William Raban Movies

Following the eruption of the Lakakigar volcano, Iceland in 1783, a sulphurous haze shrouded vaste swathes of the northern hemisphere, causing...

"Like all the works I have done which refer directly to another artist, After Lumière… is not directly 'about' the Lumière...

“The film image is a row of boarded-up town houses pending demolition. Two cameras film in alternation this derelict facade from two changing...

William Raban's Sundial (1992), shot in the same location as his film Island Race, combines strongly formal procedures with an equally emphatic...

This movie is an experimental documentary following the flow of the Thames out of London to the sea. It has a narration from John Hurt that takes the...

With the threat of nuclear conflict between North Korea and America comes the realization that the blast effects of a nuclear strike would be...

Documentary about architectural structures in the UK.

Directed by William Raban.

“This film is the starting point of a continuous investigation into ways of presenting cubist space in terms of the flat surface of the film...

This film documents the transformation of a derelict fire station into studio and living spaces for artists. The opening of the restored building is...

"ISLAND RACE contrasts everyday events with actions of right wing extremists, counter anti-racist demonstrations, the funeral of a gangland leader,...

Shot in a remote part of Dartmoor, Breath is structured around a precise score. Three people are each given a camera loaded with 100ft of Kodachrome...

Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

"This experiment determines what happens when a negative is superimposed upon its own positive image. The center of the picture forms the optical...

A rapid time-lapse journey from the London Houses of Parliament to the English Channel near the port of Dover is offset by David Cunningham’s...

Le déjeuner sur l’herbe is simultaneously perceived from four different camera positions in a work which engages with the pro-filmic in...

A camera recorded one frame every minute (day and night) for two separate three-week periods in autumn and spring. The film is shown on two adjacent...

Three screen piece. "I was looking for a pure image, an image which was intrinsic to the medium of film. This film is not an abstract film; the...

Footsteps is in the manner of a game re-enacted, the game in making was between the camera and actor,the actor and cameraman, and one hundred feet of...

Documentary about the surroundings of a skyscraper in London.