BFI Experimental Film Fund Movie Trailers
Most Popular BFI Experimental Film Fund Trailers
Total trailers found: 36
The Pit Trailer (1962)
06 May 1962
Experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum'.
In Separation Trailer (1965)
01 January 1965
In Separation - of what from what? Sound, image; cause, consequence; people? The breaking apart of a relationship is exteriorised far beyond the taut emotional inner worlds of a young Brighton couple in this highly concentrated, sharp 60s short.
Amelia and the Angel Trailer (1958)
12 May 1958
A young girl (Amelia) is distressed and feeling guilty about losing the wings she was to wear in her school play.
Old Aunt China Trailer (1957)
02 May 1957
Focuses on the drawings by Marguerite Bonnevay who lived in a village outside Paris at the turn of the century.
Refuge England Trailer (1959)
18 March 1959
Short drama-documentary showing the first day in England of a Hungarian refugee.
Herostratus Trailer (1967)
10 July 1967
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 diluted into a reactionary gesture.
Animated Genesis Trailer (1952)
01 January 1952
The story of the evolution of life on Earth in animated form.
Miss Thompson Goes Shopping Trailer (1958)
02 January 1958
Adaptation of Martin Armstrong's poem about an elderly lady who becomes perturbed by something we can't see.
Ten Bob in Winter Trailer (1963)
08 July 1963
An unemployed black student borrows ten shillings from a friend, then lends the money to a musician he has just met.
Down to Earth Trailer (1956)
01 January 1956
A film about a mysterious new boy who, in the course of a single day, rids his school of its bullying, gambling, laboratory explosions and abysmal cricketing record - then disappears.
Michael Trailer (1961)
01 January 1961
Sensitive portrait of a boy with Down syndrome, and the small village that includes him.
The First Step Trailer (1961)
01 January 1961
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 Maestro Trailer (1964)
01 January 1964
The Maestro is conducting Rossini's William Tell overture, but suddenly the music stops dead and he �
Rowlandson's England Trailer (1955)
01 January 1955
England of Thomas Rowlandson's day, seen through his drawings and cartoons.
Alone with the Monsters Trailer (1958)
01 June 1958
An old woman apparently tormented by people in the street comforts herself in her room with memories of her youth.
Other Worlds Trailer (1964)
01 January 1964
The worlds of the painter Le Douanier Rousseau and the poet Arthur Rimbaud form a basis for exploration of their works.
The Blackhill Campaign Trailer (1963)
01 January 1963
The fight of one village and its miners against the closing of the pit that is their main source of livelihood.
Bride and Groom Trailer (1955)
01 January 1955
I now pronounce you... animated! Newlyweds meet a nuisance in an playful mix of cartoon comedy and real-life actors, including Roobarb legend Bob Godfrey.
The Christmas Play Trailer (1959)
01 December 1959
Taking the lid off the creative process with a group of theatrically-minded 11-year-olds as they stage the nativity.
Shirt Factory Trailer (1963)
01 January 1963
A musical performed by schoolchildren from a secondary modern (Markfield) in North London, combining lively dance to the sounds from a transistor radio, and the automative actions of a production line to the monotonous music of the sewing machines.
Man of Rope Trailer (1961)
01 January 1961
Story of a man in prison, condemned to death, and his subsequent execution. Inspired by "Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde.
Coventry Cathedral Trailer (1958)
01 January 1958
A documentary feature with Basil Spence explaining, with the aid of a model, the concepts behind the design of the new Coventry Cathedral to replace the one destroyed during WWII.
The Peaches Trailer (1964)
01 January 1964
A film fantasy concerning the adventures of a modern girl whose passion for peaches is eventually replaced by a very different type of passion.
An Untitled Film Trailer (1964)
27 September 1964
A BFI production from 1964, directed by David Gladwell, who is best known as an editor of films like Lindsay Anderson's If.
Figures in a Landscape Trailer (1953)
20 August 1953
A documentary feature looking at examples of Barbara Hepworth's sculpture set against the Cornish settings that inspired them.
Boy and Bicycle Trailer (1965)
01 January 1965
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 he imagines he is the only person in the world.
A Short Vision Trailer (1956)
06 June 1956
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.
Together Trailer (1956)
05 February 1956
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 of friendship.
Round the World in 80 Days Trailer (1955)
01 January 1955
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.
Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett) Trailer (1979)
04 April 1979
A man attempts to remain hidden from view from the camera and other eyes.
Circus at Clopton Hall Trailer (1961)
01 January 1961
On a summer's day, a group of children improvise a circus at an abandoned farm in Suffolk.
Nice Time Trailer (1957)
25 May 1957
A montage of the night-life of Piccadilly Circus across the hours, from early evening to the last lingering passers-by.
Nine, Dalmuir West Trailer (1962)
07 December 1962
The tram system of Glasgow and the last weekend of the service.
13 Cantos of Hell Trailer (1955)
05 February 1955
This interpretation of 13 cantos from the first part of Dante's The Divine Comedy is dedicated to Carl Koch and Lotte Reiniger, the husband-and-wife team who pioneered the technique of silhouette animation.
Tomorrow’s Today Trailer (1958)
01 January 1958
This is a picture that paints a picture, in appealing colour, of the life and times of the children of late '50s London.
