The Song of the Shirt

The Song of the Shirt 1979

1

Song tells the story of the women who worked in Victorian London's clothing sweatshops, eschewing a conventional narrative in favour of a series of still photographs and acted reconstructions to show that this story has been rewritten/written-over many times before.

1979

No Arks

No Arks 1969

1

Animated retelling of the story of Noah's Ark by political cartoonist Abu.

1969

Skinflicker

Skinflicker 1972

1

This chilling and provocative faux home movie presents the story of three dissidents and their plan to commit a revolutionary act on film. Bicât and scriptwriter Howard Brenton explore the consequences and co-option of political violence with hard, grubby directness and a pre-punk, semi-nihilistic attack on bourgeois values.

1972

Going Going

Going Going 2001

1

Anna follows her absent Mother on her nightly ritual, as she walks round the family house, turning the house lamps on one by one. In the course of the lamp walk, Anna talks about being afraid of the dark and of the secrets that all families and lovers keep from one another.

2001

Exchange and Divide

Exchange and Divide 1980

1

A marital breakdown is brought to life through a mixture of dramatisation, monologue, montage and animation. Through the perspectives of the husband, the lawyer, the couple’s parents and their “home help”, a picture emerges of the transactional nature and economic fall-out of marriage, along with issues of class and gender politics affecting single mothers.

1980

Out of Order

Out of Order 1988

1

Unemployed Anthony announces he is joining the police, much to the horror of his girlfriend and friends.

1988

At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength)

At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength) 1980

1

A rich and challenging account of the experiences of a German Jewish musician who settled in Britain to escape Nazi persecution. Two of his friends are being sued by a former SS Kommandant, who denies their accusation that he was responsible for the genocide of 300 Belgians. Documentary interviews and archive footage merge with dramatised scenes to create a new way of representing history and memory.

1980

Value for Money

Value for Money 1970

1

A girl takes her camera along to a rocky beach, but quickly becomes fascinated with a far stranger mechanical contraption that she finds there.

1970

One of the Missing

One of the Missing 1968

7.10

A Southern soldier in the American Civil War is sent to reconnoiter the enemy positions and becomes trapped beneath a huge pile of rubble by Northern cannon fire. His loaded gun is left pointing precariously at him and he is faced with imminent death.

1968

Wasps

Wasps 1997

1

A wasp exterminator travels to a large stately home to deal with a wasp infestation problem. However when he arrives he is greeted by a dysfunctional, hate filled family that attacks each other with spite and hurtful remarks. He reassesses his feelings towards the wasps that only sting in self defence.

1997

Requiem for a Village

Requiem for a Village 1975

6.50

The idyllic, rural past of a Suffolk village comes to life through the memories of an old man who tends a country graveyard.

1975

Passport

Passport 1967

1

A Kafkaesque story of the bureaucracy which governs our lives. A young man leaves his passport on a train and loses his identity in a mire of forms, documents and officialdom.

1967

Piccadilly Circus by Night

Piccadilly Circus by Night 1995

1

European emigre Tanya moves to London to work as a family au pair. Still grieving for her recently deceased father and rejected by an old friend, Tanya draws closer to her employer's husband. The sights and sounds of the Capital at Christmas form a deceptively romantic backdrop, for this brief meditation on loneliness and love.

1995

Incident

Incident 1971

1

An anti-short short. On three occassions a man overhears a car accident while relaxing in his room. He reacts with less and less concern to each crash.

1971

Mad Bad Mortal Beings

Mad Bad Mortal Beings 1992

1

Cait, who has lost her boyfriend Marvin to another woman, sets herself a number of rituals to help overcome her loss.

1992

Shakti

Shakti 1992

1

A rhythmic beat punctuates a solitary Asian woman’s life as she engages her inner goddess to turn trash into treasure. She creates a stunning oasis in a grey tower block, challenging daily life on the estate, and is confronted by a hostile resident.

1992

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace 1997

1

A young man (Aidan Gillan) arrives in the midst of London's Soho. He's from Belfast, he's anxious and he looks like he's running away from something. Then, by chance, he meets Grace, a prostitute who happens to come from Belfast too. A connection is made and, for a brief time, she seems to offer the chance of a new future.

1997

Viola

Viola 1967

1

Horror story using stills. Based on the short story by Richard Davis.

1967

Lupus

Lupus 1993

1

Story of a girl from Surrey who visits Jozef, a Slovenian artist living in Poland, and embarks on an affair.

1993

Meat

Meat 1990

1

An old woman, her grandson, cabbage soup... A man arrives, bearing meat, setting in motion a situation which escalates beyond the point of barter.

1990