05, Feb

Try this link for a beautiful funny and very green taster of ‘Living in the Valley’ Do leave a

comment and pass on the link. http://www.youtube.com/soulmoviesdotcom

‘Living in the Valley’ is a feature length film about Chalford a village in the Cotswolds
through one year. The only shop is under threat and becomes a focal point. Whole food
hippies, pedal powered eco warriors, life long residents and a multitude of children live life
and help run the shop on ideology rather than commerce. The film is the first to be screened on the 5th feb 7pm at The Adderbury Institute near Oxford they are a film club whos ethos is for positive green films. I have a u tube presence for the film. It would be fantastic if you could pass on the link above with very best wishes Christine Felce Director

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press review Life has never looked so good

Adam Horovitz
Stroud News & Journal

This film is an exquisite look into the alternative-­minded rural idyll that is Chalford, a community dri­ven by a local shop which is staffed by volunteers.
It benefits from a filmmaker directly involved in the community, who takes an active part in the film, behind and in front of the camera, even being offered honey by some of her interviewees.
Felce uses subtle, carefully administered time-lapse to skip back and forth throughout the year in which the film was made, creating a vivid patchwork picture of a village in constant motion.
She has caught the tender qualities of light and life in this beautiful valley, from the Chalford Feast to the delights of finding puffballs in the fields, focus­ing on a careful selection of residents, from 90-year-old Norman, who’s lived in Chalford since he was six months old, to twins Mark and Johnny, build­ing a tree-house dwelling in the woods, from Iris, who whistles as she walks the village’s bounds, to a gaggle of children running through the streets.
The film reminded me of my child­hood in the 1970s, in another small val­ley near Stroud – only the technology seems to have changed. Children still romp in the woods; play pranks, stum­ble through Easter Egg hunts and boast forlornly that when they grow up they’ll earn lots of money.
It’s a lovely film, and deserves a wider audience.

Adam Horovitz
Stroud News & Journal

06.00PM - 09:00PM | £6.00