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- 1983–1993TV Episode"Trevor, It's the Bailiffs" - Documentary which looks at the work of Jim Ellis and Terry Allen who are bailiffs in Nottingham repossessing furniture. Akong and the Big Shrine Room - Documentary about Akong Rimpoche who fled his native Tibet after the Chinese invasion and is now abbot of the Samye Ling Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Dumfrieshire.
- A film promoting check books and bank accounts for women, particularly young women. Lizl writes a letter to a friend explaining describing moving into a flat for the first time with her friend Anne. Liz opens a bank account, whilst Anne is put off by her brother-in-law, causing financial problems. By the end of the film Liz has a new love, Anne has her old one and her own bank account. Contains short animated sequences and titles, and makes comic use of silent movie footage.
- The award-winning 1973 documentary looks at the situation in Northern Ireland as it affects the Catholic community of Ardoyne. Includes interviews with leading figures in the community including social workers, released internees, a parish priest and a Provisional IRA Battalion Commander.
- A Place for Stephen - Documentary about seventeen year old Stephen Brown, born with sight loss and profoundly deaf after his mother contracted German measles during her pregnancy. Gives an account of Stephen's three-month trial at Manor House, an assessment and further education centre specialising in young adults handicapped by rubella. A Safe House - Documentary which looks at the moral dilemma of families who offer sanctuary to refugees from Central America who are illegal immigrants to the USA.
- This film tells a story of a family of rabbits, particularly Young Bunny, who visits a nearby farm to find lettuce. He meets a frog, a squirrel, some cows, chickens, and other farmyard animals and is eventually caught by the farmer; he manages to escape and returns to his forest home.
- Documentary about the Afghantsi who are the military veterans of "Russia's Vietnam", the Afghan war. The film follows the Red Army from the start of the withdrawal in May 1988. It goes in the barracks of the crack paratroop regiment; the wards of Kabul's military hospital; on a helicopter gunship to a mountain outpost where Soviet conscripts serve unrelieved for 18 months.
- An artistic pioneer, Agnès Varda has never stopped looking for the next way to tell a story. Here the 90-year-old explains how Instagram, with a majority of users in the 18-24 age range, followed photography and film as her medium of choice.
- Incited by a disillusioned young man who has decided to flee from civilization, a group of 4 people go searching for freedom and happiness on an isolated island . When their boat goes astray and they are left without food, their animal instincts take over, bringing the film to its catastrophic end.
- A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, features films from 1900-48 filmed across China.The cinematic journey of Around China with a Movie Camera contains many films which may never have been seen in China, or at the very least not for over 70 years. These travelogues, newsreels and home movies were made by a diverse group of British and French filmmakers, some professionals, but mainly enthusiastic amateurs, including intrepid tourists, colonial-era expatriates and Christian missionaries.
- A report on the dangers of avalanches, what causes them, and the latest research on forecasting when and where avalanches will take place. Includes a specially-filmed sequence of the damage an avalanche can do to a house, graphic examples of skiers causing and being caught in avalanches, and unique footage of a 'wet' avalanche.
- WITNESS goes behind the closed doors of one of Britain's four specialist mother and baby units to meet the women who raise their children in a prison regime. Filmed over four months, with unprecedented access to prisoners and officers, it is an intimate portrait of the pressures faced by pregnant women and those with young children, in prison.
- Made in India, the program concerns the commercial exploitation of animals. First, animals are shown in their natural habitat and then after each sequence people are shown wearing the products used. The slaughter of elephants for ivory, silkworm breeding, killing of snakes for the skins, the capture and killing of musk deer for the perfume trade, cattle slaughter for leather, hairs being plucked from live pigs for brush bristles, slaughter of dogs for their skins, rabbit farming, and Karakul (Persian lamb farming) are all shown, and in conclusion there is a survey of alternative products. The distributors suggest that the presenter should view the video before showing it and that tape is not suitable for children.
- About Performance Art and its historical origins including its links with folk customs. The film includes extracts from the work of many different performance artists from England and abroad collected from 1979 to 1983, amongst them: Tibor Hajas (Hungary), Rasa Todosijevic (Yugoslavia), Iain Robertson (Scotland), Zbigniew Warpechowski (Poland), Milan Knizak (Czechoslovakia), Natalia LL (Poland), Ewa Partum (Poland), Jan Mlcoch (Czechoslovakia), Sonia Knox (Northern Ireland), Jerzy Beres (Poland) and Stuart Brisley (England). The film also records the Haxey Hood and Padstow Hobbyhorse folk dances from Lincolnshire and Cornwall respectively.
