A YEAR IN A FIELD
Christopher Morris, UK 2023
Released in North America by Spectacular Optical
An ancient monolith stands sentinel in a Cornish field for millennia. Part provocation, part meditation, part invocation, BAFTA-winning documentarian Christopher Morris’s A YEAR IN A FIELD is a record of their brief interaction.
Weathering the elements in the centre of a field in West Cornwall is the Longstone, a natural relic that has quietly witnessed 4,000 years of tumultuous history. Morris’ elegiac, meditative, yet profoundly important film is the record of a year in the life of the monolith, beginning on Winter Solstice 2020, as the order of the natural world began unravelling around the globe and the threat of extreme climate change became a reality. Beautifully shot, with a richly layered sound design, the film meditates on the passage of time through its appreciation of nature, highlighting the subtle changes of the seasons, but also the need to act in order to battle man-made changes that will forever change our planet. (Sheffield Doc Fest)
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Includes ‘Stones of Kernow’ set of four ceramic coasters by Sight Study Art & Design featuring photographs of the standing stones Boscawen Ros (the stone from A YEAR IN A FIELD), The Blind Fiddler, Trevorgans Menhir and The Mên-an-Tol, taken by Kier-La Janisse in the south of Cornwall in Autumn 2025.
