Gasman
Lynne Ramsay
UK, 1997, 14 mins
A story of two children who react with naive simple emotion to a situation imposed upon them by their father's secret. This short by the multi-award winning director of Ratcatcher and Morvern Callar introduces many of the themes which reoccur in Ramsay's feature films.
The Burning
Stephen Frears
UK, 1967, 30 mins
Stephen Frears' haunting first film deals with the ultimate problems of apartheid both directly and obliquely. Over his 40-year career some of Frears’ best-known work includes My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liaisons, High Fidelity and most recently The Queen.
Sloane Square
Derek Jarman
UK, 1974, 10 mins
A stop-motion film showing director Derek Jarman and several other occupants vandalizing an apartment from which they have just been evicted. Though largely famous for his film-work, including Jubilee and The Last of England, Jarman, who died in 1994, was also a prestigious artist and writer.
Boy and Bicycle
Ridley Scott
UK, 1965, 27 mins
Boy and Bicycle is the first foray into filmmaking by the world-famous director of Blade Runner and Gladiator. It begins with the camera representing the point of view of a boy (played by Scott's younger brother Tony) as he wakes up and looks around his room, thinking about the day ahead. The film then follows the boy as he decides instead to play truant and visits various locations around the seaside town on his bicycle.
Fridge
Peter Mullan
UK, 1996, 20 mins
Written and directed by Scottish actor and director Peter Mullan, who went on to direct the critically acclaimed Orphans and The Magdalene Sisters. Fridge is a disturbing drama about the attempts of a down-and-out Glasgow couple to rescue a boy trapped inside an old fridge.