Tacita Dean Movies

  • 2021
    The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art

    The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art

    The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art

    7.22021HD

    Throughout the 19th century, imaginative and visionary artists and inventors brought about the advent of a new look, absolutely modern and truly...

    The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art
  • 2016
    Cinema Futures

    Cinema Futures

    Cinema Futures

    6.22016HD

    Analog celluloid strips are disappearing. Is film dying, or just changing? Are the world's film archives on the brink of a dark age? Renowned...

    Cinema Futures
  • 2018
    His Picture In Little

    His Picture In Little

    His Picture In Little

    02018HD

    A portrait of three actors of different generations who have all portrayed Hamlet: David Warner, Stephen Dillane and Ben Whishaw.

    His Picture In Little
  • 2012
    Patience (After Sebald)

    Patience (After Sebald)

    Patience (After Sebald)

    62012HD

    A richly textured essay film on landscape, art, history, life and loss, Patience (After Sebald) offers a unique exploration of the work of...

    Patience (After Sebald)
  • 2018
    Antigone

    Antigone

    Antigone

    02018HD

    Dean’s work is characterized by a sense of history, time and place, light quality, and the essence of the film itself. In line with these...

    Antigone
  • 2018
    Providence

    Providence

    Providence

    02018HD

    A portrait of actor David Warner with hummingbirds.

    Providence
  • 2007
    Here Is Always Somewhere Else

    Here Is Always Somewhere Else

    Here Is Always Somewhere Else

    62007HD

    The life and work of enigmatic Dutch/Californian conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, who in 1975 disappeared under mysterious circumstances at sea in the...

    Here Is Always Somewhere Else
  • 2015
    Event for a Stage

    Event for a Stage

    Event for a Stage

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    "'Event for a Stage’ is a 16mm film I made in 2015 with the actor Stephen Dillane. I normally project the work as film inside galleries and...

    Event for a Stage
  • 1970
    One Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting

    One Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting

    One Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting

    01970HD

    50 ½ minute 16 mm continuous film loop of artists Luchita Hurtado and Julie Mehretu in conversation. The idea for a film featuring Hurtado and...

    One Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting
  • 2021
    Promises: Through Congress

    Promises: Through Congress

    Promises: Through Congress

    102021HD

    Promises: Through Congress is a collaboration between Julie Mehretu, electronic music composer Floating Points aka Sam Shepherd, and filmmaker Trevor...

    Promises: Through Congress
  • 2004
    The Uncles

    The Uncles

    The Uncles

    02004HD

    A filmed conversation between Winton Dean and Jonathan Balcon about their fathers Basil Dean (1888 –1978) and Michael Balcon (1896...

    The Uncles
  • 2011
    Film

    Film

    Film

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    Tacita Dean took up the challenge of filling Tate Modern's Turbine Hall in 2011. Her response, entitled 'FILM', is a silent 35mm looped film...

    Film
  • 2009
    Craneway Event

    Craneway Event

    Craneway Event

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    Craneway Event marks the second collaboration between acclaimed Berlin-based, British artist Tacita Dean and the legendary, late choreographer Merce...

    Craneway Event
  • 2016
    Portraits

    Portraits

    Portraits

    02016HD

    The 16-minute colour film observes Hockney smoking five cigarettes and thinking about painting in his Los Angeles studio, surrounded by a series of...

    Portraits
  • 1992
    The Story of Beard

    The Story of Beard

    The Story of Beard

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    A film by Tacita Dean

    The Story of Beard
  • 1994
    The Martyrdom of St. Agatha (in several parts)

    The Martyrdom of St. Agatha (in several parts)

    The Martyrdom of St. Agatha (in several parts)

    01994HD

    A film by Tacita Dean

    The Martyrdom of St. Agatha (in several parts)
  • 1995
    A Bag of Air

    A Bag of Air

    A Bag of Air

    01995HD

    A film by Tacita Dean

    A Bag of Air
  • 1970
    Paradise

    Paradise

    Paradise

    01970HD

    In the centre of the gallery is a pavilion housing the 35mm film Paradise (2021), the final work of the trilogy. It is the first time that Paradise...

    Paradise
  • 2017
    Ear on a Worm

    Ear on a Worm

    Ear on a Worm

    02017HD

    A bird tweets from a power line in Venice, California.

    Ear on a Worm
  • 1999
    Banewl

    Banewl

    Banewl

    01999HD

    Banewl was filmed entirely within the two hour and forty minute period of the total eclipse of the sun on 11 August 1999, and takes its title from a...

    Banewl