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A survey of the painting of Henri Matisse, revealing the development of the idyllic quality in his work. Studies pictures from the beginning of his...

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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

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

The film Arbeit Macht Frei (Work Makes Free) was conceived after the performance 'And For Today Nothing' which took place at Gallery House Goethe...

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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

Beautiful but often violent images are interwoven to create an experimental documentary about the hazardous existence of the Serpent River community...

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Cast: Diane Guillemette

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

Genre: Animation

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Repertory consists of one continuous tracking shot, during which the camera completely circles the outside of a locked and empty theatre, whilst a...

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Cast: Neil Hornick

A young woman in New York.

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The film is a continuous, "real time" tracking shot of a stream bed. The length of the track was ten yards. The camera was suspended in a motorized...

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Leave behind the ugly modern multiplex and step back into the glamorous world of the 1930s picture palace, in this charming documentary about Art...

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Since 1983, Bow Gamelan Ensemble have inspired generations of artists with their radical practices and explosive performances. Charged with their...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ann Bean

Bruce Lacey: 'People used to come and make documentaries about me, but they weren't interested in the day-to-day family life that I found extremely...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jill Bruce

Gilbert & George are renowned for presenting themselves as ‘living sculptures,’ fusing their art and identity with the external world....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: George Passmore

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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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

Portrait of the composer, Peter Maxwell Davies, set in the context of the islands of Orkney. George Mackay Brown is featured reading his own verse...

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Plutonium Blonde is a beautifully textured collage of sound and images and a fractured narrative about woman’s self-definition and control....

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Peter Blackman, founder of Steel 'n' Skin, talks about this pan-African group, which takes African culture to British schools. The film follows the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mercy Ahadzi

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

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