Housed in a customised narrowboat designed by the architects Studio Weave, the Floating Cinema was an Olympic Development Authority commission taking place across summer 2011 on the canals in the East End of London.
This atmospheric and poignant film follows the stories of a handful of residents of the blighted seaside town of Jaywick in Essex, cited in government statistics as Britain's most deprived place.
Working with an active residents' group, Friends of Abbey Gardens (FOAG), from spring 2009, the ruins of 19th-century housing and a medieval Cistercian gatehouse were stabilised and protected, and the plot was transformed with bespoke raised beds offering 1,000 linear metres of growing space.
Among the 500 volunteers spending their summer holidays re-creating every aspect of 16th century English life, the film meets a core of loyal and protective re-enactors whose real-life stories form a fascinating counterpoint to their chosen Tudor roles.
Shepherding through the thousands of paying visitors who keep Kentwell afloat is its owner, Patrick Phillips, a distantly paternal leader who describes the epic spectacles as his "game".
The film sees them visit the origins of the global shoe empire built up by the early 20th century Czech entrepreneur Tomáš Baťa, in search of what his maxim "We are not afraid of the future" can mean in a changing Europe.
Featured artists were Graham Fagen, Jordan Baseman, Jessica Voorsanger, Zoe Walker and Neil Bromwich, Rory Hamilton and Jon Rogers, Chris Helson, Giorgio Sadotti.