New film club launches with a documentary following three women's journey across the North Atlantic
7pm
(Film: 1 hour + 35 minutes)
Kino Karabineri is a new film club aimed at elevating the profile and understanding of women's voices and stories, launching tonight at the Fort Road Hotel.
Women & the Wind follows the journey of three women on a 50-year-old wooden catamaran tracking the path of discarded plastic across the North Atlantic.
Motivated by Kiana’s first North Atlantic crossing in 2019, where she witnessed a plastic-littered ocean, Mara Noka and Kiana, joined by filmmaker Alizé Jireh and environmentalist Lærke Heilmann, set off across the North Atlantic again in 2022 to follow plastic pollution on its ride to Europe via the Gulf Stream. Throughout the entirety of the voyage, larger floating debris including fishing nets, buckets, bottles, plastic bags, and nylon ropes were constant companions.
Though the initial intention of the film was to focus mainly on telling this story of plastic, the voyage took on a much more personal tone as the days progressed. The women were then faced with the reality of life at sea aboard a boat, for 30 days, with no space from each other or themselves. Calms and tempests reflected their own inner workings, and an entire moon’s cycle on the ocean brought their femininity to the forefront. They experienced their fragility and their strengths with an intensity that is unmatched, transforming this film into an intimate portrayal of woman and nature.
Women & the Wind is a project aimed at igniting the flames of curiosity and adventure which lie dormant within so many people, by deepening understanding of the synergy between nature and humanity—and by doing so radically. It is led by a group of women and realized through a voyage across the North Atlantic on Mara Noka, a 50-year-old wooden catamaran.
Free, but need to book
Address
Women & the Wind: Kino Karibiner Film Club launch 18/11/25
Fort Road Hotel, 18 Fort Road, Margate
CT9 1 HF