- Pay a visit to the celebrated playwright's home in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire.
- Beside the Seaside presents a beguiling picture of summer pleasures in UK during the 1930's. Snippets of dialogue convey the diversity of seaside visitors and present the absorbing oddity of overheard conversation.
- A short film about a young anti-war demonstrator contemplating her pregnancy and recalling her childhood as she prepares to give birth.
- Berlin, the present. A Turkish family is subjected to a violent attack by a gang of baseball-wielding neo-Nazis. When the father tries to stop them he is beaten unconscious. One of the attackers is Morris, recently arrived from Britain to conclude an arms deal. Morris's Berlin contact is annoyed by the attack on the Turkish family because he fears it will bring attention from the police.
- Children Who Wait - Documentary which looks at the story of two children who have liver transplants in a Cambridge hospital - Jonathan O'Rourke and Reut Haddad, both nearly two years old. Set against the background of a shortage of live donors and the balance the NHS strikes between transplants and less glamorous activities. The Seveso Inheritance - Documentary which looks at the destruction of lives in the Italian town of Seveso after the accident in the area with dioxin gas ten years ago.
- Tells the story of the successful cloning of Dolly the sheep, the first cloned copy of an adult mammal, and the scientific possibilities it opens up. Charts the struggle of the scientists Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell and their team at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh to achieve this breakthrough in embryology, and examines the ethical implications raised by cloning.
- Delphinium is a stylized and lyrical portrait of artist Derek Jarman's childhood awakening in 1950s England. Acquired for preservation by the British Film Institute's National Archive, Matthew Mishory's film includes an original score by Arban and Steven Severin of Siouxsie and the Banshees and a special appearance by Jarman's muse, Keith Collins.
- The adventure begins with the crash of a meteor in the outskirts of a desert city. The space-rock contains a chemical substance that affects the residents in peculiar ways. Two neighboring preteens fall in love, a nerd schoolgirl creates powerful energy with pressure cooker, a young boy takes his dad's cab out to make money and a schoolboy organizes for Hajj, when they are all exposed to the substance. As a result, their parents along with the whole neighborhood go wild in the ensuing events. Ironically, the kids and the adults switch places while trying to figure out a solution to this "otherworldly" problem!
- A documentary look at the frustrated life of Donald Cammell, who wrote and partly directed the film PERFORMANCE, which starred Mick Jagger and James Fox. Cammell was hailed by some as a genius, but he only made another two films. When he decided to end his life, in 1996, he chose to do so in a manner that brought to mind the murder at the end of his most memorable work. Friends and people who worked with him discuss his life. The film traces Cammell's career from his early years as a portrait painter in 1960's London to his final days in Hollywood. Cammell himself, filmed shortly before his death, discusses his work and the constraints he faced in the film industry.
- Driven to the Limit - Documentary looking at joyriders in Belfast who account for half of all car thefts and do so despite the fact that 7 joyriders have been shot by security forces since 1980 and 2000 'punished' by the IRA. Liquid Cosh - Documentary looking at the use of tranquillisers in the treatment of the mentally ill, and at the claims that they can cause very serious side- effects.
- Sandra is a deaf girl whose life descends into prostitution and degradation on the streets of Bradford.
- With the release of the feature film Backbeat (1994), about Stuart Sutcliffe and the Beatles, actors Sheryl Lee and Stephen Dorff are interviewed in the studio, plus Sutcliffe's sister Pauline. Broderick Munro Wilson tries tobogganing on the Cresta run at St Moritz. Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna talk about zoos and their campaign to improve and eventually abolish them. Andrew Collinge answers viewers' queries about their hair problems. Charles Maitland demonstrates mulling wine. Norman Wisdom talks about his life and work, creates chaos with Richard and Judy, and Glenn Ford impersonates Wisdom in his heyday.
