Bevis Bowden - Filmmaker

28/06/2023

New Position: Visiting Research Fellow at Merton College, Oxford

I am very excited to announce that I will be starting a new position as Visiting Research Fellow in the Creative Arts at Merton College, Oxford from October for a year.

We are very much looking forward to welcoming Bevis Bowden to the college in October as our eighth Visiting Research Fellow in the Creative Arts.

09/06/2023

New film by Bevis Bowden

AS IF OUR LIVES DEPENDED ON IT

A group of fell runners play out a thrilling game that brings centuries-old manhunting adventures into the climate crisis era.

A FILM BY BEVIS BOWDEN Creative Director Daniel Bye A group of fell runners play out a thrilling game that brings centuries-old manhunting adventures into the…

09/06/2023

New film by Bevis Bowden

LEARNING TO FLY (AGAIN)

In this meditation on illness and recovery, writer Daniel Bye returns to run on a favourite hill after a long period sidelined by chronic illness.

A FILM BY BEVIS BOWDEN Written and Performed by Daniel Bye In this meditation on illness and recovery, writer Daniel Bye returns to run on a favourite hill after…

12/01/2023

The Halstow Wassail 2023

If you happen to be in Devon, I can't recommend this enough. A wonderful night with wonderful hosts.

06/01/2023

The Halstow Wassail screening at Cecil Sharp House

Please join us at Cecil Sharp House on Wednesday 11th January for music and words and the screening of my film The Halstow Wassail.

06/10/2022

A New Venture: ISFRYN Filmmaking Workshops

After six years of documenting the natural history of Isfryn in mid Wales I’m very excited to announce that I’m now running filmmaking workshops from this beautiful location.

https://www.bevisbowdenfilms.co.uk/workshops

14/09/2022

New film by Bevis Bowden

HIRAETH | observations from isfryn

At the top of the bank, at the border with the common land, I found the hare. There are no border guards here, only hazel and stock fences. The gates and barbed wire serve a different purpose.

The Hare, though broadly free from man-made borders, was a timely reminder of the borderlines that exist between countries, between cultures, between people and, within each of us.

Filmed in mid Wales, August 2022.

ISFRYN which translates from the Welsh as 'under the bank' refers to an area of ancient common land and neighbouring fields in mid Wales. It is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

This is an ongoing project that offers an opportunity to capture extended moments - observations - of both wildlife and farming within the landscape they both inhabit.

Hiraeth is the eleventh film in the series.

You can see further observations from ISFRYN here:
https://www.bevisbowdenfilms.co.uk

At the top of the bank, at the border with the common land, I found the hare. There are no border guards here, only hazel and stock fences. The gates and barbed…

26/06/2022

New film by Bevis Bowden

THE WILD TOUR

by Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley

In May 2021, Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley set off from Northam Burrows, on Devon's north coast. They aimed to run 120 miles to the south coast, finishing in Dartmouth.

They stopped along the way in fields, farm yards, chapels, barns and orchards, to perform their show These Hills Are Ours.

This is the story of what they found - about the relationship between wild and controlled, about land ownership and about how far we are prepared to go for what we believe in.

The Wild Tour of Devon was a celebration of everything we'd all been unable to do over the past year: perform live, sing together, and run in places too wild to be accessible from our front doors.

It's a comeback tour with a difference.

The Wild Tour by Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley a film by Bevis Bowden In May 2021, Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley set off from Northam Burrows, on Devon's north…

23/05/2022

The Wild Tour at Beaford

I really hope you will be able to join Daniel, Boff and me for the Wild Tour's Devon premiere this Wednesday in Bideford.

Last year Dan and Boff went on a “Wild Tour of Devon” performing their show ‘These Hills are Ours’ in between running 120 miles across the county. Filmmaker Bevis Bowden documented this extraordinary journey the result of which is new film 'THE WILD TOUR'.

14/05/2022

The Wild Tour at the Hinterlands Film Festival

I really hope you will be able to join Daniel, Boff and me for the Wild Tour's premiere this Sunday at the Hinterlands Film Festival in Skipton.

Screenings, events and cinematic experiences. Celebrating rural film in dramatic ways across the landscape of the Lakes and Dales.

