They Act Like Magic

Prize-winning amateur film about the fleeting affair between a housewife and a young man on a summer day.

Silly silent film fun and thrills abound in this award-winning 1954 amateur short spoofing the world of Hollywood trailers.

A young angel scours London for her wings in this tender short by the young Ken Russell.

Knitting comes in handy when making a film – a comical take on amateur filmmaking by the ladies of a local Pinner film club

Tired little Jocelyn, in her National Health specs, falls asleep in the garden and wakes up in Wonderland in this amateur re-telling of Lewis Carroll's classic.

A young magician impresses his sister by making a dog appear from under a bucket, and by demonstrating the magic of film itself.

A bumbling vicar steals the scene in this short chase film; a silent comedy set in a Norfolk village, featuring many of the villagers.

At a Norfolk country house Ingoldisthorpe villagers enjoy a fancy dress costumed garden party and tea dance at the annual Summer Fete, in 1938.

Snakes, lizards, squirrels, birds, crabs - schoolchildren go on a nature trail searching village and coast for all kinds of wildlife.

Thrilling pirate adventure made by a preparatory schoolmaster and starring some of his schoolchildren, who apprehend dangerous smugglers.

The story of an Irish couple struggling to cope with their child's gender identity.

Leo had never imagined he would see his Father kissing another man... Until it happened.

Meet the brains behind one of London’s hottest and most creative queer nights.

Is there really a monster in Madi's closet, or is it something else that she fears?

After leaving his rural hometown to escape homophobia, Bjørn-Tore returns decades later to participate in its first Pride parade.

The Stationmaster at York guides us through a typical day, from dawn to dusk.