Ice Merchants

Ice Merchants 2023

7.60

Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily.

2023

Dog

Dog 2001

6.30

A young boy and his father live in a dull, lonely house with the shadow of mourning hanging over them both. The boy misses his mother but gets no comfort from his father's assertions that she went peacefully. This tragedy is added to by the family dog which is looking increasingly unhealthy.

2001

The Girl Chewing Gum

The Girl Chewing Gum 1976

6.60

At Stamford Road in Dalston Junction of east London, the camera follows pedestrians, cars and birds while a narrator, who appears to be the director behind the camera, seems to instruct the objects.

1976

The Clearing

The Clearing 1994

5.20

In this short film written and directed by Alexis Bisticas, the audience sees through the eyes of a man in the woods, following the distant sound of a saxophone. In a single take, the fluid steadicam shot takes the viewer on a surreal and poetic journey, as the walker comes across everything from family picnics to men in bondage suits.

1994

Ostia

Ostia 1987

6.80

Ostia is a fascinating short film directed by Julian Cole and produced for the Royal College of Art, which reconstructs the events leading up to the murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini. Ostia relocates the proceedings to London and stars Derek Jarman as Pasolini. The film features an evocative dream sequence which is accompanied by poignant excerpts from Pasolini’s own poetry, as read by Jarman.

1987

Enough

Enough 2018

6.65

Moments of lost self-control.

2018

Just Keep Breathing

Just Keep Breathing 2023

1

Victor is stuck in a low-budget airliner next to a shamelessly intrusive stranger. The crackling candy wrapper, the smacking of the lips, oh, he thinks, just give me a break. No, he doesn't want candy, thank you very much. Victor isn't hungry. But there's no escape, thirty-five thousand feet in the air. So, just keep breathing.

2023

The Eagleman Stag

The Eagleman Stag 2010

5.90

If you repeat the word 'fly' for long enough it sounds like you are saying 'life'. This is of no help to Peter. His answers lie in the brain of the beetle.

2010

Hamlet

Hamlet 1976

4.80

The classic Shakespeare play in a way you've never seen.

1976

The Sheep Thief

The Sheep Thief 1997

5.10

A young boy gets caught stealing a sheep and is shaved of all his hair and branded with a mark on his forehead so that everyone will know that he is a thief and not to be trusted. Dumped in the desert, the thief covers his marking with a headscarf and goes to the nearest village where he is taken in by a trusting family in return for his work. However, has be actually changed or is he still the same thief at heart?

1997

Wandaland

Wandaland 2020

1

A mixed-media biography of a fictional animation tycoon.

2020

My Dad

My Dad 2014

4.20

A short film depicting a dad's influence on a young boy's life. His judgmental character mixed with the boys fondness for his dad prove to be a toxic mix that tears away at a world of opportunity and experiences.

2014

Chromatic

Chromatic 1972

1

Experimental short contrasting the grey interior of a house with the vibrant colour of its garden. Sunlight shines through leafy trees. The camera zooms in until the image is out of focus. When it zooms out again, it reveals sunlight through leaves reflected in the window of a house. From inside the house, we see a woman, in colour and fully dressed, walk by a window. Outside, the camera and photographer are seen in a mirror. The woman, in black & white now and inside the house nude, walks around a large room, trapped. Further images of the naked woman are interspersed with colour images of the garden outside: pond, lilies, etc. Eventually, the image of the cameraman and his mirror returns and the reflection in the window and the sunshine through trees are repeated.

1972

I'm Fine, Thanks

I'm Fine, Thanks 2013

6.00

A vibrant look at the frailty of a boy moving through life in all its colors.

2013

Nightclub

Nightclub 1983

7.00

The bizarre rituals and disturbing characters found in Liverpool's Casablanca Nightclub.

1983

Tusk

Tusk 2014

1

A mammoth is defrosted into an unrecognisable future.

2014

Good Intentions

Good Intentions 2018

5.29

After a woman is responsible for a hit and run, spooky things starts to happen to her. A small thriller about people that are not always the best at making decisions.

2018

Breast

Breast 1992

1

An episodic meditation on a woman's breast - from feeding to cancer.

1992

I Wanna Be A Statue

I Wanna Be A Statue 1970

1

Despite their disinterest, a young child tries to convince her local community she wants to become a statue, bringing her on surreal voyage towards the garish monolith that lingers in the background.

1970

Over Dinner

Over Dinner 2013

4.00

Their last dinner before he leaves to join the Army. The reality of the situation begins to break in through the four surrounding walls.

2013