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A man cannot get any sleep. A Liquid Television animated short.

The racial tensions experienced by Black and Asian people in Scotland are situated within the writings and teachings of the American activist Malcom X. Despite the physical distances between the US and Scotland, Malcolm’s incredible influence manages to reach Scottish waters to inspire generations of Scots of colour.

Faulty plumbing in the home of a painter causes an old woman to be covered in red paint while she showers. The painter's neighbours engineer his fate in a bathtub of aubergines.

A multi-projection Super 8 film made by Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio) in 1996, which was recently re-edited by Matyas Fekete. Soundtrack by Roj (The Transactional Dharma of Roj).

Early 90s for MTV Europe.

Five people who in everyday life are a nurse, journalist, labourer, radiographer and cleaner headed for a scruffy building near London's King's Cross, where they learned what it takes to be an actor. Twenty-four started the drama course, only 13 finished.

"All In Your Head" raises the profile of epilepsy, aiming to challenge stereotypes about this ‘invisible’ disability which affects nearly 1 in every 100 people in the U.K. Moving away from a traditional documentary format, it explores sensations, vulnerability and emotional dimensions by drawing on personal experience.

The world of a supermarket as a place where a consumer can buy in to a fantasy. Where your imagination can literally run riot, and even adopt a different persona!

Based on a piece of installation art an elliptical narrative encounter is revealed through an answer-machine message. Dislocation between human & space, contact & communication. Another no-budget short to be added to his earlier OUT from the resourceful & enigmatic Peter Todd. – A. OSullivan, Cinema 3

An update on the Holton family and the Conjoined Twins story, where the parents talk about living in the aftermath of the separation operation where one twin died.

Misinterpretation, Chinese whispers and the nature of telling people things.

Sister Wendy Beckett takes you to Cambridge, England to explore the story of Christ through one of the most remarkable works of Western art - the monumental stained glass Passion Windows at the Chapel of King's College.

Animated short based on the biblical tale.

A man takes a bath on a summer afternoon. Inspired by the work of Pierre Bonnard, the film explores the elements of composition, design and colour used by the artist.

Mr Tomkins exhibits the parting moments of a man who may have lived too long. Moving People aimed to devise original puppet theatre using strong characters and clear narrative.

Edinburgh’s Beltane fire festival is the spectacular recreation of a pagan celebration. Crowds of thousands watch the procession around Calton Hill, in the heart of the city, held annually on the eve of May Day. I didn’t get enough material at the first attempt so I went back the following year when I was more competent with the camera and less shy. It is a simplified, partial record of the event, squeezed into a 6 minute impression. This reworking echoes the reimagination of the ancient ritual. The film is a reconstruction of a reconstruction.

A study of the TV as the bearer of images and as a scuptural-environmental object. The footage is extracted from an episode of the TV soap Brookside.

Edgware to Morden via Bank Kennington to High Barnet via Charing Cross Finchley Central to Mill Hill East

A tale of a man, a woman and some strange sexual practices.

With the world exploding all around him and gunfire ringing in his ears, a soldier lies bleeding from a critical wound. In his hand is a picture of his mother. As he slips away, he sees all of life in front of him, slipping into oceans and through forests as he heads back to his home and the breaking hearts of his family.

The animator is making his first film in his basement, when he discovers that the character is becoming more real than he is, and has a mind of its own!

Two children who feel sure they died terrible deaths and have been born again tell their extraordinary stories. Nicola, aged 12, lives in Keighley, Yorkshire, near to the railway tracks where she played in the 19th century in another life. Titu, aged 6, lives in north India in the shadow of the Taj Mahal. He alleges he was gunned down by a murderer

A reimagining of the water segment from 'Between God and Inspiration Lie Heaven and Hell'

Freddie Starr's Comedy Express moves along at high speed bringing you the best moments from the multi-talented Freddie Starr. Watch the hilarious antics of Freddie's Show Biz Eleven. The team includes Max Wall, Norman Wisdom, Quasimodo, Ray Charles, Tarzan, Dracula - to name just a few! Among the many clips is Freddie's very own impersonation of Elvis Presley, a couple of lively dance numbers and some of his memorable appearances in the Des O'Connor Show. This specially compiled video contains fun, music and a large helping of laughter from the inimitable FREDDIE STARR.

Unless we put an end to the thoughtless exploitation of our natural resources there will be nothing left for anyone...

An animated film, based on a Rudyard Kipling short story of an Indian holy man’s journey through North East India.

A visit to a very strange pub indeed. Inside, strange creatures belittle those weaker than them for their sick amusement. Dark fantasy puppet horror.

Paul wants to escape the pressures of teaching his homophobic students by entering the fantasy world of ballroom dancing. After a disastrous experience at a straight dancing school, Paul's life takes a definite turn for the better when he discovers Linda, the glamorous lesbian dance teacher. But who will he be dancing with at the college Xmas party?

Cruising and bluesing with a sequence of four slides found on the street, (believed to be the Andrews Sisters) resampled and animated.

