Ice Merchants

Ice Merchants 2023

7.60

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.

2023

Ostia

Ostia 1987

6.80

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.

1987

1984

1984 1983

1

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.

1983

The Clearing

The Clearing 1994

5.20

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.

1994

The Wire

The Wire 1983

1

A boy plants a microphone in the sitting-room so that he can listen to his parents after going to bed at night.

1983

Enough

Enough 2018

6.65

Moments of lost self-control.

2018

The Girl Chewing Gum

The Girl Chewing Gum 1976

6.60

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.

1976

Dog

Dog 2001

6.30

A young boy and his father live in a dull, lonely house with the shadow of mourning hanging over them both. The boy misses his mother but gets no comfort from his father's assertions that she went peacefully. This tragedy is added to by the family dog which is looking increasingly unhealthy.

2001

Surge

Surge 1996

1

Mass: abstract gravity. Experimental art film created with partially lit paper relief.

1996

The Eagleman Stag

The Eagleman Stag 2010

5.90

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.

2010

Ahead

Ahead 2019

4.00

The fear of being overwhelmed by the outside world can literally make you lose your head.

2019

Good Intentions

Good Intentions 2018

5.10

After a woman is responsible for a hit and run, spooky things starts to happen to her. A small thriller about people that are not always the best at making decisions.

2018

The Age of Curious

The Age of Curious 2013

4.50

Three teens face their inner wildness on a dreamlike journey when they decide to peek under the hair of God.

2013

Metaphor or Sadness Inside Out

Metaphor or Sadness Inside Out 2014

7.00

Alternating Super-8, digital footage and the correspondence with her brother, the filmmaker evokes their deceased mother and the Portuguese revolution, which she only gets to know through these diffracted memories.

2014

Small People with Hats

Small People with Hats 2014

6.10

There are small people wearing hats who cannot avoid ridiculous situations happening in society

2014

Hamlet

Hamlet 1976

4.80

The classic Shakespeare play in a way you've never seen.

1976

The Sheep Thief

The Sheep Thief 1997

5.10

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?

1997

Just Keep Breathing

Just Keep Breathing 2023

1

Victor is stuck in a low-budget airliner next to a shamelessly intrusive stranger. The crackling candy wrapper, the smacking of the lips, oh, he thinks, just give me a break. No, he doesn't want candy, thank you very much. Victor isn't hungry. But there's no escape, thirty-five thousand feet in the air. So, just keep breathing.

2023

Biscoot

Biscoot 2023

8.00

18 year old Em goes on a journey, with biscuits from her grandmother that she eats and shares with new friends. When down to her last biscuit, Em has to make a choice: eat it, or save it as a final link to her home.

2023

Space

Space 2021

1

The most important thing in a relationship is space.

2021