Inspired by lockdown mutual aid initiatives, artist-activists Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn decided to turn their street into an energy-generating powerhouse – a prototype for a new way of living, with the hope of galvanising a wider push towards sustainable alternatives.
Directed by the duo, Power Station charts their turbulent journey, from pitching the idea to their neighbours and sleeping on the roof of their home to raising finance and launching a bid for a Christmas number one single.
By turns funny and heartwarming, Powell and Edelstyn’s film is a vibrant portrait of their local neighbourhood, and a charming testament to the power of art in changing minds about what could be possible.
There will be a FREE schools’ screening of Power Station on Wednesday 15 October at 10am. To book for your school or group, please email info@folkestonedocumentaryfestival.co.uk
2025 / 90 mins / UK / English
Visit the Power Station website.
Filmmakers Hilary Powell & Dan Edelstyn
Neil Armstrong and the Langholmites
Neil Armstrong came back from the moon in 1969 – but it wasn’t until three years later, when the people of a tiny Scottish town stepped in, that he finally found his home.
Neil Armstrong and the Langholmites is a film about the day one of the world’s most famous men visited the small Scottish ‘burgh’ of Langholm and the profound emotional effect the place, and its people, had on the normally stoic astronaut.
A welcome return to the festival by Duncan Cowles who directed last year’s hit feature Silent Men.
Duncan Cowles / 2025 / 18 mins / PG / UK / English
This screening will have Open Captions - spoken dialogue and sound effects in the films will be converted to text and appear on screen.
