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Skye ponders the story of Icarus's wings as a means to escape her current life in Merseyside.

British director Phelim McDermott offers the audience a new take on the culture of the people of Ancient Egypt in Aida, one that allows us also to question the world in which we live. This new perspective entails a number of bold creative choices that do not make use of the traditional staging imagery associated with Aida. Aida’s command to Radames — “Ritorna vincitor!” — comes at a price. The triumphal march of the victorious Egyptians is a procession for the coffins of the heroes fallen in battle, the chorus are their grieving kinsfolk. McDermott’s staging resonates keenly with the images of so many civilian and military funerals that crowd our newsfeeds. Here is a triumphal march that does not seek to hide the true, lethal and disastrous nature of war, whatever side you are on.

In the mid 2000s, The UN Peacekeeping Troops raided the neighbourhood of Cité Soleil in Haiti several times, targetting gang leaders and killing many innocents in the proces. Cahal McLaughlin and Siobhán Wills visit the area ten years after to explore the aftermath.

'Divided We Scroll' is an eerie depiction of our intimate relationships with technology.

Stop-motion short film about a young boy who stumbles upon a mysterious box in the attic.

A pleasing account of positive change in the military with this insight into the life of a trans RAF rescue pilot.

An original live radio play from award-winning author Sharon Gosling.

Documentary following tennis star Andy Murray, a US Open, Olympic and now Wimbledon champion, revealing just what it takes to be a global sports icon.

Written by Syrian artist Kinana Issa, the film explores the themes of liberation and captivity. It follows a woman whose journey of immigration is over, but whose suffering continues. The story gives voice to women who have been impacted by immigration. This was created as part of a series of three films.

A lone astronaut is sent tumbling back to Earth after a mission to the moon ends with a nightmarish insight into the darkest recesses of the human mind.

Controversial comic artist Steve Martin is being interviewed about his artistic alter ego – the perverted monster that is Krent Able. But where does Krent stop and Steve start…and just who is in control?

A short visual meditation, OF THE UNKNOWN is set in Hong Kong where millionaires and the ‘working poor’ live side by side in one of Asia’s wealthiest and most densely populated cities. The film explores how our notions of freedom and happiness are shaped by the place we occupy, both literally and metaphorically, in our society. What is the importance of freedom when one faces a daily struggle for survival? Is it even possible to have dreams, or to dream, if one was never given any opportunities in life? https://vimeo.com/113548756

A new way of painting graffiti was born in Sao Paulo. Hip Hop was replaced by Brazilian regional culture and OsGemeos' crew works were spread to galleries around the world. However, a new visual pollution combat act made the City Hall cover their paintings in grey in their hometown.

A rare celestial event has an extraordinary impact on a stir crazy mother and her peculiar, adult son.

Mark Jenkin's 2015 short film is a homage to the spontaneous prose of The Beats, from the mythical Cornish west.

A documentary vlog-feature about locking yourself out.

Bryan Bale grew up in Cardiff at a time when homosexual acts between men were still illegal. As a young man in the 1960s he moved to London, enjoying everything the city had to offer, and he met the love of his life. With stories that are funny and intensely moving in equal measure, Bryan reflects on the past, while embracing his present and future.

Susan Calman's stand-up show about being older, wiser and liking yourself whatever anyone might say. This show was recorded in the beautiful surroundings of Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre to an enthusiastic home crowd.

For the very first time a Paul Foot live performance has been captured on DVD so you can now enjoy the musings, rants and mountings of one of the world's most original comedians. """"""""Sublime, original and brilliant"""""""" Independent """"""""Unobtrusively masterful stuff"""""""" Scotsman """"""""His routines are like jazz clusters, loose hammocks choked to the brim with jokes and ideas"""""""" Noel Fielding

Dark Trees starts with a view from a window in silhouette through which one sees a garden, tall trees, rooftops and the sea. This scene orientates the viewer, but we are quickly taken into an imaginary space offered by the trees, shot against a late evening sky. A floating camera and the dense superimposition of shots make for a scene that is now untethered. Towards the end we see the sun set over the sea; confirmation of the lyrical strain in much of Le Grice’s cinema.

Delineations of control structured through the creation of restrictive borders.

Exploring the world of Italo Disco through ‘Distant Planet: The Six Chapters of Simona’ a documentary by Josh Blaaberg for the four-part film series ‘Second Summer of Love’ in partnership with Frieze.

Music Video for The Halloween Song (Who You Gonna Be?) by The Yandy Dolls

A documentary about autistic driving students and the obstacle they face while learning to drive.

