Matter of Britain

Matter of Britain is an ethnographic fantasy which documents an English country village's performance of the Holy Grail myth. In that myth, King Arthur's knights quest for the Holy Grail in order to heal their wasted land. The performance took place over 12 months from 2023 to 2024 in multiple locations across the parish of Mayfield, East Sussex. Over 300 members of the community took part as questing knights, angelic choirs, guiding anchorites and tempting devils.

Matter of Britain is a 2026 documentary movie directed by Peter Treherne. It holds an IMDb rating of 5.7/10 from 8 votes and runs 1h 43m.