Bfi Experimental Film Fund Movies

  • 1955
    Rowlandson's England

    Rowlandson's England

    Rowlandson's England

    01955HD

    England of Thomas Rowlandson's day, seen through his drawings and cartoons.

    Rowlandson's England
  • 1961
    Michael

    Michael

    Michael

    01961HD

    Sensitive portrait of a boy with Down syndrome, and the small village that includes him.

    Michael
  • 1958
    Tomorrow’s Today

    Tomorrow’s Today

    Tomorrow’s Today

    01958HD

    This is a picture that paints a picture, in appealing colour, of the life and times of the children of late '50s London.

    Tomorrow’s Today
  • 1965
    In Separation

    In Separation

    In Separation

    01965HD

    In Separation - of what from what? Sound, image; cause, consequence; people? The breaking apart of a relationship is exteriorised far beyond the taut...

    In Separation
  • 1958
    Miss Thompson Goes Shopping

    Miss Thompson Goes Shopping

    Miss Thompson Goes Shopping

    71958HD

    Adaptation of Martin Armstrong's poem about an elderly lady who becomes perturbed by something we can't see. It becomes apparent that she is looking f...

    Miss Thompson Goes Shopping
  • 1964
    Other Worlds

    Other Worlds

    Other Worlds

    01964HD

    The worlds of the painter Le Douanier Rousseau and the poet Arthur Rimbaud form a basis for exploration of their works.

    Other Worlds
  • 1964
    The Maestro

    The Maestro

    The Maestro

    01964HD

    The Maestro is conducting Rossini's William Tell overture, but suddenly the music stops dead and he is unable to start again…

    The Maestro
  • 1963
    The Blackhill Campaign

    The Blackhill Campaign

    The Blackhill Campaign

    01963HD

    The fight of one village and its miners against the closing of the pit that is their main source of livelihood.

    The Blackhill Campaign
  • 1956
    Down to Earth

    Down to Earth

    Down to Earth

    01956HD

    A film about a mysterious new boy who, in the course of a single day, rids his school of its bullying, gambling, laboratory explosions and abysmal cr...

    Down to Earth
  • 1963
    Shirt Factory

    Shirt Factory

    Shirt Factory

    01963HD

    A musical performed by schoolchildren from a secondary modern (Markfield) in North London, combining lively dance to the sounds from a transistor radi...

    Shirt Factory
  • 1958
    Coventry Cathedral

    Coventry Cathedral

    Coventry Cathedral

    01958HD

    A documentary feature with Basil Spence explaining, with the aid of a model, the concepts behind the design of the new Coventry Cathedral to replace t...

    Coventry Cathedral
  • 1953
    Figures in a Landscape

    Figures in a Landscape

    Figures in a Landscape

    01953HD

    A documentary feature looking at examples of Barbara Hepworth's sculpture set against the Cornish settings that inspired them.

    Figures in a Landscape
  • 1959
    The Christmas Play

    The Christmas Play

    The Christmas Play

    01959HD

    Taking the lid off the creative process with a group of theatrically-minded 11-year-olds as they stage the nativity.

    The Christmas Play
  • 1957
    Old Aunt China

    Old Aunt China

    Old Aunt China

    01957HD

    Focuses on the drawings by Marguerite Bonnevay who lived in a village outside Paris at the turn of the century.

    Old Aunt China
  • 1962
    The Party

    The Party

    The Party

    01962HD

    A group of art-school students hold a party.

    The Party