- Preview of Dudley Do-Right (1999) (including an interview with Brendan Fraser and producer J. Todd Harris). Filmed interview with Brett Anderson and Simon Gilbert (of Suede) talking about their new single 'Everything will Flow'. Latest entertainment news. Filmed interview with Sherilyn Fenn and Ray Winstone from the set of Darkness Falls (1999). Film on the current craze for Latino music. Film report on Liz Hurley. Film report on Manchester United footballer Andy Cole's debut single 'Outstanding'.
- Based on Anatol Stern's eponymous modernist poem and a startlingly prescient outcry against the rise of fascism in Europe, Europa utilises an incredible array of techniques to articulate the horror and moral decline that the artists witnessed in Poland during the build-up to the Second World War.
- Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott.
- Family on the Run - Documentary about the case of David and Linda Arthur, who have left Britain to protect their child from being taken into care, after their daughter was not returned to them after they had been cleared of child abuse. Surf's up at Port Talbot - Documentary about a surfing club created by unemployed men in Port Talbot, South Wales.
- Filmmakers Mark Jenkin and Peter Strickland discuss the subtleties of sound in film.
- Thinking about home improvements? Why not try getting your house to pop a couple of pills? In this cinema ad it works far better than any lick of paint. The producers at Halas and Batchelor were dab hands at compressing sales pitches into neatly packaged, entertaining commercials. But whilst seemingly this is a fantasy about colds and flu, the rundown houses in dark smoky streets were a familiar reality to audiences in areas damaged by the Blitz, and the Great Smog of 1952 was just around the corner.
- A Ghanaian surgeon in London, returns to his homeland to seek out his mother. She is living with another man after the death of her husband. She does not realise that it is her son who has come to their shack seeking shelter for the night and the elderly couple plan to murder him, taking him for a wealthy young man. She receives a shock when the young man reveals that he knows about the circumstances leading to his father's death - murder by his mother's lover.
- This kaleidoscopic record of the 1980 Notting Hill Carnival invites you into the busy streets, following floats and popping into community centers where performers prepare. The diversity of the crowd really makes Carnival, and here we see the original punks, the dancing coppers, the nostalgic Caribbean ex-pats. With no narrator, the film echoes the event's relaxed yet ecstatic rhythm.
- Story of Jack and his farming family in West Wales. They have built up their dairy herd with vast loans and are then told they must cut back on milk production and slaughter some of the herd. The community launches a campaign against the quotas, but Jack takes the law into his own hands.
- 70 is definitely the new 20 in this heart-warming portrait of the Darby and Joan Club for elderly people in the Stepney Green area of east London. Sprightly septuagenarian Annie Wood heads to the club every Wednesday and Friday to meet her equally fun-loving friends, Lilly, Maud and Sarah - but not before downing a swift half in her local pub. All four women are surely worthy of 'national treasure' status.
- An old couple, Eugenie and Armand, have been living in Paris since 1921 part of the wave of post-war immigration from Martinique. Eugenie, a former dancer with Josephine Baker's Black Revue has become a professional quimboiseuse (practising black magic) for a white clientele. Armand who had been a servant is retired. Now they are both old and bitter and still quarreling with each other. One day they set out, arm-in-arm for a last promenade in the metropolis.
- Programme which shows how the loan sharks in Liverpool are running for cover as a community in Toxteth raise more than £250,000 and loan £200,000 to members of the Credit union. The Union, founded by Eileen Halligan, will lend money from £100 for one woman to organise her husband's 50th birthday party to much larger sums for starting up a business.
- Documentary looking at how young unemployed people survive.
- Martin Scorsese, the legendary director behind classics such as Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver and The Wolf of Wall Street, talks to fellow filmmaker Edgar Wright about his career.
- In addition to his work as an actor, John Cassavetes (1929-1989) was one of the great maverick directors of American independent cinema, his key films including Shadows (1958), Faces (1968), A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976). This documentary by Doug Headline reflects on his life and work, through the eyes of key collaborators.
- José Celestino Campusano's exploration of sex, power and ecclesiastical abuse in Argentine society is a complex and often confrontational piece of work, posing tough questions without resorting to easy answers.
- Set in Glasgow, it tells the story of Miles, thirtysomething, who lives alone with his Stalinist granny and runs CU Alarm Systems to peddle peace of mind to the people of Bardonald. He is hoping for the security contract at the local community centre.
