Screenings

Exhibited at
Focal Point Gallery, UK. 24 July - 2nd September 2000 - solo show
'Digital Dialogues', Firstsite Gallery, UK. June 2001 - group show

Screenings
DNet, LUX Centre, London, Oct 2000

Festivals
International Festival of Women Directors, Creteil, France, March 2001 Harwich Film Festival, UK. 2001

Reviews
'An emotional rollercoaster... A very moving story...'
'The surreal images of a woman dressed in the style of the Fifties tripping her way round familiar scenes against a narration about the horror of the flood, somehow told the story of death and devastation more acutely than I would have thought possible.
To try and describe in words what is a very visual experience is unlikely to do it justice…
It’s an emotionally moving journey and one that I would like to recommend.
Sally King, Essex Evening Echo.

Artist Roz Mortimer has created a haunting film based on a terrible flood which devastated the seaside town of Southend in the 1950's. With Neverland, the impact and experience of the flood is translated into beautiful studies of a lost culture at the mercy of a fascinating natural phenomenon.
The themes that emerged continuously throughout the film were the loss of children and the power of photography. Roz brings these together in a fairytale landscape of regained history and meaning. The work not only evokes strong notes of a very different era, but is also reminiscent of Roz's earlier work as a sculptor. Shape, colour, fantasy and form are striking elements in the film's sequences, and Roz has found that her films are gradually evolving into a form closer to documentary film making.
Local children were central to the project, and older residents have joined Roz in emotional and poignant evocations of loss and comradeship.
Tamara Smith , East England Arts

"A most moving piece. It reminds me of my childhood - memories locked up and forgotten"
Focal Point Gallery Visitor’s Book

"Evocative and moving – a new perspective of the town for me"
Focal Point Gallery Visitor’s Book

Credits
Featuring Siobhan Nicholas
with Louis Apollo Pavlo, Jessica Sutton, Lucia Masoero, Ashleigh Hurford, Chloe Curtis, Samantha Kerr, Erica Toms, Kirstie Davis, Nicolle Crowhurst, Sophie Martin, Fay Beverton, Ava Northwood, Charlotte Gray

Narration Jane Wheeler

Camera Lynda Hall / Camera assistant Jamie Parrisis / Sound recording Jon Wilkinson / Costume Clara Apollo / Art Department Rachel Matthews / Special props Claire Robins / Make up Madeleine van Groenigen / Technical consultant Jeremy Williams

Script Edited from Hilda Grieve's 'The Great Tide' Courtesy of Essex County Council / Music Peter Grimes (Sea Interludes) by Benjamin Britten performed by the Royal Opera House Orchestra courtesy of EMI Records, Kindertotenlieder by Gustave Mahler performed by the Halle Orchestra Courtesy of EMI Records

A Year of the Artist project funded by East England Arts and Focal Point Gallery.

Produced and Directed Roz Mortimer

Filmed entirely on location in Southend-on-Sea, England.