Blue Has No Borders
2022 • 87m •• English With Subtitles • 15
A searching documentary portrait of contemporary Folkestone and the intersecting stories of six local people, this richly textured documentary moves between coast, town and community to map belonging at the edge of England.
Observational and essayistic by turns, it captures the rhythms, tensions and solidarities that shape everyday life. Exploring migration, identity and place with empathy and urgency, it balances intimate testimony with a wider social canvas.
Rating: Contains strong language and references to racism, homophobia and protest violence.
Shown with Eyes Turned Skyward (5 min)
16:00, Saturday 21 March 2026
Screen 4, The Ashford Cinema
Shown with Eyes Turned Skyward (5 min)
Doors at 15:50
Credits
Director(s)
Jessi Gutch
Producer(s)
Mark Thomas
Natasha Dack Ojumu
Charlie Phillips
Nikki Parrott
Director of Photography
Jessi Gutch
Sound
Adam Wood
Editor
Galdys Joujou
Meet The Artist
Jessi Gutch (she/they) is an award winning disabled writer/director, who makes films whilst also trying not to die of an incurable ovarian cancer called Sertoli-Leydig. She is interested in reflexive, humorous films that occupy the space between dream and reality; fiction and non-fiction.
Her work touches on themes of grief, mortality, psychogeography, nostalgia, compassion, community and power, always trying to imagine something more radical and unknowing.
