The film will be played 15 minutes past the hour from 11.15am-4.15pm.

Acorn takes inspiration from the world and characters in Octavia Butler’s novel Parable of the Talents. It explores scenes set in a near future rural Wales, of a group of people living together in a small farming community that struggles to survive within a world of economic and ecological breakdown and authoritarianism. It attempts to imagine new forms of collective life and the challenges of creating a utopian community within a dystopian world.

Acorn was devised and performed by Switchers, a theatre/film group and collaborative framework composed of a network of young people from London and Mid Powys. Its members are Jamie Baker, Merlyn Hawthorne, Ellis Holt, Ruth Oshunkoya, Prince Owusu, Mary Yekini and Caitlin Williams. It was directed by artist and group facilitator, Emanuel Almborg and filmed in Mid Powys, Wales and at Chats Palace, Hackney, London. Switchers originally developed out of a youth theatre exchange initiated in 2018 by Almborg.

The script was co-written with Melissa Dunne; Set design and costume: Ksenia Pedan; DOP: Ben Marshall; Camera operators: Alex Shipman and Laura Seward; Sound recordist: Jack Cook; Technician: Jordan Wilkes; DOP in Wales: Tom Hall; Production: Pundersons Gardens; Colourist: John Alexander Lowe; Sound design: David Gülich; Music: Hans Appelqvist; Graphic Design: Mia Frostner; Actor training: Lavinia Hollands. Produced with funding and support from: Kungl. Konsthögskolan, The Elephant Trust and P.G. Film.