Iliyotazamwa zaidi Mwaka 1958 - 144

A very unusual portrayal of a "sound" from the time it escapes from a singer's gaping mouth to the time it is captured on a film strip.

A man enters a restaurant and, after trying and failing to attract the attentions of the waiter, an absurd battle of wills commences.

Short animation

This was another sample promotional film, which Lye offered to television stations. He scratched some dramatic black-and-white abstract images,...

We spend the day at a firehouse with Fireman Bill.

In his first cinematic work, the painter Franz Schömbs intersperses the ever-recurring process from the nightbreak to the dawn. A short film by...

"Imagery and dialogue stimulated by Finnegan's Wake. It is a satire with undertones of the cosmic spirit." - Sara Kathryn Arledge

It's Peter's birthday and Mum wakes him with cards and presents. After breakfast he goes off to school, with his toy locomotive, but fails to return...

Story of a Parisian courtesan who tries to give true love a 2nd chance and falls in love with a young student only to come to the decision herself...

A celebration of transatlantic commercial jet travel: 6.5 hours from New York to London. Columbus took two months, Lindbergh took 33 hours, but by...

A film by Marie Menken.

An overview of the art collection of Richard Winther.

This documentary shows the early ideas about how nuclear war between the USA and the USSR could look like. It is made purely from the US side and...

short experimental animation from Spain

Part of BFI collection "Roll Out the Barrel".

An experiment in the creative use of colour visuals, natural sound and dialogue commentary, this film shows the loneliness of the aimless wanderers...