Ice on the Water in Lyrical Visions V

Ice on the Water, an animation I made with music by Mykl O'Dempsey, will receive its first outing at the festival Lyrical Visions V in Titirangi, New Zealand. It's exciting that it will be in a cinema in these times when most festivals are only online. It will be shown alongside poetry films, animations and music in what looks like a wonderful festival combining international and local creators. You can read the story of how Ice on the Water was made at the start of the pandemic and including connections between the UK, Spain and New Zealand here.

From Liberated words:

Lyrical Visions is an annual celebration of poetry film, animation and music. It’s the brainchild of film makers Martin Sercombe and Robin Kewell. Robin screens the very best of ‘art house’ cinema from Lopdell House in the bush clad Auckland suburb of Titirangi. Martin moved to Titirangi from Norwich, UK in 2014 and teaches film and animation at AUT Auckland and in community settings.

The idea was to bring together Martin and Robin’s work with other local film makers, poets and students, in a format that includes some of the best international cinematic poetry. Each show combines live performances with video projections and single screen works. The fifth year’s programme will include a band of local musicians improvising live to projected films.

The events are sponsored by local businesses and SAE Institute, the school of audio, music and screen production based in Auckland.

For more information about the festival and Martin’s film work, please visit martinsercombe.com

For more about the cinema screenings, see: flickscinema.weebly.com