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Look out: Beryl's back. With Affairs of the Art, British animator Joanna Quinn recounts another gloriously unhinged chapter in the adventures of Beryl, the comic everywoman she unleashed upon the world with her debut film, Girls' Night Out, which took home three major awards from Annecy in 1987.
An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of 22,000 Polish officers during World War II, a secret kept hidden for far too many years.
Four television critics gather in a Wardour Street preview theatre to see a documentary and get the surprise of their lives.
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. Young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him, but once on the island, things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies. Gradually, it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire and the strength to try and see the year through.
As a family tradition every year on his birthday, a Daughter takes a picture of her Father. The Mother is a memory, a portrait looking back from the wall of the dark room. As the picture develops, a mystery emerges from the darkness which threatens to bring the past sharply back into focus.
Lili's summer holidays take an unexpected turn when her mother pressures her to ask Dorsday, a family friend, for money to keep her father out of prison. That night she loses not only her dignity but every certainty she once had.
Searching for the lost world of Atlantis, Prof. Aitken, his son Charles and Greg Collinson are betrayed by the crew of their expedition's ship, attracted by the fabulous treasures of Atlantis. The diving bell disabled, a deep sea monster attacks the boat. They are all dragged to the bottom of the sea where they meet the inhabitants of the lost continent, an advanced alien race that makes sailors their slaves.
A young boy and his sister are drawn into one man's obsessive pursuit of his former lover.
A scientist's attempt to resurrect the megalodon goes horribly wrong.
Comedy about 4 middle aged businessmen on a team building exercise in the lake district
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...
Set in the rarefied world of West End boutique owners and fashion designers, The Collection takes as its departure point the moment when four elegant lives are suddenly shaken by the suggestion of infidelity. The sinister anonymous phone call that disturbs Harry Kane at four o'clock in the morning becomes increasingly hard to establish...
With exclusive behind-the-scenes access, take a front-row seat to one of the most gruelling classic endurance races in the world as the sport’s most fearless drivers push themselves to the limit for the Spa 6 Hours. On a battleground infamous for its unpredictable weather, dramatic elevation changes, and unforgiving corners, who will defy the odds to cement their place in racing history?
A young law student, grieving for his dying mother, struggles to decide whether he should kill his unfaithful step-father.
When Phil, an ordinary guy with a quiet life, runs into the film star of his dreams at the cheese counter he can’t believe his luck – or his nerves. What begins as a mutual love of cheese turns into an unexpected connection.
Sutulin, a young ordinary man living in a tiny room in a communal Soviet apartment, is visited by a mysterious stranger who offers him an opportunity to try out 'Quadraturin' - a miracle product that promises to enlarge interior spaces. Sutulin takes up the offer - with surprising consequences.
Bilal introduces his strange Dad to his new girlfriend.
In 1984 Ron Fawcett, is one of the most athletic climbers, he takes pleasure in taking up the challenge of climbing "free" without artificial aids, the equipment and rope being used only for safety, a revolution at the time. The documentary is part of "Pushing The Limits", a 10-episode series by Leo Dickinson documenting sporting adventures that push the limits of human endurance. Each episode focused on an extreme sport, ranging from rock climbing to hot air ballooning.
When toxic love and drugs blur the lines of reality, Wolfy must fight to break the cycle of self-destruction before it swallows him whole.
Backstage before a performance, a French actor recalls his time in Madagascar during World War II, when he secretly ran a Resistance radio station under the watch of a collaborationist police chief. His story unfolds in flashback, revealing espionage, deception, and divided loyalties within the French ranks. Made for Britain’s Ministry of Information, this 1944 French-language propaganda short satirizes Vichy opportunism and wartime hypocrisy, and was shelved for decades before its release in 1993.
After the death of a respected academician, who in his private life was a tyrant and a phony, the family awaits arrival of a prodigal son to begin the ceremony. However, the deceased has prepared a vengeance for his disappointing sons...
Will is splashed by a car on a freezing night and the driver offers him a lift then a proposition: cash for his company. Will can't afford to say no and they find a quiet place to park, but something goes bump in the night before they do.
Two shark hunters flirt with an attractive British lady while hunting down a large tiger shark terrorizing the Mexican East coast.
Italia 90 was another fascinating tournament, a melting pot of different styles, culture and technique. The biggest tournament to date, it saw the emergence of the African nations with the free-flowing Cameroon capturing everyone's hearts. The final was tight and not for the squeamish, but the well-drilled and better-disciplined Germans prevailed 1-0 winners to claim the crown for the third time.
A hunt for a spy in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.
Teenage best friends Doe and Muna are heading off on what seems like the trip of a lifetime. Quiet, observant Doe hasn’t travelled since arriving in the UK as a Somali refugee aged three. Muna, sharp and fearless with Pakistani roots, leads them through airport security and into the unknown. But this isn’t a holiday. The girls are bound for Istanbul, planning to cross into Syria to begin a new life they believe holds purpose and meaning. When their fixer fails to appear, panic sets in, but turning back isn’t an option. Alone in a foreign city, they must improvise fast, pushing the limits of their courage, their faith, and their friendship.
Jack Regan, a hardened cop who doesn’t play by the rules, is confronted with a criminal from his past. With sidekick George Carter they are put on the case of a jewellery store heist that ends in a killing. But is that killing really an execution in disguise? With pressure from his boss and the fact that Regan is having an affair with that boss’s wife, it’s not going to be easy for him to stay out of trouble.
