Broken English is a bold documentary portrait of the inimitable singer, songwriter and icon: Marianne Faithfull, starring Tilda Swinton and George MacKay.
THE EXTRAORDINARY MISS FLOWER
The Extraordinary Miss Flower is part film, part theatre and part fever-dream. It brings to life the remarkable story of Geraldine Flower and the discovery of a suitcase of le
It Must Change
Video for Anohni & The Johnsons - It Must Change, starring Munroe Bergdorf. Released in 2023 by Rough Trade (UK) and Secretly Canadian (US).
THE HORROR SHOW
The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain was co-curated by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard with Claire Catterall, Somerset House's senior curator. The exhibition was pres
Gazelle Twin & NYX: Deep England
Gazelle Twin & NYX: Deep England is a live performance film by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard filmed at Shoreditch Town Hall in June 2021.
Jarv Is… Live from the Centre of the Earth
Jarv Is... 'Beyond The Pale' Live from the Centre of the Earth is a live concert filmed in a cave in the Peak District during the 2020 lockdown as a result of the global Covid
Coping Mechanisms
Coping Mechanisms is a podcast series created by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard for Somerset House during the 2020 global coronavirus pandemic.
STRANGER THAN KINDNESS
For 'Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition' Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard collaborated with Nick Cave and the Royal Danish Library to create two installations, includ
Somnoproxy
'Somnoproxy' is an immersive sound installation. It incorporates a futuristic bedtime story about a conman who offers his services to sleep on behalf of wealthy executives.
Multigraphs
Multigraphs are an ongoing series of portraits by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. They are made using a Victorian mirror device, capturing five simultaneous views of the subject
The Dazzler
Video for Ex:Re, the new solo project of Elena Tonra from Daughter. It features Maxine Peake as well as cameos of Elena and Fabian Prynn from her band.
Doublethink
DOUBLETHINK is a video installation housed inside two shipping containers. It features George MacKay, written by Stuart Evers and scored by Warren Ellis. Commissioned by Sheff
The Dali & The Cooper
The Dali & The Cooper is an episode in Sky’s series Urban Myths. Directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, starring Noel Fielding as rock icon Alice Cooper and David Suchet a
Different Trains 1947
Different Trains 1947 is an audiovisual project commissioned by Metal. It premiered at the Barbican Centre in London on 1st October 2017.
Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories
A four-part TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s short stories directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, featuring a host of British acting talent including Tom Hughes, Johnny Vega
Requiem For 114 Radios
Immersive installation presented as part of the Stanley Kubrick exhibition at Somerset House. Featuring 14 guest vocalists singing “Dies Irae” through 114 analogue radio s
Murder: The Big Bang
Murder is a BAFTA award-winning drama co-created by Robert Jones and Kath Mattock The final episode, Murder: The Big Bang, is directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard.
Three Films
For the release of their second album, Daughter invited Iain & Jane to create a series of three short films for their songs: How, Numbers and Doing the Right Thing.
A Long Goodnight
A Long Goodnight is the outcome of a four day residency in the Moog SoundLab at the Ace Hotel London. Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard created this new work during their stay.
Paradise Lost?
Paradise Lost? is a 9 minute single channel video work by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, featuring Florence Pugh, Toby Sebastian, Sean Harris and Henry Rollines. It was shot wit
Who is Gil Scott-Heron?
Who is Gil Scott-Heron is a film made at the suggestion of Richard Russell from XL Recordings. It is a portrait of Gil, seen through the eyes of those who loved him, his frien
EDIT
EDIT is a unique collaboration between musician Joe McAlinden, artists Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, writer Martin McCardie and arts producer Katie Nicoll.
20,000 Days on Earth
Drama and reality combine in a fictitious 24 hours in the life of musician and international cultural icon Nick Cave. Iain & Jane's BAFTA nominated debut feature film.
Higgs Boson Blues
The video for 'Higgs Boson Blues' by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds was directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. It was shot with cinematographer Lol Crawley and re-recorded as a l
Bish Bosch: Ambisymphonic
the enigmatic Scott Walker teamed up with artists Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard to create Bish Bosch: Ambisymphonic, an utterly unique and immersive sonic re-imagining of his re
Londonion
Londonion is an iPhone App by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, with Stewart Lee based on the Kurt Schwitters poem 'London Onion' from 1946.
Jumpers
Jumpers (What must I do to be saved) is a large-format video installation that takes inspiration from the religious practice of ‘jumping’ as a form of worship.
Still
Video for 'Still' from Daughter's debut album 'If You Leave' that was released in 2013 in UK & Europe via 4AD & in North America via Glassnote.
Romeo Echo Delta
ROMEO ECHO DELTA is a sound project inspired by Orson Welles’ radio play of H.G Well’s science fiction novel War of the Worlds. The work was broadcast by BBC Radio Merseys
SOON
Soon was a monumental new installation in Commerce Court, a public square in Toronto’s financial district. Commissioned by the City of Toronto for Nuit Blanche.
PUBLICSFEAR
Polished stainless steel letters over half a metre tall spell out the word PUBLICSFEAR.
