Stephen Connolly

Machine Space (2018)

An essay film cinematically exploring a city as a machine; a space for the movement and circulation of people, cars and finance. ...

Zabriskie Point (Redacted) (2013)

Inspired by a visit to Zabriskie Point – a scenic tourist spot in Death Valley, California this film re-visits and contemporises Antonioni's 1970 MGM film of the same name. ...

MÁS SE PERDIÓ (We Lost More) (2009)

A public exercise area is shown in single shot and in real time. The ruins of the ballet school - formally unique in modern architecture - is explored through spatial movement and narrative. ...

Great American Desert (2007)

The camera observes a scrubby Arizona Desert, seasonally occupied by recreational vehicle dwellers. Other elements emerge in juxtaposition, including contemporary recordings of military procedures and an account of the men who carried out the Hiroshima bom ...

Film for Tom (2005)

A lyrical homage to a friend and formative influence. Tom is eloquent and effusive, yet finds no resolutions to the issues that haunt him. Yet to whom is he speaking and how – is his speech a lecture or a conversation? How do we understand the domestic s ...

The Whale (2004)

A deliberation on the state of nature and the nature of the State…. The Whale combines several disparate components (including a parent-child dialogue on the relative threats posed by wild animals, an archival television interview with notorious RAF oper ...

The Reading Room (2004)

A day in the British Museum Reading Room animated in 2 minutes 40 seconds. The space is a panopticon, centre frame is the desk of the library superintendent. ...

Kinderspel (1996)