Arts Council England Movie Trailers
Most Popular Arts Council England Trailers
Total trailers found: 53
Trinity Trailer (2021)
03 August 2021
Patel’s new film Trinity, continues his exploration of language and physical communication, centring on the discovery of a martial language that once united humanity.
Sweet Salt Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
A merman who lives beneath a fairy-tale forest, dying of thirst, seeks out a lonely girl whose tears fill his bathtub with sea water.
Rabbit Trailer (2005)
06 December 2005
A tale of lost innocence, greed and the random justice of nature. When a boy and girl find an idol in the stomach of a rabbit, its magical abilities lead to riches.
Half Life Trailer (2004)
15 November 2004
In an office world of half light, flickering fluorescent tubing, ringing phones and monotonous paperwork, the residents sit trapped in a state of frustration, inactivity, boredom or semi-consciousness.
Prima Facie Trailer (2022)
26 October 2022
“It can take years to get over the loss of a loved one, but it can take a few heartbeats to lose yourself.
Magnetic Movie Trailer (2009)
19 January 2009
Natural magnetic fields are described by NASA scientists.
Sucked Up Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
A strange, funny and erotic walk through the growing-up of a contemporary male sexuality, from childhood friendship through puberty to a contented adult relationship, made in 3D computer animation.
Who I Am and What I Want Trailer (2005)
28 October 2005
Who I Am And What I Want is a 7 minute animated short directed by Chris Shepherd and David Shrigley in 2005.
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection Trailer (2003)
26 June 2003
A display at the strange and wonderful artifacts in a collection of medical curiosities.
Proximity Trailer (2006)
20 October 2006
A time-lapse animation film about the disorientating and unsettling filmic space that occurs on the screen from an upside down view.
For Whom The Water Flows Trailer (2023)
11 March 2023
In a world where water has become a scarce commodity, a young scavenger finds a source to satisfy her thirst.
Yours Truly Trailer (2006)
11 December 2006
Animation and live action collide in the story of Frank and Charlie, a dark romance of psychological tension that unfolds as the two men sacrifice their morals in search of what they love.
Safety Tips for Kids Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
Built from the filmmaker's archive of newspaper clippings, an ironic look at how the press reports the deaths of children.
From Nose to Mouth Trailer (2006)
15 December 2006
A solitary figure emerges out of seclusion to learn an ice-skating dance sequence. Set in a disorientating arena of shifting boundaries, structures and languages, the lessons are not going well… Mixed media including 3D CGI, live action, compositing and puppetry.
Black, White & Green – the way of pie Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
In a traditional London eel and pie shop, lone diners stare into their dinners and each sees a private landscape in the food on the plate.
Minema Cinema Trailer (2004)
12 June 2004
A collection of bizarrely original animated stories from scripts written by young children. Emulating the approach of New York’s 52nd Street Project and London’s Scene & Heard theatre groups, the film is voiced by professional adult actors and directed to render the children’s dramatic intentions as sincerely as possible.
Njafweniko Trailer (2022)
26 October 2022
Njafweniko is a tender and tense short film about caring for a loved one suffering from mental health issues by First Acts filmmaker Emma Taonga Sayers.
LMX Spiral Trailer (1999)
02 February 1999
'London Market eXcess' is a term used in the Lloyds insurance industry to describe the practice of re-insuring a policy over and over again, increasing the risk at each turn in the 'spiral' until the whole financial edifice collapses under its own weight.
Trojan Horse/Rainbow Flag Trailer (2019)
12 June 2019
An art film about the campaign to save the Joiners Arms, the iconic queer pub in East London. Working directly with members of ‘Friends of the Joiner’s Arms’ and queer actors based in East London, Giles employed participatory workshops and verbatim theatre as structures to produce a discursive social network and the resulting film.
Open to the World Trailer (2020)
23 April 2020
Miranda July looks back at her Artangel project, an interfaith charity shop that opened up unannounced inside one of the world's most famous department stores in August 2017.
A Different Category Trailer (2018)
10 March 2018
Three young women reflect on adolescence as a period marked by loss of ‘voice’ and the struggle between competing desires for autonomy and connection.
The Jump Trailer (2015)
01 January 2015
The Jump connects the widely recognised fantasy of Hollywood action and superhero films with the domestic setting of the artist’s British Indian family home in the UK.
Their They're There Trailer (2018)
15 May 2018
A live action/animated short about a boy who’s sitting an exam he desperately doesn’t want to be in.
Art, Poetry and Particle Physics Trailer (2004)
10 February 2004
John Berger is one of our most celebrated and respected writers and broadcasters. A former winner of the Booker Prize, he also wrote one of the most influential books on art of our time, Ways of Seeing, which became a landmark documentary series on BBC Television.
contoured thoughts Trailer (2019)
02 January 2019
When did you last rest? When did you float weightlessly, your aching muscles soothed by lapping water?
Tongue of the Hidden Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
The poet Hafez, also known as the Teller of Secrets, used the language of human love and the metaphors of wine and drunkenness to describe his desire for the Divine and intoxication with the mysteries of the Universe.
