Derek Jarman Movies

An experimental short film by Derek Jarman cuts together disparate footage.

A tapestry of colour and movement made from twelve reels of all the oddbits, fragments and diary films compiled between 1972 and 1983 that...

In this experimental short, four naked men are touched by death.

A 16mm anthology of experimental super 8 films by Derek Jarman, Michael Kostiff, Cerith Wyn Evans and John Maybury, with framing footage by Tim Burke...

Experimental short film

The Devil’s at the Elgin is Jarman’s reworking of the film he designed for Ken Russell. Filmed off the screen at the Elgin Cinema,...

A documentary record of the 1968 ballet by Frederick Ashton, performed by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House.

An ode to Derek Jarman, who, while grappling with death and the loss of his sight, began to see the world through a blue-tinted haze, a reflection of...

Stolen Apples for Karen Blixen is a three-minute black and white film which begins with a portrait of Karen Blixen taken from a photograph.

This film was shot on Super-8 by Derek Jarman in 1977 and is considered to be the inspiration for Jubilee. Jarman often showed his films silent or...

Derek Jarman's film portrait of American writer William S. Burroughs was shot in September 1982 during his first visit to England to attend the...

Derek Jarman discusses his film and visual art work in this experimental conversation film.

In this short film written and directed by Alexis Bisticas, the audience sees through the eyes of a man in the woods, following the distant sound of...

Arms outstretched, a masked god stands on a clifftop surveying the rocks below and sees a sailor lying drowned in a rockpool, while a mermaid makes...

An experimental short film by Derek Jarman enlivens urban surrounding with the presence of a human being.