The Star of Bethlehem 1956
The Three Wise Men from the East follow the star to Bethlehem, but hostile spirits try to stop them on their journey.
The Three Wise Men from the East follow the star to Bethlehem, but hostile spirits try to stop them on their journey.
N Took the Dice is essentially a reworking of Eden and After made possible by the roll of a dice (scenes from the 1970 film were combined with outtakes and additional footage in an aleatory way). Robbe-Grillet was always interested in music and since he perceived Eden and After to be serial in nature, it only made sense that its sister film would stand in opposition to that.
Three children, holidaying in a small Cornish fishing village, become intrigued by the locals' tales of an elusive witch.
Oscar winning short in which a young girl observes the array of quirky characters who pass her father's rural petrol station.
Flock to your local keep fit class - there's a war on and Britain needs its citizens in tip-top shape.
How to make porridge using a haybox.
Shows how the RAF's barrage balloon squadron are trained, and then on the job.
Made in 48 Hours for the London Sci-Fi 48 Hour Challenge.
Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.
Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings. The GPO Film Unit was a subdivision of the UK General Post Office. The unit was established in 1933, taking on responsibilities of the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit. Headed by John Grierson, it was set up to produce sponsored documentary films mainly related to the activities of the GPO.
The world's press gather at Dover, England awaiting a threatened German attack.
'MisinforMation' is a collaboration between electronic musicians Mordant Music and the BFI, who commissioned MM to spend eight months researching and re-scoring an array of 70s and 80s public information films and documentary shorts produced by the Central Office of Information (COI). The film has aesthetic shades of Mark Leckey's Turner prize-winning 'Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore' or the black sense of humour in the classic 1st series of the Chris Morris-produced 'Look Around You', but 'MisinforMation' is more subtly febrile, lucidly reflecting the effective slow infection of a nation's psyche present in the original films. A prized Hauntological document, but also a strangely alluring and oddly beautiful document of a bygone era we just cant seem to let go of.
A bicycle seeks revenge for its' 11-year-old owner who was disrespected.