A film about cinema itself presented by Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Zizek

A series of five short complimentary films investigating the ways in which inhabitants of five towns across Europe deal with a recent local criminal case that has somehow captured the public imagination.

After tracing the history of current approaches back to early practitioners such as Méliès, Painlévé and Piscator, Staging the Screen explores in detail recent productions by Svoboda, the Wooster Group, Forkbeard Fantasy, Forced Entertainment, Station House Opera, and Lepage. Charts the impact of developing technologies and addresses critical issues raised by multi-media and intermedia work.

A ten minute documentary made in collaboration with the NSPCC and a group of inspiring African teenagers who were brought or trafficked into the UK but overcame desperate situations and, with incredible will, built new lives for themselves in London.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).