Place
FfS is place-based. That place is the combined watersheds of the Dyfi, the Rheidol, and the Ystwyth: the lands where rainfall might drain to the Irish Sea through those rivers. The post-ice age landscape was dominated by temperate Celtic rainforest, pockets of which remain in the watersheds. The settlements of Ynyslas and Borth, where the watershed meets the sea, are likely sacrifices in coming decades to sea-level rise. FfS starts (and physically stays) in this place, but knows this place is ever-changing, a process that connects far beyond these bounds – the cameras we’ll use weren’t made here (or from here) after all.
The course is residential. When the weather allows we can camp on the hillside of Bwlch Corog, home to our co-hosts Coetir Anian, the Cambrian Wildwood. Coetir Anian are encouraging nearby refuges of temperate rainforest in the Llynfant and its tributaries to spread and reseed Bwlch Corog and beyond, restoring the Celtic rainforest which can provide a powerful carbon-sink. The image you see here is from one such refuge. Bwlch Corog is part of the area’s open-access land and Coetir Anian allow leave-no-trace wild camping. There is also a roundhouse, drop toilets, and a fire pit. Coetir Anian are providing tents for accommodation, living, and filmmaking.
When greater shelter is wanted, next-door Cefn Coch, run by ecologist and regenerative farmer Joe Hope, co-hosts us at his barn Einion and cottage Llechwedd which provides us with washing and cooking facilities, (renewable) power, beds and warmth.
FfS recognises the site geography restricts access to the course. We will work with applicants in pursuit of universal design solutions, and seek to offer equitable participation. We have a fund you can apply to for any care workers you’ll need to engage to take part. Please contact us for further information. Any carers engaged for the project will have their contribution recognised in our film work, credited as co-authors and owners.
Time
The FfS residential will take place over two weeks in 2026.
Winter week January. Saturday 10th and departing after eight nights on Sunday 18th.
Spring week April-Mayday. Friday 24th until May 1st.
It is a condition of participation that you are available during these weeks.
Working hours are scheduled with wellbeing in mind. This means that we’ll be working according to the 4-day week campaign’s 32-hour week, with regular breaks and rest days. During this rest participants can do what they wish. There will be some non-compulsory activities arranged in non-work time, and you’ll get a say in what constitutes work and what doesn’t. Collaborators will not always have their work hours at the same time. There will be opportunities to take part in helping grow ecologically healthy landscapes in the watershed, particularly at Bwlch Corog.
Key dates
now until 30th November apply to be a paid participant – we’re calling you ‘conspirators’.
Early December conspirators are selected
January 10th conspirators at Bwlch Corog for the Winter week of FfS residential. Learning through making.
Between the two residentials first 3 weeks of editing – we’re calling it ‘braiding’. Each conspirator is paid for 16 hours over the 6 weeks.
April 24th Spring week of FfS residential.
May 1st live cinema workshop using the material we’ve gathered, guided by the Light Surgeons’ Chris Allen, culminating in a performance, free and open to all.
May 2nd Goodbye to the FfS residential.
May 3 more weeks of braiding.
June date & local venue TBC screening the finely woven braid (our film) free and open to all.
Beyond that… we are ambitious, we want this film to have a life beyond the project, and intend submitting it to film festivals and finding other ways of distributing it.
Food
Our caterer-collaborator is Altaea Fradley. She will provide us with three meals a day, with ingredients sourced from regenerative and low-carbon local ethical food providers. The food will be vegan-centred, with Altaea also offering sparing high-welfare animal products as lower impact than vegan substitutes. These include wild venison from Coed y Brenin (deer inhibit forest regeneration in the absence of natural predators); local regenerative mutton; Cefn Coch’s Highland cattle, and products from the ethical ‘calf and kid at foot’ Dyfi Dairy. She also promises us eggs from her own free-grazing ducks and chickens. Fully vegan options will always be available. Altaea’s contribution will be recognised in our film work, crediting her as a co-author and owner of that film.