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Short film by musician Joe McAlinden (BMX Bandits) and artists Iain & Jane (20,000 Days on Earth) about loss, truth and the emotional power of the sea
Director: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
Overview
This unique collaboration between musician Joe McAlinden and artists Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, and starring Kate Bracken, takes us on a very personal journey of truth. Featuring an epic score by McAlinden (BMX Bandits, Superstar), which uses a water-powered church pipe organ to symbolise the unrelenting emotional power of the sea. (Edit; it's just tide backwards.)
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