In Momentum the fallibility of human aspiration and the comparatively certainty of concrete, are both seen to be parts of a constantly changing river of colour and light. The monumental solidity of the concrete ruins are thus seen to be as unstable and as tenuous as both the lives of those who built them or those who have since inscribed their identity on the crumbling walls.Although we may find consolation in the idea that the world around us is predominantly stable with only an occasional disruption to the fabric of our personal realities, it is probably more realistic to understand, as Heraclitus did more than a thousand years ago, that pockets of stability are in fact, unusual and temporary and that the only constant is continuous change.

John and Marge Schlintz have lived across the street from my parents old house in Franklin, Wisconsin, ever since I can remember. John always seemed to be cutting grass, and always in a different pattern. I always wondered about this. So 50 years later I asked him.

The show was an adaption of a short story by Hans Christian Andersen and was written by Silva Semerciyan and devised with Young Company. It explores themes that are both timeless and relevant, from the brutality and reasons for war, to the valuing of women based solely on their appearance.

Convolves the aberrations found within two image-making technologies; film and video, which here combine to produce a heap of dichotomies and forensic textures of process, like human imprints in sand.

In the second installment of the hit horror franchise, 'Chinese Unicorn' Saloona Fishpaste searches for answers with The Book Man to find out why Salmon Glass donned a freaky possessed mask. Dark answers lie ahead for our plucky young heroine gal-dem ting. And A cliffhanger! Oh! He almost died of fright!

Synth-pop pioneers Soft Cell reunited for one last time at London’s The O2 on Sunday 30th September 2018 – their first UK show for 15 years. Marc Almond and Dave Ball performed together for a one-off show, ‘Say Hello, Wave Goodbye’, as they celebrate their 40th anniversary as a duo with their first UK show since 2003. This was the band’s last EVER show.

A response in music and film to the conflict that launched a century of war, and a celebration of the power of art to keep us sane and offer us comfort. Beyond Zero: 1914-1918 brings together three of the world's most pioneering artists: the Kronos Quartet, known for decades for their trailblazing performances and collaborations; acclaimed Serbian composer Aleksandra Vrebalov; and filmmaker Bill Morrison, respected for his work with rare and even partially destroyed archive images.

A story about Lydia Brass, actress and daughter of world-renowned playwright, Sir Rowland Brass, who has decided to leave the acting world behind until she develops a relationship with an ambitious American playwright living in London.

In July 2009, amateur metal detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert uncovered the largest Anglo Saxon treasure hoard ever found in Britain. Just below the surface of a field near Lichfield, Staffordshire, he unearthed over 200 pieces of jewelled gold and silver treasure, buried, lost and forgotten for over a millennium. Archaeologists later excavated a further 1,400 items. The unprecedented find of Anglo Saxon gold mesmerised archaeologists and historians, making headlines around the world.

Many people know of the death of Rudyard Kipling's son John - but few know of the earlier death of his much loved daughter Josephine. This film reveals the true story behind both of these deaths, creating an evocation of a man who had remarkable gifts - and had to bear great personal tragedy. Combining touching dramatizations of three of Kipling's most important works with distinguished contributions from his leading biographers, this is a truly remarkable portrait of one of the world's greatest writers. In Kipling's bedroom at his house Bateman's to this day are his son's cricket bat and his daughter's portrait.

An astronomer and his daughter embark on a camping trip to see the eclipse.

'By The Grace Of God' follows the tragic odyssey of Juergen, whose attempt to make contact with his imagined mother, the Queen of England, leads him to a sense of personal crisis, of aporia.

A Mockumentary about the band Lady Parts

Against the backdrop of President Trump's much-trumpeted wall, Reginald D. Hunter takes a 2,000-mile road trip along the US-Mexico border to explore how romance and reality play out musically where third-world Mexico meets first-world USA on this broken road to the American dream. Classic American pop and country portray Mexico as a land of escape and romance, but also of danger; Hunter explores the border music as it is today, much of it created by musicians drawn from the 36 million Mexican-Americans who are US citizens.

As a rising star in the late 1970s, Copeland took the boxing world by storm. Proving himself fight after fight, many predicted a bright future ahead; titles, fame and fortune. But in 1981 - at the age of just 24 - he stepped into the ring, and 4 fateful rounds later was carried out a broken man. But Eddie didn't give up on life, or sport.

