Movies and TvShows featuring "free-cinema" theme.

A rebellious student at a strict British boarding school leads a student rebellion that turns violent. The film delves into themes of tradition, violence, and rebellion.

A Taste of Honey tells the story of Jo, a teenage girl living with her single mother in a small apartment in working-class England. When her mother remarries and leaves Jo, she finds herself sharing a bed with a sailor named Jimmy. Jo becomes pregnant, but Jimmy abandons her, leaving Jo to navigate the challenges of being a single mother. The film explores themes of love, family relationships, societal expectations, and the struggles faced by working-class individuals.

The Whisperers tells the story of an elderly woman living in post-war Manchester, struggling with poverty, loneliness, and senility. She spends her days hearing voices and her nights visiting the welfare office and betting parlor, trying to make ends meet. When she comes across stolen money, she must make a decision that could change her life. This British New Wave film explores themes of social realism, old age, and the challenges faced by the elderly in a rapidly changing society.

The Lovely Month of May is a documentary essay film that takes an intimate look at the lives of various French-speaking individuals during the month of May in 1963. Through a series of long-takes and nonlinear storytelling, the film delves into the personal journeys and experiences of a young man, a young woman, and a young soldier. It touches on themes of identity, class differences, social criticism, and the impact of politics and literature on French society.

O Dreamland is a comedic documentary short film that takes the audience on a visit to a unique and eccentric theme park. The film showcases the various attractions and entertainments within the park, including animatronic animals, a lion cage, a fire-eater, and a jukebox. It follows the adventures of the visitors as they explore the park and experience its entertaining offerings.

Lorenza Mazzetti's extraordinary life story touches many points in twentieth century history. The adopted daughter of the Einstein family emigrated to London in the 1950s and applied to the Slade School of Fine Art with the reason "Because I'm a genius!" Mazzetti is also one of the most important representatives of the Free Cinema movement.

The workaday boredom and crushing hardships of London's East End in the 1950s, seen from the point of view of two deaf-mutes who share a strong bond of friendship.

Every Day Except Christmas is a 37-minute documentary film filmed in 1957 at the Covent Garden fruit, vegetable and flower market, then located in the Covent Garden area of East central London. It was directed by Lindsay Anderson and produced by Karel Reisz and Leon Clore under the sponsorship of Ford of Britain, the first of the company's "Look At Britain" series.

A night at the Wood Green Jazz Club - an example of 'Free Cinema'.

Filmmaker José Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present his previous film. What emerges is a wonderfully humane and sincere portrayal of the people that he meets when he goes off the beaten track in some of the world's major cities.

Collaborative documentary (credited to a committee rather than to individual filmmakers) detailing the CND march from London to Aldermaston at Easter 1958.

Seminal piece of documentary filmmaking by New Wave director Karel Reisz following the daily activities of members of the Lambeth Youth club in late-1950s London.

A young woman, in the limbo of finishing college and embracing adulthood, wanders around different places in Bogotá and encounters different people while she deals with the uncertainty of the future and a certain nostalgia for the present.

An experimental short film about killing in the cinema, on the street or at the time of filming

A documentary about the history of the Free Cinema movement, made by one of it's greatest proponents, Lindsay Anderson, to commemorate British Film Year in 1985. Produced by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill. Unlike Richard Attenborough's celebratory episode of the same series, or Alan Parker's more aggressive show, which was balanced between celebrating the greats and attacking Parker's bugbears, Greenaway and Jarman and the BFI, Anderson's show accentuates the negative, painting an image of a British cinema in terminal artistic decline and trashing the ambitions and approach of British Film Year itself. It's mordantly funny and very savage.

Two farming brothers take a chance on a sick cow and send cattle that have been in contact with it to market.

Promotional film for the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children).

An appeal on behalf of the NSPCC.

A comical look at ways of saving energy.