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The poetry film challenges artificial control by man on the individual.

After the long journey everything seems to be going to plan but what happens when the banana navigation system deactivates.

'Diffrerent' is an animation that explores neurodiversity learning disabilities such as dyslexia. The film follows an ant’s journey, as it breaks from its chain-like system, as a metaphor for those who are unable to fit in. There’s always been this feeling of without Dyslexia who would I be? As it’s such a large part of me as a person and in everyday life. This film explores this area of my life by looking back at a childhood hobby, the collection of insects, and the problems I experienced when I was younger and still as an adult today. Some days I can wake up and not be able to remember my full address and other days I can. However the previous hobby and study of insects always remained. I’ve always felt out of place, out of the normal system, and in time while having this feeling I’ve found other ways of coping. The film aims to be more of an understanding of the past and present that can give back a positive attitude to dyslexia within society.

A rehearsal takes place when a woman suspects that there is cheating. But there is also some confusion.

A little video using mostly standard wipes to generate both the imagery and audio, light and dark content of the signal directly influence pitch and wave shape, the sound of the video signal was also processed through audio effects controlled live in parallel to the wipes and video effects. King then cut together my favourite parts in to a short work. It was influenced by early video art and visual music experiments.

In the late 1960s, a group of North London musicians shook traditional English folk music to its roots by fusing it with rock - simultaneously outraging the purists and delighting a new and devoted audience. Through new interviews with the band including Richard Thompson, the film examines how the group survived tragedy when their drummer was killed in a car crash early in their career, followed by the tragic death of lead vocalist Sandy Denny; and how they overcame numerous line-up changes to continually reinvent themselves by discovering and recruiting some of the finest virtuosos in the country.

How would you cope if you could only see your son from behind a screen? Closed Visit is a fictional animation based on the real experiences of British single fathers. Paul hasn't seen his son in five months since the divorce, the only form of contact he is allowed is through a weekly video call. Closed Visit is a modern day story of technology acting as both a coping mechanism and a source of pain. Using the messages of single fathers on internet forums and both the director's own experiences of being a single parent child, this animation explores isolation, separation and loss.

Step into the mesmerising world of 'Fern,' a visually arresting short film that defies categorisation, seamlessly blending elements of music video and fashion film with avant-garde filmmaking. Delving deep into the labyrinth of subjective reality and consciousness, 'Fern' unfolds a haunting narrative of love and turmoil between two youthful souls.

A thirty second tracking shot, moving toward, beneath, and away from a large tree at night is abstracted by slowing the original footage down to 360 minutes, rendering the movement in the shot imperceptible to the naked eye. "I wanted to undo all that is conventionally considered cinema, to reveal the tensions between still image and moving image, stasis and movement, space and temporality, the perceptible and the imperceptible." — Scott Barley

For the first time we tell the story of murder-suicide in Ireland through the testimonies of families directly affected. There have been 21 cases of murder suicide in the last ten years alone, many resulting in the deaths of young children.

A short film created by LGBT Age community members and a rare chance to witness the unique perspective of people who have lived through changes we now take for granted.

The moment mantra turns to motion.

The filmmaker asks her ten-year-old son about his arsenal of weapons, many of which are intended for other use; the handle of a back brush, juggling batons, and a plastic cricket stump. Despite his enthusiasm for maiming and killing Harvey has no idea why we have wars.

Rosie Dean doesn't look like a typical Morris dancer, but something about her local group has drawn her in to the extent that she has cut off all contact with her friends and family.

In 1968, Asllan Gjinovci is a student of physics at the University of Pristina. After his involvement in student protests that Yugoslavia, he is forced to flee the country. His escape away from home keeps him inexorably away from his family and homeland for more than thirty years.

Ken Saro-Wiwa was a well-known Nigerian writer and activist who led a peaceful resistance movement against environmental racism practices by nigerian authorities and multinational oil companies in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. In 1995, along with eight other activists, he was tried by a fraudulent military court and sentenced to death. Through interviews with artists, activists and family members, the documentary presents its history, the impacts caused by the oil exploration in the Delta and the political and cultural relevance of artistic projects in London dedicated to its memory.

A young woman with telekinetic powers goes out on the queer scene for the first time.

A short documentary about the village of Moniave.

While darkness descends, A nameless individual resumes his work.

In East London, a status-driven young man tries to educate his unaffected little cousin on the codes of proper manhood.

