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Browse 12 movies from Middlesex University
Political documentary meets baroque rave video in this computer animated portrayal of Louis XIV and his pleasure palace at Versailles. Courtiers from a Rudolf Valentino movie appear in an environment more reminiscent of Blade Runner, while shots from the Poll Tax Riots are weaved into a virtual diorama of London. Uncover the Seventeenth Century origins of our fascination with special effects, surveillance and addiction to media spectacle.
Jan 1995
"Twiddly Things" is a short stop-motion animation documentary about a woman suffering from Alzheimer's. This emotional film follows Polly's story, as she explains how Dementia has affected her and how she feels about the disease. The visuals mix stop motion, traditional 2D, and paint.
Jan 2016
Following fateful scientific reports, protestors pose the argument for a better future against the vested interest of industry. Small to large, individual to collective, where do I fit into this?
Jun 2022
Emerging artists seek to stay afloat in their industry whilst the Covid pandemic induces career threatening lockdowns.
Feb 2021
This short animation follows a real testimony during the "No Blacks, No Irish, No Dogs" period in UK History where men, women and children of all ages took a chance at a better life here in UK only to receive harsh welcoming from a big proportion of the locals. In this short we follow Delphine who has come to London to work when her child unexpectedly falls ill one night.
May 2020
In an interview with a humble postman, a mysterious death becomes the focus of his life as he was the first to discover the corpse. His days of innocently delivering letters in the Desert Hills now feel empty without the presence of the Sand Woman, whose death might turn out to be more violent than it seems.
Sep 2022
Two young lovers are hitchhiking together towards their new home, when they suddenly break up and go separate ways. But as they talk to the different strangers that pick them up, they both start reconsidering their life decisions.
Annie's dream of running a business becomes increasingly feasible after a visit to her Aunt Mildred's butchery store takes a sinister turn.
Jun 2024
A student walks into a space and it unexpectedly becomes special to them, inside it they dress up a mannequin bombastically and lock themselves away in it. When their creation is brought outside of the space unexpectedly they struggle to find it until it is found discarded by bins. But what is the mannequin and what does it mean to The Creator?
Sep 2020
The film is a collage of computer-generated works that reproduce erotic designs from classical antiquity to contemporary photographs and live footage. Through different filming techniques, a unique construction emerges, where the aesthetics of modern technology do not prevail, but rather a very personal perspective is discernible. The subject of the film refers to the diptych "Love-Death" – a theme familiar in the art world. Still lifes refer to painters such as Morandi, Caravaggio, or Lopez. The acceptance of ancient and contemporary heritage works in tandem with its rejection, as it is deconstructed through the destruction of materials and images.
Jan 1989
Pandemic. Distance. The Ruler Girl. The Old Acquaintance. Will the emotional stagnation between old friends affect their meeting? Or is it too late to start over?
Jan 2021
An intimate autobiographical film documenting the filmmaker' battle with the anxiety disorder body dysmorphia.
Dec 2018