All Films

Legend of Lead Belly

2013 • 51 min

Huddie Ledbetter was born into poverty, battled racism, and did time, but in spite of his early hardships, or perhaps because of them, he became one of the great musicians of the 20th century. We trace the life and career of Lead Belly, a man praised by critics and revered by artists, whose unique music crossed a host of genres and influenced countless industry legends, from The Beatles to Led Zeppelin to Nirvana and beyond.

Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded, Shirin Neshat

2013 • 2 min

A short film made for "Venice 70 - Future Reloaded". Showcasing a sequence of "The Odessa Steps" act from "Battleship Potemkin"

Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald

2013 • 60 min • United States of America

A documentary presented by Trevor McDonald, wherein which he interviews death row inmates at an Indiana state prison

Pipas

2013 • 3 min • Spain

Is there anymore mutual understanding than a bag of sunflower seeds between two girlfriends?

The Smiths: Not Like Any Other Love

2013 • 30 min • United Kingdom

It's 30 years since Manchester four-piece The Smiths changed the face of British pop with their debut single Hand In Glove. In this half-hour Culture Show special, fellow Mancunian and lifelong fan Tim Samuels sets out to find out why The Smiths have such a special place in the hearts of a generation of Brits. The Smiths were only around for five years in the mid-eighties, but to this day the sentiment their music evokes is strong. Samuels pays visits to a variety of dedicated fans including fashion designer Wayne Hemingway, poet Simon Armitage, Labour MP Kerry McCarthy and Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher to analyse the look, the lyrics, the issues and the riffs that made The Smiths Britain's first, and arguably best ever, indie rock band.

Buffalo Death Mask

2013 • 23 min • Canada

For more than two decades Mike Hoolboom has been one of our foremost artistic witnesses of the plague of the twentieth century, HIV. A personal voice documenting and piercing the clichéd spectrum of Living With AIDS from carnal abjection to incandescent spirituality, no surviving moving image visionary surpasses him. Buffalo Death Mask is a three-part meditation — visual, oral and haptic, both campy and ecstatic — on survival, mourning, memory, love and community. A conversation between Hoolboom and visual artist Stephen Andrews, both long time survivors of the retrovirus, floats over what seems to be a dream of Toronto and some of its ghosts. No one savours the intimations of immortality inherent in recycled footage like Mike, no one else understands how processed Super 8 can answer the question “Why are we still here when so many are gone?"

The Hard Way

2013 • 11 min • Ireland

A troubled teenage girl and an unhappily married man meet in secret. They both have something to escape from. Now they need to find out if there is somewhere to escape to. And whether they have what it takes to make the leap.

The Forever Train

2013 • 8 min

choo choo! all aboard the forever train!

Not Bad

2013 • 29 min

This is a tale of epic adventure. A tale of seven brave riders who set out from the four corners of the globe to gather together under one roof in a town located at the ends of the earth. A tale with no beginning and no end but where a few things happen inbetween. Things like eel fights. Yeah that’s right…f’n eel fights. So watch this movie. Why? Because its ‘Not Bad…30 days of bicycle tomfoolery in New Zealand’.

50 Years on: Yasujiro Ozu's Secret Vision

2013 • 59 min • Japan

Documentary celebrating the life and work of Yasujiro Ozu, fifty years after his death.

Muslimgauze: Chasing the Shadow of Bryn Jones

2013 • 4 min

Beginning in 1982, after Israel's invasion of Lebanon, the Manchester-born musician's obsession with Middle Eastern conflict began. His music, a mix of industrial, hip-hop, techno, and dubstep, and usually without any lyrics, could never easily be identified for its politics. But his pro-Palestinian beliefs were at the center of his inspiration. As the head of Muslimgauze's first long-term record label recalls about their first meeting, "We didn't talk about music, we talked about politics and the whole situation that brought his music to life."Mixing news broadcast recordings, drum kit beats, pots and pans, and classic instrumentals, Muslimgauze pioneered a new style of music that sounded little like anything else at the time or since.

Good Morning Tri-State

2013 • 19 min • United States of America

TV pilot for a fake morning show. Mark Proksch plays "Toby Dean" and everyone else on the show is a real person under the impression that it is a real morning show.

Pixies: 6Music In Concert

2013 • 58 min • United Kingdom

Pixies are a band who shaped the sound of Alternative Rock. Having sold just under 2 million albums worldwide, they are among rock music's greatest pioneers. Single-handedly spawning the grunge movement of the 1990s, their unique mix of punk, pop and surf rock inspired an entire generation of musicians, and embodied 90's alternative Rock. After splitting acrimoniously in 1992, they reformed in 2004 to wide acclaim. They're captured here from BBC's Maida Vale studios in London.

Most Ordinary Existence

2013 • 15 min • South Korea

A little feminine and timid Jinwoo accidently remains in an empty classroom with Sujin, a girl who he's crushing on.

Declaration of War

2013 • 7 min • United States of America

George W Bush declares war on terror to a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001.

CBeebies Presents: The Ugly Duckling - A CBeebies Ballet

2013 • 38 min • United Kingdom

Retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale with dance performances by Northern Ballet. Mr Bloom and the tiddlers go on a wildlife adventure with a new baby bird. With the help of frogs, cats and a cheeky fox, the ugly duckling searches to find out who she really is.

80/20

2013 • 58 min

A (completely straight) man is hard to find. 80/20 follows Jesse on a journey of self-discovery trying to figure out what it means to be a real man in the new century, forming new relationships, falling in love, and making connections in the most surprising places. When his tight-knit social circle questions his sexuality, it leaves the questions: am I really straight or am I straight enough? Ask yourself: if everyone has their own percentage of straight to gay, what percentage would you be?

Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected

2013 • 60 min

This special one-off documentary celebrates the past and present of hit sitcoms Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. Exploring the shows in some depth, the programme will feature the thoughts of some of the biggest names in politics, including Lord Nigel Lawson, Lord Roy Hattersley, Lord Gus O'Donnell, Lord Michael Heseltine, Andrew Neil, Tessa Jowell and Alan Johnson. Plus original cast member Derek Fowlds meets his contemporary real-life Bernard, aka 1980s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's real Principal Private Secretary, Robin Butler.

Downside Up

2013 • 34 min

Vivian Bruchez explores his backyard on several steep adventures in a winter of exceptional snow, in the company of a few talented friends. Previously impassable and unthinkable routes become a tangible reality when skill, experience and conditions align.

Mirrors

2013 • 8 min • United States of America

High and low moments in a couple's life. Official music video for "Mirrors" by Justin Timberlake.

The Homecoming

2013 • 18 min

A young gay Mormon man in Los Angeles tries to date men, but gets repeatedly dumped with a text message. When he reconnects with an old boyfriend a wrongly addressed text message becomes the reason for him leaving the city and going home to his Mormon compound. There the two worlds collide. Yet his hippie friend comes to rescue him.

Foley Artist

2013 • 18 min • Spain

A sound technician who specializes in Foley effects (recreation of sounds for a film no directly recorded during shooting) has an accident that forces him to stay home for a few days. During that time the attractive neighbour across the street who has just arrived in the neighbourhood becomes his new sound muse.

Atavism

2013 • 3 min

A short film made for "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded". A series of people are subjected to auditory stimuli.

Gorilla

2013 • 13 min

On a weekend away, a newly formed couple are forced to face the unknowns in their lives when a mysterious woman arrives at their secluded campsite.