Arts Council Of England Movies

  • 1998
    Babymother

    Babymother

    Babymother

    3.31998HD

    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...

    Babymother
  • 1998
    Surviving Sabu

    Surviving Sabu

    Surviving Sabu

    5.41998HD

    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...

    Surviving Sabu
  • 1996
    Blight

    Blight

    Blight

    6.41996HD

    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.

    Blight
  • 1996
    Crimetime

    Crimetime

    Crimetime

    4.11996HD

    The star of a TV crime reenactment show becomes caught up in the mind of the killer he is playing.

    Crimetime
  • 1997
    Diary of a Madman

    Diary of a Madman

    Diary of a Madman

    01997HD

    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...

    Diary of a Madman
  • 1994
    What She Wants

    What She Wants

    What She Wants

    71994HD

    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...

    What She Wants
  • 1983
    Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti

    Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti

    Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti

    5.31983HD

    An unconventional portrait of painter Frida Kahlo and photographer Tina Modotti. Simple in style but complex in its analysis, it explores the divergen...

    Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
  • 2000
    Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

    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.

    Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
  • 2021
    The Birth of the Telephone

    The Birth of the Telephone

    The Birth of the Telephone

    02021HD

    Originating from footage of Thomas Watson relating the conception of the telephone, Birth of the Telephone distorts and challenges the simplicity of t...

    The Birth of the Telephone
  • 2002
    Dad's Dead

    Dad's Dead

    Dad's Dead

    5.82002HD

    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...

    Dad's Dead
  • 1995
    The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity

    The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity

    The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity

    6.41995HD

    A father and son rescue the sole survivor of a train crash.

    The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity
  • 1995
    Hermaphrodite Bikini

    Hermaphrodite Bikini

    Hermaphrodite Bikini

    01995HD

    Director Clio Barnard, using Harry and Paintbox techniques, intercut with a Hi-8 video diary, presents a non-narrative collage addressing sexual diffe...

    Hermaphrodite Bikini
  • 2023
    Solitude

    Solitude

    Solitude

    02023HD

    Readings from the poets Byron, Keats, Brontë, Tennyson, Coleridge and songs from the dark repertoire of the singer Nico with portraits from the films...

    Solitude
  • 1986
    The Dream Machine

    The Dream Machine

    The Dream Machine

    4.41986HD

    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...

    The Dream Machine
  • 1997
    Body Projections

    Body Projections

    Body Projections

    01997HD

    Experimental art / moving image film by Tony Donoghue.

    Body Projections
  • 2024
    The Governesses

    The Governesses

    The Governesses

    02024HD

    Three rebellious governesses upend the household they work in - inspiriting the minds of the males in their care, igniting the imaginations of the boh...

    The Governesses
  • 2004
    Doubled Up

    Doubled Up

    Doubled Up

    02004HD

    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...

    Doubled Up
  • 1996
    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    5.81996HD

    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...

    A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • 1998
    Pleasures of War

    Pleasures of War

    Pleasures of War

    5.51998HD

    A retelling of the Biblical story of Judith and Holofernes, exploring female aggression and the links between war and sexual desire.

    Pleasures of War
  • 2008
    Trail of the Spider

    Trail of the Spider

    Trail of the Spider

    9.52008HD

    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...

    Trail of the Spider