Produced in collaboration with video production agency, The Smalls, we invited twelve filmmakers, working across different film styles and backgrounds, to create a series of short films demonstrating the power of art to respond to - and perhaps even incite - change.
Director Matt Dempsey presents a beautiful and poignant film in response to the knife violence epidemic that has been crippling London.
Director Kate Cox pays a visit to The Gunton Arms to meet art collector Ivor Braka to discuss censorship and collecting and displaying controversial artworks.
Can you create an identity on Instagram? Director Jessica Bishopp meets young women who use Instagram as a platform to present themselves and their creativity.
Samona Olanipekun explores the concept of home, identity and belonging, taking his starting point from the theme of 'Globalisation'.
With a riot of colour - and a stunning portrait of the Barbican - filmmaker Lexi Kiddo responds to this month's theme, LGBT, through dance and poetry.
This month, Richard Dixon Wheatley’s film, DYSTOPIA, uses spoken word to reflect on what ‘community’ means in today’s society.
This month, Sois de Traca’s animated film imagines an alternative reality scenario and tackles the frightening themes of animal extinction, pollution, and climate change.
This month, Bertil Nilsson presents ‘Finding your voice’, an artistic documentary featuring three of our Barbican Young Creatives as they share how the arts have helped them define their creativity and use their voice.
This month, Jenny Jokela shares the story of paraclimber, Anoushé Husain in a handpainted animation featuring an interview with Anoushé where she discusses the concept of difference, confidence and resilience.
Helen Plumb’s film, A Prickly Subject, follows the account of a woman who is grappling with the decision of whether or not she should embrace her body hair in public – a prickly subject indeed…
We’re moving to the margins in a documentary short to explore ‘DIY Art’ as we meet performance collective, Figs in Wigs in their home. An ex-morgue.
In the first of our year-long series of short films exploring The Art of Change, London-based, Swedish animation director Amanda Eliasson presents her interpretation of ‘Censorship’ in her hand-painted animation, Square Face.
