All Star Melody Masters

Daybreak Express

January 1953 •English

Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway station in New York City.

Eve's Fall

February 1930 •English

A girl with amnesia believes she is a bachelor's wife.

Le monde moderne

April 2016 •French

Hock Hiap Leong

April 2001 •Malay

Hock Hiap Leong pays tribute to this a 55-year old coffee shop on Armenian Street that has been an incessant inspiration to many people. The urban re-development board’s demolishing plans in 2001 inspired the filmmaker to capture this epitaph of history.

Brentwood

August 2018 •English

A running feud between Star Trek actors Brent Spiner and Levar Burton is the basis for this TV comedy pilot.

Skinny Puppy: Too Dark Park Archival Footage

September 2005 •English

Archival footage - from the 1990 Cincinnati, OH show (filmed on November 6, 1990 at Bogart's).

Skinny Puppy: Last Rights Archival Footage

September 2005 •English

Archival footage - from the 1992 Cincinnati, OH show (filmed on June 2, 1992 at Bogart's).

NO DIVIDE - A Sticky Film by Rhys Day

March 2016 •English

Rhys Day presents NO DIVIDE - a sticky mashup biopic/ videofeast.

Contacts... Conflicts... 2

December 1985 •Russian

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.

Contacts... Conflicts... 3

December 1986 •Russian

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.

Contacts... Conflicts... 4

December 1987 •Russian

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.

If Hell Exists, I will Burn There

January 2008 •Swedish

A girl gets on a tram and bursts out in song. Soon, other passengers join and one by one reveal their innermost secrets. A musical about the boundary between the private and the collective.

The New Waiter

March 1930 •English

An agile waiter unmasks a cabaret conjurer as a thief.

Betty's Blues

February 2013 •French

The story begins in the basement of a worn-out blues bar in Louisiana in the 1980s. A few regular customers are having a drink. A guitarist gets on stage and everybody comments on the newcomer. The guitarist draws the attention of the audience by tapping the microphone. He introduces himself. He will tell them the true story of Blind Boogie Jones.

The Doll Shop

September 1929 •English

Early Vitaphone short.

U-turn

March 2017 •English

When you’re young, some of your strongest and most rewarding relationships are with your friends. The kind who support you to become who you really are. Inspired by U-turn and classic girl crew nostalgia, we want to celebrate those kinds of bonds with this short film from director Emma Higgins.

Savage

October 2009 •English

On a summer day in the 1950s, a native girl watches the countryside go by from the backseat of a car. A woman at her kitchen table sings a lullaby in her Cree language. When the girl arrives at her destination, she undergoes a transformation that will turn the woman’s gentle voice into a howl of anger and pain.

Screengrabbed: BBC Introducing Arts

November 2019 •English

Janina Ramirez presents a screengrab of inspiring, beautiful and urgent stories from emerging and established film-makers with their interpretations of life's big topics. A Fashion Show; Birdcage; Body to Body; Ffasiwn, The Film; Folk; Light Noise; Through a Screen Darkly; Be Different Today; Palm Tree; Shiner; Demons Before Breakfast; How Do You Know You're in Love?; Sensational Simmy; What Does It Mean to Be British?

Dance on Film: BBC Introducing Arts

May 2020 •English

Acclaimed dancer Carlos Acosta introduces a new generation of film makers who use b-boying, ballet and contemporary dance to tell their stories. Subjects range from dancing in a bingo hall, acid attacks, body image and wellbeing and the mystical world of baby eels. Each is a remarkable fusion of dance and film. Anatomy of a Crooked Spine; Blast; Elver; Full House; I Am Soldier; I Dance Best with You; Inside; Inside We Break; Manmade; Petals and Pain; Scapelands; We Are Ready Now; We Are Always Here; Do I Have Free Will?

Screengrabbed Too: BBC Introducing Arts

November 2022 •English

Huw Stephens presents an exciting selection of short films from emerging artists and film-makers from across the UK. Topics are fresh, varied and thought-provoking, including a behind-the-scenes look at a zoo closing for the night, an honest account of farming the land, and a powerful love letter from a son to a mother who has cancer. Expect to be moved and challenged by these short dramas, observations and dance, made by a new generation of storytellers. Yew; Echdo; King of the Pit; Two B or Not Two B; Lucky House; Everything Is Fine; The Jacket; Cages; It's Always Been; Mary Lost Her Battle; Between the Dog and the Wolf; From His Perspective