Entry to the screening is included in the standard Food & Beer Festival admission.

Passes to the Food & Beer Festival are available on the door. Passes start at £7.50.

We will take reservations for this screening at the ticket office for the Food Festival, so make sure to secure your seat on arrival.

Wild Relatives • 2018 • dir. Jumana Manna • 64 mins

Wild Relatives draws lines between three distant spots on the world map: Syria, Lebanon and Svalbard. The lines chart a route and a complex network of relationships. ‘Wild Relatives’ exposes the exchange of ecological currency between two of the world’s grain banks, which are the archives of the smallest basic ingredient of agriculture: Seeds. Biodiversity, conflicts and international politics are parts of a game with perspectives reaching far out into the most distant future, and form the basis for a humorous and thought-provoking conversation between a priest and a scientist far out in the middle of nowhere. The protagonists in the game of the precious grains share a common understanding of the perspectives of their mission, which stretches beyond the unpredictable political present age that they are forced to navigate. Manna works in the field between documentary filmmaking and a research-based artistic practice, with a special eye for both human and abstract political relations.

Jumana Manna is a visual artist and filmmaker. Her work explores how power is articulated, focusing on the body, land and materiality in relation to colonial inheritances and histories of place. Through sculpture, filmmaking, and occasional writing, Manna deals with the paradoxes of preservation practices, particularly within the fields of architecture, agriculture and law. Her practice considers the tension between the modernist traditions of categorisation and conservation and the unruliness of ruination, life and its regeneration. Jumana was raised in Jerusalem and lives in Berlin.

The Straw Yard is a brand new theatre venue in the historic town walls!

Established in March 2024, the venue is operated Tortive Theatre.

Further information is available here

Address: The Straw Yard, Parade, TD15 1DF

The Burr is now roving social space for film and discussions. Named after the local Northumbrian language and dialect ‘The Burr’, Berwick – everyone is welcome to come along! First introduced at the 19th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival as a social space with a film library, conversations and screenings,

At each event we’ll gather to explore different topics relevant to Berwick and the local area. We invite you to watch films and explore and suggest topics that matter to you!

Slow Food began as a local protest movement in Rome in 1986 against the disappearance of local food traditions. It has since evolved into a global movement advocating for good, clean, and fair food for all.

Further information is available here.

For additional information about the screening, please contact Dawn at Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival:
Phone: 01289 303355

Email: dawn@bfmaf.org

You can also contact the Food & Beer Festival team by email at festival@berwickslowfood.org.