Sun 25 Sept - Sun 6 Nov
Innocence & Experience
Festivals & Series
Innocence and Experience is a season of films that centre around childhood and the loss of innocence.
Drawing inspiration from William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience, this film season focuses on contemporary filmmakers around the world who tell stories from the child’s perspective.
William Blake describes Songs of Innocence and Experience as “the two contrary states of the human soul.” The poems in Songs of Innocence are about a youthful, gullible character, who has a naive perspective on the world, while the poems in Songs of Experience are more self-aware, developed, and resilient.
The films presented in this season explore the subject of children’s lives and how they offer different perspectives on culture, religion, and society.
In partnership with the National Film and Television School, this short season is curated by Jaymini Mistry, MA Student in Film Studies, Programming and Curation at NFTS.
In partnership with the National Film and Television School, this short season is curated by Jaymini Mistry, MA Student in Film Studies, Programming and Curation at NFTS
Programme
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