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People try it on in the Croxley bunkers, and when the head of the household shoves his bendy cane brush right up the chimney we would do well to run to the other side of the road and watch it appear out the top for the lucky sight of it.
Short documentary on gentrification in the east end of London, by The London Particular (Benedict Seymour & David Panos).
Between the Caribbean Sea and the Maya Mountains lies Toledo, known as The Forgotten District of Belize, Central America. For the last 20 years, the Maya have been promoting their own ecotourism programme in order to protect their rainforest and traditions. Despite constant opposition from the government and the tourist industry, Margarita, Reyes, Chet and their friends remain strong and optimistic. The film is a tribute to their tireless efforts.
The writer Henry Porter has spent much of 2006 battling with Tony Blair on the issue of civil liberties through his weekly column in the Observer newspaper. In this program, Henry embarks on a journey to look at the surveillance technologies being used in the UK and US today and what lies ahead. Henry also sees security expert Adam Laurie demonstrate how insecure many of these technologies are.
As the winning artist of the 2008 Film London Jarman Award, Luke Fowler was commissioned to produce four short films for 3 Minute Wonder, Channel 4s shorts strand. The four films premiered on Channel 4 over four consecutive nights in April 2009. Entitled, Anna, Helen, David and Lester, they are a series of portraits of four diverse individuals brought together through a shared residence – a flat in a Victorian tenement in the West End of Glasgow. Composer: Taku Unami
Digital animation short film from Tim Hope
A story about a young boy and his obsessive fear of ghosts at night.
Optical sound film by Guy Sherwin
A hard-hitting investigative documentary on honor killings of women. Shot in cinema-verite style with unprecedented access in remote rural villages in South-East Turkey, the film features compelling testimonies of women survivors in hiding, as well as candid interviews with male killers. The narrative thread juxtaposes the weight of tradition and community pressure against the courage of women who take a stand and struggle to overcome ancient practices.
Completed in June 2001, the LGV Méditerranée joined up with the LGV Rhône Alpes and the original Paris/Lyon TGV line completing the link between Marseille and Paris. Now is your chance to see this truly amazing feat of engineering from the cab of a Duplex (double deck) TGV. The Ligne a Grande Vitesse (LGV) features dozens of massive viaducts, tunnels and earthworks cutting a swathe through the French countryside (with no expense spared) to allow for very high speed running.
This Driver's eye view puts you in the cab of a brand new Scotrail Turbostar class 170 for the 118 mile trip over the Highland main line. Perth is the gateway to the Highlands of Scotland and still boasts a large imposing station. The main line features stretches of double and single track with semaphore block signalling predominating to Aviemore.There are stiff climbs to the two summits at Druimuachdar and Slochd, the latter forming the summit of the Inverness cut-off line. This direct line from Aviemore to Inverness was a major feat of civil engineering forced upon the Highland Railway company by the threat of competition. It was completed in 1898 having taken 14 years to build. The two largest structures spanning the rivers Findhorn and Nairn are seen, like the rest of the route, not just from the cab but from a helicopter flying overhead!
Self-storage units are windows into human histories: the silent cells with their discarded objects and dust-covered furniture are inscribed with past dreams, secret hopes and of lives we cannot let go.
A look at the 2003/2004 Celtic season
Institutional bureaucracies affect a researcher's relationship; in turn, a break-up sends him towards a diagnostic assessment.
The Great Gatsby: Midnight in Manhattan looks at the story’s origins, the roaring 1920s and F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s interest in writing. It looks at the life and dark creative side of Fitzgerald, his disappointing college days at Princeton, his difficult relationship with fellow author Ernest Hemingway and his turbulent last days in Hollywood.
She Farted And Created The World is an animation about a dog who farts and creates a world... and follow a sort-of evolution cycle within it.
Robert Beckford learned the Bible at his mother's knee and grew up believing that it was literally true. But, 20 years on from his Baptist upbringing, Beckford is no longer so sure that 'the good book' is the pure, unadulterated word of God untouched by human hand. For Beckford, who wrote the Bible matters more today than perhaps at any other moment in living memory. His journey takes him from Birmingham to the West Bank, from Jerusalem to Turkey, and from Rome to Bible Belt America.
2008 Nicky Hamlyn short experimental work
2008 Nicky Hamlyn short experimental work
A look at the first year in the life of the band Blue. Includes film of the boys in the studio recording their first material, behind-the-scenes footage of photo-shoots and roadshows, exclusive interviews, and the promo videos for the band's first singles.
On the morning of July 7th 2005, Mikkel H. Eriksen found himself on the underground train that was blown up at Edgware Road Station during the terror attacks on London. That day, four young Muslims killed themselves and took 52 people with them. Mikkel walked away unharmed, and decided to turn his experience and all the questions that followed into a constructive exploration of how young muslims' everyday lives in London had been affected after the attacks.
Traditional animated tale recounting the story of a young boy who receives the gift of piping from a sinister fairy.
British documentary.
Handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket for her friend Akeyo. Which fruit will Akeyo like best, she wonders. After a long walk to the next village, the answer turns out to be a big surprise!
