A still life painting becomes charged with motion as the earth is disturbed. Gaining in momentum, quietude gradually builds to a turbulent crescendo. Painted on large scale – the physicality and the materiality of this animation describes the magnitude and fragility of the landscape.
A story about three young teenagers, facing their inner wildness through the dream-like path. The animation is about the journey of Berta, Vincent and Alex, who one day decide to peek under the hair of God.
During The Cultural Revolution (1966~1976), they were the red guards, they were armed, they were breaking the old world. The era is gone, the violence remains as an addiction, a way of living. They are our fathers and mothers.
A film by Martin Wallace and Jarvis Cocker, The Big Melt combines 100 years of footage from the BFI National Archive with a score recorded live at the Crucible Theatre on the opening night of Sheffield Doc/Fest in June 2013 to tell the story of steel, the story of the men in the steelworks and the story of Sheffield.
Taking us on musical journey into the soul of a nation, it brings to life the ghosts of our past, taking us into the belly of the furnaces and showing how our national character has been stamped from the mighty presses of our industrial heritage.
Featuring leading Sheffield musicians including Jarvis Cocker and Pulp band members, the City of Sheffield Brass Band, Richard Hawley and his band members, the Forgemasters, a string quartet and a youth choir, the live soundtrack has been edited by Cocker to create a phenomenal music score - a new kind of Sheffield heavy metal, with pictures.
"When we were young we knew so little but felt so much". Love, life and lunacy tale told via an estranged odyssey through the digital uncanny. Set on, and off, the East Coast of Britain in the latter half of the 20th Century, it might be warmer in the summer.
Ray has spent his life on the river, an oasis from the chaos of on-shore pains. But gobby workmate Kenny’s arrival pushes him to set off towards the ocean.
Fearing the worst, Kenny goes in pursuit, but his lack of planning may mean the end of this unlikely duo.
in 1979 David's younger brother Simon disappeared without a trace and has never been seen since. 30 years later his brother David is still looking, this is: The Search for Simon.