Alan Bennett and The Habit of Art

Alan Bennett's hit play for the National Theatre is built around an imagined encounter between the poet W.H. Auden and the composer Benjamin Britten in Oxford in 1972. This documentary feature looks at the extraordinary relationship between England's finest poet and one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner talk for the first time about their own collaboration and reveal how The Habit of Art changed from a simple two-hander into a many-layered play-within-a-play.

Produced in association with the National Theatre, Arts Council England and More 4.
2010 RTS Programme Awards Winner for Arts.
Directed by Adam Low

 

 

Arena: Harold Pinter – A Celebration

In June 2009, a group of Britain's leading actors gathered for one night only to perform a celebration of the work of Harold Pinter at the National Theatre. Arena: Harold Pinter – A Celebration is an extraordinary record of this unprecedented theatrical event.

Premiered in January 2010 at the BFI South Bank.

 

Produced in associtation with Judy Daish Associates and BBC Arena.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Centenary: The BP Story

A feature-length documentary about Britain’s largest company at the time of its 100th anniversary in 2008.

 

THE HUNT FOR MOBY-DICK
Taking Moby-Dick as his starting point, writer Philip Hoare goes in search
of the whale and the men who hunted it, from North Yorkshire to New England
and the Azores. In the process, he seeks the truth behind our
fascination with the whale - and perhaps discover the reality behind the
world's largest and yet most mysterious animals

A BBC Arena Film

 

The Strange Luck of V.S. Naipaul
Nobel Prize winning author, V.S. Naipaul gave us a rare opportunity to document his life and work.

A BBC Arena Film

 

Dance With A Serial Killer
Dance With A Serial Killer is the story of a murder investigation, told by the French detective who brought a horrific serial killer to justice

A BBC Storyville/France 3/SBS Co-production

 

 

The Pervert's Guide To Cinema
"Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give you what you desire - it tells you how to desire" - Slavoj Zizek
"A virtuoso marriage of image and thought" - Variety
"An extraordinary reassessment of cinema" - The Times

A Mischief Films/Kasander Film/Amoeba Film Co-production
DVD Available from www.thepervertsguide.com

Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Alt country star Jim White’s quest for the soul of the American south.
A Film by Andrew Douglas
“Dark, beautiful and weird stuff” David Byrne

A BBC Arena Film/Andrew Douglas Company Co-production
US Theatrical Release July 2005
DVD Available in the UK from Plexi Film
DVD Available in the US from Image Entertainment

 

Calling Hedy Lamarr
The story of the legendary Hollywood diva who was known as the most beautiful woman in the world.

A BBC Arena/Arte/Vienna Film Fund Co-production with Mischief Films, Vienna and Hanfgarn & Ufer, Berlin. Austrian and German
Theatrical release September 2005.

 

I Am From Nowhere
A portrait of Andy Warhol’s family hometown in Slovakia.

A BBC Arena Film/Arte/Vienna Film Fund/ORF Co-production with World Wide Pictures, London, Mischief Films, Vienna.
Premiered at the Locarno Film Festival 2002. 2003 Grierson Award Nominee