Directing

Joe Mendoza

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Directing

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10 titles

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Behind the camera

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An examination of the relationship between humans and animals, both domestic and wild.

Look at Life: Some of My Best Friends Are People!

1968

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A look at the impact of road traffic on cities and their environments.

Look at Life: The City's for Living In

1968

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This short, evocative account of the poet's life is set among contemporary scenes of the people of south-west Scotland as they grow from children to manhood. A representative selection of his songs takes on fresh significance when heard against a background of the people and the countryside he knew and loved. The film's score is by Cedric Thorpe Davie, and the songs are sung by the Saltire Singers.

The Land of Robert Burns

1956

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A description of life and training in the Junior Army, which prepares boys for service in the Regular Army. Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Ten Foot Tall

1964

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A BAFTA award nominated documentary about the importance of paying strict attention to detail by managers, supervisors and staff.

For the Want of a Nail

1976

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A rare portrait of Northern Ireland in a time of conflict as "a land where the pace of life is more friendly, where everybody cares and nobody minds". Travel from dawn until dusk and delight in the rhythms of nature and traditional crafts. The only hint of dispute is an architectural battle between a classical husband and gothic wife, giving birth to Castle Ward.

The Quiet Land

1974

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5.0

A ski champion uncle tries to kill his nephew in order to gain his inheritance in this British crime mystery short film.

Mystery at Monstein

1954

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A BAFTA award nominated documentary following the work of supply ships to North Sea oil rigs. Described by members of the crew, it focusses on the difficulties posed by the unpredictable weather conditions.

Waiting on Weather

1975

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Though commissioned by Trinity College Dublin as a fundraiser for the Berkeley Library and with extensive discussion of the history, architecture and collections of the Old Library, this film also provides a rare insight into student life in Dublin in the 1950s – at work and at play – and lauds the arrival of women and students from many lands.

Building for Books

1958

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Yeats Country is a lyrical film commissioned by the Department of Foreign Affairs to commemorate the centenary of the birth of William Butler Yeats. The first Irish film by cinematographer and director Patrick Carey celebrates the landscape of Yeats’ poetry through stunning photography, narrated by Tom St. John Barry. Evocative images of the west of Ireland illustrate the poet’s life including Thoor Ballylee Castle where he lived, Coole Park, home of Lady Gregory where literary figures of the period socialised, Lissadell House, Knocknarea Mountain, the slopes of Ben Bulben, the waterfall at Glencar and finally Yeats’ grave at Drumcliffe. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short in 1966.

Yeats Country

1965