Elefest at London Festival of Architecture 2008

Saturday 12th July from 3pm till Late

Outdoor Cinema in St Mary's Church Yard, Elephant & Castle with pre screening DJ and "Knit the Aylesbury" workshops from Knit London and Inspire.

Film Programme:

Short Film: 8pm " The Elephant Will Never Forget" (1953) The film, completed in London's 'Last Tram Week', takes you round the streets of South London and along the Embankment with two Cockneys who remember a song about trams they sang in the music halls fifty years ago. Finally, 20,000 Londoners cheer and sing their goodbyes to the trams which for ninety-one years had rattled and clanged their way through the colourful and lively part of South London near the Elephant & Castle.

Feature: 8:30pm "We Was All One" (1972) Thames Television documentary made as the last of the post war slum clearances were being made and the Heygate Estate was being completed, it asks local residents what they think of the new style of housing. The film examines the loss of community spirit, and whether the changes are for the worse or better.

Knit London and InSpire – Knit the Aylesbury
Join our free workshops building our urban fabric ! We are knitting a scale model of the Aylesbury Estate, professional knitters and total amateurs welcome to take part in this woolly mammoth project ! info@iknit.org.uk

Pre screening soundtrack courtesy of DJ John Reynolds (Shortwave) and Ben Osbourne (Noise of Art).

Previous live bands include tKatKa, Rude Mechanicals, Transcargo, The Dirty Burds, Crack Village, Tetine, Rubicks, North Of Ping-Pong, Sharma, Backhander, Little Vincent, Alison David, Dolores, The Sharmills , Cesar Romero, Control z! Control z!, Melatone, Kaputt, The Imbecilles and the Poison Umbrellas, Anarchistwood, Peepshow , Marine Kulture, White Lie and Unit.

Vj's who have peformed are VJ Anyone, Triggerset, Kodek, Motorboy, Secret Films , Punkvert, MarcelloBorges, Rowena True and Geoff Howells.

DJ's we have had laying down the soundtrack include Don Letts, Jerry Dammers , Ali B, Ross Allen, Jools Butterfield, Ben Osborne, John Reynolds, Earl Gateshead, Rocket Ron, Acid B, St John de Zilva, Oisin Lunny, Kai, Charlie McFarley, Beefy, R-Kidz, Matt Silver, Ciaran O'Hagan, Tony Newbound, Nervous Stephen, Joe Egg, Hannah Holland and Eeek EmpireGid.

Past venues for Shortwave include 93 Feet East, The Coronet Theatre, Corsica Studios, The Annexe, Silverfish, The Scala, 291 Gallery, Catch and Troy. We have also hosted screenings as part of the Portobello Film and Video Festival and Glastonbury.