A Secrets of Life short.
A psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his mother.
A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000.
A teenager finds her perfect life upended when she's stalked by a mysterious doppelganger who has her eyes set on assuming her identity.
Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their latest get-rich-quick scheme. Though he sincerely wants to teach, young Timmy finds that his female students are far more interested in keeping their eyes on him than on the road.
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides to fly there with ancient airplanes and friends to free them.
A feminist view of how small businesses in London's Soho exploit working women.
Mathew Trewella is a lad adrift, living in the shadow of his brother Pete; fishermen in a small Cornish village. Banned from every pub, his options have run out. Whilst singing to himself at sea on Pete’s fishing trawler, Mathew finds a strange beast: unconscious, clearly female and part human, in the net. Seeing the chance to exploit this, the brothers smuggle it to the local aquarium and, roping in Pete’s wife Nessa, they debate what to do.
British filmmaker Sam faces a life crisis as he visits the Arabian desert for a job. His career is stalling, he’s on the brink of divorce, and he’s racked with guilt about being an absent father to his young son. During a freak rainstorm, he has a fleeting and powerful connection with the captivating Inma, and these two strangers in a strange land are consumed by mutual attraction. But this isn’t a love story. These are adults with baggage, unable to evade their pasts. Sam also develops a bond with charismatic local guide Abdullah, whose unlikely friendship offers him the chance to further explore his emotions.
A group of friends find a large egg, but little do they know it contains an unwelcome predator. Now they must stop it from reaching civilization.
When a covert research team imprisons Popeye to harness his superhuman strength as a military weapon, their experiment spirals violently out of control. Transformed into an unstoppable force driven by rage, Popeye tears through the facility, leaving destruction in his wake. With time running out and casualties mounting, one scientist risks everything to stop the monster they created - before he reaches the outside world.
A young American woman visiting her author father in London discovers that her childhood habit of sleepwalking has recurred. She has a vivid dream of witnessing a murder in a strange house - or is it a dream?
The plan: Kidnap your wife's lover. Take him to a remote warehouse. Hurt him a little. Scare him a lot. Keep your hands clean – hire a detective for the dirty work. Simple? There's no such thing as simple.
Ready to leave her UK boarding school and enter the working world, a young Black woman faces pressure to change her name and natural hairstyle.
When the deep‑space vessel Orpheus discovers a centuries‑old derelict drifting at the edge of a black hole, the crew retrieves a sealed sarcophagus from its ruins. Soon after, crew members begin to disappear. Something ancient has awakened in the void - Dracula himself, exiled to the stars and hungry after centuries of confinement.
The year is 2099. With the evolution of AI bringing machines to a superior to human intelligence they have lived peacefully and in harmony together. Until now…
A psychiatrist makes a home visit to a patient.
In this comedy, set during the Nazi occupation of France, Peter Sellers plays most major male parts, so he stars in nearly every scene, always bumbling in inspector Clouseau-style.
The Lieutenant is saved from kidnappers in time to win a boxing match and the colonel's daughter
Solace is an interactive animated film based on celebrated science fiction writer Jeff Noon's short story about a near future in which marketing and addiction are disturbingly intertwined.
Scoop is a 1987 TV film directed by Gavin Millar, adapted by William Boyd from the 1938 satirical novel Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. It was produced by Sue Birtwistle with executive producers Nick Elliott and Patrick Garland. Original music was made by Stanley Myers. The story is about a reporter sent to Ishmaelia (a fictional African state) by accident.
A white Mercedes, the English countryside, a cathedral city, a haunted figure at the wheel with an overnight bag in the boot. Frank Summers has run away from a career as a fabulously successful rock promoter and an anguished private life. Now he's facing the hardest of all moral choices - a life or death decision which is to have a shattering impact on the lives of new friends who offer shelter, and on the new arrival on the seemingly tranquil scene.
A spy navigates the precarious terrain of love and survival during an undercover mission in Syria.
A bouncer finds out that guarding modern art is just as hazardous as controlling the ropes at a nightclub.
Years after settling an epic family feud and surviving house arrest in Punjab, Jassi Singh Randhawa returns this time chasing love, not trouble. But when he lands in Scotland to win back his estranged wife, he stumbles into a hostage crisis, a mafia war and the most bizarre Sardaar wedding of the century.
A drug dealer, Michael, is forced to go on the run with his girlfriend, Sarah, after a dead body shows up in her flat. But very quickly, Sarah realises that there's more to the story than Michael is letting on.
A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with Vatican corruption, the Mob and the reappearance of his old lover.
Michael Sheen faces the interview of a lifetime with The Assembly, a group of autistic, neurodivergent, and learning disabled people. Expect revelation, chaos, and a lot of laughs.
In the Scottish village of Arberloch, Kenneth, a grieving tour guide, is devoted to preserving the legacy of the town's sole historical figure—eighteenth-century inventor Sir Douglas Weatherford. But when a fantasy series chooses Arberloch as its filming location, and the town turns its back on Weatherford in favour of fan culture, Kenneth descends into madness.
Documentary about the comic book hero, and its role in our society, featuring interviews with some of the creators of the genre.
Two teenagers are drawn together by the Buzzcocks' single 'Love You More' during the summer of 1978.
In Greece during the war a small group of British commandoes and patriots land on an island with orders to attack two airfields from which the Luftwaffe is threatening allied forces in Egypt. The island is crawling with troops, and even moving by night the men soon run into trouble.