritage yet largely unacknowledged.
• Julia Parks, Wool Aliens (2023) 28 mins
  A journey into the historical and tactile entanglements between sheep’s wool, migrant plant seeds and the River Tweed. Made as part of a residency with Alchemy Film and Arts.

All tickets for Tweed River Festival are on a pay-what-you-can basis. We believe that everyone should be able to attend our programme. Paying for your ticket(s) will help support our continued activities.