Tacita Dean Movies

  • 1999
    Sound Mirrors

    Sound Mirrors

    Sound Mirrors

    51999HD

    Dean filmed huge concrete, curved structures built in Dungeness in the UK, which date back to the 1920s. They were constructed as a pre-radar sound...

    Sound Mirrors
  • 1994
    Girl Stowaway

    Girl Stowaway

    Girl Stowaway

    01994HD

    A film by Tacita Dean

    Girl Stowaway
  • 1994
    The Martyrdom of St. Agatha (in several parts)

    The Martyrdom of St. Agatha (in several parts)

    The Martyrdom of St. Agatha (in several parts)

    01994HD

    A film by Tacita Dean

    The Martyrdom of St. Agatha (in several parts)
  • 2004
    Palast

    Palast

    Palast

    02004HD

    Footsteps, clocks chiming, female voices speaking in German and dusk birdsong.

    Palast
  • 2013
    JG

    JG

    JG

    4.82013HD

    "Tacita Dean’s JG is inspired by her correspondence with Ballard regarding connections between his short story 'The Voices of Time' (1960) and...

    JG
  • 2011
    Edwin Parker

    Edwin Parker

    Edwin Parker

    02011HD

    A film by Tacita Dean

    Edwin Parker
  • 2002
    Mario Merz

    Mario Merz

    Mario Merz

    02002HD

    'Mario Merz' was made in San Gimignano in Tuscany, Italy where Dean was invited to a residency in summer 2002. Dean's film is a study of the ageing...

    Mario Merz
  • 2006
    Kodak

    Kodak

    Kodak

    02006HD

    Experimental documentary about the now closed Kodak factory in Chalon-sur-Saône where they made 16 mm film.

    Kodak
  • 1996
    Disappearance at Sea

    Disappearance at Sea

    Disappearance at Sea

    5.51996HD

    Disappearance at Sea (1996) is a 16 mm colour film with sound shot on location at the lighthouse on St Abb’s Head in Berwick-upon-Tweed in...

    Disappearance at Sea
  • 2011
    Manhattan Mouse Museum

    Manhattan Mouse Museum

    Manhattan Mouse Museum

    02011HD

    Manhattan Mouse Museum takes a glimpse into the world of American Pop Art icon Claes Oldenburg as he tends to an assembly of small curios, objects,...

    Manhattan Mouse Museum
  • 1999
    From Columbus, Ohio to the Partially Buried Woodshed

    From Columbus, Ohio to the Partially Buried Woodshed

    From Columbus, Ohio to the Partially Buried Woodshed

    01999HD

    From Columbus Ohio to the Partially Buried Woodshed, 1999, records a search for traces of Robert Smithson’s Partially Buried Woodshed, 1970,...

    From Columbus, Ohio to the Partially Buried Woodshed
  • 2026
    Sidney Felsen Decorates an Envelope

    Sidney Felsen Decorates an Envelope

    Sidney Felsen Decorates an Envelope

    02026HD

    Sidney Felsen, who passed away in 2024 at age 99, was a true Los Angeles institution. He co-founded Gemini G.E.L. alongside Stanley Grinstein in 1966...

    Sidney Felsen Decorates an Envelope
  • 2021
    Promises: Through Congress

    Promises: Through Congress

    Promises: Through Congress

    102021HD

    Promises: Through Congress is a collaboration between Julie Mehretu, electronic music composer Floating Points aka Sam Shepherd, and filmmaker Trevor...

    Promises: Through Congress
  • 1995
    A Bag of Air

    A Bag of Air

    A Bag of Air

    01995HD

    A film by Tacita Dean

    A Bag of Air
  • 1992
    The Story of Beard

    The Story of Beard

    The Story of Beard

    01992HD

    A film by Tacita Dean

    The Story of Beard
  • 2017
    Ear on a Worm

    Ear on a Worm

    Ear on a Worm

    02017HD

    A bird tweets from a power line in Venice, California.

    Ear on a Worm
  • 2007
    Michael Hamburger

    Michael Hamburger

    Michael Hamburger

    02007HD

    Continuing her recent collection of film portraits, Tacita Dean’s Michael Hamburger is a moving portrayal of the poet and translator, a...

    Michael Hamburger
  • 1995
    How to Put a Boat in a Bottle

    How to Put a Boat in a Bottle

    How to Put a Boat in a Bottle

    01995HD

    A film by Tacita Dean

    How to Put a Boat in a Bottle
  • 2001
    The Green Ray

    The Green Ray

    The Green Ray

    6.32001HD

    A static and silent shot of a sunset off the western coast of Madagascar. Tacita Dean filmed the ‘green ray’, a legendary natural...

    The Green Ray
  • 2009
    Craneway Event

    Craneway Event

    Craneway Event

    92009HD

    Craneway Event marks the second collaboration between acclaimed Berlin-based, British artist Tacita Dean and the legendary, late choreographer Merce...

    Craneway Event