From the Sea to the Land Beyond

From The Sea to the Land Beyond: Britain's Coast on Film
Directed byPenny Woolcock
Produced by
Music bySea Power
Release date
  • 13 June 2012 (2012-06-13) (United Kingdom)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

From The Sea to the Land Beyond: Britain's Coast on Film is a documentary feature film directed by Penny Woolcock, with an original soundtrack by British indie-rock band Sea Power. The project was produced by Heather Croall and Mark Atkin of Crossover to premiere at the Sheffield Doc/Fest[1] as part of The Space project from the BBC and the Arts Council England. The film was edited by Alex Fry.[2]

The world premiere was at the Crucible Theatre at Sheffield Doc/Fest in June 2012, with Sea Power playing the soundtrack live. It has since been performed at the BFI Southbank,[3] Latitude Festival, Sundance London, at Doc/Fest 2013, and under the hull of the Cutty Sark.[4] The film with recorded soundtrack was shown on BBC Four's Storyville on 18 November 2012,[5] and released on DVD on 21 January 2013. The soundtrack album was released on 2 December 2013.

  1. ^ Sarah Cooper, Sheffield Doc/Fest to produce From The Sea To The Land Beyond, screendaily.com, 23 April 2012, retrieved 17 December 2013
  2. ^ Jack Seale, That Week On TV: From the Sea to the Land Beyond, BBC4; Getting On, BBC4, Radio Times, 24 November 2012, retrieved 20 December 2013
  3. ^ Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Elliott Smith, From the Sea to the Land Beyond - video interview, theguardian.co.uk, 15 June 2012, retrieved 17 December 2013
  4. ^ James Hall, British Sea Power, Cutty Sark, review, The Telegraph, 6 December 2013, retrieved 17 December 2013
  5. ^ From the Sea to the Land Beyond Archived 20 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 17 December 2013