There are lots of great foods out there but nothing compares to bibimbap.

Traditionally, each musician was trained by a master who instructed him in the playing technique, the repertoire and the manufacture of the instruments. Franco Melis (°1958, Tuili), is the last of a long lineage of players. Aurélien Froment’s film follows the uninterrupted flow of the music, drawing an unbroken invisible thread between Franco Melis and the little bronze Nuragic statue from the archaeological museum in Cagliari.

In London, a group of rappers perform their verses in random order and at different speeds.

Prodger examines queer identity and time in this first-person essay film, shot in and around the Scottish Highlands and named after the eponymous Neolithic deity, whose name has numerous iterations depending on life stage, locality and point in history.

A young college student studies hard at the last minute for an important exam, turning up late in result, once sat down at her desk, she falls asleep immediately and time stops, now she wonders the halls feeling an unfamiliar presense.

A Crime film by Director Stuart Budd.

A Surrealist dream/nightmare is explored in one of the very first short films by the director.

The story of the larger than life boxing legend John Davison, From Wheeler dealer to WBC Boxing Champion.

Phil Mulloy uses his comedic timing and simply animation style to tell the tale of the Christie family's talking dog.

Sat. 15th October 2016: FastLoaders and Ben Daglish gave a legendary concert of music from The Last Ninja™ series of games at the Underworld club in London. It was a memorable, emotional evening for everyone there. Tears were shed, dreams were made. The audience was thrilled!

When Obama dropped the microphone, he knew what he was doing: this gesture remains a powerful way of underlining some final words. Derived from the 1980s rap scene, it signals the point when words reach their ultimate impact and full attention needs to be paid to what was just said. A single-screen video work featuring poet Panya Banjoko.

Close-ups, pillow talk and casual camerawork are deployed to engage a dog in intimate digressions.

On Sunday morning the council offices were empty apart from two employees. At 9:20am they were both abducted and taken to an unknown location. Kidnapped, tied up, and locked in a box, unlikely heroes Ally and Mark have to make a decision. Do they stay or get out? A darkly comic film noir in a box.

Wildcat is an experimental portrait that explores the life and work of anarchist cartoonist Donald Rooum (b.1928). Donald’s involvement, since the late 1940s, in political organising, publishing and comic illustration is the catalyst for a new film creating a formless, experimental portrait of action, creation and resistance.

Teenage girl, Anna, deals with her BAD habit whilst coming to terms with the effects it has on other people and dogs around her. Presenter Sarah-Jane Dawson follows Anna on the struggles she faces in her daily life. Will she quit and save little brother John or will she continue with her bad woman ways?

A billion miles from home, running low on fuel, and almost out of time. After 13 years traversing the Saturn system, the spacecraft Cassini is plunging to a fiery death, becoming part of the very planet it has been exploring. As it embarks on its final assignment - a one-way trip into the heart of Saturn - Horizon celebrates the incredible achievements and discoveries of a mission that has changed the way we see the solar system. Strange new worlds with gigantic ice geysers, hidden underground oceans that could harbour life and a brand new moon coalescing in Saturn's magnificent rings. As the world says goodbye to the great explorer Cassini, Horizon will be there for with a ringside seat for its final moments.

An investigation into the hauntings at the Rectory and Church.

Hi! I'm Diane. This is my seventh stand-up show where I do jokes on being a step-parent, nature documentaries, Katie Price, Russian dieting advice and the wrong way to bury a guinea pig.

Expanding on elements of Pamela Colman Smith’s drawing for The Moon tarot card – two dogs, a freshwater crayfish, a pool of water, a mountainous landscape – Submerged Village takes discrete moments at rural locations in Yorkshire and the West coast of Scotland and claims them as queer experiences.

Catherine, a young girl on an autumn picnic with her family, feels left out of the fun and goes off on her own, enjoying flights of fancy. She is drawn deeper into the woods by an unknown noise, seemingly calling to her.

In a pretty Cotswold village, a mystery has been puzzling residents for decades. Following the death of local Boy Scout Karl Smith in 1947, mysterious gifts and messages began appearing on his grave in Prestbury. Despite his sister Ann Kear's best efforts, the identity of the visitor has never been revealed. Journalist Camila Ruz joins Ann on her quest to track down the stranger who has been visiting her brother's grave for up to 70 years.

