Firestation

Director: William Raban

Year: 2019

Using contemporary first-hand accounts from Iceland and from across Europe, Raban’s new film connects this theme with the current ecological and political global crisis. It continues Raban’s recent film research into the use of the long single take and revisits his preoccupations with landscape film from the early 1970s.

Director: William Raban

Year: 2016

A witty take on the contingencies of the conditions in which to best read Marx.<br /> Filmed over 6 days, the time-lapse technique compresses a classic text (Karl Marx's 'Das Kapital') into a 9 minute experience, raising questions as to how film might transcend verbal language. The picture is offset by David Cunningham’s score which is composed solely from the two words of the book’s title.<br /> Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Experimenta Strand

Director: William Raban

Year: 2014

72-82 tells the story of the first ten years of Acme Studios and their ground breaking work providing artists' housing and studios in London. It also features some of the pioneering exhibitions at the Acme Gallery that was based in Covent Garden from 1976-81. The film comprises visual archive materials brought to life by the voices of the artists involved.