Arts Council Of England Movies
- 1998
Babymother
Babymother3.31998HD
A single mother determined to make it as a singer puts together an all-girl reggae group named Neeta, Sweeta, & Nastie with her friends. Living in a h...
- 1998
Surviving Sabu
Surviving Sabu5.41998HD
The difficult relationship between a young gay South Asian man and his father, refracted through images of the late film star Sabu of Jungle Book and...
- 1996
Blight
Blight6.41996HD
A short film featuring the voices of those affected when the M11 Link Road in East London was built, accompanied by scenes and sounds of demolition.
- 1996
Crimetime
Crimetime4.11996HD
The star of a TV crime reenactment show becomes caught up in the mind of the killer he is playing.
- 1997
Diary of a Madman
Diary of a Madman01997HD
An update of Gogol's comic story about a man who thinks the way to his boss's heart is by sending letters to her dog. Starring Steve Evets, Yasmin Mil...
- 1994
What She Wants
What She Wants71994HD
A woman travelling on the underground is bedeviled with images of desire. What She Wants – wholly created on an Amiga 1500 home computer – is a film a...
- 1983
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti5.31983HD
An unconventional portrait of painter Frida Kahlo and photographer Tina Modotti. Simple in style but complex in its analysis, it explores the divergen...
- 2000
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?6.1582000HD
It's 1976, and Vinny is a confused teenager who can't decide whether he is a disco king or a proto punk rocker.
- 2021
The Birth of the Telephone
The Birth of the Telephone02021HD
Originating from footage of Thomas Watson relating the conception of the telephone, Birth of the Telephone distorts and challenges the simplicity of t...
- 2002
Dad's Dead
Dad's Dead5.82002HD
Our narrator looks fondly back at his childhood in Liverpool and the antics of his best friend Johnno. Well known for being a showman and a keen one f...
- 1995
The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity
The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity6.41995HD
A father and son rescue the sole survivor of a train crash.
- 1995
Hermaphrodite Bikini
Hermaphrodite Bikini01995HD
Director Clio Barnard, using Harry and Paintbox techniques, intercut with a Hi-8 video diary, presents a non-narrative collage addressing sexual diffe...
- 2023
Solitude
Solitude02023HD
Readings from the poets Byron, Keats, Brontë, Tennyson, Coleridge and songs from the dark repertoire of the singer Nico with portraits from the films...
- 1986
The Dream Machine
The Dream Machine4.41986HD
A 16mm anthology of experimental super 8 films by Derek Jarman, Michael Kostiff, Cerith Wyn Evans and John Maybury, with framing footage by Tim Burke...
- 1997
Body Projections
Body Projections01997HD
Experimental art / moving image film by Tony Donoghue.
- 2024
The Governesses
The Governesses02024HD
Three rebellious governesses upend the household they work in - inspiriting the minds of the males in their care, igniting the imaginations of the boh...
- 2004
Doubled Up
Doubled Up02004HD
Sam Moore's Doubled Up tells of the shock and awe of finding out she was expecting twins. The film is an opulent and multi-faceted song of love, panic...
- 1996
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream5.81996HD
A film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, based on a popular stage production by the Royal Shakespeare Company. A small boy dreams the play, which un...
- 1998
Pleasures of War
Pleasures of War5.51998HD
A retelling of the Biblical story of Judith and Holofernes, exploring female aggression and the links between war and sexual desire.
- 2008
Trail of the Spider
Trail of the Spider9.52008HD
Trail of the Spider transposes Western genre motifs and the suppressed racial history of the American west (where one in three cowboys were black or M...