We Believe in Happy Endings Trailer (2006)
21 October 2006
At the party, humans, animals and other-worldly beings dance the night away.
Mr Price Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
A man in mid-life looks back on memory, ambition, disappointment and the teachers he looked up to. An animate! commission for Channel 4 and the Arts Council of England.
Flat Earth Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
Flat Earth weaves material found online, taking us on an extraordinary 7-minute journey around the world as seen through the eyes of bloggers.
Purple Grey Trailer (2006)
12 November 2006
A vivid imagination can offer a seductive distraction from life’s duties. Showers of twisted fantasies, associations and flashbacks turn in this instance into an insensitive, dreary obstruction.
As the Crow Flies Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
A drawing of a bird passes from person to person through 500 members of the public, changing as it goes, like Chinese whispers in pictures.
Flight Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
A fugitive escape path across five interlinked spaces - city, motorway, forest, coast and sea - using pen and ink drawn interventions into a live action journey.
Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
Al and Al's grandfather is a retired engineer and inventor. The film simulates his lifelong endeavour to create a perpetual motion device and supply free power for the people.
End of the Street Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
End of the Street takes the original 19th century Beaufort wind force scale and conjures a response, incrementally turning up the strangeness.
Francis Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
An account of the creation of a nine-year-old ‘defective’ animated character. As the draughtsman’s hand goes to work and Francis attains animated consciousness, his behaviour is observed and assessed by a child psychologist.
Interstellar Stella Trailer (2006)
11 December 2006
In a world formed by the spectacle of perfect illusions, the king of mediation travels through the lens to fight an anti-image cult that threatens a new generation.
Animal Tragic Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
Time-slice reconstructions of three reported incidents in which people and supposedly friendly animals meet badly: a postman kills a dog, a dog attacks a child, a horse kills a cyclist.
ANIMAL CONDENSED>>ANIMAL EXPANDED#2 Trailer (2018)
04 June 2018
The director couldn’t have anticipated the coronavirus epidemic, but here is a near-future world in which a middle-class protagonist lives indoors, congratulating himself on the economic virtues of having ingested ‘animal condensed’ – an unexplained substance that seems to merge human and animal – and its benefits to his comfortably alienated life.
MK Ultra Trailer (2020)
02 April 2020
The Rosie Kay Dance Company present a piece about the strange history and pop-cultural aftermath of CIA mind control experiments during the Cold War, with documentary segments by Adam Curtis.
Spectrum Trailer (2022)
26 October 2022
Filmmaker Tegan Pearce combines autobiographical spoken word and expressive visual direction to present a cinematic interpretation of autism.
Exposure Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
A strange coastal research site becomes a bright graphic study of impermanence. An animate! commission for Channel 4 and the Arts Council of England.
Round-Up Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
A fairground barrel ride becomes a human zoetrope showing the cycle of life from birth to death, in one three-minute shot.
Don't Look at the Finger Trailer (2017)
29 September 2017
Don’t Look at the Finger follows a ceremonial ‘fight’ between two protagonists, a man and a woman, in the grand architectural setting of a church.
13 Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
A dying dog sniffs its way back to its birthplace in Barking along a dreamlike version of the A13 trunk road, drawn in single lines on a handheld computer.
Careful Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
An over-protective mother sends her seven-year-old daughter out to post a letter. Knocked off course, the girl wanders a drawn landscape of hanging objects until her mother's anxiety brings it to life.
Blue Lagoon Trailer (2026)
24 September 2026
Blue Lagoon explores the links between industrial extraction, ecological care, and somatic release through the lens of a post-industrial North East England coastline.
Familiar Phantoms Trailer (2023)
02 March 2023
Familiar Phantoms is an experimental documentary short film about memory, history and trauma.
The Affluence Injection Trailer (2022)
26 October 2022
This visually striking short film from director Kate Morrison combines exquisite production design, precise cinematography and committed performances to create an unsettling and surreal scenario that explores the inherent advantage art students from wealthier backgrounds have over those from low-income households in their ability to realise their full creative potential.
Perestroika Trailer (2009)
01 January 2009
Sarah Turner's film is a ghost story that explores what we forget and how we remember. The stunning imagery comes solely from the window of the Trans-Siberian train, shot first in 1987-8 and then again in 2007-8.
Wendy Trailer (2021)
23 May 2021
‘Wendy’ is a film response to the work of composer, electronic music innovator and polymath, Wendy Carlos.
Rain, Rain, Go Away Trailer (2024)
06 October 2024
At home in the north of England, an old woman tunes into the radio. As rain drips into the house, dark manifestations appear in her mind.
On a Clear Day You Can See the Revolution From Here Trailer (2020)
25 April 2020
From the lush and green grass of the Kazakh Steppe to the glorifying architecture of its capital, from its giant open-air mines to the traces of invisible nuclear power, Kazakhstan is here captured in fragments.
The Half Hitching Post Trailer (2005)
23 February 2005
An Sai, Shanbei, An isolated village on the Loess Plateau, Northern China. Two young outsiders are moving in, While two young locals are struggling to escape.
