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Our third and final exhibition as curators-in-residence at The Fitzrovia Chapel opens on Thursday 15th October, with a private view 6-8pm. The exhibition then runs until 18th November 2026. The inspiration for the exhibition is the text of Derek Jarman’s…

Juno Films has acquired North American rights to Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s experimental biographical film The Extraordinary Miss Flower. Juno is planning a New York City and L.A. theatrical launch in early 2027 featuring live Q&As with its star,…

The Extraordinary Miss Flower brings to life the remarkable story of Geraldine Flower and the discovery of a suitcase full of passionate love letters from the 1960s and 70s, the find that led Emilíana Torrini back into the studio for…

In-Edit Festival, the Barcelona International Music Documentary Film Festival, will kick off in 2026 with Broken English, our film about Marianne Faithfull. They describe the film as: “A groundbreaking cinematic portrait capturing the artist’s final performance and interview. Far from…

Excited to confirm that we have signed to Magna Studios for global commercial and branded representation. We share a creative history with Magna, having recently worked together on Broken English, exploring the life of singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull. We’re joining Magna’s…

We’re thrilled to reveal more details of our second exhibition as inaugural Curators-in-Residence at the glorious Fitzrovia Chapel. Miseris Succurrere Disco follows on from Souvenir. Again drawing on strategies of filmmaking and storytelling and pulling from literature, performance, music, visual…

To mark the UK theatrical release of our new film Broken English, about Marianne Faithfull, a special live preview film screening and concert will take place at the Barbican on 18th March 2026. Photo: Gered Mankowitz/Iconic Images The evening includes…

We’re thrilled to be the inaugural Curators-in-Residence at the glorious Fitzrovia Chapel. Details of our first exhibition have just been released. Drawing on strategies of filmmaking and storytelling and pulling from literature, performance, music, visual arts, craft and design, Souvenir…

The UK premiere of our new film Broken English, about Marianne Faithfull, will take place on 11th October as part of the BFI London Film Festival. Photo: Joseph Lynn Starring George MacKay and Tilda Swinton, the film unfolds within The…

Our new film Broken English, about Marianne Faithfull, will premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.

Our new film The Extraordinary Miss Flower will be streaming exclusively on BFI Player from 21 June.

Our new film The Extraordinary Miss Flower will be streaming exclusively on BFI Player from 21 June.

We’re delighted to be presenting a new version of our sound piece LONDONION made with Stewart Lee at the Neo-Ancients festival in Stroud. The installation will form part of Floralia, an exhibition presented by TIN MAN ART at Rattle &…

Our new film The Extraordinary Miss Flower will be released in cinemas on 9 May.

We were guests on Mark Kermode’s live podcast MK3D recorded at BFI Southbank in front of a live audience. We talk about our new film The Extraordinary Miss Flower as well as previous projects including 20,000 Days on Earth. On…

Our moving image artwork Anyone else isn’t you will be on loan from the Tate Collection for the exhibition Love is Louder at BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels. Anyone else isn’t you is an unscripted portrait of fourteen young…

Our audio installation Requiem For 114 Radios features in ‘Seeing Sound’, an expansive exhibition curated by Barbara London at Pratt Manhattan Gallery. The exhibition runs September 27 – December 17, 2024, with an opening reception on Thursday, September 26, 2024,…

We're delighted to announce a new performance film project, The Extraordinary Miss Flower, with Emiliana Torrini.

Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard discuss Paul Delaroche’s monumental painting ‘The Execution of Lady Jane Grey’ at the National Gallery. Watch online now.

We’ve thrilled to have directed the video for the new single by Anohni & The Johnsons, starring British social justice activist Munroe Bergdorf. ‘It Must Change’ is the first track to be released from the forthcoming album ‘My Back Was…

We’ve just added an archive of installation images from The Horror Show! to our website. Visit this page for an online walkthrough of the exhibition. All installation photos are by Tim Bowditch and courtesy of Somerset House. The Horror Show!…

Leeds School of Arts welcomes Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard for an honest look at what it really means to be an artist. Wednesday 19th April at 1.30pm at Leeds Beckett University City Campus.

Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard discuss Paul Delaroche’s monumental painting ‘The Execution of Lady Jane Grey’ at the National Gallery on Friday 13 January 2023.

The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain co-curated by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard is at Somerset House 27th October 2022 - 19th February 2023.

We’re delighted to have been working with Nick Cave again recently, and this time with Seán O’Hagan too. We’ve produced and directed their new audiobook, Faith Hope and Carnage. The audiobook includes unique musical codas using elements from the Carnage,…

We’ve produced a limited edition print in collaboration with Somerset House Studios. Inspired by our immersive audio installation, Somnoproxy, which featured in the autumn exhibition at Somerset House. “24/7: A wake-up call for our non-stop world”. Somnoproxy centres around a…

We're excited to have created a new live performance film with Gazelle Twin & NYX. Part of the Between The Lines festival, the film will be available online from 30th June 2021.

