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Boudica: A Norfolk Story poster
Movie

Despite a gap of nearly two thousand years, Boudica remains at the forefront of the public imagination. Her story has been passed down the generations from the original writings of the Romans and she has been continually reinvented to serve as a woman of our age. Set against beautiful watercolours of Norfolk, Emma Calder's film looks at Boudica the woman, what motivated her to keep her freedom and what her story means to us now, that we know so much more about her and her people from recent archaeology. The film shows Boudica and the Iceni tribe and their rebellion against the Romans in first century Britain. The film contrasts the worlds of the indigenous people and their Roman Invaders. In Boudica A Norfolk Story, The film contains all the key ideas about this very interesting period in British history whilst being attractive, playful and engaging for all ages.

Boudica: A Norfolk Story

Jan 2013

The Turd Family go on Holiday poster
Movie

Using powerful imagery, black humour, and a liberal helping of appalling bad taste, the directors set out to draw people's attention to the state of British beaches.

The Turd Family go on Holiday

Jan 1989

The Drummer poster
Movie

An itinerant drummer boy is visited in his sleep by a beautiful princess. She requests his help in escaping from an evil witch who has entrapped her on the glass mountain. He sets out to find the mountain and is helped on his way by a rather pathetic old giant and a magic butterfly who lends him a pair of wings. Finally, he arrives at his destination and the witch sets him to work on three impossible tasks... The Drummer was one of the winning entries in 'The Magic Mirror' competition to find new animators for children's stories. The main condition was that the stories had to be adapted from existing fairy or folk tales. The series was sponsored by Kelloggs and the series producer was Anne Wood of Ragdoll Productions. Shown on ITV, world wide TV, video and at international animation festivals.

The Drummer

Jan 1989

House of Love poster
Movie

Love, sex, desire, trauma, fantasy, spiritual ideas and peace. The power of the brain, the subconscious. An end of life story, to give joy to herself and those she loves.

House of Love

Nov 2025

Everyone is Waiting for Something to Happen poster
Movie

An experimental film made from the social media data of Richard Wright, an animator grappling with life threatening illness.

Everyone is Waiting for Something to Happen

Jun 2015

The Swashbuckling in the Palace poster
Movie

Christmas idents from mid-90s directed by Joan Ashworth for the BBC. Transmitted in separate parts, but released on YouTube as a whole. Won a BAFTA.

The Swashbuckling in the Palace

Dec 1993

Beware of Trains poster
Movie

A woman with extreme anxiety is devoured by four major preoccupations - the man she met by chance on a train, her dying father, her daughter's safety, and the murder she dreams she has committed.

Beware of Trains

Jun 2022

Johann Sebastian Bach in Euro Deutschland poster
Movie

Part of Halas and Bachelor's unfinished "Know your Europeans" series by the late John Halas. The film takes an irreverent, funny and - at times downright bizarre look at German history.

Johann Sebastian Bach in Euro Deutschland

Jan 1995

The Kings of Siam poster
Movie

A pair of Siamese Twins live and work as part of a travelling fair. One dreams of being a rock and roll star, while the other dreams of scoring the winning goal for England in the 1966 World Cup final.

The Kings of Siam

Jan 1992