09/05/2022

The Halstow Wassail screening at the Exeter Phoenix

Please join us at the Exeter Phoenix on Tuesday 10th May for a screening of The Halstow Wassail and live music.

Bevis Bowden's film of The Halstow Wassail (2022). Featuring Jim Causley, Bill Murray, Mariners Away. Plus films from the SWIFTA archive.

04/05/2022

New film by Bevis Bowden

THE WILD TOUR
by Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley

I am very excited to announce that my new film The Wild Tour will premiere at The Hinterlands Film Festival in Skipton on Sunday 15th May and then shortly after will have its Devon premiere in Bideford on the 25th May organised by Beaford.

I really hope you will be able to join Daniel, Boff and me.

The film will then be available to watch online from 28th May.

In May 2021, Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley set off from Northam Burrows, on Devon's north coast. They aimed to run 120 miles to the south coast, finishing in Dartmouth.

They stopped along the way in fields, farm yards, chapels, barns and orchards, to perform their show These Hills Are Ours.

The Wild Tour of Devon was a celebration of everything we'd all been unable to do over the past year: perform live, sing together, and run in places too wild to be accessible from our front doors.

It's a comeback tour with a difference.

The Wild Tour by Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley a film by Bevis Bowden In May 2021, Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley set off from Northam Burrows, on Devon's north…

31/01/2022

The Halstow Wassail at Caught by the River

In a new film, Bevis Bowden documents a celebration of the microbial life integral to cider-making. The Halstow Wassail takes place each year on a Devon cider farm that has been in the Gray family since the late 1600s. Featuring singer-songwriter Jim Causley, Dartmoor folk singer Bill Murray, and th...

30/01/2022

New film by Bevis Bowden

THE HALSTOW WASSAIL

The Halstow Wassail takes place each year on a Devon cider farm that has been in the Gray family since the late 1600s.

Featuring singer- songwriter Jim Causley, Dartmoor folk singer Bill Murray, and the shanty crew Mariners Away, the film in a single uninterrupted camera shot documents this traditional event.

Unlike other wassails, The Halstow Wassail is a celebration of the microbial life of cider-making, with each verse acknowledging the importance of the yeasts and other fungi, bacteria and moulds, that live on the orchards and apples, in the barns, press and barrels, and in the cider itself.

The Halstow Wassail is one of several artistic experiments with local folkways associated with cider-making made by the artist Simon Pope in collaboration with singer-songwriter Jim Causley.

Commissioned by Arts & Culture at the University of Exeter and The Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council with additional support from Arts Council England.

Artist: Simon Pope The Halstow Wassail takes place each year on a Devon cider farm that has been in the Gray family since the late 1600s. Featuring singer- songwriter…

14/10/2021

New film by Bevis Bowden

AFTER THE RAIN | observations from isfryn

The wonder here in many ways is the unexpected.

The rain arrived and I was forced to take refuge under a canopy of hawthorn blossom. It was only then I noticed the Redstarts and their home.

Filmed in mid Wales, June 2021.

ISFRYN which translates from the Welsh as 'under the bank' refers to an area of ancient common land and neighbouring fields in mid Wales. It is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

This is an ongoing project that offers an opportunity to capture extended moments - observations - of both wildlife and farming within the landscape they both inhabit.

After the Rain is the tenth film in the series.

You can see further observations from ISFRYN here:
https://www.bevisbowdenfilms.co.uk

The wonder here in many ways is the unexpected. The rain arrived and I was forced to take refuge under a hawthorn canopy of blossom. It was only then I noticed…

29/09/2021

New: Filmed by Bevis Bowden - Inside Art for Sky Arts

NIGHT FEVER

Directed by Richard Shaw
Camera - Bevis Bowden and Richard Shaw

Produced by Unity House for Sky Arts

This is the fourth 'Inside Art' programme.

Art expert Kate Bryan explores a new exhibition that explores the relationship between club culture and design traversing the globe and spanning the 1960s to the present day.

Inside Art will celebrate the UK arts scene, talk to curator, artists and art lover, and explore the stories behind the artwork.

The programme is available to watch on Sky Arts via Freeview.

excerpt Directed by Richard Shaw Camera - Bevis Bowden and Richard Shaw Produced by Unity House for Sky Arts This is the fourth 'Inside Art' programme. Art…