We’re delighted to have executive produced A Song Called Hate, the directorial debut of Anna Hildur. The film follows the journey of Hatari, a controversial BDSM techno band who represented Iceland at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv.…

We recently spoke at length to Barbara London for her podcast series of conversations with media artists around the world. Her series of 12 conversations are intended to explore the past, present and uncharted future of media art. She says:…

Our live film of Jarv Is filmed underground at Peak Cavern in Derbyshire will be shown in a series of screenings around the UK in November and December 2020. It will also be available to stream globally on-demand for the…

Our installation “Requiem for 114 Radios” will feature in the forthcoming exhibition “Possessed” at MO.CO.Panacée in Montpellier, from 26 September 2020 to 3 January 2021. Possessed is a multidisciplinary exhibition that brings together over 25 international artists. It explores the…

We're excited to have directed this unique live performance by Jarv Is Live from the Centre of the Earth. Working once again with our wonderful cinematographer Erik Wilson, Jarvis Cocker and his band play their new album 'Beyond The Pale'…

We are delighted to have collaborated with Nick Cave and the Royal Danish Library on two installations for ‘Stranger Than Kindness‘. The exhibition features eight installations and more than 300 objects, together forming a journey into the creative world of musician and…

We’re delighted to launch a brand-new podcast series with Somerset House. We explore the importance of creative initiatives devised in lockdown, and the impromptu communities that have grown around them. Over four episodes, we speak to Jarvis Cocker, Fusion, Noel…

We’re delighted to be taking part in Vide Atelier, an initiative launched in June 2020 to help artists with the impact of COVID-19. We have a limited edition print available, First Kiss (after Edison) which is 12×16 inches, archival pigment…

As part #CASatHome film series, the Contemporary Arts Society present a screening of Anyone else isn’t you (2005) for 72 hours from noon on 3rd June 2020. The piece was donated to the South London Gallery by the CAS in…

20,000 Days on Earth, our film about Nick Cave, will be available to watch for free on All4. Following a Film4 screening on 2nd May the film will be available until 2nd June. All4 is a free-to-view on demand service…

UPDATE: Sadly, due to the international situation regarding COVID19, the 2020 edition of Photo London has been postponed. It will be rescheduled for a date in early autumn. An official statement is online here. We’re delighted to be participating in…

UPDATE: Sadly due to the international situation regarding COVID19, the 2020 CPH:DOX festival has been cancelled. We hope to be able to confirm future screenings of “A Song Called Hate” once the situation changes. “A Song Called Hate”, a film…

Ten years ago we directed a video for “I’m New Here”, from Gil Scott-Heron’s final album. It was filmed as a completely live performance in a studio used by Gil in Harlem. Those few days we spent with Gil were…

UPDATE: Sadly, due to the international situation regarding COVID19, Somerset House has taken the decision to postpone The Horror Show! An official statement is online here. We are co-curating the autumn exhibition at Somerset House this year. The Horror Show!…

The podcast can be found on Audioboom, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or using your favourite podcast software. We discuss our work Somnoproxy, a futuristic bedtime story with writer Stuart Evers, which features as part of the Somerset House exhibition…

Our film Performer. Audience. Fuck Off. (2009) will feature as part of UNFOLD: Audience/Performer/Mirror. The exhibition takes place at LIMA, Amsterdam from 15-22 January 2020, and also features work by Dan Graham, Adad Hannah and Judith Hopf. An event on…

Our immersive audio installation, Somnoproxy, features in the autumn exhibition at Somerset House. “24/7: A wake-up call for our non-stop world” is a landmark exhibition examining our inability to switch off from our 24/7 culture. It brings together 50 multi-disciplinary…

Our new limited-edition wine label has just launched. Commissioned by Berry Bros. & Rudd, Britain’s oldest wine and spirit merchant, only 8,000 bottles have been created. This is the fourth year BBR have worked with artists to create a limited-edition…

We’ve been commissioned by Somerset House to produce a new public artwork for the Strand facade of the building. The hoarding is in place while the North Wing undergoes renovation works. As our ongoing series of Multigraph portraits have been…

Here’s our new video for Ex:Re, the new solo project of Elena Tonra from Daughter. It features the legendary Maxine Peake and cameos from Elena and her Ex:Re collaborator, Fabian Prynn. Elena told us The Dazzler was a real place,…

On Wednesday 5th December 2018 we will be in conversation with Andrew Renton at Kate MacGarry. The event starts at 6.30pm, with drinks from 6pm. We’ll discuss our new Multigraphs exhibition, currently at the gallery, and no doubt other projects…

