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A photographer becomes obsessed with a mysterious stranger she photographs by accident.

When Sam notices a number inside a matchbook he calls it and what ensues is a night of wild sex. Next day when trying the number again he realizes that he misdialed the night before and now wants to relocate his mystery man. This is a photo-romance featuring a number of events which may be made illegal in Britain by Clause 25 of the Criminal Justice Bill.

Exquisitely sculptured Russian puppets perform this powerful and enchanting story full of regal and rustic characters. A fit of temper has tragic results for King Leontes. Sixteen years later, the gods and humbler mortals intervene to craft a happy, magical ending.

World In Action looks at the work done by Canadian Cal Vallet and his team who risk their lives capping oil well fires in Kuwait a consequence of action by Saddam Hussain during the Gulf War.

A large family in London's East End is celebrating a birthday party. Children and grandchildren from this extensive family have come to the party from all over England. At the party the family members talk about hope and dreams for their children. The past and present lives of various relatives are compared with each other, while fragments from radio-programmes from the fourties and the fifties draw an emotional and historical line. Set against this archive material are fierce images of modern day family life in urban England in the year 1993. This makes the film a collage of dreams, memories and images of present-day life.

A black comedy about vanity and lust in contemporary America. In the middle of the sexual jungle of New York's singles' world, two men and two women try to achieve their dreams.

The children are looking forward to going on holiday with Bill and Allie. School is over and the summer stretches ahead. Bill is summoned to his offer and instructed by Sir George to guard the future prince of Tauri-Hessia who has had a kidnap attempt made on him.

A child, a cat, a starry night but, in this world of innocence, dream and magic, obscure forces of evil awaken. This animated short revolves around the adventures of a young, horned boy and a group of six devil-like vermin that can combine themselves to make one large creature.

Blues Alive is a live album by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released in 1993. It is a collection of recordings taken from his 1992 tour and draws most of its material from Moore's then-recent Still Got the Blues and After Hours albums. Recorded at The Town And Country Club 2, London 11/11/92

For Palestinian expatriate Edward Said, the return to his homeland amounted to a painful inquiry into his past. This program captures the interconnection between Said's personal recollections and the shared memory of the Palestinian people. Far from ignoring the contemporary realities of the Middle East, Said's perspective relates the ruins of history to the complacent and destructive policies of present-day governments, and delivers a powerful articulation of the weaknesses of the Oslo accords. His intellectual legacy provides valuable insight into the circumstances of the second intifada, as well as the faint steps toward peace that have followed. A BBCW Production.

The loss of minimum wage in Britain has resulted in the gap between the rich and the poor growing hugely. Newtown just outside Birmingham is looking dirty, rundown and old. 50 % of its citizens are unemployed, living in grey towerblocks overlooking the urban devastation. The flats are poorly equipped with basic furnishings. All people can do is watch television. As the rich people get richer, the poor get poorer. Chris Pond from the Low Pay Unit blames poverty and hardship on the Conservative Government's free market economy and their opt-out from the social chapter. Journeyman Pictures investigates the harsh reality of 1990s Britain.

Short by the creator of "The Cramp Twins"

Black comedy about a faltering relationship between two brothers.

This was Carolina Lopez Caballero's graduation film at Farnham (now Surrey Institute of Art and Design), but has a strength and confidence of vision which is unusual in student work. The technique mixes three dimensional work, boiling watercolour, thick paint, ink and collage. The mark-making mixes roughness and calligraphic grace. The film tells a dreamlike story of a king who is attracted to the singing of a mysterious woman. He is disappointed when she turns out to have the head and neck of a swan and finds it difficult to fit into her new role as Queen.

Ella is captivated by Jodie, a writer of erotic fiction. Sent to her majestic country house to photograph her for a magazine, Ella discovers there is more to Jodie than meets the eye. Siren is an erotic lesbian drama made by women for women. Featuring a main cast of six beautiful women, Siren features exquisite visual imagery combined with a stunning soundtrack. Siren is the ultimate in lesbian erotica.

This documentary follows the election campaigns of a journalist, a local crime boss, a formerly exiled oligarch, and a local access TV host as they compete for a spot in the Moscow Central Constituency, in Russia's first free elections since 1917

This version of Artwar builds from performances with paper masks and implements and various sequences of gunfire.

Carol Morley's 16mm documentary short is set in a fast food restaurant where a selection of twenty-somethings talk about their troubles. One of two shorts Morley directed as her graduation films from Central St. Martin's School of Art (the other being Girl).

