Arts Council of Great Britain Scannán Coitianta

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek...

Seánra: Drama

Caitheadh: Derek Jarman

In this film an interior landscape is scrutinised, and an apparent rational calm is revealed as suffocating. Milk and Glass is an evocative journey...

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Vertical Features Remake is a film by Peter Greenaway. It portrays the work of a fictional Institute of Reclamation and Restoration as they attempt...

Seánra: Documentary

Caitheadh: Colin Cantlie

Oscar Wilde’s famous and eloquent defence of love – made while he was being cross-examined at the trial that led to his incarceration and...

Seánra: Drama

Caitheadh: Quentin Crisp

Two cameras mounted on tripods with wind vane attachments were positioned about 50 feet apart along an axis of 45 degrees to the direction of the...

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A brief look at the life of the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy.

Seánra: Drama

Caitheadh: Alexis Bistikas

Documentary profile of English artist, Paul Nash.

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Caitheadh: Jonathan Cecil

Le Grice no longer simply uses the printer as a reflexive mechanism, but utilises the possibilities of colour-shift and permutation of imagery as the...

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“London artist John Smith uses light-hearted humour to explore theoretical concerns - Gargantuan, for instance, is both pleasantly silly and...

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Stephen Dwoskin brings together members of the Ballet Negres dance company, founded in London in 1946.

Seánra: Documentary

Caitheadh: Ben Johnson

Experimental essay in film history, associating very early archive material (circa 1909) and studio shot footage in an attempt to provide insights...

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Caitheadh: Jeff Rawle

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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Caitheadh: Diane Guillemette

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

Seánra: Documentary

Caitheadh: Mercy Ahadzi

The Arts Council commissioned this film to coincide with their major retrospective of Giacometti's work at the Tate Gallery (now Tate Britain) in the...

Seánra: Documentary

Caitheadh: Alberto Giacometti

Documentary on advertising. Investigates the way work has disappeared from advertising images, and traces the phenomenon through archive advertising...

Seánra: Documentary

Caitheadh: Fiona Trierr

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...

Seánra: Documentary

Caitheadh: Jill Bruce

A portrait of Salford-born poet, storyteller and comic, John Cooper-Clarke. His poems, a satirical blend of humour and social comment, are delivered...

Seánra: Music

Caitheadh: John Cooper Clarke

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

Seánra: Documentary

Caitheadh: George Passmore

About Performance Art and its historical origins including its links with folk customs. The film includes extracts from the work of many different...

Seánra: Documentary

Caitheadh: Tibor Hajas

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

Seánra: Animation

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