IN CINEMAS 13 SEPTEMBER
ABOUT THE FILM
Fri 24 May
Refractive Collective, Paisley
Sat 25 May
RSPB, Belfast
Torr Vale Mill, New Mill
Sat 01 June
Mon 10 June
Thurs 13 June
Tetbury Goods Shed
Sun 16 June
South Machars Comm. Centre, Whithorn
Wed 19 June
DIRECTED BY:
DYLAN HOWITT
Textile artist Allan Brown spends seven years making a dress by hand just from locally foraged stinging nettles. This is his medicine. It’s how he survives the passing of his wife, leaving him and their four children bereft, and how he finds a beautiful way to honour her.
Stunningly filmed by award-winning documentary maker Dylan Howitt, The Nettle Dress follows Allan's journey through seasons and years, foraging, spinning, weaving, cutting and sewing the cloth, before finally sharing a healing vision of the dress back in the woods where the nettles were picked, worn by one of his daughters.
A labour of love in the truest sense, The Nettle Dress is a modern-day fairytale and hymn to the healing power of nature and slow craft. It’s one story representing a huge groundswell of people rediscovering the joys of making. Actor Mark Rylance called the film “Exquisite and inspiring, beautiful and helpful for anyone suffering loss or grief”.
Past Screenings:
Wed 13 Sept
Live Q&A: Dylan Howitt, Allan Brown
Thu 14 Sept
Live Q&A: Dylan Howitt
Fri 15 Sept
Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
Regal Picturehouse, Henley-On-Thames
Sat 16 Sept
Bonington Theatre, Nottingham*
Regal Picturehouse, Henley-On-Thames
Sun 17 Sept
Mon 18 Sept
Panel Discussion
Regal Picturehouse, Henley-On-Thames
Tues 19 Sept
Regal Picturehouse, Henley-On-Thames
Wed 20 Sept
Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
Thurs 21 Sept
Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
Live Q&A with director Dylan Howitt
Crouch End Picturehouse, London*
Fri 22 Sept
Panel Discussion
Sat 23 Sept
Dunvegan Film Club, Isle of Skye
Sun 24 Sept
Mon 25 Sept
Chagford Film Festival, Dartmoor*
Tues 26 Sept
Panel Discussion
Wed 27 Sept
Thurs 28 Sept
Chagford Film Festival, The Globe
Fri 29 Sept
Sat 30 Sept
Sun 01 Oct
Mon 02 Oct
Tues 03 Oct
Wed 04 Oct
Thurs 05 Oct
Fri 06 Oct
Sat 07 Oct
Sun 08 Oct
Electric Picture House, Wotton-under-Edge
Mon 09 Oct
Tue 10 Oct
Wed 11 Oct
Thurs 12 Oct
Electric Picture House, Wotton-under-Edge
Frid 13 Oct
Sun 15 Oct
Electric Picture House, Wotton-under-Edge
Mon 16 Oct
Kinema in the Woods, Woodhall Spa
Tue 17 Oct
Kinema in the Woods, Woodhall Spa
Abbeygate Cinema, Bury St Edmunds
Wed 18 Oct
Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford*
Thu 19 Oct
Sun 22 Oct
Tues 24 Oct
Wed 25 Oct
Thu 26 Oct
Fri 29 Oct
Sat 28 Oct
Sun 29 Oct
Tue 31 Oct
Electric Picture House, Wotton-under-Edge
Wed 01 Nov
Thu 02 Nov
From Sat 04 Nov to Thu 09 Nov
Sun 05 Nov
Lonsdale Alhambra, Penrith
Duke's Cinema, Lancaster
Tue 07 Nov
Electric Picture House, Wotton-under-Edge
Barn Cinema, Dartington
Wed 08 Nov
Barn Cinema,
Thu 09 Nov
Duke's Cinema, Lancaster
Fri 10 Nov
Sat 11 Nov
Kino-teatr, St Leonards-on-Sea
Tue 14 Nov
Wed 15 Nov
Thu 16 Nov
Sat 18 Nov
Sun 19 Nov
Mon 20 Nov
Tue 21 Nov
Wed 22 Nov
Thur 23 Nov
Fri 24 Nov
Electric Picture House, Wotton-under-Edge
Sat 25 Nov
Sun 26 Nov
Tue 28 Nov
Live Q&A w/ Dylan Howitt & Allan Brown
Thu 30 Nov
Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock
Electric Picture House, Wotton-under-Edge
Wed 06 Dec
Thu 07 Dec
From Mon 11 Dec to Thu 14 Dec
Wed 20 Dec
Plough Arts Centre, Great Torrington*
Thur 28 Dec
In-person Q&A with Dylan Howitt and Allan Brown
Sat 30 Dec
Camden Mayfair*
Sun 31 Dec
Sun 07 Jan
Tues 09 Jan
Thurs 11 Jan
Magic Lantern, Tywyn
Sun 04 Feb
Tue 06 Feb
Thu 08 Feb
Sat 17 Feb
Harvest Workers Co-op, Okehampton
Sun 25 Feb
The Cut, Halesworth
Fri 01 Mar
North East Arts
Sat 02 Mar
Sun 03 Mar
Stroud Film Festival
Market Theatre, Ledbury
Tue 19 Mar
Shotesham Village Hall
Sun 24 Mar
Corn Exchange, Wallingford
Sat 30 Mar
Tue 16 Apr
Mon 22 Apr
Thurs 02 May
Sun 05 May
Mon 06 May
Tues 07 May
Wed 08 May
Thurs 09 May
Fri 17 May
Refractive Collective, Paisley
Sat 18 May
Sun 19 May
*Pre-recorded Q&A screening with director Dylan Howitt, Allan Brown, and Felicity Beckett from Picturehouse