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  1. Boy Mir, The: Ten Years in Afghanistan (2012)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Producer
    Amanda Wilkie; Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Anthropology; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

    Phil Grabsky’s documentary was filmed over the course of ten years and follows the life of an Afghani boy, Mir, growing up in the years after the fall of the Taliban in 2002. The film traces his journey...

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  2. Concerto: A Beethoven Journey (2015)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £29.98

    Documentary. Filmed over the course of four years director Phil Grabsky followed concert pianist Leif Ove Andsnes’s attempt to understand and interpret one of the greatest sets of works for piano ever...

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  3. I Caesar: The Men Who Ruled the Roman Empire (1997)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky; Peter Nicholson
    Producer
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Classical studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 300 minutes), £40.00

    A six-part (49 min each) series tracing the rise and fall of the Roman Empire,.Originally broadcast in six parts covering: 1) Julius Caesar; 2) Augustus; 3) Nero; 4) Hadrian; 5) Constantine; 6) Justinian.

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  4. Nero’s Golden House

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 mintes), £20.00

    As emperor of the Roman Empire, Nero had a reputation for tyranny and extravagance. Nowhere was this more evident than in his Golden House, the most opulent villa in all of ancient Rome and part of a vast...

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  5. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2015)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Producer
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 mins), £30.00

    Filmed in London’s National Gallery, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and other galleries in the USA and the Netherlands, the film examines Vermeer’s works and delivers a detailed biography of the...

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  6. In Search of Beethoven (2009)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 139 minutes), £40.00

    Juliet Stevenson narrates a documentary account of the life of Ludwig von Beethoven, from his birth in 1770 until his death in 1827. Writer-director Phil Grabsky gives an impressionistic approach, building...

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  7. In Search of Chopin (2015)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 115 minutes), £15.99

    Chopin’s grave in Paris remains a place of pilgrimage and his music continues to sell out concert halls worldwide, but who exactly was this composer? He was terrified of public performance; he fled his...

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  8. Munch (2013)

    Director
    Ben Harding
    Producer
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 mins), £30.00

    In 2013 Norway celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch. The exhibition Munch 150 is co-hosted by the National Museum and the Munch Museum, both in Oslo. With 220 paintings on show, it...

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  9. Lost Temple of Java, The (2008)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 mins), £9.99

    Borobudur in Central Java is unique. In the shape of a pyramid, with four square terraces leading to three circular ones, the extraordinary building is covered with three miles of stone carvings....

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  10. Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl (2006)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky; David Bickerstaff
    Subject
    Environmental science; Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 52 minutes), £20.00

    Based on Mario Petrucci’s award-winning book-length poem, the film tells the story of the people who dealt with the disaster at ground-level: the fire-fighters, the soldiers, the ‘liquidators’, and...

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