Birds Eye View Sound & Silents:

Featuring Imogen Heap, Micachu, Tara Busch, Seaming and the Holst Singers.

Birds Eye View presents specially commissioned live scores by cutting-edge female musicians alongside seminal silent films by women breaking ground in gothic, horror and surrealist cinema.

Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) + Seaming
Maya Deren's beautiful and poetic New American Cinema 'trance film', accompanied by PRS Atom Award-winning multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Seaming. Running time - 14 minutes.

Hansel and Gretel (1955) + Micachu
Animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger's starkly silhouetted Hansel and Gretel, with a score by experimental pop sensation Micachu. Running time - 10 minutes.

Suspense (1913) + Tara Busch
Lois Weber's genre-setting race-against-the-clock thriller, accompanied by ethereal and spellbinding performer Tara Busch. Running time - 10 minutes.

The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928) + Imogen Heap & the Holst Singers
Dulac's captivatingly macabre exploration of violence and erotica in a clergyman's unconscious mind - considered the first surrealist film - scored and conducted by Grammy and Novello Award-winning musical innovator Imogen Heap, and performed by the world-class Holst Singers. Running time - 41 minutes.

The Birds Eye View Film Festival 2011 runs from 8 - 17 March. For more information, visit birds-eye-view.co.uk/festival

Related Links
seaming.co.uk
roughtraderecords.com/micachu
tarabusch.com
imogenheap.com
holstsingers.com