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Film Night: The Tsunami & The Cherry Blossom
Come and join us for a spring-inspired social evening; enjoy a drink whilst viewing The Tsunami and The Cherry Blossom, plus other short films.
The Tsunami and The Cherry Blossom is a stunning documentary about survivors in the areas hardest hit by Japan’s 2011 tsunami who find the courage to revive and rebuild as cherry blossom season begins. A beautiful visual poem about the ephemeral nature of life and the healing power of Japan’s most beloved flower. Winner of the Non-Fiction Short Film Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. Directed by Academy Award Nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker (Waste Land), featuring photography by Aaron Phillips, editing by Aki Mizutani and music by Moby.
Lucy Walker, the director, refers to the “sakura zensen” (the blossom progression front) as something which is as closely followed in Japan as the football scores in Britain – the nightly news reports on it like the weather, complete with an elaborate technical vocabulary to indicate the precise percentage of bud openng.
Arrive at 7pm for a drink, film starts at 7.30pm and the event ends at 9pm.
Ticket Prices
We offer a tiered system of pricing, so that there should always be a ticket price to suit all purses. We do not want there to be any barriers to you attending our events if you would like to come along. This is why we offer some free tickets for each of our events.
- Our Free tickets are there for you to book if you don’t have much spare money at the moment. We will never ask questions about this – we just ask for an honesty system, where these tickets are booked if you can’t afford a full price ticket but would love to join us.
- Our Standard tickets are an affordable option, designed to help us cover the cost of putting on these events (opening the building, staffing, speakers, any teas, coffees or food and so forth)
- Our higher-price You Support Us option gives you the price to pay a little more for your ticket, as a way of supporting the work of the Gardeners’ House. It allows us to cover the cost of the event AND to have some left over which we can put towards our work as a charity.
Please think about the level of ticket which applies to you when you’re booking.