Amber Films Movies
- 1988
From Us To Me / Vom Wir zum Ich
From Us To Me / Vom Wir zum Ich81988HD
This first co-production between the GDR and Great Britain is intended to contribute to an understanding of the situation and attitudes of millions...
- 1995
Eden Valley
Eden Valley01995HD
Set in the harness racing fraternity, this feature drama explores the conflict between urban and rural values and the relationship between an...
- 1987
T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia
T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia01987HD
An experimental mix of thriller and documentary exploring the scandal centred on the one-time Newcastle Council Leader, aka The Mouth of the Tyne,...
- 1989
In Fading Light
In Fading Light51989HD
A feature drama set in the declining fishing industry in North Shields, the film centres on the upheaval caused in a traditional fishing community by...
- 1985
Seacoal
Seacoal5.51985HD
Betty and her daughter Corinna are introduced to the harsh seacoaling way of life by Ray, an ex-seacoaler returning from a job with ICI. His offer of...
- 1997
The Scar
The Scar01997HD
Like many women active during the miners' strike, May Murton (Charlie Hardwick) has been left to clean up the mess. The closure of the pit, a failed...
- 2001
Like Father
Like Father02001HD
The last pits have closed, the redundancy money has been spent and a family is in crisis. 70 year old pigeon man Arthur Elliott is losing his...
- 1986
The Box
The Box01986HD
Feelings of fear and isolation felt by an elderly woman navigating the new urban environments that had increasingly replaced traditional working...
- 1991
Dream On
Dream On01991HD
A magical realist feature drama exploring the lives of a women’s darts team on North Shields’ Meadow Well Estate.
- 1978
Laurie
Laurie01978HD
Portrait of Laurie Wheatley, a former plasterer with a life long interest in photography, drawing, painting and sculpture. Follows the production of...
- 1983
News from Durham
News from Durham01983HD
Combines footage of the 100th Durham Miner's Gala held in 1983, with extracts from a miners' weekend school held two months later, to raise the...
- 1974
Launch
Launch01974HD
Activities leading up to the launch of a large ship built at the Swan Hunter's Wallsend shipyard.
- 1979
Tyne Lives
Tyne Lives01979HD
Tynesiders speak up - three talk to camera about their lives. Jim, a union activist; Betty, a housewife; and Arthur, a retired fish quay worker, talk...
- 1973
The Jellyfish
The Jellyfish61973HD
The Jellyfish employs a variety of experimental approaches, combining stop-motion and pixilation techniques, freely mixing black and white...
- 2017
Song For Billy
Song For Billy02017HD
A meditation on a lost era and the regenerative power of the sea, Song For Billy grew out of the haunting photographs of Sirkka-Liisa...
- 1991
The Writing in the Sand
The Writing in the Sand101991HD
A richly lyrical documentary celebration of the vibrant beach life in the North East of England, constructed entirely out of Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's...
- 2010
Today I'm With You
Today I'm With You02010HD
A documentary arising out of Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s Byker Revisited portraits from the different communities that now live on the Byker Wall...
- 1983
Byker
Byker01983HD
A partly dramatised documentary built around Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s photographs of the Newcastle terraced community, demolished to make way...
- 1979
Quayside
Quayside01979HD
A documentation of the eponymous area of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, then under threat of redevelopment.
- 1984
Beyond and Behind the Vote
Beyond and Behind the Vote01984HD
Documentation of the 1984 Chesterfield by-election, which saw Tony Benn returned to parliament, and the early days of the Miners’ Strike which...