- Two sisters encounter a German spy. A public service film showing how to thwart the enemy.
- Norfolk 1976-77.
- Documentary in which the survivors of the eleven members of a Belfast schoolboy football team in 1969, talk about their experience of the troubles in Ireland and about two others members of the team UVF member Michael Atcheson, now in prison, and IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands.
- Uses a humorous story to correct popular misconceptions of the legal profession, and promote a better understanding of the everyday problems that can be easily solved by a solicitor. Intended for general audiences. Given the attitudes of most people to solicitors, it's hardly surprising to hear that the solicitors have got together to produce a 23-minute film, appropriately entitled "Perishing Solicitors" which seeks to entreat us all to beware the nightmare that will befall us if we don't use their services. George Cole, Maureen Lipman, Patsy Rowlands, Judy Cornwall and Russell Hunter star in the film made by Video Arts for the Law Society which aims "in a humorous way to correct popular misconceptions of the legal profession and to promote a better understanding of the everyday problems easily solved by a solicitor". Tales of do-it-yourself Wills that are illegal and fail therefore to deliver the goods are followed by a tail (or trail) of tragedy involving a wife who is hospitalised after breaking a leg, workmen who succeed in damaging another man's house and an unfortunate collision with a police car in a one-way street - all of which demonstrate that a few words with a solicitor would have resulted in a valid Will, compensation for the injury, no threat of eviction and an easier time at the local nick. As building societies lobby for a lucrative slice of the property dealing and conveyancing market, no doubt the solicitors are hedging their bets, but bearing in mind the cost and complexity of soliciting a solicitor and the public attitude to them generally, it will be interesting to see whether this film encourages more of us to take the plunge...
- This travelogue visits diverse locations, including Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Yokohama and Tokyo. The first half shows panoramic views of rivers, such as the Dotonbori Canal in Osaka, the Sumida River in Tokyo and the Shijo Bridge spanning the Kamo River in Kyoto. The flowing water of those rivers, shot either from a boat or over a bridge, adds to the vibrancy of urban life. The film's second half focuses on street life, from the bonsai (miniature trees) market to the noodle vendor. The film also bears witness to the zeitgeist of Meiji Japan. In a scene set in Yokohama, we see the annual parade celebrating Japan's victory in the Russo-Japanese War. The victory in Manchuria gave the Japanese public a sense of pride and confidence, as can be seen on the triumphant faces of flag-wavers.
- PRIDE? is a provocative and intelligent documentary detailing the history of the movement and exuding compassion for the many parts of the LGTBQ+ community. With articulate commentary from the organisers of UK Black Pride, Queer Picnic, Pride In London and Lesbian Strength, PRIDE? is a genuine community effort that seeks to answer a simple but profound question about the future of this iconic movement.
- The story of David Ford, who was sentenced to life imprisonment at the age of 16 for killing a friend in a fight. Now 43 and fed up with waiting for freedom, he has gone on the run, living for secret meetings with his family and campaigning for a fairer parole system.
- Radio Mania: An Abandoned Work is a 3D film by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. It takes as its starting point one of the first 3D films ever made - The Man from M.A.R.S. It was made to demonstrate 'Teleview', a stereoscopic motion picture system invented by Laurens Hammond. Following a premiere in New York, the show closed 24 days later, after which 'Teleview' and the film were never seen again. Hammond continued as an inventor and created the Hammond organ. The artists have set about creating a contemporary adaptation of this silent film in which an inventor succeeds in building a radio transmission device capable of communicating with intelligent life on Mars. He receives a scientific formula to turn coal into diamonds, only to have his new-found wealth disappear when he wakes up, finding that his dreams had been inspired by newspaper reports of Marconi's experiments with radio signals. Radio Mania: An Abandoned Work is a work in progress caught in stereoscopic limbo. Having set about their reworking of the film the artists then staged and filmed a rehearsal for their adaptation using contemporary 3D video technology, capturing the actors, directors and musicians working on the script and score. The rehearsal is stuck on repeat, like a locked-groove record. Their entertaining, stark and compelling odyssey recalls Beckett, creating an atmosphere that oscillates between the theatricality of the stage and the illusionism of cinema. The work focuses on the 'between states', between reality and artifice, dream state and hallucination.