documentaries

Johan Simonsson

Sweden | 2003 | 58mins | Beta | Colour | Subtitled

David has participated in two paralympic games (Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000) and has set 14 world records in swimming. He is one of Sweden's most famous paralympic athletes and now works as a lecturer. He is also a member of the International Paralympic Committee.

We follow David as he sets up a centre for the disabled in Tirana, Albania. We see each problem he meets on the way up to its opening ceremony, but also all the fun, hope and laughs. He also talks a lot about his situation in a wheelchair and people's reactions and views on people with disabilities.

David Lega is a person who proves that anything is possible, even when the odds are against it.

Martin Hasenohrl, Bernhard Braunstein

Austris | 2003 | 70mins | Beta | Colour

A dwelling house near the train station in Salzberg, Austria: an object of offence and impulse for the filmmakers to enter unknown situations. The journey through empty corridors, alongside meagre walls into this microcosm is coined by feedbacks between alien and one' own voyeurism and finally develops into a story of failure. The dead end station is a metaphor, the ultimate destination.

Andy Kimpton-Nye

UK | 2004 | 60mins | Beta | Colour

Derek Jarman was a hugely talented painter, writer and gardener. He was also one of Britain's most innovative and controversial independent filmmakers. He only made the films he wanted to make - films giving voice to his vision of the world as a gay man, a lover of high art and Super 8. Fusing a radical queer sensibility with a love of artifice and rewriting history, British filmmaker Derek Jarman's films defied every convention, including the conven-tions of rebellion. They mashed past and future, theatre and painting, performance art and visual abstraction.

Time has enhanced Jarman's achievement and this revealing and insightful portrait highlights his accomplishments as a film-maker and all-round creator. Illustrated with clips from across Jarman's career this is a tribute to an artist whose career will not be forgotten. The film includes interviews with a selection of some of the key figures in Jarman's life, featuring his sister Gaye Jarman, actress and muse Tilda Swinton, art director Christopher Hobbs, producer James McKay and many more.