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Browse 15 movies from Glasgow Film & Video Workshop
A woman drives her taxi round the streets of Glasgow and picks up a troubled man with whom she begins a conversation.
Jan 1991
A yearning for Mr Right leads Linda on a journey of self-discovery.
Aug 1993
Experimental documentary.
Jan 1997
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 television news reporter wins an award for his coverage of a refugee crisis.
Jan 1995
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
Gorbals, Glasgow. A caterpillar crosses the road unnoticed by anyone. Four stories pass within millimetres of its life.
Aug 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.
A tale of a man, a woman and some strange sexual practices.
Film based on the poem by Brian Patten.
Second in a series of films based on the poetry of Brian Patten.
Jan 1992
A film exploring the daydreams of a young Victorian girl.
Documentary revealing the unexpected homoeroticism of Scottish country dancing, filmed at a lesbian and gay ceilidh in Glasgow.
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