Amateur Talkies

Whether it’s the height of the war or its aftermath makes no difference to these children enjoying themselves: at the seaside, on V E Day and around the bomb sites of Sheffield.

In the year the Wright Brothers made their first flight, an Edwardian family film themselves taking to the skies… sort of.

Lloyd George tours the sights of Nazi Germany while his chauffeurs lark about with an SS Officer in this grimly fascinating film.

A rare insight into the public and private lives of the pioneering aviator, filmed by her father.

A day in the life of a school - filmed by a pupil who later became one of Britain's best documentary makers.

Petty party politics gets animated - literally - in this amateur cartoon with a message.

Searching for one of the last people to speak Gayle - a secret language the gay community were forced to invent during Apartheid.

A comedy-drama animation about two best friends growing up in the same world but experiencing it completely differently.

An African Pentecostal Pastor questions everything she believes after a life-changing event.

Samona Olanipekun explores the concepts of home, identity and belonging, from the starting point of the theme of globalisation.

Compelling story of a complex relationship between an ​imperious​ ​father and his son.

Three African American fathers unravel the incomparable partnership of forgiveness and community.