Ancona Films Movies

  • 1998
    Garden Pieces

    Garden Pieces

    Garden Pieces

    71998HD

    A set of three 'film poems' composed around the theme of the garden - the central one featuring hand scratched animated drawings. Margaret Tait...

    Garden Pieces
  • 1952
    A Portrait of Ga

    A Portrait of Ga

    A Portrait of Ga

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    Another early experiment in portraiture from Tait. In filming her mother she asks the wider question of how much the camera can reveal of the person.

    A Portrait of Ga
  • 1955
    The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

    The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

    The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

    5.41955HD

    A film interpretation of the poem 'The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo' by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Margaret Tait speaks the poem throughout the film.

    The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
  • 1955
    All These New Relations

    All These New Relations

    All These New Relations

    01955HD

    Affectionate observational shots of toddlers, school age girl and very new baby.

    All These New Relations
  • 1974
    Colour Poems

    Colour Poems

    Colour Poems

    7.71974HD

    'Titles within the film are: Numen of the Boughs, Old Boots, Speed Bonny Boat, Lapping Water, Incense, Aha, Brave New World, Things, Terra Firma. A...

    Colour Poems
  • 1981
    Land Makar

    Land Makar

    Land Makar

    61981HD

    "This is a landscape study of an Orkney croft, with the figure of the crofter, Mary Graham Sinclair, very much in the picture. The croft is West...

    Land Makar
  • 1964
    Where I Am Is Here

    Where I Am Is Here

    Where I Am Is Here

    71964HD

    "Starting with a six-line script which just noted down a kind of event to occur, and recur, my aim was to construct a film with its own logic, its...

    Where I Am Is Here
  • 1964
    Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait

    Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait

    Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait

    4.21964HD

    A portrait of poet Hugh MacDiarmid.

    Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait
  • 1956
    Rose Street

    Rose Street

    Rose Street

    61956HD

    The minutiae of daily life on Edinburgh's Rose Street in the fifties is presented in this impressionistic documentary piece.

    Rose Street
  • 1964
    Palindrome

    Palindrome

    Palindrome

    01964HD

    A palindrome created on film. Features interaction between a couple with the recurring line 'Madam I'm Adam'.

    Palindrome
  • 1976
    Place of Work

    Place of Work

    Place of Work

    91976HD

    Margaret Tait documents her house, studio and garden in Buttquoy, Orkney as the seasons pass. She had lived there from the age of seven and often...

    Place of Work
  • 1976
    Tailpiece

    Tailpiece

    Tailpiece

    01976HD

    "The film was conceived as a coda to a longer (colour) film, Place of Work, made in the same year. It covers the time of finally emptying a long-time...

    Tailpiece
  • 1966
    Splashing

    Splashing

    Splashing

    71966HD

    An experimental piece of film-making by Margaret Tait, featuring three children at play in a burn and garden, splashing and having fun playing with...

    Splashing
  • 1970
    Painted Eightsome

    Painted Eightsome

    Painted Eightsome

    01970HD

    Margaret Tait described this title as 'An eightsome reel played by Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society, recorded in about 1955 - 1956, later...

    Painted Eightsome
  • 1976
    Survivor

    Survivor

    Survivor

    01976HD

    Unedited slates from a film called 'Survivor' filmed by Margaret Tait. Footage includes outdoor landscape and garden scenes, a fire burning in field...

    Survivor
  • 1966
    Caora Mor: The Big Sheep

    Caora Mor: The Big Sheep

    Caora Mor: The Big Sheep

    01966HD

    A picture of East Sutherland in 1966.

    Caora Mor: The Big Sheep