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Now on FVU Watch: Geomancer (2017) by Lawrence Lek

We're excited to be presenting Lawrence’s 2017 FVU-commissioned work Geomancer on FVU Watch this month.

Now Open: Rhea Storr, Subjects of State, Labours of Love (2025)

Subjects of State, Labours of Love is a two-chapter film by acclaimed artist Rhea Storr. Shot on 16mm film, the work is presented as an immersive multi-channel video installation and exhibition that captures the shared joys, celebrations, struggles, oppressions and complexities experienced by Caribbean heritage communities.

On view at Site Gallery, Sheffield from the 14th February 2025
and at Wolverhampton Art Gallery from 7th March 2025

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Now Open: Hope Strickland, a river holds a perfect memory (2024)

We are delighted to announce a brand new commission by artist Hope Strickland, a river holds a perfect memory (2024), is exhibiting at Arnolfini, Bristol until 27th March 2025.

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An introduction to Film and Video Umbrella

You can now watch an introduction to the organisation’s history and ongoing programmes by FVU’s Director Angelica Sule

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Film and Video Umbrella commissions, produces and curates moving-image works by artists. For three decades FVU has led the way in championing new creative talent and promoting innovative ideas.

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Latest Projects

Hope Strickland

a river holds a perfect memory

Rhea Storr

Subjects of State, Labours of Love

Gayle Chong Kwan

A Pocket Full of Sand

Daniel Cockburn

Ahead of the Curve

Sophie Hoyle

Aphonia

FVU New Takes

Hope Strickland

a river holds a perfect memory

Rhea Storr

Subjects of State, Labours of Love

Gayle Chong Kwan

A Pocket Full of Sand

Daniel Cockburn

Ahead of the Curve

Sophie Hoyle

Aphonia

FVU New Takes

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Lawrence Lek

Geomancer

We are thrilled to be presenting Lawrence Lek’s 2017 FVU-commissioned work Geomancer on FVU Watch for the first time this...

Sophie Cundale

The Near Room

We are delighted to be presenting Sophie Cundale’s FVU-commissioned film The Near Room (2020) for the first time on FVU...

Kyla Harris and Lou Macnamara

It's Personal

It's Personal documents Kyla's experience of care during the Covid-19 pandemic. Created to evoke a hybrid-documentary/reality TV challenge, Kyla's 24-hour...

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Lola Olufemi on Rhea Storr

Lola Olufemi's textual response uses objects, images and phrases found in Rhea Storr’s film Subjects of State, Labours of Love and weaves them together to create a textual meditation on work, ‘blackness’ and political transformation.

Commencement Speech

To accompany Lawrence Lek's feature on FVU Watch, you can now read Naomi Pearce’s 2017 essay, Commencement Speech, commissioned as part of the catalogue for the Jerwood/ FVU Awards 2017, which took the form of a facsimile of fictitious documents.

The Screen is a Drum

Michael O'Pray Prize 2024 awardee E De Zulueta explores the delirious resistance of Mexican filmmakers Colectivo los ingrávidos

Looking at Palestine

Michael O'Pray Prize 2024 awardee Nevan Spier views Palestine through the films of Mustafa Abu Ali and Elia Suleiman

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