William Raban Movies

This movie is an experimental documentary following the flow of the Thames out of London to the sea. It has a narration from John Hurt that takes the...

"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...

Le déjeuner sur l’herbe is simultaneously perceived from four different camera positions in a work which engages with the pro-filmic in...

Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

With the threat of nuclear conflict between North Korea and America comes the realization that the blast effects of a nuclear strike would be...

Documentary about architectural structures in the UK.

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...

Originally, this was a four-minute time-lapse film that was shot continuously over a twenty-four-hour period. The camera was positioned on a busy...

Directed by William Raban.

This film documents the transformation of a derelict fire station into studio and living spaces for artists. The opening of the restored building is...

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...

A land and sea-scape film drawn from rich sources of imagery: the constantly changing mood of the sea to the distinctly different shorelines of Kent...

A camera recorded one frame every minute (day and night) for two separate three-week periods in autumn and spring. The film is shown on two adjacent...

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

Documentary about the surroundings of a skyscraper in London.

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...

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

Footsteps is in the manner of a game re-enacted, the game in making was between the camera and actor,the actor and cameraman, and one hundred feet of...

Three screen piece. "I was looking for a pure image, an image which was intrinsic to the medium of film. This film is not an abstract film; the...

"Like all the works I have done which refer directly to another artist, After Lumière… is not directly 'about' the Lumière...