Ancona Films Movies
A collection of movies produced by Ancona Films where we put together films that have two or even more than three parts, this could almost be called a series, but since it is an all night film and each film has a complete story, it is definitely not a series. When a film hits theaters, they usually don't know exactly what kind of story it will receive. Viewer opinions are often unpredictable, but they have tremendous power. Some stories are designed to continue, while others get new chapters as people respond positively. With a successful film, we can almost guarantee that we will get more scenes to please the audience. On the other hand, a lot of new things hit theaters in a year. How do you know a newer part of one of your favorites is available? This collection was created by including films produced by Ancona Films. All the important movies here, whether it's two or twenty, if you liked the first part of a story, it's time to check out the newest one too!
A Portrait of Ga (1952)
6.2 / 10
Documentary
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.
Watch movieGarden Pieces (1998)
7 / 10
Documentary
A set of three 'film poems' composed around the theme of the garden - the central one featuring hand scratched animated drawings. Margaret Tait...
Watch movieColour Poems (1974)
7.7 / 10
Drama
'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...
Watch movieThe Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo (1955)
5.4 / 10
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.
Watch movieLand Makar (1981)
0 / 10
Documentary
"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...
Watch movieRose Street (1956)
6 / 10
Documentary
The minutiae of daily life on Edinburgh's Rose Street in the fifties is presented in this impressionistic documentary piece.
Watch movieSplashing (1966)
7 / 10
Documentary
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...
Watch moviePainted Eightsome (1970)
0 / 10
Animation
Margaret Tait described this title as 'An eightsome reel played by Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society, recorded in about 1955 - 1956, later...
Watch movieWhere I Am Is Here (1964)
7 / 10
"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...
Watch movieAll These New Relations (1995)
0 / 10
Documentary
Affectionate observational shots of toddlers, school age girl and very new baby.
Watch movieTailpiece (1976)
0 / 10
Documentary
"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...
Watch moviePlace of Work (1976)
9 / 10
Documentary
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...
Watch moviePalindrome (1964)
0 / 10
A palindrome created on film. Features interaction between a couple with the recurring line 'Madam I'm Adam'.
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