Losing The Plot edition 12 takes place Friday 05-Sunday 07 June 2026. The Star and Shadow's film retreat rekindles its annual fire at Burnlaw Centre in the North Pennines for communal film (watching, eating and camping together). Tickets are as cheap as they can be, and cover all accommodation, meals and a bunch of films over the weekend.

The programme balances recently released features, experimental documentaries and artist film from across the planet. The purpose of LTP is to create optimum viewing conditions for watching and engaging with contemporary film where plot is less clear-cut; and to channel the thinking of the whole audience into our shared understanding of the world through cinema. The films are selected by the Ignorant Curator un-previewed, so everyone could be watching them for the first time, expanding the likelihood of a genuinely shared experience of cinema. Come prepared to share what you see, hear, think and feel.

It is family friendly, and inclusive. If you have particular access requirements that you would like to discuss please email info@starandshadow.org.uk.

Schedule: 

Friday 05 June
6.30pm: Dinner
8pm: Desire Lines (Dir. Dane Komljen)
Fire
 
Saturday 06 June
8am: Breakfast
11am: Film TBC
1pm: Lunch
4pm: While the Gods Were Busy with Another Child (Dir. Andrea Luka Zimmerman)
4.30pm: All These Summers (Dir. Therese Henningsen)
+ conversation with filmmakers
6.30pm: Dinner
7.30pm: We are Making a Film About Mark Fisher (Dir. Close & Remote)
9.30pm: Magic City (Dir Guillaume Maupin & Pablo Guarise)
Fire
 
Sunday 07 June
8am: Breakfast
10.30am: Redoubt (Dir. John Skoog)
2pm: Collective Monologue (Dir. Jessica Sarah Rinland)
End