This screening is a Knitflix Cinema presentation, inviting crafters and knitters to enjoy a relaxed 'lights-up' screening of the latest new releases and fashion based films in the comfort of the Electric Palace. Co-curated by Beryl Bailey in partnership with St Leonards' knitting and wool shop Flock.   

Every stitch tells a tale. International artists and knitters take a simple skein of yarn to create their extraordinary ideas and stories. Officially selected for SXSW and Goteborg Film Festival 2016, YARN is a poetic documentary which follows four international artists who are redefining the tradition of knit and crochet, bringing yarn out of the house and into the world.

Reinventing our relationship with this colourful tradition, YARN weaves together wool graffiti artists, circus performers, and structural designers into a visually-striking look at the women who are making a creative stance while building one of modern art’s hottest trends.

The film introduces us to the unique stories of characters from four different countries that use yarn in very different ways. Their view of the world is reflected through their passion with yarn as they travel around the world spreading their work. 

The characters all have one thing in common – they all work by hand and their work is in one way or another interacting with the environment; as part of architecture, the streets, nature and people.

“You have almost certainly never seen a better documentary on yarn than ‘YARN’…  thread and string should be jealous” New York Times

“A fanciful art doc for the craft-y among us.” The Hollywood Reporter

Additionally, YARN will be having its Canadian premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival on 2nd October.