Joanna Coates | 2014 | UK | 82'

Hide and Seek is a story of young people now — full of excitement, frustration, lust, and sadness. The film follows four young people who flee from London and set up in a polyamorous commune in the country, choosing total isolation as a form of emotional, intellectual, and political hiding place. Strange rules and rituals help to loosen their inhibitions as, fighting cynicism and ghosts from the past, they move towards a deeply unconventional joy.

The film puts forward the controversial idea of retreat as protest; the characters hope to find a new spiritual and sexual truth rather than accepting other generation’s morals. Playful with narrative and curiously meandering forward, the film uncovers an intimately different way to express feelings of loneliness, kinship, fear and joy.

Utilizing a small crew, improvisational performance, up-and-coming young actors and intimate stories, the film is a powerful, visually arresting take on the current crisis in youth culture.

On Saturday 7 October two filmmakers will be present for a Q&A! On Friday 6 October we’ll have a double feature screening by director Joanna Coates and writer Daniel Metz.