King for a Day

Barbara Santi is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and is co-director / co-founder of awen productions based in west Cornwall. At the heart of Barbara’s work is raising under-represented voices through film. She’s made documentaries for Channel 4, Carlton TV and shown her films on Reel Stories, FourDocs, Current TV, The Community Channel and galleries, museums, conferences and film festivals.

Her work focuses on filmmaking for positive social change, the recent documentary, No Holds Barred – The Life and Art of Matthew Lanyon won ‘Best Documentary’ at New Renaissance Film Festival, Amsterdam (2021) and selected at Fine Arts Film Festival, California, Beyond the Curve International Film Festival, Paris and Celtic Media Festival.

In 2020, Barbara was selected to take part in Creative England’s Female Founders programme.

Barbara’s interest in collaborative film, ideas around place, identity and culture culminated into a film-by-practice PhD at Exeter University (completed in 2023). The documentary, King for a Day, was the focus of the study.

Tate St Ives is located on Porthmeor Beach. There is a ramp up to the gallery entrance alongside stairs with a handrail.

There are lifts to all Levels of the gallery, or alternatively you can take the stairs.

• Accessible and standard toilets are on Level 3, next to Gallery 6.
• A Changing Places toilet is on Level 3, next to Gallery 1.
• Ear defenders can be borrowed from the information desk.

To help plan your visit to Tate St Ives, have a look at our visual story. It includes photographs and information of what you can expect from a visit to the gallery.

For more information before your visit:

• Email visiting.stives@tate.org.uk
• Call +44 (0)173 679 6226