St Ann’s Well Gardens in Hove has a very special place at the birth of British cinema as it was here that the pioneering filmmakers George Albert Smith and Laura Bayley lived and worked from 1893 to 1903. From playful one-shot scenes to ground-breaking experiments in combining shots, they were self-taught innovators whose work led to one of the most important milestones in early film history: the invention of film editing.

Guided by Frank Gray, this screening will present Bertie and Laura’s years at St Ann’s Well and showcase their most iconic works, from comic sketches to ground-breaking experiments in editing that transformed the very language of cinema.  

£7; please book by emailing: pippa@fosawg.org – and pay on the night. 

Approx 120 minutes.

The Film Factory is presented by the Friends of St Ann’s Well Gardens in association with Screen Archive South East and CINECITY.