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1967
Herostratus
Herostratus6.20 1967 HD
When a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly...
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1965
Boy and Bicycle
Boy and Bicycle5.70 1965 HD
A teenage boy plays truant from school, and spends the day riding around the town and the deserted beach on his bicycle, letting his mind wander as...
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1956
A Short Vision
A Short Vision6.40 1956 HD
The leaders, the wise men, the leopard, the deer, the owl and the rat all look up in the sky in fear as a strange object flies through the sky.
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1955
Bride and Groom
Bride and Groom1 1955 HD
I now pronounce you... animated! Newlyweds meet a nuisance in an playful mix of cartoon comedy and real-life actors, including Roobarb legend Bob...
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1956
Together
Together7.10 1956 HD
The workaday boredom and crushing hardships of London's East End in the 1950s, seen from the point of view of two deaf-mutes who share a strong bond...
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1958
Amelia and the Angel
Amelia and the Angel6.50 1958 HD
A young girl (Amelia) is distressed and feeling guilty about losing the wings she was to wear in her school play. Then she notices an angel and...
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1979
Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)
Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)6.00 1979 HD
A man attempts to remain hidden from view from the camera and other eyes.
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1963
Ten Bob in Winter
Ten Bob in Winter5.00 1963 HD
An unemployed black student borrows ten shillings from a friend, then lends the money to a musician he has just met.
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1961
Man of Rope
Man of Rope1 1961 HD
Story of a man in prison, condemned to death, and his subsequent execution. Inspired by "Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde.
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1952
Animated Genesis
Animated Genesis6.00 1952 HD
The story of the evolution of life on Earth in animated form.
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1955
Rowlandson's England
Rowlandson's England1 1955 HD
England of Thomas Rowlandson's day, seen through his drawings and cartoons.
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1965
In Separation
In Separation1 1965 HD
In Separation - of what from what? Sound, image; cause, consequence; people? The breaking apart of a relationship is exteriorised far beyond the taut...
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1964
The Peaches
The Peaches1 1964 HD
A film fantasy concerning the adventures of a modern girl whose passion for peaches is eventually replaced by a very different type of passion.
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1964
An Untitled Film
An Untitled Film6.50 1964 HD
A BFI production from 1964, directed by David Gladwell, who is best known as an editor of films like Lindsay Anderson's If.... (1968) and O Lucky...
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1961
Michael
Michael1 1961 HD
Sensitive portrait of a boy with Down syndrome, and the small village that includes him.
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1962
The Pit
The Pit8.00 1962 HD
Experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum'.
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1961
The First Step
The First Step1 1961 HD
A child discovers her ambition on her first day at a new school. First act of a three-act ballet, "The Choice", with music by Tchaikovsky.
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1959
Refuge England
Refuge England7.50 1959 HD
Short drama-documentary showing the first day in England of a Hungarian refugee.
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1957
Nice Time
Nice Time6.00 1957 HD
A montage of the night-life of Piccadilly Circus across the hours, from early evening to the last lingering passers-by.
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1958
Alone with the Monsters
Alone with the Monsters4.50 1958 HD
An old woman apparently tormented by people in the street comforts herself in her room with memories of her youth.