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  • 2022
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    Echoes of the North: Four Chapters in Time

    Echoes of the North: Four Chapters in Time

    1 2022 HD

    A new film made from more than a hundred fragments of archive film, Echoes of the North transports you back to Northern England a century ago, taking...

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  • 2017
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    Relic 1

    Relic 1

    1 2017 HD

    The second film in the series, 'Relic 1' forms part of Larry Achiampong's Relic Traveller: Phase 1, a multi-disciplinary project manifesting in...

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  • 2004
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    Doubled Up

    Doubled Up

    1 2004 HD

    Sam Moore's Doubled Up tells of the shock and awe of finding out she was expecting twins. The film is an opulent and multi-faceted song of love,...

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  • 2023
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    Moving in Time

    Moving in Time

    1 2023 HD

    A partnership between Matthew Bourne's New Adventures and Magic Me, the UK's leading intergenerational arts charity, Moving in Time is a heartwarming...

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  • 2022
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    What Are You Looking At?

    What Are You Looking At?

    1 2022 HD

    Slyly integrating audio descriptions and captions, visual artist Angela Charles shares her story of ‘coming out’ as a blind artist after...

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    The Directors: Lucy

    The Directors: Lucy

    1 2022 HD

    The Directors is a collaboration between artist Marcus Coates and five individuals in recovery from different lived experiences of psychosis....

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  • 2004
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    Farm Film

    Farm Film

    1 2004 HD

    Part intimate portrait and part observational documentary, this film looks at how a Dartmoor farming family relate to the land and their animals....

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  • 2019
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    Ouvertures

    Ouvertures

    5.00 2019 HD

    Reflecting on the legacy of Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture, Ouvertures follows a collective’s process of translating...

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  • 1994
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    I'm Not Here

    I'm Not Here

    1 1994 HD

    In January 1970 the actor Sir Alec Guinness wrote a letter to The Times complaining about the lack of attention shop assistants gave to customers....

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  • 2008
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    Cobra Mist

    Cobra Mist

    10.00 2008 HD

    Construed in the time of running clouds, a panoramic and another examination of vacant buildings on the British shore (Orford Ness), a deserted place...

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  • 2013
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    Perestroika: Reconstructed

    Perestroika: Reconstructed

    1 2013 HD

    Re-mixes and extends Perestroika (2009) into two sequences. Sequence one constritutes the 2009 version, while the second sequence constructs a new...

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  • 2022
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    The Directors: Anthony

    The Directors: Anthony

    1 2022 HD

    The Directors is a collaboration between artist Marcus Coates and five individuals in recovery from different lived experiences of psychosis....

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  • 1994
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    End of Restriction

    End of Restriction

    6.00 1994 HD

    End of Restriction enters into the claustrophobic world of a teenage boy growing up in an English village. The film follows the boy’s cycle...

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  • 2021
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    Not Yet Out of the Wood

    Not Yet Out of the Wood

    1 2021 HD

    It's not the bats' fault. Holed up in lockdown, I made a bat-head mask, I made a skeleton. I made a miniature wood by collecting twigs and moss from...

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  • 1995
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    Cedar Wood & Silk

    Cedar Wood & Silk

    1 1995 HD

    Differing opinions about fashion spark a vibrant, insightful exploration of the tender relationship between a Jamaican mother and her British-born...

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  • 2022
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    The Directors: Stephen

    The Directors: Stephen

    1 2022 HD

    The Directors is a collaboration between artist Marcus Coates and five individuals in recovery from different lived experiences of psychosis....

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  • 2022
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    I’ll Be Back!

    I’ll Be Back!

    1 2022 HD

    Existing at the convergence of history and myth, the Haitian maroon leader François Mackandal returns to disrupt the colonial logic of the...

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  • 2006
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    The J. Street Project 2002-2005

    The J. Street Project 2002-2005

    1 2006 HD

    The J. Street Project 2002–5 is a sixty-seven minute film that consists of a sequence of static camera shots of street signs in Germany that...

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