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

Anthrakitis

Anthrakitis 1998

1

Dolly, an elderly widow who lives alone, has been hoarding coal since the deaths of her husband and son years ago in mining accidents. When Dolly realises that everyone in the village wants a bit of her 50ft high coal mountain, including her niece Winny, Dolly is forced to take drastic measures...

1998

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

Viola

Viola 1967

1

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

1967

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

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

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

Out of Order

Out of Order 1988

5.00

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

1988

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

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

Miss Queencake

Miss Queencake 1991

4.00

A tragi-comic boat movie in which Beauty and The Beast live out their own particular fairytales.

1991

No Arks

No Arks 1969

1

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

1969

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

Welcome to Britain

Welcome to Britain 1976

1

Captures a moment in 1970s Britain's immigration debate, focusing on new arrivals at Heathrow as they wrestle with immigration law.

1976

The Mirocle

The Mirocle 1976

1

It’s all me, me, me – this experimental animation on the Self wittily wraps up Jung and old philosophies in a Paul Klee-inspired design.

1976

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

Comrade Lady

Comrade Lady 1987

1

A woman encounters her memories, explored through dance. Featuring Marguerite Porter, former Principal Ballerina at the Royal Ballet.

1987

Never Come Morning

Never Come Morning 1989

1

A poetic young man crosses paths with a young runaway woman, and together they embark on an all-night journey through London’s sleepy metropolis.

1989