Browse 17 movies from Glasgow Film & Video Workshop
Three kids are trapped in the classroom in “a battle between the natural authority of the body and the unreal demands of the adult world”.
Jan 1998
A yearning for Mr Right leads Linda on a journey of self-discovery.
Aug 1993
A cafe is frequented by lost souls and misfits.
Aug 1996
Will poor Beethoven's troubles never end? Stuck in an artistic rut, noisy neighbors - and now, the rent is due. The story of Beethoven's inspiration for his most famous piano composition, Für Elise.
Oct 1992
Experimental documentary.
Jan 1997
Second in a series of films based on the poetry of Brian Patten.
Jan 1992
A television news reporter wins an award for his coverage of a refugee crisis.
Jan 1995
Two young people lock themselves into a flat with a dead body, waiting for it to go to heaven. When an inquisitive neighbour intervenes, they set off on a nocturnal journey to dispose of the dead man.
Gorbals, Glasgow. A caterpillar crosses the road unnoticed by anyone. Four stories pass within millimetres of its life.
Aug 1995
A film exploring the daydreams of a young Victorian girl.
Jan 1991
Experimental documentary on the children of navy personnel - a study of packing and unpacking, movement, loss and memory.
Jan 1999
Made by the Glasgow Film and Video Workshop Community Projects team, this video tells of the award-winning recycling activities undertaken by staff and children at the Rutherglen Day Nursery in 1992 - 1993. The young children offer their views on the project, as well as people in the paper and can recycling businesses the nursery has been working with.
Apr 1993
A woman drives her taxi round the streets of Glasgow and picks up a troubled man with whom she begins a conversation.
Documentary revealing the unexpected homoeroticism of Scottish country dancing, filmed at a lesbian and gay ceilidh in Glasgow.
Film based on the poem by Brian Patten.
A tale of a man, a woman and some strange sexual practices.
Take a ride with a young joyrider - experience the same sounds, sights and conflicting emotions that he does as this film takes the viewer along for the ride.
Jan 1993