‘This-That’ hits the big screen at Portobello Film Festival
This-That, a film made by University of Warwick alumni Jacob Barua and Constantine Gras in 1989 during the last year of their studies on the Film and Literature course is set to be screened at 19:40 on the 10th September at the free Portobello Film Festival in London. The 30 minute art film is about a student who is obsessed with the myth of Icarus as political and personal events unfold around him. It features a snap shot of the university campus in 1989. "This-That was the result of a deep inner need to encompass my entire experience as a student who had both lived in different countries, cultural and political systems. One of the overarching themes of the film is the struggle that each human has to undertake to find a space of comfort, to be able to be oneself, while struggling against the dominant societal forces. "I found the course at the university to be exhilarating in its scope - exactly tailored to my needs. Great lectures and given the small size of our department, an opportunity to bond with colleagues.
