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A child, a cat, a starry night but, in this world of innocence, dream and magic, obscure forces of evil awaken. This animated short revolves around the adventures of a young, horned boy and a group of six devil-like vermin that can combine themselves to make one large creature.
Jan 1991
Ostia is a fascinating short film directed by Julian Cole and produced for the Royal College of Art, which reconstructs the events leading up to the murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini. Ostia relocates the proceedings to London and stars Derek Jarman as Pasolini. The film features an evocative dream sequence which is accompanied by poignant excerpts from Pasolini’s own poetry, as read by Jarman.
Dec 1987
A film commissioned and conceived by the artist Eduardo Paolozzi using drawings and photocopies provided by him. A non-narrative film focusing on Paolozzi's themes about modern man.
Jan 1983
In this short film written and directed by Alexis Bisticas, the audience sees through the eyes of a man in the woods, following the distant sound of a saxophone. In a single take, the fluid steadicam shot takes the viewer on a surreal and poetic journey, as the walker comes across everything from family picnics to men in bondage suits.
Jun 1994
If you repeat the word 'fly' for long enough it sounds like you are saying 'life'. This is of no help to Peter. His answers lie in the brain of the beetle.
Nov 2010
The classic Shakespeare play in a way you've never seen.
Jan 1976
A story of adolescent rural life and the inevitable waywardness of experiences earned the hard way.
Jun 2008
An episodic meditation on a woman's breast - from feeding to cancer.
Jan 1992
The surreal story of Amber, a reluctant debutante, and her visits to the city zoo, where she hatches a plot to avoid her coming out ball.
Oct 1993
A down-to-earth portrait of art school life.
Jan 1988
BAFTA award winning short animation. In this surrealist stop-motion picture, a sinister force awakens the restful sleep of a band of dead animals. Equipped with mystic weapons, they embark upon a dangerous quest to destroy this new evil.
Mar 1990
Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily.
Feb 2023
At Stamford Road in Dalston Junction of east London, the camera follows pedestrians, cars and birds while a narrator, who appears to be the director behind the camera, seems to instruct the objects.
Mar 1976
Do you remember when we met? You were brilliant, witty, gorgeous to look at...something's changed. Julia Pott's animated short from the Royal College of Art 2010
Oct 2010
A young boy gets caught stealing a sheep and is shaved of all his hair and branded with a mark on his forehead so that everyone will know that he is a thief and not to be trusted. Dumped in the desert, the thief covers his marking with a headscarf and goes to the nearest village where he is taken in by a trusting family in return for his work. However, has be actually changed or is he still the same thief at heart?
May 1997
In this short, surreal, painterly comedy, Laura escapes from her superstitious worries by floating out at sea on her bed. On a sunny Friday 13th, all her troubles return.
Jan 1993
An artist returns to his work after suffering a mental breakdown.
Dec 2016
A vertical habitat that takes us from daily survival to the unhinged dystopia of late capitalism.
Oct 2019
Kafkaesque story of man arrested and imprisoned for no reason, and then – in impressionistic style – forced to reflect on his life.
Jan 1971
Joe is preparing to leave home, triggering flashbacks to his time with childhood friend Neill, through fun times, adventures, divisions when a girl comes on the scene and also the bad path that Neill goes down.
Nov 2012