Films in Experimenta
Films and videos by artists who transform our experience of seeing moving images.
In association with
Experimenta special presentation
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Looking for Oum Kulthum
Dir Shirin Neshat | Germany-Austria-Italy-Lebanon-Quatar
Artist Shirin Neshat creates a multi-layered film-within-a-film about ‘the voice of Egypt’, Oum Kulthum, who was loved by the people and manipulated by politicians.
Experimenta Events
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Experimenta Events
The 61st BFI Film Festival presents a series of Artists’ Moving Image professional development and public events as part of Experimenta, in partnership with LUX and supported by Arts Council England.
Feature films
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Dead the Ends
Dir-Prod-Scr Benedict Seymour | UK
Benedict Seymour’s experimental feature is an urgent, engaging journey into the London riots and our current political situation via imagery from dystopian science fiction.
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Erase and Forget
Dir Andrea Luka Zimmerman | UK
Investigative portrait of famous Vietnam vet, ‘Bo’ Gritz, the inspiration for Rambo, that exposes the complexities of how America creates its own reality.
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Le Fort des fous
Dir-Scr-Prod Narimane Mari | France-Greece-Germany-Qatar
A powerful meditation on colonial power and its legacy, from Algerian filmmaker Narimane Mari.
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Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask
Dir Isaac Julien | UK-Tunisia-Martinique
World premiere of the new digitally-remastered 2K version of Isaac Julien and Mark Nash’s celebrated experimental documentary about the Afro-Caribbean psychiatrist and revolutionary.
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Hemlock Forest
Dir-Prod-Scr Moyra Davey | USA
Inspired by the work of Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman, this personal essay film reflects on the value of a life lived versus a life recorded.
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A Blemished Code
Dir-Prod-Scr Anne-Marie Copestake | UK
Experimental documentary considering the life and work of pioneering holographer Margaret Benyon.
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Lek and the Dogs
Dir Andrew Kötting | UK
Andrew Kötting returns with an emotionally affecting and politically resonant multi-genre adaptation of Hattie Naylor’s play.
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Life Imitation
Dir-Prod-Scr Chen Zhou | China
Cutting edge artist Chen Zhou fuses documentary, chat apps and Grand Theft Auto to build a mind-bending picture of queer lives on the edge.
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The Mærsk Opera
Dir-Scr-Prod Superflex | Denmark
Superflex create an operatic interpretation of the building of Copenhagen’s famous performance space, one of Europe’s most controversial buildings.
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No Trace of Accelerator
Dir-Scr Emily Wardill | UK-Norway
Emily Wardill presents a compelling investigation into collective fear.
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Om Dar-B-Dar
Dir Kamal Swaroop | India
An underground Indian classic reaches the UK screen almost 30 years after it was made.
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Ouroboros
Dir-Scr Basma Alsharif | France-Palestine-Belgium-Qatar
The Gaza Strip is the starting point for this universal story of heartbreak from Basma Alsharif.
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The Pure Necessity
Dir-Scr-Prod David Claerbout | Belgium
The Jungle Book is re-made removing the humans to create a paradise of animal freedom.
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Spell Reel
Dir-Scr Filipa César | Portugal-Germany-France
Filipa César’s documentary following the rediscovery of the revolutionary cinema of Guinea-Bissau and its role in reclaiming national memory.
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Spite Your Face
Dir-Scr Rachel Maclean | UK
Rachel Maclean’s captivating baroque reworking of Pinocchio that exposes modern greed through phallic mockery, plus Gabriel Abrantes’ playful artificial intelligence comedy.
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Tonsler Park
Dir Kevin Jerome Everson | USA
The functioning, or malfunctioning, of US democracy on Election Day 2016 as seen through the operations of polling stations in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Tripoli Cancelled
Dir-Scr Naeem Mohaiemen | Greece-Germany- UK
The modern migrant experience as expressed through one man’s struggle to survive, trapped in an abandoned airport for a decade.
Short films programmes
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Surface Tensions
A programme of short work that challenges our views of the world and its artefacts, as well as the means through which we experience them.
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Excavating Loss
Landscape and architecture bear witness to melancholia, decay and desire. From politics to folklore, these films map out a collision of tradition and modernity.
