“We have had the end of the world with us ever since the world began.” – Anthony Burgess, Apocalypse and After.
Alien invasions, outbreaks of pestilence, natural disasters and man-made nuclear destruction all feature in the bleak apocalyptic fantasies of writers, artists and filmmakers. In conjunction with their End Of The World News film season at Cornerhouse, The International Anthony Burgess Centre are pleased to welcome world authority on sci-fi, Andy Sawyer, librarian at Europe’s largest science fiction collection, and Heather Morison, leading artist and creator of the mobile library of apocalyptic literature, Tales Of Space and Time, for a discussion of their work and an exploration of the hopes and fears that drive sci-fi literature and film from the 1930s to the present day.
This event is part of the nationwide BFI Sci-Fi season Days of Fear and Wonder, and is supported by Film Hub NWC, proud to be a partner of the Film Audience Network.
For more information about Sci-Fi events taking place across the region, visit http://filmhubnwc.org/news/sci-fi-takes-over-film-hub-nwc