Arts Council England Popular Movie

A tale of lost innocence, greed and the random justice of nature. When a boy and girl find an idol in the stomach of a rabbit, its magical abilities...

Genre: Animation

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Miranda July looks back at her Artangel project, an interfaith charity shop that opened up unannounced inside one of the world's most famous...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Miranda July

Familiar Phantoms is an experimental documentary short film about memory, history and trauma.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sofia Asir

The Rosie Kay Dance Company present a piece about the strange history and pop-cultural aftermath of CIA mind control experiments during the Cold War,...

Genre: Music

Cast: Shanelle Clemenson

In a world where water has become a scarce commodity, a young scavenger finds a source to satisfy her thirst.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Gabriella Pond

'London Market eXcess' is a term used in the Lloyds insurance industry to describe the practice of re-insuring a policy over and over again,...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Simon Will

At home, an old woman tunes into the radio. As rain drips into the house, dark manifestations appear in her mind.

Genre: Animation

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“It can take years to get over the loss of a loved one, but it can take a few heartbeats to lose yourself.” Inspired by a childhood...

Genre: Drama

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From the lush and green grass of the Kazakh Steppe to the glorifying architecture of its capital, from its giant open-air mines to the traces of...

Genre: Documentary

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This visually striking short film from director Kate Morrison combines exquisite production design, precise cinematography and committed performances...

Genre: Comedy

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A fugitive escape path across five interlinked spaces - city, motorway, forest, coast and sea - using pen and ink drawn interventions into a live...

Genre: Drama

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Patel’s new film Trinity, continues his exploration of language and physical communication, centring on the discovery of a martial language...

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Cast: Vidya Patel

Two figures wander the desolate Yorkshire Moors building colourful worlds around themselves. Absurdity ensues when their paths cross.

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Cast: Emily Aitcheson

Filmmaker Tegan Pearce combines autobiographical spoken word and expressive visual direction to present a cinematic interpretation of autism.

Genre: Drama

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An art film about the campaign to save the Joiners Arms, the iconic queer pub in East London. Working directly with members of ‘Friends of the...

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John Berger is one of our most celebrated and respected writers and broadcasters. A former winner of the Booker Prize, he also wrote one of the most...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: John Berger

Don’t Look at the Finger follows a ceremonial ‘fight’ between two protagonists, a man and a woman, in the grand architectural...

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Cast: Victoria Shulungu

When did you last rest? When did you float weightlessly, your aching muscles soothed by lapping water?

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Njafweniko is a tender and tense short film about caring for a loved one suffering from mental health issues by First Acts filmmaker Emma Taonga...

Genre: Drama

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‘Wendy’ is a film response to the work of composer, electronic music innovator and polymath, Wendy Carlos. The work orbits a duet...

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Cast: Frances Scott