William Raban Movies

Shot in a remote part of Dartmoor, Breath is structured around a precise score. Three people are each given a camera loaded with 100ft of Kodachrome...

“The film image is a row of boarded-up town houses pending demolition. Two cameras film in alternation this derelict facade from two changing...

"The film alternates from recording in time-lapse (one frame every ten seconds) to running through the camera at 24 f.p.s. (regular speed). The film...

Commissioned by Channel 4 Television, "From 60 Degrees North" dispels the myth of the sinking of the Spanish Armada. Using records from the Spanish...

A witty take on the contingencies of the conditions in which to best read Marx. Filmed over 6 days, the time-lapse technique compresses a classic...

"ISLAND RACE contrasts everyday events with actions of right wing extremists, counter anti-racist demonstrations, the funeral of a gangland leader,...

Documentary about architectural structures in the UK.

William Raban's Sundial (1992), shot in the same location as his film Island Race, combines strongly formal procedures with an equally emphatic...

“The film is in three parts, each one exploring the fragmentary experience of perception by resorting to various forms of temporal and spatial...

Directed by William Raban.

Whilst working on previous time-lapse films, I found that colour film tended to record the actual colour of the light source rather than local colour...

72-82 tells the story of the first ten years of Acme Studios and their ground breaking work providing artists' housing and studios in London. It also...

Shot from the 21st floor of the iconic Balfron Tower, the film takes in the city of London below. Filmed mostly in time-lapse with the camera...

Raban layers recordings of successive film performances in which he stands before a projection, states the date and time, and says "A camera is...

The paradox of the present as a time that cannot be reflected upon until it has already become past, seems consistent with the idea of thinking about...

A documentary/art film inspired by the Charles Dickens essay "Night Walks."

“This film is the starting point of a continuous investigation into ways of presenting cubist space in terms of the flat surface of the film...