An interview with a British World War II soldier whose name just happens to be Jim Ryan.

TOOL performs Live at the Reading Festival. Lineup includes "Intolerance" "Undertow" "Sober" "Opiate" "Flood" and "Jerk-Off"

60-minute biography of Mao Zedong.

London 1961. Alex, a jazz musician, and Faith, a singer, share an uneasy life together. With the relationship on the rocks, Faith is willing to try to win back Alex by any means. Alas her attempts at making Alex jealous by leaving the club with a stranger backfire. Assuming that Faith has found a new beau Alex leaves their flat not knowing that Faith has been waiting for him.

Widely acclaimed as one of history's most influential figures in the photographic field, Henri Cartier-Bresson, now in his 90th year, gives a revealing interview about his life, work, ideas and beliefs to coincide with three major London exhibitions. Contributors include fellow photographers Eve Arnold and Lord Snowdon, art historian Ernst Gombrich and Lord Healey.

short film by Guy Sherwin

A road movie about Scots in Canada. "Flight" traces the culture they perpetuate and through a series of portraits, follows how emigrants express their identity often generations after their families have moved there.

The Dirt Inside uses the medium of clay in various unusual ways to tell the story of a young girl who is a victim of date rape. It attempts to communicate the loss of something very precious and irreplaceable.

Temenos means a sacred site or ritual precinct. Temenos, the film, explores the phenomenon of visionary experiences. In the film we see locations where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared, including Lourdes, Fatima and Medjugorje in Bosnia & Herzegovina where the visions continue. Nina Danino films the landscapes that have witnessed these transcendental appearances, imbuing them with a sense of the sacred.

Considered the most intimate portrait of life & work of American photographer Nan Goldin. Collaborating with British documentary director Edmund Coulthard, the film also paints a sharp portrait of a generation, reconstructing disquiet from the extraordinary biographical account of the photographer.

Colour - Water –Rain – not a water colour – bougainvillea in extreme close-up – touching the lens – swimming pool below in the dark.

Follows an expedition in 1994 to Kalimantan, Borneo and the work of Trekforce workers there as they construct a new visitor centre, a new research centre and care for the fragile ecosystem and animals such as orangutans.

A sexy dyke film made the day after two women met at the Clit Club.

An experimental film examining themes of loss, shot using hand-processed 16mm film.

A short self-portrait introduces Pavlatova's interest in combining animation and documentary live-action work.

Emma's quiet life of semi-retirement is disrupted by the surprise family visit of Sylvie, Derek, Tom & Otis who are just passing on their way home. Their flying visit is abruptly ended by an upsetting phone call, yet Emma seems strangely unperturbed.

The subject of this film is the problems of censorship in Iran, which interviews several Iranian journalists, writers and thinkers inside and outside Iran.

Within this film Lahire deftly combines the fictional aspects of Plath's writing with the stark reality of her life.

Stiffelio is considered "early Verdi" to musiclogists who classify things, but, in reality, it is a final transition between the maestro's earlier (but most enjoyable) works, and the mature craftsmanship of Rigoletto. Preceded by Luisa Miller (q.v.), there is more dramatic intensity and story line than in the earlier works. The plot centers around Stiffelio, a minister, who discovers that his wife, Mina, has been unfaithful.

On the 11th of August at 11 minutes past 11am, almost total darkness fell across Southern England and an eerie silence descended as the population gazed skyward at what was the last total solar eclipse of this millennium. A total solar eclipse is a breathtaking event and this documentary programme conveys that awesome feeling by exploring how and why eclipses happen. A mixture of computer-generated views from outer space, footage of eclipses throughout the 20th century (some taken as early as 1927) and original footage taken of this year's total solar eclipse (shot in Cornwall) make this programme a celebration of eclipse mania.

Documentary about Sufi Islam

The Parr Street Chronicles is a behind-the-scenes visual companion to About Time, featuring candid studio footage of The Stranglers. Originally released as a fan-club-only VHS/DVD by The Stranglers Information Service (SIS), it documents the band’s 1995 recording sessions at Liverpool’s renowned Parr Street Studios. The footage, much of it captured by frontman Paul Roberts himself, offers a raw and intimate glimpse of the band at work, a snapshot of the mid-’90s Stranglers era.