Our next solo show at Kate MacGarry opens on Friday 9th November. We’re excited to present a new body of work; the start of an ongoing series of portraits made using a Victorian mirror device. The images, known as Multigraphs,…

DOUBLETHINK is our new video installation, it’s performed by George MacKay and written by Stuart Evers. Created specifically for Sheffield Doc/Fest, the piece will be installed in Tudor Square for the duration of the festival, inside two shipping containers. Visitors…

Our episode for Sky’s Urban Myths series will air on 3rd May 2018. The Dali and The Cooper stars Noel Fielding as rock icon Alice Cooper, David Suchet as Salvador Dali, Sheila Hancock as Gala Dali and Paul Kaye as…

We’re showing a piece from the archives as part of FIFTEEN, a group exhibition at Kate MacGarry, celebrating fifteen years of the gallery. The show runs 10 November – 16 December 2017. We’ll be showing File under Sacred Music (Shooting…

We’ll be creating a new audiovisual performance to accompany a new piece of music inspired by the work of Steve Reich created by Actress, Jack Barnett (These New Puritans), Jivraj Singh, Priya Purushothaman and Indian music producer Sandunes. Different Trains…

The series we directed for Sky Arts, Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, will soon be available in America for the first time. The series will appear on Shudder from August 31st. These adaptations of four short stories by Neil Gaiman are…

We’ve been invited by Kingsgate Project Space to produce their latest 4:3 Billboard Commission, curated by Daniel Howard-Birt. Titled ‘Blood on their hands!’, the work takes the form of a large-format digital print, 4 x 3 metres in size, presented…

On 8th June 2017 we’ll be participating in a discussion for Frieze Academy on the subject of Collaborative Art as a key driver of artistic creation. The talk is hosted by frieze associate editor Paul Clinton, and will explore how…

On Friday 24th March we’ll be discussing our work with producer and curator Jacqui Davies. The CPH:CONFERENCE session will take place as part of the CPH:DOX Festival in Copenhagen and is organised in collaboration with the graduate training dept. at…

Our installation Requiem for 114 Radios will feature in a new exhibition curated by James Lavelle (UNKLE) showcasing works inspired by the master film maker Stanley Kubrick. ‘Daydreaming with Stanley Kubrick’ will be at Somerset House, Strand, London WC2 from…

The world premiere of our new installation Requiem for 114 Radios will be presented in the cellars of Colston Hall in Bristol. A Bristol New Music Commission, the exhibition opens to the public on Friday 13th May. In what appears…

Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, the four short films we directed for Sky Arts, are now available to watch on Sky Go. These new adaptations of short stories by Neil Gaiman are scored by Jarvis Cocker. A 10″ vinyl EP is…

Our new drama, Murder: The Big Bang, airs on BBC Two on Thursday 17th March at 9pm. Our cast includes Jessica Barden, Michael Smiley, Johann Myers and David Wilmot. The series is written by Robert Jones and produced by Kath…

20,000 Days on Earth has won the Best Arts Documentary category at the Grierson Trust 2015 British Documentary Awards. The Grierson Awards commemorate the pioneering Scottish documentary filmmaker John Grierson (1898 – 1972), famous for Drifters and Night Mail and…

In 1964, Dr. Robert Moog introduced the world to a completely new type of instrument that would go on to change the course of music history and influence decades of future instrument design. The Moog SoundLab will be installed throughout…

We’re participating in Doug Aitken’s project ‘Station to Station: A 30 Day Happening’ at the Barbican Centre from 27th June until the 26th July 2015. We’ll be using the opportunity to experiment with a new idea inspired by John Milton’s…

Our film 20,000 Days on Earth has its television debut in the UK on 1st May. It screens at 11.05pm on the Film4 channel. The film features the musician and writer Nick Cave and explores how myth, memory, love and…

IDIOT BOX is a TV wall we have curated featuring single screen works by ten artists. The exhibition at Kate MacGarry opens on 6th March and runs until 18th April. A preview at the gallery will take place on 5th…

It’s a huge honour that our film, 20,000 Days on Earth has been nominated for the 2015 BAFTA Awards in the Best Documentary category. The EE British Academy Film Awards take place on Sunday 8 February at the Royal Opera…

We’re thrilled to have been presented the Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) at the 17th Annual Möet British Independent Film Awards. The Award was presented at the ceremony on 7th December by Charles Dance and Jodie Whittaker. Other nominees…

We’re thrilled that our film 20,000 Days on Earth has been nominated for the best documentary prize at the 30th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards. The winners will be announced on 21 February 2015 in Santa Monica. 20,000 Days on…

