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A smile maintained for the three-minute duration of the Chaplin song by the same name.

Archival footage of a flamenco dancer is reconfigured to reveal a trance-like frenzy underlying the contorted gestures of the dancer.

Stuck behind an ice cream van in a traffic jam, the only way to go is forward... very slowly.

A small fly is blamed for vicious cannibal attacks in Insect City. Can he untangle the web of deceit that has fallen over the city?

Cannonman tells the story of Dafyd a down trodden performer trying desperately to break free from the shackles of his tyrannical wife, the bearded lady.

Experimental short based on a game of table tennis.

The Crystal Ship is a documentary about the celebrated people’s artist George Wyllie who wants to build a major monument for the city of Glasgow.

There's gold in Scotland's hills and rivers. Presenter Sandy Wright and popsters Aberfeldy set out on a musical journey to catch gold fever!

Rooted introduces us to hairdressers Anna and Lindsay, their Afro hair salons, their clients, and the experiences they share. An intimate portrayal of black culture in Scotland.

What will life be like when the oil runs out? Part document of the past, part imagination of the future, Crude Progress charts the rise and fall of the oil industry in the Orkney Islands.

The Screen Machine is an articulated lorry which transforms into an indoor cinema, bringing movies to isolated communities in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

A portrait of America as told by three old men fishing on a frozen lake.

Tin-tacks, gaffer tape and high-explosives - all in a day's work for the visual effects crew working wonders on a Doctor Who budget!

Visual cultural process explored through a collage of sampled and recycled sequences of digital and chemically manipulated live video and abstract animation. Screenings include: Onion City Experimental Film Festival Chicago; Lux Open, RCA London; Pleasure Dome, Toronto; Op-Film, De Balie Cinema, Amsterdam and Pure Screen, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.

“By sticking sellotape to my skin and then peeling it off, I took off the top surface of my skin. I then stuck the tape and the skin to clear 16mm film. I have made a film of how much space I take up and this takes 11 minutes to watch.”

Sparkle, made by Matthew Hellett, charts his transformation into a glamorous alternative persona, the drag queen Mrs. Sparkle.

This is a DVD which was handed to a relative of mine while on a night out in Newcastle because nobody was willing to pay the price printed on the cover (possibly because mastering a DVD to these people was dropping an MPG file into the root directory). It's hard to describe this film, but I'll try. Word Sword is a film created by a group of religious people of multiple faiths as a hard hitting expose of modern culture, primarily critical of drugs, but also of petty theft and assault. The problem with this serious attempt is that they don't really understand anything about the world. It's hard to tell if they're serious since the acting and production are literally all over the place.

The story of new music in New Cross in 2004. "Over there they've got the money, that's Docklands, over here we've got the love, that's ROCKLANDS" Featuring bands such as Bloc Party, Art Brut, Special Needs, Chris TT, Ludes and Twisted Charm.

A tragic story is played out by porcelain figurines residing in a bric-a-brac shop. Barnaby Barford's animation explores notions of forbidden love, material wealth and class divisions using traditions of value within ceramics, while also turning the classic ‘rags to riches’ plot on its head with an unexpected twist. Commissioned by Animate Projects, funded by Arts Council England and Channel 4.

Morder Machine was a side project by Marco Corbelli, the mastermind behind Atrax Morgue and Italian industrial/noise label Slaughter Productions. This performance was recorded on the 1st of February, 2002, at the Hinoeuma The Malediction club in London.

Unlock the secret of artificial intelligence and investigate the power of the electric mind-machine.

Algren and no De Beauvoir makes Nelson a sad boy in these letters from America. An affair to remember, with distance – initially – no object (plane mailing in fact) in these continental correspondences, monochrome messages that style the times and texts of greats.

A wry tale of adolescent angst in provincial Britain. Thirteen-year-old Tom's preference for spending time in his bedroom prompts his parents to guide him through the pitfalls of teenage life whilst unwittingly creating them themselves.

A little world is in trouble. The film explores the inhabitants reaction to the impending doom. One man tries to stop the inevitable.

Fake memories of a relationship are coming up in the semi-conscious state of being awake and asleep.

A boy finds his own path.

In Tsirk, student clown Alexei is our guide to the State School for Circus and Variety Arts, in Moscow. It's a shabby relic of a vast Soviet circus system instituted to entertain the masses and spread propaganda. While Alexei hones his pratfalls, the committed and underpaid staff remember better, but less free, days.

This programme based on the book 'First 100 Words In French' by Usborne Publishing is a beginner's guide to the French language for young children. Follow Isabelle and her family as they go about their day. Isabelle's family do not speak English so she will translate everything for you. To add to the fun there is a little yellow duck to find in every scene.

A train journey begins. On board is a reader whose thoughts begin to move. The letters change and flow from the pages of the book, carrying us into a world of memories and associations. We meet the letters again: swimming in a tea cup. Shot, they bleed to death on a sheet of paper and at last evaporate into the night sky.