Woods of Terror is a double bill of horror containing 'Nightmare in the Woods' & 'Zombie Village'. Nightmare in the Woods tells the story of three youths who decide to go deep into the woods to get high and tell silly horror stories to scare each other, but the story of the crazed killer stalking and killing young loving couples is true, and one by one he is coming to them to cut chop and decapitate! Zombie Village tells the story of a crazy person who has to stop the living dead from devouring his precious little village, but is he worse than the zombies.
After the absence of almost three decades, Jaguar returned to top flight sports car racing in 1985. this is the action-packed story of how the legendary British marque roared back to victory. Archive race footage traces the full story of how tom Walkinshaw racing took Jaguar to the top, claiming World Championship success and securing Jaguar's first victory at the Le Mans 24 hour for 31 years.
Collection of 100 classic sing-along songs, including 'Three Blind Mice' and 'Sing a Song of Sixpence' amongst many more.
Dan, an insecure twenty-something, learns that his girlfriend Fiona has been having sex with another man. Incapable of confronting the implications on his own, Dan turns to his three friends for consolation. What he gets, however, is a tortuous evening of misguided “gripe therapy” awash with beer, blood and bad advice.
It's the match they will talk about for years to come - when Boro sent Premiership champions Chelsea crashing to earth at the Riverside. Steve McClaren's boys inflicted Jose Mourinho's worst defeat in English football when they walloped the Londoners 3-0 on an unforgettable afternoon.
Saturday October 29 2005 will be fondly remembered by Boro fans as the day their side took apart Manchester United with arguably the most breathtaking performance ever seen at the Riverside Stadium.
On this DVD you will find all of Saga's Official Videos of their successful Single Hits ...DVD Includes: 30 minutes of Live bootlegged film shot of Saga over the years, Mini Documentary (approx. 20 minutes) consisting of interviews shot in Los Angeles and Canada, Band Photos, and weblink.
Live DVD show released as the second bonus disc of the deluxe edition of the album Healing Through Fire. Recorded live at The Mean Fiddler in London on 16 December 2006. Includes interviews and studio footage.
Documentary following 15-year-old Yukina as she leaves home and moves to Kyoto to embark on the arduous training needed to become a geisha. The profession has always been shrouded in controversy, with some believing geisha are little more than high-class prostitutes. At such a young age, does Yukina really understand what this ancient profession has in store for her?
An investigation of the evidence for Hitler's Final Solution, together with a dramatic reconstruction of key courtroom exchanges in the libel case lost by the historian David Irving, who was accused of being anti-Semitic and a Holocaust denier.
* In concert: at the Jazz Cafe, + 2 extra songs from the Autumn 2003 tour. * Meet the band: individual profiles of the world's most dysfunctional drum+bass band. * Road Trips: behind-the-scenes footage from the last 12 months on the road. Including tour bus headspins, the joys of soundchecks, BBC live sessions, The Knowledge Awards and more. * Animated Videos: the amazing videos for 'Cum Dancing' and 'Billion Dollar' Gravy' by award winning animators Conkerco.
Life before Brian. AC/DC documentary.
Movie investigates how poor countries are using FOSS applications for development, and includes stories and interviews from around the world.
Towns like Bristol have been manufacturing original oddballs since punk. Diverse styles have been its defining feature - mixing dub, techno and drum 'n' bass, along with funk, hardcore and smooth movie soundtracks displayed here. This is cutting-edge music that has always stood on its own terms.
A fabulous collection of 33 performances featuring a range of artists from around the globe including leading lights in the world music scene Bebel Gilberto Gipsy Kings Youssou N'Dour Ibrahim Ferrer Cesaria Evora Ladysmith Black Mambazo Salif Keita plus a performance by Afel Bocoum featuring Blur's Damon Albarn.
Cameraman Jak Milroy returns to a Tibetan refugee camp in Nepal to fulfil his promise of helping young refugees to create their dream of forming a Tibetan national football team. He takes with him football equipment and two Scottish football coaches to reenact the 1971 Scottish League Cup Final between Celtic and Partick Thistle.
With Michael Ruxton. Music by Luke Blackhurst.
In 2004, Ladytron were booked to play a series of shows in China as part of an exhibition tour set up by the British Council. They played on 24 and 25 September 2004 in Shenzhen, 28 September 2004 in Chongqing, 6 October 2004 and 7 October 2004 (DJ set) in Shanghai.
A portrait of the acclaimed Scottish artist John Bellany.
Struggling artist Jill fights her way home through a city in electronic meltdown as her sculpture takes on a new life.
Claymation short film.
Can’t do that, can’t do that, can’t do that, can’t do that…
A stand-up routine captured during a happy hour on open-mic night in a European hostel, yards from Santa Monica beach, Los Angeles. In the role of a comic, Abraham cultivates his self-deprecating routine that unnervingly veers between public performance and private confession.
"I was intrigued by Sonny Palmer after seeing his name printed in the concert programme, along with the piece he was going to play, 'Midnight Movie'. Something made me decide to record his performance. I was really glad that I did." Ben Sadler
Video art by Ruth Iliffe.
Sheets are whittled away one by one from a stack of A4 paper using an electric sander.
On a deserted American highway, Brâncuși's Endless Column collapses and re-forms in gentle slow motion, repeatedly unbalanced by a gust of wind.