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Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Derek Jarman

In this film an interior landscape is scrutinised, and an apparent rational calm is revealed as suffocating. Milk and Glass is an evocative journey...

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A kaleidoscopic celebration of the 1980 Notting Hill Carnival. Arts Council of Great Britain.

Genre: Documentary

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A brief look at the life of the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Alexis Bistikas

“London artist John Smith uses light-hearted humour to explore theoretical concerns - Gargantuan, for instance, is both pleasantly silly and...

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The Arts Council commissioned this film to coincide with their major retrospective of Giacometti's work at the Tate Gallery (now Tate Britain) in the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alberto Giacometti

Stephen Dwoskin brings together members of the Ballet Negres dance company, founded in London in 1946.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ben Johnson

Ted Hughes's 1993 novel The Iron Woman is the springboard for this multi-media project by Mikhail Karikis. The video section of the installation...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ayaan Ahmed

A portrait of Salford-born poet, storyteller and comic, John Cooper-Clarke. His poems, a satirical blend of humour and social comment, are delivered...

Genre: Music

Cast: John Cooper Clarke

It is night and, in the foyer of a small hotel, a receptionist performs her tasks, unhurried and impassive, her face ghost-white, an emotional mask....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Pamela Rooke

Early 90s London gets a vibrant dose of African culture in this mini odyssey fusing dance, music and fashion.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Andrea McKenley

Stabat Mater opens and closes with two sung laments, then launches into a breathless torrent of words and phrases, a re-reading of the eternal...

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Cast: Nina Danino

From the idea that glass, even when cooled, is a liquid that changes in appearance over time, an offscreen narrator launches a recollection of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ian Bourn

Toulouse-Lautrec's sketchbooks are turned into an animated short.

Genre: Animation

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Introduces the world of painter René Magritte through an assemblage of the painter's images. Includes statements by Magritte about his intentions...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: René Magritte

Experimental essay in film history, associating very early archive material (circa 1909) and studio shot footage in an attempt to provide insights...

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Cast: Jeff Rawle

Vertical Features Remake is a film by Peter Greenaway. It portrays the work of a fictional Institute of Reclamation and Restoration as they attempt...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Colin Cantlie

Oscar Wilde’s famous and eloquent defence of love – made while he was being cross-examined at the trial that led to his incarceration and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Quentin Crisp

A documentary about the life and works of Margaret Tait.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tamara Krikorian

A memory-using location film of a stay with a uranium mining community. Using a kaleidoscopic array of experimental techniques, this film explores...

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