Mark Kidel
2021Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds
Mark Kidel
Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar
Filmed over two years in India and the USA, Mark Kidel's award-winning documentary brings together archive footage spanning seven decades of Ravi Shankar's performing life, and provides a definitive account of the late sitar maestro's unique musical career.
Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds
Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance
Mark Kidel
Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint
Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance, the first-ever documentary portrait of one of the greatest musicians and songwriters of our time. Assured of Costello’s full collaboration, exclusive access to his extensive archive and with the full participation of his record company, the film is a definitive portrait of a major music icon.
Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance
Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart
Mark Kidel
Bill Viola
Hailed as the "Rembrandt of the Video Age," renowned American artist Bill Viola became the first contemporary artist ever to be featured in a one-man show at London's prestigious National Gallery. This documentary directed by Mark Kidel features rarely seen footage from Viola's own archive and in-depth interviews with the video maverick. Viola talks passionately about his life and the influences that have driven his artwork from the beginning.
Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart
The Boy Next Door: A Profile of Boy George
Mark Kidel
Boy George, Jon Moss
Mark Kidel's portrait of Boy George is a hypnotic story of narcissism and neediness, drugs and drag. It covers nine years, from Culture Club's sudden success through George's rebirth as a solo celeb. Along the way there's tons of amazing archive footage, some very queer fashions, a gripping interview with his ex, Jon Moss and a sign of salvation.
The Boy Next Door: A Profile of Boy George
A Maybe Day in Kazakhstan
Mark Kidel, Mark Kidel
Commissioned to mark the 2,500th ‘anniversary of democracy’/Kleisthenes’ reform of the Athenian constitution. The film reflects on the aspirations of a recently democratised Kazakhstan, following the break-up of the former Soviet Union. A film-poem in which Tony Harrison explores a flea market in Kazakhstan where memorabilia from the Communist regime is sold. In Harrison's eyes it is `a nightmare version of democracy'.
A Maybe Day in Kazakhstan