Arts Council Of Great Britain Movies
- 1993
Blue
Blue6.91993HD
Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek...
- 1988
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
The Ballad of Reading Gaol5.51988HD
Oscar Wilde’s famous and eloquent defence of love – made while he was being cross-examined at the trial that led to his incarceration and...
- 1979
Steel 'n' Skin
Steel 'n' Skin01979HD
Peter Blackman, founder of Steel 'n' Skin, talks about this pan-African group, which takes African culture to British schools. The film follows the...
- 1992
Cage of Flame
Cage of Flame01992HD
A bewitching celebration of menstruation which uses a variety of animation techniques from pixilation to scratch on film. An antidote to the vacuous...
- 1981
The World of Gilbert & George
The World of Gilbert & George11981HD
Gilbert & George are renowned for presenting themselves as ‘living sculptures,’ fusing their art and identity with the external world....
- 1992
Gargantuan
Gargantuan7.31992HD
“London artist John Smith uses light-hearted humour to explore theoretical concerns - Gargantuan, for instance, is both pleasantly silly and...
- 1974
Lautrec
Lautrec7.51974HD
Toulouse-Lautrec's sketchbooks are turned into an animated short.
- 1970
Magritte: The False Mirror
Magritte: The False Mirror01970HD
Introduces the world of painter René Magritte through an assemblage of the painter's images. Includes statements by Magritte about his...
- 1978
Vertical Features Remake
Vertical Features Remake7.51978HD
Vertical Features Remake is a film by Peter Greenaway. It portrays the work of a fictional Institute of Reclamation and Restoration as they attempt...
- 1979
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures51979HD
Experimental essay in film history, associating very early archive material (circa 1909) and studio shot footage in an attempt to provide insights...
- 1993
Milk and Glass
Milk and Glass01993HD
In this film an interior landscape is scrutinised, and an apparent rational calm is revealed as suffocating. Milk and Glass is an evocative journey...
- 1983
A Sign is a Fine Investment
A Sign is a Fine Investment01983HD
Documentary on advertising. Investigates the way work has disappeared from advertising images, and traces the phenomenon through archive advertising...
- 1992
Kanga
Kanga01992HD
Early 90s London gets a vibrant dose of African culture in this mini odyssey fusing dance, music and fashion.
- 1983
Jeff Keen Films
Jeff Keen Films01983HD
An engaging and enlightening documentary about Jeff Keen shown on Channel 4 in 1983. Features Keen performing in front of his film projections as...
- 1986
Ballet Black
Ballet Black61986HD
Stephen Dwoskin brings together members of the Ballet Negres dance company, founded in London in 1946.
- 1990
Trojans
Trojans21990HD
A brief look at the life of the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy.
- 1991
Slow Glass
Slow Glass01991HD
From the idea that glass, even when cooled, is a liquid that changes in appearance over time, an offscreen narrator launches a recollection of the...
- 1967
Giacometti
Giacometti01967HD
The Arts Council commissioned this film to coincide with their major retrospective of Giacometti's work at the Tate Gallery (now Tate Britain) in the...
- 1953
Artists Must Live
Artists Must Live01953HD
Art historian Basil Taylor presents the film and interviews several of its subjects, in between leisurely sequences surveying paintings and...
- 1981
Grove Carnival
Grove Carnival01981HD
A kaleidoscopic celebration of the 1980 Notting Hill Carnival. Arts Council of Great Britain.