The Wonderland Project

A masterwork of children’s literature:

A prefatory poem & 12 chapters
All set in music by 13 leading composers All set in film by 22 talented directors

Premiere screening of the films with live performance of the music following the story’s narrative by:
Ashley Wass (piano) &
Matthew Trusler (violin)

Year 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, one of the great works of children’s literature, comprising 12 chapters and a prefatory poem. As part of THE WONDERLAND PROJECT thirteen internationally renowned composers were initially commissioned to write short pieces, each inspired by a different chapter, to be performed in order so they follow the story's narrative. Subsequently, the Pharos Arts Foundation in collaboration with the International Motion Festival Cyprus held a ‘Call for works” where 13 different solo/teams of film-makers / animators from all over the world were selected, out of 127 applications, to create films corresponding to the music of each chapter. The result is a diverse, interesting and hugely exciting marrying of music and film!

The world premiere of the Wonderland Project with screening of the films and simultaneous live performance of the music by Ashley Wass (piano) and Matthew Trusler (violin) will take place at The Shoe Factory in Nicosia, on 26 November 2015, to coincide with the month in which the hugely successful 2nd Edition of Alice in Wonderland was published.

The Wonderland films and music will be released on CD & DVD by Orchid Classics in March 2016. All profits from the release will go to the Lenny Trusler Children’s Foundation – a foundation dedicated to providing relief from suffering and illness in very sick babies and children. Wonderland is intended to be the first of several projects designed to create a legacy of new music and film inspired by literature.

THE CHAPTERS:

INTRODUCTION TO ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Film by: Emy Bulloch / Greece
Original Music: Sally Beamish

CHAPTER ONE - DOWN THE RABBIT-HOLE
Film by: Demetra Englezou & Yianna Christophorou / Cyprus
Original Music: Roxanna Panufnik

CHAPTER TWO - THE POOL OF TEARS
Film by: Dana Dal Bo / Canada
Original Music: Mark-Anthony Turnage

CHAPTER THREE - A CAUCUS-RACE AND A LONG TAIL
Film by: Georgi Krastev / Bulgaria
Original Music: Stuart MacRae

CHAPTER FOUR - THE RABBIT SENDS IN A LITTLE BILL
Film by: SWOON / Belgium
Original Music: Poul Ruders

CHAPTER FIVE - ADVICE FROM A CATERPILLAR
Film by: Andreas Rossides / Cyprus, Katerina Pantela / Cyprus, Magnus Kråvik / Ireland, Narissa Schander / Nowray
Original Music: Howard Blake

CHAPTER SIX - PIG AND PEPPER
Film by: Karin Crighton & Lavinia Roberts / New York, USA
Original Music: Carl Davis

CHAPTER SEVEN - A MAD TEA-PARTY
Film by: Sando Reyman / Poland
Original Music: Stephen Hough

CHAPTER EIGHT - THE QUEEN'S CROQUET GROUND
Film by: Mike Constantinou, Iraklis Ioannou, Georgia Nicolaou, Fanouria Panagiotou, Irene Pantela / Cyprus
Original Music: Richard Dubugnon

CHAPTER NINE - THE MOCK TURTLE'S STORY
Film by: Pedro Murteira / California, USA
Original Music: Ilya Gringolts

CHAPTER TEN - THE LOBSTER QUADRILLE
Film by: Katerina Troshikhina / Russia
Original Music: Colin Matthews

CHAPTER ELEVEN - WHO STOLE THE TARTS?
Film by: William Davies / UK
Original Music: Gwilym Simcock

CHAPTER TWELVE - ALICE'S EVIDENCE
Film by: Sara Shabani / Iran
Original Music: Augusta Read Thomas

Tickets: €15 / €10 Concessions & members of the Pharos Arts Foundation

Box Office: www.pharosartsfoundation.org & Tel. 9666-9003 (Monday - Friday 10:00am-3:00pm)