Featuring. Seven ‘wyrd’ TV programmes from 1977 – a golden harvest of folk horror. Terence Stamp and Julie Christie star in the classic adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s tale of tragedy and passion. Drama 1982 181 mins Director: Ingmar Bergman. The scene builds with a long, walked journey to a place secluded enough to safely show the effects of the phenomena. Sally Hawkins gives a standout performance as a fragile young woman in Craig Roberts’ humane depiction of mental illness.

Drama 1961 122 mins Director: Michelangelo Antonioni.
This early producing credit for Jeremy Thomas is notable for its eerie use of the bleak Devon coastline. He must only do so once the shout has begun. Find out about international touring programmes, BFI Film Academy: opportunities for young creatives, Get funding to progress my creative career, Search the BFI National Archive collections, Read research data and market intelligence, Search for projects funded by National Lottery, Apply for British certification and tax relief, Get help as a new filmmaker and find out about NETWORK, Find out about booking film programmes internationally. Get help as a new filmmaker and find out about NETWORK. An inmate of a mental asylum believes he possesses the primeval power of killing with a shout. Drama 2018 100 mins Director: Jessica Swale. Saunton Sands was also, in fact, where Peter (David Niven) from Powell & Pressburger’s A Matter of Life and Death (1946) was seemingly reincarnated. ©2020 British Film Institute. Classroom resources for teachers.

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The film uses local people as extras and local cricketers. Crossley’s towering body fills the frame from a low angle before the director quickly cuts in close to his screaming mouth, aping the paintings of Francis Bacon that are seen and mimicked throughout the film. But, with the effect so precise and perfectly pitched, the viewer cannot help but stumble down the sand with him, sharing in a brief moment of oblivion. Documentary 2020 124 mins Director: Alex Gibney. iPhone and iPad users: You will need to download app version 3.0 to watch BFI London Film Festival titles. Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney details the Trump's administration's failed response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hand-picked. Get help as a new filmmaker and find out about NETWORK. Comedy 2007 94 mins Director: Richard Bracewell. There is a disjoint between the quietude of the build-up and the cut, jolting the viewer off guard for a brief moment before it is too late and they are immersed in the scream. The story then follows a village couple, Rachel (Susannah York) and Anthony , who are visited by a stranger called Crossley . BFI Education events. Registered charity 287780, Sign up for all the latest news from BFI Player. Photographed entirely on location in North Devon and completed at. On first viewing, the moment creates a guttural feeling due to the mixing and editing. Bergman’s magisterial and sumptuous portrait of a 20th-century Swedish family.

Education & research. Cannes’ Grand Jury Prize was awarded to this unnerving drama about a man who claims to be able to kill people with a ‘terror shout’ learned from an Aboriginal shaman. Get help as a new filmmaker and find out about NETWORK Read industry research and statistics. Drama 2013 108 mins Director: Diego Quemada.
About BFI Education. Japanese cinema's enfant terrible, Sion Sono, unleashes this demented, whirlwind tale of cults, love, violence and perversion. Into Film.

Filmed in Weymouth and at Portland Bill, The Damned’s mixture of textures confused its studio, which held up the release. Find out about international touring programmes, Find out more about the BFI National Archive, Discover how BFI NETWORK is supporting new and emerging filmmakers, Get help as a new filmmaker and find out about NETWORK, Find out about booking film programmes internationally, Courses, training and conferences for teachers. Knowing that at any moment he could open his mouth and allow that screaming thump of a wail to begin once more renders him dangerous to both the characters and the viewer.

Cerebral thriller about a German art critic who reconnects with his radical past when he agrees to be involved with an assassination attempt.

See projects backed by the BFI. Future learning and skills. Drama 2019 86 mins Director: Claire Oakley.