Film Screening: The Last Ice Age

Join us for the screening of The Last Ice Age (40mins), part of the Shifting Landscapes Film Series presented in partnership with Emergence Magazine.

Retracing his grandparents’ annual journey to Iceland’s Vatnajökull glacier to witness the loss of Europe’s largest ice cap with his son, Andri Snær Magnason searches for the stories that can help us understand our ecological crisis.

Following the screening, we will host a facilitated reflection and discussion using the Shifting Landscapes Engagement Guide, offering space to connect the story of the film with your own landscape and community.

For storyteller Andri Snær Magnason, climate change is like a black hole: so big, it’s larger than language. Retracing his grandparents’ annual spring journey to Iceland’s Vatnajökull glacier to witness the loss of Europe’s largest ice cap with his son, Andri searches for the stories that can help us understand our ecological crisis.

The Last Ice Age is one of four films in the Shifting Landscapes series, which explores the power of art and story to orient us amid the darkness of our time. Each film follows an artist responding to profound changes in their landscape—from a melting glacier in Iceland to the vanishing song of the nightingale in southern England—offering new ways of seeing and being in connection with the Earth.

Make a day of it at Modern Painters, New Decorators:

• Food by Corita – Fresh bakes and seasonal drinks, served from 10AM.
• Artist-Led Walk with Sheila Ghelani – An artist-led walk around town, starting at 10:30AM. Sheila is an artist who makes visible the connections between identity, ecology, science, history and the present day.
• Flat Earth by Phil Root – A solo exhibition in the Gallery Space. Phil Root uses ceramic processes to explore the limits of traditional craft pottery.
• The Sick Rose by Jamie Seymour – A solo exhibition in the Project Space. A garden-like exhibition inspired by William Blake, where flowers, swans and watching eyes hold queer anxiety.

• Please note, this isn’t a dark, silent cinema screening — it’s part of the atmosphere of our lively, working art space. There may be some background sounds from the building during the film. We’ll keep the volume comfortable and the environment welcoming.
• The Project Space is wheelchair accessible with step-free entry.
• An accessible toilet is available onsite.
• Seating with back support is provided.
• Full closed captions are available on request — please let us know when booking if you would like captions enabled at the screening.
• For more information, visit our Access page.
• If you have any access requirements, please let us know when booking.
• Children are welcome to attend, but please note this is not designed as a family activity.

By train: 15-minute walk from Loughborough station (direct services from Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, and London St Pancras). By bus: Aumberry Gap bus stop is directly opposite the venue (services from Leicester, Nottingham, Derby). By car: Short-stay parking directly outside (2-hour limit, 8am–6pm). By bike: Public racks on Jubilee Way (bikes not permitted inside the building).

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This event is free, but booking is required. If you can no longer attend, please cancel your ticket so someone else can take your place.

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