The Boy and the Song

Marking time on a face, a swift, bleak portrait of a man from cradle to grave.

A magical film in many ways, a fairy tale story using trick photography and with artful and imaginative stop motion animation.

A once common object in many households becomes transformed into a quirky dancing troupe in this simple homespun animation.

An iconic rural scene becomes a protest site for the bitter yet comic vision of prolific amateur animator Derek Phillips

Charge into this slick amateur cartoon from the Grasshopper Group which was three years in the making

Specially commended by ‘Amateur Cine World'. Nineteen fifties claymation by Douglas Butcher offering tongue-in-cheek advice for life.

Staying alive, from a single cell to a big bang. Blink and you’ll miss the end.

One big happy family on the streets of South Shields for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee visit.

Going with the flow on the River Tyne at South Shields.

Budgies for beginners: home comforts for birds explained to young pet owners.

An engaging, hand painted animation of Rudyard Kipling’s origin tale about a work shy camel who gets the hump.

An uptempo look at man’s passionate obsession with time from first light to the dawn of the digital age.

A children’s guide to bustling Soho, with a glimpse of its music industry, architecture and thriving restaurant scene.

On release from jail, a man recalls the events leading up to his imprisonment.

It’s Britain vs USA in this drama by Dennis Potter as mild-mannered George finds himself in thrall to brash American Sam.

Three women seek the truth about love from a crystal ball in an early Fay Weldon play about trust and jealousy.

Four village schoolchildren encounter a spot of trouble when some crooks take up residence in the woods.

The one where Lindsay Anderson makes a film about fuel efficiency…