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Philip Battley plays Angelo/the Duke in Comedy of Errors

Imagine the passion of opera with the adrenalin of improvisation.
Impropera is opera improvised on the spot from the audience's suggestions. Without score, script or safety net. Local resident, Morag McLaren, is part of the cast.

A short film by Randy Klein. He showed this at Dulwich Picture Gallery in March 2008 as part of the celebrations of the exhibition 'Coming of Age: American Art, 1850s to 1950s'.

Snow did not bring the railways to a halt in 1963.
Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the award-winning classic that emerged from the cutting-room compresses British Rail's dedication to blizzard-battling into a thrilling eight-minute montage cut to music. Tough-as-boots workers struggling to keep the line clear are counterpointed with passengers' buffet-car comforts.
GalleryFilm is showing other BFI archive short films on Monday 16 February

Five authors from across the UK have won the individul sections. Adam Foulks has won the poetry award. He lives locally.

On my way home from work in the last few weeks,...

New York Before The Bomb [2000, Mini-DV, 7 minutes] is a documentary ‘artefact’ of a mentality. The fear and anxiety perpetuated by the media and Manhattan’s response to it on the eve of the millennial celebrations has a disquieting resonance in the post-September 11th world. Directed by Meghan Horvath, edited by Ed Barteski Jr., Photographed by Anthony McHugh.

This short film celebrates an extraordinary educational experiment at the end of the 18th century, involving transporting children from Sierra Leone to Clapham in order to educate them so that they could run their country on their return.

This short film celebrates an extraordinary educational experiment at the end of the 18th century, involving transporting children from Sierra Leone to Clapham in order to educate them so that they could run their country on their return.

Ed showed this seasonal video at the December GalleryFilm. Happy Christmas to all our readers.

Laura Wheatley is a contemporary dancer living in Peckham

After the Gallery closes.....

Director Ian Dejardin describes this strange painting by Van Dyke

This is a video reply from the DOV editorial team to Brian Kelly who is researching why people blog in the heritage sector.

This witty and touching animation about the demise of the London Routemasters is made by Ed Hartwell and was shown at a Late Night Opening at Dulwich Picture Gallery