Century of Motoring tells the story of the last 100 years by featuring particular cars that represent the different motoring genres. The featured cars are those that set a new benchmark against which all others were judged. And all those cars have been newly filmed in colour especially for this programme.

In the latest how-to-do-it guide, Michael Cockerell films behind the scenes in the normally secretive Home Office. As well as crime, prisons and MI5, the Home Secretary is responsible for nudist beaches, mad dogs and massage parlours. Jack Straw and his predecessors talk candidly about the Cabinet's most dangerous and fascinating job.

Television comedy star Lenny Henry live on stage in 1994.

Video art by Paul Harrison and John Wood.

Computer animation.

Made in 1991, A Sense of Belonging is Morrison’s four-part documentary series, the first of its kind, on the history of Jewish life in Britain. TJFF is thrilled to present three of the four episodes, which have been out of circulation for decades. “A Sense of Belonging was my attempt to put Jews on TV. Ordinary Jews, the ones I knew, were invisible on British television; apart from the Holocaust and Israel, Jews didn't exist.” recalls director Paul Morrison, “We went for a structure for the series that followed the arc of the pilgrim festivals. The premise of the series that Jews in Britain have been allowed in on sufferance, led restricted Jewish lives as a consequence, and are—or were—challenging that straight jacket.“

Collectables expert Justin Pressland and Doctor Who expert David J. Howe speak to fans about their Doctor Who memorabilia collections in a pastiche of Antiques Roadshow (1979-ongoing).

The aftermath of the Rwandan genocide: A student theatre troupe tours Rwanda with a comedy about the genocide, a gang of killers gets rough justice at the local genocide court, and a prosecutor investigates a priest for the murder of five Tutsi children. Meanwhile, in neighbouring Tanzania, two of the genocide's leaders face the United Nations tribunal in snappy suits, defended by a panoply of French lawyers.

Sistren in Photography brings us five photographers from Birmingham—Claudette Holmes, Balbir Kaur, Vicky Okoosi, Dawn Selman, and Maxine Walker—who talk about their practice, experience, and inspiration. Discussions on gender and race intertwine with examples from each artist’s portfolio. A look into each photographers’ process culminates in a historic analogue video art demonstration and a lesson in wet darkroom picture manipulation.

This film represents great value for money. It actually begins at Wolverton with a brief look at the class 319 EMUs’ metamorphosis. Then to Brighton for the start of the 50 minute journey, seen virtually in real time. At the time of filming in 1998, Connex Expresses ran between the south coast and the capital with just one intermediate stop at East Croydon. The trains then ran non-stop through Haywards Heath, Gatwick Airport and even Clapham Junction! There is a great deal of history crammed into our journey such as the tragic accident in Clayton Tunnel, the tunnel with a house above the castellated portal. In 1998, Connex held two of the former Southern region franchises but today they have none. Relive the yellow days of Connex here.

Giving a taster of some of Robbie's earlier material, Angels features the videos of his first few releases, including the magical Heaven From Here, filmed on Robbie and Guy's writing holiday in Jamaica.

Megamix of tunes and FX from VR1 and VR2 - hardcore style.

A collection of football star Ian Rush's best goals together with interviews with friends, family and colleagues. Rush guides you through his school days, his triumphs at Liverpool and his ill-fated trip to Italy before his return to Liverpool

An elitist cleric is murdered, and Cadfael delves into the Ashby family dynamics to discern why its troublesome younger son joins the order then claims to own the deed.

This special issue of the tv show "The London Programme" on network London Weekend Television (LWT) takes a look at the British porn industry, just as hardcore sex films were about to become legal.

Squeaky-clean Manchester United soccer-player Ryan Giggs starts behaving coarsely and creating public disturbances. To make things worse, he signs for arch-rivals Manchester City just before the Cup Final. Unknown to his adoring public, he has been kidnapped by crooked City boss Reggie Backhander, who has been creating experimental clones of great British footballers, but adding ape DNA to increase their strength and aggression. With the Cup Final underway, Giggsy escapes, rejoins United, and has to face... himself.

An all-night Halloween movie marathon that originally aired on October 31st 1992 starting at 11:00pm and lasting until 7:30am in the morning. The movie marathon was introduced and linked by horror host Dr. Walpurgis. These segments aired in between the movies and featured interviews with horror film directors, writers and special FX makers.

Cadfael and a deputation of monks from Shrewsbury are dispatched to Wales to recover the remains of martyred St. Winifred over the objections of the local lord and residents.