Bfi Experimental Film Fund Movies

  • 1965
    Boy and Bicycle

    Boy and Bicycle

    Boy and Bicycle

    5.6971965HD

    A teenage boy plays truant from school, and spends the day riding around the town and the deserted beach on his bicycle, letting his mind wander as...

    Boy and Bicycle
  • 1967
    Herostratus

    Herostratus

    Herostratus

    6.21967HD

    When a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly...

    Herostratus
  • 1956
    A Short Vision

    A Short Vision

    A Short Vision

    6.41956HD

    The leaders, the wise men, the leopard, the deer, the owl and the rat all look up in the sky in fear as a strange object flies through the sky.

    A Short Vision
  • 1955
    Rowlandson's England

    Rowlandson's England

    Rowlandson's England

    01955HD

    England of Thomas Rowlandson's day, seen through his drawings and cartoons.

    Rowlandson's England
  • 1958
    Amelia and the Angel

    Amelia and the Angel

    Amelia and the Angel

    6.3751958HD

    A young girl (Amelia) is distressed and feeling guilty about losing the wings she was to wear in her school play. Then she notices an angel and...

    Amelia and the Angel
  • 1979
    Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)

    Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)

    Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)

    61979HD

    A man attempts to remain hidden from view from the camera and other eyes.

    Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)
  • 1961
    Man of Rope

    Man of Rope

    Man of Rope

    01961HD

    Story of a man in prison, condemned to death, and his subsequent execution. Inspired by "Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde.

    Man of Rope
  • 1956
    Together

    Together

    Together

    7.11956HD

    The workaday boredom and crushing hardships of London's East End in the 1950s, seen from the point of view of two deaf-mutes who share a strong bond...

    Together
  • 1957
    Nice Time

    Nice Time

    Nice Time

    61957HD

    A montage of the night-life of Piccadilly Circus across the hours, from early evening to the last lingering passers-by.

    Nice Time
  • 1963
    Ten Bob in Winter

    Ten Bob in Winter

    Ten Bob in Winter

    51963HD

    An unemployed black student borrows ten shillings from a friend, then lends the money to a musician he has just met.

    Ten Bob in Winter
  • 1959
    Refuge England

    Refuge England

    Refuge England

    7.51959HD

    Short drama-documentary showing the first day in England of a Hungarian refugee.

    Refuge England
  • 1952
    Animated Genesis

    Animated Genesis

    Animated Genesis

    61952HD

    The story of the evolution of life on Earth in animated form.

    Animated Genesis
  • 1961
    Circus at Clopton Hall

    Circus at Clopton Hall

    Circus at Clopton Hall

    01961HD

    On a summer's day, a group of children improvise a circus at an abandoned farm in Suffolk.

    Circus at Clopton Hall
  • 1964
    The Peaches

    The Peaches

    The Peaches

    01964HD

    A film fantasy concerning the adventures of a modern girl whose passion for peaches is eventu­ally replaced by a very different type of passion.

    The Peaches
  • 1955
    Round the World in 80 Days

    Round the World in 80 Days

    Round the World in 80 Days

    01955HD

    Animation. Part of Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days", depicting scenes in the Reform Club and Phineas Fogg's adventures in India.

    Round the World in 80 Days
  • 1965
    In Separation

    In Separation

    In Separation

    01965HD

    In Separation - of what from what? Sound, image; cause, consequence; people? The breaking apart of a relationship is exteriorised far beyond the taut...

    In Separation
  • 1961
    The First Step

    The First Step

    The First Step

    01961HD

    A child discovers her ambition on her first day at a new school. First act of a three-act ballet, "The Choice", with music by Tchaikovsky.

    The First Step
  • 1961
    Michael

    Michael

    Michael

    01961HD

    Sensitive portrait of a boy with Down syndrome, and the small village that includes him.

    Michael
  • 1962
    The Pit

    The Pit

    The Pit

    81962HD

    Experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum'.

    The Pit
  • 1964
    An Untitled Film

    An Untitled Film

    An Untitled Film

    6.51964HD

    A BFI production from 1964, directed by David Gladwell, who is best known as an editor of films like Lindsay Anderson's If.... (1968) and O Lucky...

    An Untitled Film