John Smith Movies

Gaza, December 2023. A confrontation with a disturbing photograph on social media triggers questions about what it means to be an onlooker.

Filmed from the artist’s window during the first English lockdown, ‘Citadel’ combines short fragments from British Prime Minister...

At Stamford Road in Dalston Junction of east London, the camera follows pedestrians, cars and birds while a narrator, who appears to be the director...

Being John Smith is a deceptively wry and deeply felt work by the English avant-garde legend, in which Smith reflects on his life and career by way...

A man finds himself haunted by a mysterious black tower in London that appears to follow him wherever he goes.

Artist John Smith tells stories about tower block life, editing in bold, unconventional fashion, cutting into the material and highlighting the...

Made over six years in the hotels of six different countries, Hotel Diaries charts the 'War on Terror' era of Bush and Blair through a seven-part...

Rapid cutting between identically framed portrait photographs creates composite faces and various illusions of movement. The film features...

A film about haircuts, clothes and image/sound relationships. - J.S.

A short film featuring the voices of those affected when the M11 Link Road in East London was built, accompanied by scenes and sounds of demolition.

Recorded from a smartphone screen, its translation app running on the wrong settings and struggling to interpret North London street signs in French...

A larger than life tribute to Prince Philip, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, recorded in 2002 and completed on the day of his death, April...

The filmmaker returns to the city where he made the first video in the series [Frozen War] and looks back at the events of the past six years.

Reflecting on past political problems and the state of the world as it was provides no tools or means for envisioning the future.

“London artist John Smith uses light-hearted humour to explore theoretical concerns - Gargantuan, for instance, is both pleasantly silly and...

Back stroke butterfly, front crawl and bras, we are awash in an ocean of bubbles. Meanwhile Captain Ahab sets sail on his magic carpet in search of...

A view across the border in Nicosia, the divided capital of Cyprus. The camera looks over the rooftops of the Greek Cypriot south to the mountains of...

A biblical interpretation of airline safety instructions.

'Shine So Hard' is a rare Echo and the Bunnymen promotional concert film, taking place during their 1981 'Camo Tour'.

Home Suite, Smith’s first video work, is a close-up journey through a domestic landscape and a journey through memory, containing only three...