First Kiss
First Kiss is an impossible re-enactment. Forsyth & Pollard cast two young actors as themselves to reconstruct a moment that never happened – their first teenage kiss.
I’m New Here
Gil Scott Heron performs a live version of 'I'm New Here' from his album with Richard Russell for XL Recordings.
Black Smoke
The video for 'Black Smoke' by Tindersticks was directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, and filmed at Le Chien Chanceaux in France, where the album was recorded.
Do you love me like I love you
Do you love me like I love you is a series of 14 short films by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard commissioned by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds to accompany the 14 album re-issue of the
Bunny Munro Audiobook
Nick Cave invited Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard to produce the audiobook for his second novel, The Death of Bunny Munro. Keen to create an immersive and transportive experience,
The Walls Are Coming Down
The video for 'The Walls Are Coming Down' by Fanfarlo was directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. It features the classic Houdini upside-down strait jacket escape, performed
RADIO MANIA
Radio Mania: An Abandoned Work is part film, part rehearsal, captured using contemporary 3D video and audio technologies. It was commissioned by the BFI, and was at the BFI So
PERFORMER. AUDIENCE. FUCK OFF.
Forsyth & Pollard’s film of Performer. Audience. Fuck Off. documents a live performance work they presented at Site Gallery, Sheffield, with Iain Lee.
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
In 2008 Forsyth & Pollard were invited by Nick Cave to direct their first music video, for the single Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Run For Me
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard were the recipients of the 2008 Great North Run Moving Image Commission. Run For Me, charts the course of the run, aiming to embody what it means
Walking Over Acconci
Building on their series of videos reworking video art of the late sixties and early seventies, the piece reworks Vito Acconci’s 1970 performance Learning Piece. Re-Learning
Re-Learning Piece
Building on their series of videos reworking video art of the late sixties and early seventies, the piece reworks Vito Acconci’s 1970 performance Learning Piece. Re-Learning
The 24 seven
The 24 seven was commissioned by Milton Keynes Gallery. Forsyth & Pollard worked with the Young People’s Project, recruiting seven members of the group to become active part
Far Gone And Out
Far Gone And Out continues the psychological experiments initiated by Forsyth & Pollard with Silent Sound. The resulting piece is a sonic limbo, bringing together recordings o
Make Me Yours Again
In June 2007, Forsyth & Pollard were invited to Auckland to make a new exhibition at the Moving Image Centre Toi Rerehiko in Auckland. They created 'Make me yours again', an u
Kiss My Nauman
Commissioned by Jarvis Cocker for the Meltdown Festival, Kiss My Nauman is a four channel video installation that references Art Make-Up, by American video artist Bruce Nauman
Live Sessions
Since being invited to film a live session with Grinderman in 2008, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard have gone on to direct a number of live sessions for various artists including
Silent Sound
Silent Sound is an installation that centres around a machine that purports to be able to embed a subliminal message within a piece of music. Scored by J Spaceman (Spiritualiz
Silent Sound (live)
Silent Sound is live performance that that centres around a machine that purports to be able to embed a subliminal message within a piece of music. Scored by J Spaceman (Spiri
Walk With Nauman
Walk With Nauman (Re-Performance Corridor) references Bruce Nauman’s Performance Corridor and his related video, Walk with Contrapposto (both 1968). Forsyth & Pollard re-wor
Walking After Acconci
The first in Iain & Jane's series of re-workings of seminal videos from the late sixties and seventies. Using the language of urban music video, they take Acconci's Walk-Over
Anyone else isn’t you
Anyone else isn’t you is an unscripted portrait of fourteen young people talking directly to the camera about love and loss. Forsyth & Pollard use the premise of the home-ma
File under Sacred Music
File under Sacred Music takes as it’s starting point an infamous bootleg video documenting a live performance by The Cramps for the patients at Napa State Mental Institute.
Fucked up lover
For Fucked up lover, Forsyth & Pollard invited 12 friends to compile an audio mixtape for their lovers. Each participant was then filmed discussing their tape, the music selec
A Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide
Twenty-five years to the day since David Bowie’s infamous ‘farewell’ performance as Ziggy Stardust, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard recreated the entire show, in microscopic
Damaged
Damaged was originally produced as a limited edition of 100 VHS video cassettes labelled with a sticker marked ‘Damaged’. On the cassette is a video shot on a cheap domest
The Smiths is dead
The Smiths is dead was Forsyth & Pollard’s first ICA Live Art Commission, and was presented in the ICA Theatre on 1st August 1997.
The World Won’t Listen
The World Won’t Listen was Forsyth & Pollard’s first live art event. The event, a ‘readymade performance’, took as its starting point the music and legacy of The Smith
Chain Smoker, Tap Dancer
Chain Smoker, Tap Dancer was Forsyth & Pollard’s first video work, an early experiment in self-portraiture.
Words & Pictures
In May 1994, before beginning their collaboration as artists, Forsyth & Pollard initiated Words & Pictures – Ultra-Paranoid (Extra-Spatial) Portable Art! The project was a c
