Arts Council Of Great Britain Movies

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek...

Dada came out of the madness of World War One. "The birth of Dada was not the beginning of art but of disgust." Surrealism tried to systematize...

A kaleidoscopic celebration of the 1980 Notting Hill Carnival. Arts Council of Great Britain.

Stephen Dwoskin brings together members of the Ballet Negres dance company, founded in London in 1946.

The Arts Council commissioned this film to coincide with their major retrospective of Giacometti's work at the Tate Gallery (now Tate Britain) in the...

Documentary about the composer Elizabeth Maconchy, filmed during the rehearsal of a new composition

Early 90s London gets a vibrant dose of African culture in this mini odyssey fusing dance, music and fashion.

‘Stressed’ is a BAFTA nominated and International award winning animated film directed, animated and art worked by Karen Kelly. The film...

Stabat Mater opens and closes with two sung laments, then launches into a breathless torrent of words and phrases, a re-reading of the eternal...

Max Eastley uses various musical instruments to create mysterious and hypnotic music, exploring their most basic sound characteristics, as well as...

Remembrance of Things Fast represents the culmination of Maybury's work in video, which has developed alongside the technology itself. Starring Tilda...

A witty, feature-length drama-documentary in which Marcel Duchamp, who once compared his own mind to that of a master criminal, is investigated by...

Video art by George Barber.

Since 1983, Bow Gamelan Ensemble have inspired generations of artists with their radical practices and explosive performances. Charged with their...

An old, bedridden man plays games that have a hint of the sinister about them.

This version of Artwar builds from performances with paper masks and implements and various sequences of gunfire.

Introduces the world of painter René Magritte through an assemblage of the painter's images. Includes statements by Magritte about his...

A documentary about the life and works of Margaret Tait.

Documentary profile of English artist, Paul Nash.

Assesses the contribution made by British avant-garde composer, Cornelius Cardew, to contemporary music. Includes interviews with Stockhausen and...