Whatley Quarry’s class 59 locomotive fleet filmed in 1992 when the four locomotives had just entered service with ARC Ltd. Part 1 Whatley Quarry rail development The quarrying operation The Class 59 purchase decision The loco‘s specification Construction by General Motors in Canada Delivery Namings Maintenance Cab controls The class 59 revolutionised the stone carrying business. Just one locomotive can haul a train weighing in excess of 4000 tons. Part 2 Road test from Whatley to Westbury Former BR Traction Inspector Chris Crompton and former ARC Rail Traffic Controller Rob Jacob ride aboard loco 59102 with a fully laden stone train. They provide a ‘live’ running commentary on the performance of the loco along with a Driver’s eye view of both the privately owned Whatley branch and the former BR main line. Finally, we see the train’s arrival and unloading at Theale Distribution Depot in Berkshire.

Made by the Glasgow Film and Video Workshop Community Projects team, this video tells of the award-winning recycling activities undertaken by staff and children at the Rutherglen Day Nursery in 1992 - 1993. The young children offer their views on the project, as well as people in the paper and can recycling businesses the nursery has been working with.

Follows rural GP Dr Ylli Hasani who risked imprisonment in totalitarian Albania by listening to the BBC World Service to keep up to date with world events, especially English football.

The film follows the journey of a poor, low-caste Indian girl who gains a small grant to go to school and then faces many challenges to continue her education.

Located in the darkness, a place of no boundaries, Delilah is a 'meditation on violence', love and survival. Interchangeable elements of the warrior, the Sorceress and the lover weave a ritual, creating a dialogue of forces that shifts boundaries. This conversation of gesture and sound moves through tension and release, power and abandon. "The outside is within us. You moved like a warrior but I could not hold you."

A profile of the eccentric French composer.

Short experimental film by British artist Lucy Gunning, featuring the artist herself climbing on and around her studio walls.

Dame Joan Collins takes on all of Gertrude Lawrence's lead roles in rare and entertaining television productions of eight out of the nine thirty-minute playlets by Noël Coward which he and Lawrence performed on-stage in sets of three from 1935 as "Tonight at 8.30". 1: 'Hands Across the Sea' (a light comedy). 2: 'Red Peppers' (an interlude with music). 3: 'The Astonished Heart' (a sad love tale). 4: 'Family Album' (a Victorian vignette). 5: 'Fumed Oak' (an unpleasant comedy). 6: 'Ways and Means' (a light comedy). 7: 'Still Life' (a romantic interlude). 8: 'Shadow Play' (a musical fantasy).

Laugh ‘til it hurts, as Jethro reveals all in his hilarious live show. Jethro reveals all in his hilarious live show. Laugh ‘til it hurts as Cornwall’s best-loved comic takes a look at life – as only he can! Discover the meaning of “twernt’t” and find out what happened when Jethro’s pal, Denzil Penberthy, popped into the clock shop! Featuring Jethro at his belly laugh best – performing live – plus a collection of cracking sketches, this is one portion of West Country wit you won’t want to miss.

A tribute to Liverpool's manager Bill Shankly.

Actor Brian Hickey performs a parody of a TV weatherman in a film which reminds us just how mannered most weather presentations are.

A man about to enter the priesthood must reconcile his chosen path with his previous life.

The first of a trilogy of short films based on trains, Schwebebahn features one of the oldest, most unusual, and still notably efficient public transportation systems in the world: the suspended monorail system in Wuppertal, Germany, built between 1898 and 1901.

BBC documentary behind the making of Creature Comforts.

A home movie on permanent loop. Live action up for grabs. A family walk the walk across a field, disappearing into memory as they do. Who knows where the families go? In the countryside on a sunny day a family group repeatedly walk towards the camera. The ‘home movie’ is looped and the footage is digitally manipulated so that each time they pass, the family members steadily disappear, the landscape also appearing to 'withdraw'.

A lament for a lost land.

A satanic recruitment consultant tries to persuade a fallen angel to work for the other side.

During the 90's Beretta Productions made a handful of dodgy short films... "This is BRUTAL. I'm still in a state of shock after seeing such levels of violence presented as entertainment.."

Two nice Jewish girls think about commitment.

Action 2000 public information film, which uses scare tactics to warn of the supposed imminent damage to technology by the Millennium Bug.

Bizarre short film; whereby women with huge and strange cartoonish hairstyles try to outdo one another.

An étude of noise and silence created by battles of four concurrent worlds.

Animal Liberation: The Movie

The following group of films highlights the major environmental problems facing our planet today. In particular they focus on waste, pollution and energy use.

Follows the day-to-day experiences of a deaf woman, as she encounters the hearing world.

Contains studio versions of tracks accompanied by 'psychedelic' visual effects. The band appears in live cuts, but no actual live music is played.

Two Canadians come to the small village of Barvas on the Isle of Lewis to track their long-lost relatives. One of a series of ten animation films made by children in small village primary schools in Scotland, also involving the local community. The series was broadcast on Scottish Television and Grampian Television, and distributed on video through schools and libraries.

Uses plasticine animation to portray the homophobia in Britain's Isle of Man, where until recently homosexuality was completely illegal.

The story of a boy's quest to watch horror films despite a racially divided community.