On Saturday 6th December EDIT will be presented at Whitechapel Gallery as part of the Film London Jarman Award Weekend. EDIT is a collaboration with musician Joe McAlinden. The film premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival earlier this year…

EDIT is a unique collaboration between musician Joe McAlinden, artists Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, writer Martin McCardie and arts producer Katie Nicoll. The premiere takes place at Edinburgh International Film Festival on Sunday 22nd June. The project incorporates music…

Our film 20,000 Days on Earth features as part of the film programme at the remarkable Dark Mofo festival in Hobart, Tasmania. A screening on Saturday 14th June will be followed by a Q&A and a further screening takes place…

The spectacular neoclassical courtyard at London’s Somerset House will host the UK premiere of 20,000 Days on Earth this summer. This special event on Wednesday 13th August forms part of Film4 Summer Screen, which this year is celebrating 10 years…

Our film 20,000 Days on Earth will open the Sydney Film Festival this summer. The sold-out opening night gala takes place on Wednesday 4th June at the historic State Theatre in Sydney. The festival describes the film as ”Imaginative, intimate, daring…

Our film 20,000 Days on Earth will open the Beat Film Festival in Moscow. The opening night takes place on 27th May at Illusion Cinema and will be followed by a Q&A session with ourselves and Thomas Benski from Pulse…

We’re thrilled to have been chosen as the Artist In Focus at the Darklight Festival in Dublin this year. On Saturday 26th April from 4pm we will be at the Lighthouse Cinema to discuss and showcase a selection of work…

On Sunday 27th April we will be taking part in a panel discussion for Sundance London titled Hybrid Vigour: When Music, Art and Documentary Collide. The panellists also include Jarvis Cocker and Martin Wallace, composer and director of The Big…

On Friday 11 April we’re taking part in two events for the BBC Art Screen Festival in Glasgow. What Is The Art Of the Arts Documentary? 11:00 – 12:30 | CCA In this panel discussion, chaired by broadcaster Kirsty Wark and…

Our film 20,000 Days on Earth will close the New Directors/New Films Festival in New York. The 43rd edition of the festival takes place at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art in March. 20,000 Days…

Following an incredible world premiere at Sundance and european premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, our film 20,000 Days on Earth will feature in the True/False Film Festival, which takes place in Columbia, Missouri from 27th February – 2nd March…

We are delighted that our film 20,000 Days on Earth has won two awards at the Sundance Film Festival 2014. The World Documentary Directing Award was given to ourselves, and the Editing Award to our fabulous editor, Jonathan Amos. Presenting…

We are delighted to announce that following the world premiere at Sundance this year our film 20,000 Days on Earth will screen in the Panorama section of Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival. The European premiere takes place on 10th…

We’re thrilled that the world premiere of our film 20,000 Days on Earth will take place at the Sundance Film Festival 2014 in the World Documentary Competition section. Drama and reality combine in a fictitious 24 hours in the life of musician…

Our film Anyone else isn’t you screens at MoMA, NY on 14 and 17 August. The film is an unscripted portrait of 14 young people talking about their experiences of love and loss, as expressed through homemade compilation ‘mix’ tapes.…

For this year’s Vivid LIVE festival in Sydney we have teamed up with Scott Walker to create Bish Bosch: Ambisymphonic, a unique and immersive sonic re-imagining of his recent album, Bish Bosch. Receiving its world premiere at the Sydney Opera…

‘Londonion’ is a new work commissioned by Film & Video Umbrella for ‘MerzBank’, a repository of artists’ online works that draw their inspiration from Kurt Schwitters. We have made a free to download iPhone App based on a Schwitters sound…

File under Sacred Music will be screened at Leeds College of Art from 18-20 March. The gallery is located at Blenheim Walk. The film will be screened on a continuous loop from 10am – 4pm daily. For more information visit…

Our video installation Kiss My Nauman will feature in the exhibition Fans Attitudes – Images de L’Adoration at 106 in Rouen, France. Curated by Stephane Malfettes, the show runs 8 March – 4 May. Other artists featured in the exhibition…

Our video installation First Kiss is included in the exhibition “Terrible Two” at Villa du Parc Centre for Contemporary Art in France. The show, curated by Garance Chabert, also features Emilie Brout & Maxime Marion, Berdaguer & Péjus, Jake and Dinos…

Our video installation First Kiss will feature as part of Take Two, a video exhibition at FMAC in Geneva. The show addresses reenactment and brings together video works from the 70′s and 90′s and recent productions. Between re-appropriation of history or art history,…

Jumpers (what must I do to be saved) is a newly commissioned video installation for Live at LICA. The work documents a live experiment in manipulation and compliance. Working with 35 strangers and a hypnotherapist over the course of a…