Named after a facility built in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1930, Lydda Airport centres on the story of Hannibal, one of eight planes belonging to Imperial Airways that went missing in 1940 over the Gulf of Oman. The absence is doubled, the ellipsis compounded. Jacir tells the parallel tale of Edmond Tamari, the transport company employee from Jaffa who, it is said, was told to take a bouquet of flowers to Lydda Airport and wait for Amelia Earhart to arrive so that he may welcome her to Palestine. The arrival never happened. Closure forever deferred.

The elderly but young at heart Wilson Brown becomes stuck in his Chinese finger trap toy whilst preparing an anniversary surprise for his wife. His increasingly desperate attempts to free himself result in him swinging from the light fitting, providing his wife with an altogether different surprise.

Drama about a 14-year-old girl whose friend suddenly disappeared. It shows how this shocking event upset her but at the same time it reveals some beautiful moments she experienced under the difficult situation.

The Real Rain Man portrays the fascinating life and multiple gifts of a one-of-a-kind mental giant, Kim Peek.

Produced and directed by Fran Landsman, this documentary screened on BBC2 in July 2003. The family in question was the Jacksons, single-parent Jacqui and her seven children, three girls and four boys. All four of the boys, aged between six and nineteen at the time of the making of the film, are on the autistic spectrum.

Short documentary about gamers in northern England. 3 video game players discuss what they are up to in 2005 and a look at what they are playing.

A doll's head is lost down a dark sewer. An experimental animation which is inspired by the idea of returning to the womb.

Everything you've heard about that archetypically-British repressed sexuality is released in this live action fairy tale about two girls who make a baby that grows up to be an inflatable doll.

A dark comedy which tells the story of five people who are trapped in a falling elevator. Believing they have only a few minutes left to live, the lift's occupants start to confess their deepest, darkest secrets.

The Basotho live in Lesotho, a kingdom of high mountains surrounded by South Africa. Afflicted by famine, poverty and AIDS, they carry on making a science out of their witchcraft beliefs.

A performance work for multiple projectors in which the starting point is my sound & image experiments of the 70s. The film and sound material was prepared in one simple action by bleaching away the side of a length of black leader, leaving a clear strip running along its length. The film has two sets of perforations and is twisted into a loop, known as a Mobius Loop. On projection, the strip of projected light switches from side to side, followed by a change in tone of the sprocket holes. Three 16mm projectors lie on their sides, and the loops are projected onto the screen as stacked blocks of light, gradually coloured by gels. The performance also makes use of the sound tone controls of the three projectors. First performed at Star & Shadow Cinema, Newcastle 2007 with sound mix by Lynn Loo. G.S.

In this tale of Little Red Riding Hood doesn't let herself be eaten by the wolf.

Grime DVD featuring interviews and freestyles with Dizzee Rascal, Ruff Sqwad and more

CD/DVD combo highlighting Grime Hiphop from the UK. CD Features 29 tracks. DVD includes videos and live PAs, interviews and freestyles featuring Kano, Lethal B, Roll Deep, Jon E Cash, J2K, Slewdem, SLK, Crazy Titch, Dizzee Rascal, The Streets, Jammer & Earz, Unorthodox, Terror Danjah, Bruza, Klashnekoff, Lady Sovereign and many more.

Includes xclusive music videos and in da streets footage

An animated, mind thrilling adventure for all ages to enjoy. A personal story of life's joy, emotional thrills and darkness.

Gary Mullen and the Works perform selections from the British rock band Queen. Songs include "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "We Will Rock You."

Under The Blood 2003, is a 13-minute film which investigates belief, faith, trust, religion, god, power, responsibility, authority, love, life, surgery, death and blood. The soundtrack is based on an adapted sermon from the evangelical minister Billy Graham and is combined with intimate footage of open-heart surgery. A horror film. Under The Blood is a scary and intense work, the result of an Arts Council England residency at Papworth Hospital Heart and Lung Transplant Unit, commissioned by Wysing Arts. In 2007 Under The Blood, was featured in the inaugural exhibition Heart at the Wellcome Collection.

Made in the summer of 2008, out of an exploration of the Anglo/Scots borderline, one of the oldest borders in the world, an enquiry into the meanings that might be revealed at its heart and within its landscape. This piece took on the nature of a visual, philosophical, historical and yet deeply personal meditation.

A Devonshire pensioner fights against yobbos, Death Wish-style.

An animation of real life people in and around Brick Lane talking about their faith. Made by digital:works with local young adults and young people.

A straight 8 film by Giles B.Harding

A straight 8 film by Chris Durban & James Owen

A straight 8 film by Emory Ruegg

Chew the Fat is an over-the-edge film combining Marilyn Manson, skin growths, puss and gore along with well-endowed gender-bending.

Brian wants the bike in peace. He is ready to go far, but not as far as the thief.

A series of 4 short films that arrange 471 people from around Britain according to 4 scales. 1. Age. A person of every age between 1 and 100. 2. Birth. 34 women from 4 to 41 weeks pregnant. 3. Love. 48 couples arranged by length of their relationship (in descending order). 4. Home. 73 households in descending order of yearly income

City saints.