Blu-rays and DVDs

Themes and subjects

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  A is for Autism

  This multi-award winning film, released for the first time on DVD, is a short glimpse into the world of autism, with words, drawings, music and animation all contributed by autistic people.

  Animation, British film and TV

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  An Unflinching Eye

  A collection of exciting and uncompromising films by Richard Woolley.

  Experimental cinema

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  The Angelic Conversation

  In 2007, the BFI released three Derek Jarman films together – Caravaggio (1986), Wittgenstein (1993) and The Angelic Conversation (1985) – all digi

  Gay cinema

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  A Bigger Splash: featuring David Hockney

  Enthralling 1974 docudrama, celebrating David Hockney’s life, work and milieu.

  Gay cinema

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  Borderline

  A lost classic of the British avant-garde, Borderline tells the story of a tense, interracial love triangle and its deadly consequences.

  Gay cinema

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  Caravaggio

  Derek Jarman’s unique and refreshing take on the biopic is a powerful meditation on sexuality, criminality and art.

  Gay cinema

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  Chris Welsby: British Artists’ Films

  Selected works by the landscape artist and pioneer of the moving-image installation in Britain.

  Experimental cinema

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  Derek

  Punk Britain, gay Britain, Thatcher’s Britain, Derek Jarman tackled the lot. Isaac Julien’s film celebrates the life, vision and legacy of one of Britain’s great artists.

  Gay cinema

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  Encounters: Four Ground-Breaking Classics of Gay Cinema

  This collection from the BFI brings together four rarely seen short films depicting the gay experience in post-war society.

  Gay cinema

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  The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome

  Eight films by British-born New Yorker and unsung hero of gay underground filmmaking Peter de Rome, painstakingly crafted on Super 8.

  Gay cinema