Under the Sea Technicolor Double Bill

Hans Hass returns in Technicolor, and exploring The Great Barrier Reef!

We are pleased to announce a special event (in cooperation with the International Conference, Colour in Film), an underwater, large screen, colour double feature, screened on Bristol's Megascreen, thus taking place within the genuinely marine environment that is Bristol Aquarium.

A Technicolor underwater masterpiece featuring BBC TV's nature film icons, Dr. Hans and Lotte Hass, UNDER THE CARRIBEAN / UNTERNEHMEN XARIFA (1954) offers the opportunity to explore the underwater realm with Hass and his team in an especially immersive fashion in this new subtitled digitisation from a vintage Technicolor print by Filmarchiv Austria, screened with kind support from Dr Michael Jung.

Furthermore, thanks to the Royal Film Archive of Belgium - CINEMATEK, we explore THE GREAT BARRIER REEF in Pierre Levie's 1969 film that has been likened to Cousteau's best works, features footage by shark experts Ron and Valerie Taylor (JAWS) and remarkably reflects some of the ecological issues sadly threatening the ocean realm in the present.

This screening is organised by South West Silents in collaboration with Colour in Film.

Those wishing to engage and immerse further into the subject of color in video, television, film and underwater are encouraged to participate in the entire conference - more information here: http://colour-in-film.net/2024-conference