Today it is best-known as a branch of the Imperial War Museum. But it was in the summer of 1940 that Duxford's fame was assured, during Britain's 'finest hour'. In those momentous months it's squadrons battled with the Luftwaffe in the skies over Britain. This is the story of one airfield's role in helping to mount the greatest defence of the nation since the Spanish Armada. Using footage from the Imperial War Museum's own archives, material shot for the 1969 film The Battle of Britain and interviews with the men and women who served there in 1940, this documentary places Duxford within the context of the wider struggle. From the exhilaration and terror of air-to-air combat to the controversies surrounding the 'Big Wing', Duxford and the Battle of Britain brings a 1940 fighter station vividly to life.

To celebrate the online release of the British Council's Film Collection - an archive of 120 short documentaries made throughout the 1940s to showcase Britain to the rest of the world - we invited three contemporary UK filmmakers to respond to the Collection. John Akomfrah, Penny Woolcock and Mark Cousins each took a different view. 'But Then Again, To Few To Mention: A Life Of Bob' is Mark's response.

Luke Fowler constructed this tribute to Scottish filmmaker and poet Margaret Tait on the occasion of her centenary. Setting off to Tait’s native Orkney, Fowler creates a record of her life and work through images of her past dwellings, filming locations and notebooks. The soundtrack consists of location recordings made in Orkney and an archival tape recording of Tait reciting her poem “Houses,” in which she reflects on the meaning of home.

How can we hold on to the memory of someone without holding ourselves back? This is a film about being brave enough to capture new memories without denying the pain of loss.

Based on a poem by a Zimbabwean LGBT activist written in response to the gay hate speech that is being perpetuated president Robert Mugabe. The film was shot in South East London UK with a cast of six women from several African countries playing multiple roles in this portrayal of being a lesbian in homophobic Zimbabwe. Five of the actors and the producer are refugees who fled their countries in fear of persecution for their sexuality.

Discussing what it means to be LGBT in today's society, PROUD, a short documentary, shares the experiences of young members of the LGBT community by exploring sexuality, gender identity and the positives that come with it.

When the limited-edition Lego-Batman Cup comes back into stock, two Agents set off on an exciting adventure to acquire the cup…. But things soon enough don’t go to plan!

Hannah & Olivia, Lily & Alice, and Sophie & Eloise are three pairs of identical twins, and although at first glance the sisters can be hard to tell apart, in fact there is nothing identical about them. The more you get to know them, the more you come to realise how uniquely different they are. In a series of simple documentary portraits we hear them talking about the unique bond they share and how they found their individual taste and style through years.

Historian Dr Michael Scott unlocks the secrets of a mysterious tomb recently discovered in one of Rome's famous catacombs. Found by accident following a roof collapse, the tombs contained over 2,000 skeletons piled on top of each other. This was quite unlike any other underground tomb seen in Rome. They are located in an area of the catacombs marked as 'X' in the Vatican's underground mapping system - hence the name The X Tombs.

As we run, the layers of responsibility and identity we have gathered in our lives, the father, mother, lawyer, teacher, Manchester United-supporter labels, all fall away, leaving us with the raw human being underneath. With nothing but our own two legs moving us, we begin to get a vague, tingling sense of who, or what, we really are.

Hatter lures 2 girls to his 'Wonderland' for his infamous Tea Party. Little do they know that the party will soon take a dark turn.

The battle between two angelic warriors for the revelation seals that belong to unknown prophets.

Comedian and history buff Al Murray is joined by historian Dan Snow, writer Natalie Haynes and broadcaster and film expert Matthew Sweet for a fresh look at a subject very close to his heart - the great British war movie. This roundtable discussion looks at both the films themselves, from A Bridge too Far to Zulu, and uses them as a lens on British history, cultural attitudes and our changing views on conflict over the decades.

Since 2007, dozens of young people have been found hanged in Bridgend, a town in southern Wales. Many of them knew one another-they were friends, neighbors, and family. The striking similarities between their deaths have confounded authorities and struck fear into the hearts of parents. Headlines splashed across the UK earned Bridgend its infamous nickname: ""Death Town."

The gay-themed film Admit None, directed by a deaf lesbian, is a witty and hyper-real critique of poor captioning service in the British “inaccessible cinema” through the dating between a deaf guy and a hearing guy.

A reflection on pregnancy, taxidermy, and techno music.

A man who had sex with his bike is charged as sex-offender. An animation between reality and ... ?

In a cosy corner of England there are a couple of things the villagers are far too polite to mention. Everyone is naked and there's a huge double entendre in the room. In the world's first all knitted animation, nudinits are the quirky inhabitants of Woolly Bush, a village bursting with Britishness and bare bottoms.

It is nightfall. A hunter lurks in the darkness, wandering further towards the impenetrable. Do the meanings lie in the stream, in the mountains, the stars, or in the death of things?