DisObey is made as a direct result of a Leverhulme Trust and Arts Council England funded residency at the University of Lincoln School of Law and College of Social Science, in celebration of the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. DisObey explores thinking around human rights, politics, activism, terrorism, youth crime and prevention, anti-social behavior, crime and deviance, social inclusion/exclusion, participation and representation. DisObey attempts to expand (and contract) definitions and interpretations of The Law. DisObey features Jason Warr, a criminologist from the University of Lincoln. Jason calls for a re-ordering of society: a recognition that we need to change our thinking and behavior radically in order to create a society that is truly fair and just for all. Jason also discusses his personal relationship with The Law as someone who has served 13 years in prison: Jason was imprisoned at the age of 17.

The film follows a female protagonist in a state of fugue following a head injury as she wanders an alienating city underbelly of clubs and free parties. Through recollections of anti-capitalist conversations, historical information about wartime atrocity, and human brutality, she searches for hope in an increasingly frightening, subjective landscape.

If you have ever felt stuck on a hamster wheel at work, you will probably be able to relate to these lovable little robots. Watch their repetitive functions spiral out of control in this delightful animated short by Michael Marczewski.

An animated short offering small glimpses into the life of a British Soldier (Tommy) serving in the trenches.

In the unbearable vastness of the Sahara Desert, Raja doggedly perseveres against the height of the dunes, the dryness of the wind, the instability of the sand and the bright light to collect water for her family. Over the course of journey we get insights into her aspirations and dreams and are reminded of the sheer joy that physical playfulness in childhood can bring. Raja finds an unexpected challenge on her return - just one of endless variations of the same journey that she repeats day in, day out.

The Class 50s were the last passenger diesels built for British Rail and since their introduction in 1967 they have worked express services on three different regions. This programme takes a look back over the years to see the class hard at work on BR and also documents the survivors that made it into preservation plus the 1994 Farewell Railtours.

The 19th May 2017 was the last day that first-generation DMUs ran in regular passenger service on Network Rail. These were the two class 121 Bubble cars owned by Chiltern Railways that were used on the Princes Risborough to Aylesbury branch. To record and commemorate the event, Video 125 cameras followed the single units (affectionately dubbed Bubble Cars) in the weeks prior to their withdrawal. The idea for this film came from the former Managing Director of Chiltern Trains Holidays, Tony Parkins, who has been closely associated with Chiltern Railways ever since his involvement with the writing of our Driver's eye view Chiltern Take Two. It was Tony's idea to produce this film and as such has not only co-written and researched the information but actually presents it to camera.

The film companion to the 2017 album of the same name by British musician Bibio

This film brings to light the hidden history of the first ever British Army hospital run entirely by women. The all-female medical staff of the Endell Street Military Hospital, founded by prominent suffragette doctors Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson, treated over 26,000 wounded patients and performed over 7,000 operations during WWI. Bringing together previously unseen photographs and letters from the Women’s Library LSE with archive film from IWM, this film tells the story of the 180 women who worked at the hospital under the suffragette motto, ‘Deeds, not words’.

Evan is a survivor from ISIS attack. He is from Kurdistan in the Middle East and had to leave his homeland and family suddenly. Now he lives far away from his family and all he wants is to touch and smell his children once again.

A portrait piece about 19 year old Kadiatu Kamara, the only female surfer in Sierra Leone.

Views of a landscape engraved directly into the emulsion of 16mm film leader using the blade of a surgical scalpel. The length of each filmstrip is determined by the distance between points on the artist’s body, such as from fingertip to fingertip between outstretched arms, and bisecting the body along a posterior/anterior axis. During our experience of these moving images, the length of a strip of film becomes a measurement of time as the static marks incised into the black 16mm frames are perceived to be lines of light in motion.

Honorable Mention: Experimental Forum A film that explores mental health, our mental states; how we are thrown into chaos. A film that considers that mystical, magical energy that flows; unseen, charging into the Nether-Realm.

Tergo cleans. He cleans up after you and me. He picks up the mess we discard but yet remains invisible to all around him. Tergo's a lost soul in the London urban machine. He's ready to leave the life he leads behind.

An elderly woman's nightmare experience on a rollercoaster.

The former Liverpool Comedian of the Year Winner and English Comedian of the Year Finalist, Rowe, delivers a ferociously funny debut hour, covering subjects such as slave labour, (non)healthy living & a hangover induced argument in a bakery.