This critically acclaimed DVD contains 16 of the best classic and award winning British short films and delivers a snapshot of British cinema past and present. It includes films from Britain's most exciting new talent alongside early shorts from it's most successful filmmakers' amongst them Chris Nolan (Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins), Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Alien), Mike Leigh (Secrets and Lies) and Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours). 01 About a Girl - Brian Percival 02 Boy & Bicycle - Ridley Scott 03 Dear Phone - Peter Greenaway 04 Doodlebug - Christopher Nolan 05 Eight - Stephen Daldry 06 Gasman - Lynne Ramsay 07 Girl Chewing Gum - John Smith 08 Home - Morag McKinnon 09 Joyride - Jim Gillespie 10 Inside Out - Tom & Charles Guard 11 Je T’aime John Wayne - Toby Macdonald 12 The Sheep Thief - Asif Kapadia 13 The Short & Curlies - Mike Leigh 14 Telling Lies - Simon Ellis 15 UK Images - Martin Parr 16 Who’s My Favourite Girl? - Adrian J. McDowall

“There’s no such thing as a perfect photograph, but every morning you have to believe today’s the day one will happen.” From his humanist documentation of the Yorkshire working class in black and white stills in the 1970s, to the vibrant, kitschy color shots of revelers at a Liverpool beach resort, which cemented his iconic status in the Thatcher era—for fifty years now, British photographer Martin Parr has been holding up a mirror (sometimes soft, sometimes harsh, always cheeky) to his times and our obsession with consumerism. This playful journey across Britain in Parr’s footsteps unfolds in engaging, rapid-fire cuts, showcasing Parr’s ability to encapsulate nuanced tragicomic situations in a single frame and brilliantly capture moments of eccentricity and unstageable vulnerability.