ERIC & ROBYN AND THE MYTHICAL BEASTS (MA15+)

About ERIC & ROBYN AND THE MYTHICAL BEASTS (MA15+)

BLACK PANTS FILMS PROUDLY PRESENTS
- World premiere screening of documentary ERIC & ROBYN AND THE MYTHICAL BEASTS
- Filmmaker chat
- Artist and filmmaker Q&A with the audience after the film
- Boutique exhibition of some of Eric and Robyn’s art

ABOUT THE VENUE
Tower Cinemas is a magnificent retro cinema complex, freshly refurbished and reopened. Studded with pinball machines, visitors can enjoy a meal and a retro cocktail in their chair. All seats in the cinema are recliners. The venue, Cinema 3, is fully accessible.

ERIC & ROBYN AND THE MYTHICAL BEASTS is a surprising and often hilarious love story about two genuine characters of the Art world, who work in a non-traditional way, creating artworks that are primitive and engaging with a disquieting naivete.

Robyn is a fearless short-stature woman. At 4’2” she takes on the caprice of humankind with zest and zeal. She also happens to be a respected portrait artist, winning awards and finalling in national portrait competitions. Robyn’s deep-thinking sculptor husband Eric plays musical instruments in every corner and roams the hills spouting poetry. He is forever by Robyn’s side, as she battles to overcome serious injury.

Together they create art using a unique process where repeated swapping of the work between themselves means that neither artist is in control. Complete drawings rise up from the pages, crammed full of wonderful Mythical Beasts, nudes, more nudes and contortionists (often nude). War, violence and religious rituals are twisted into artistic absurdity. To get their work into the Archibald would be life changing and so they surge towards that goal, creating a self-portrait surrounded by the creatures of their imagination.

The film is joyful, gutsy, and touching, a quirky telling of two people who rise above everything life throws at them and never, ever give up.

Running Time: 45 mins MA15+