Buy our films
Here you can buy all of Illuminations' DVDs of great films about the arts. Search by keyword or select your title from the scroll-down list below. Examples of our major titles are outlined here, and for our 2008 catalogue, click here.
theEYE
is a fascinating series of interview-based profiles of contemporary artists in Britain, including Antony Gormley, Tracey Emin, Anish Kapoor, and many more. There are now 46 titles in this series, which can be purchased together with a 10% discount.
The Art of ...
is a series of films about major twentieth century artists including Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Eric Gill and Helen Chadwick.
Films about major exhibitions and collections
including AZTECS, Turner and Venice, Constable at Tate, The British Face, The Saatchi Gallery 100 and Islamic Art at the V&A.
Broadcast documentaries now released on DVD
including a 3-part series for Sky Arts, Art of Faith; the RSC's production of Macbeth; Chris Petit and Iain Sinclair's London Orbital; and the landmark 1980s 6-part series, State of the Art.
Illuminations is also distributing an exciting range of new and re-launched documentaries:
Architectures
is a 5-DVD series of 26-minute films that offers a unique and instructive insight into the greatest architectural achievements of our times. Co-produced by Illuminations and the European television channel ARTE for the UK and Eire.
Art Lives
is a powerful and arresting series of documentaries on artists and art movements, released for the first time on DVD in the English language. Produced by Arthaus, Germany for the UK, Eire and Australasia.
Film of the Week
Latest DVDs
Art of Faith
Art of Faith is a visually sumptuous series filmed in High Definition explo...
Joan Miro: Theatre of Dreams
A sensitive profile of a great painter and a key figure in Surrealism.
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne arguably counts as the father of modern painting.
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Return of the 50-foot spider
Further thoughts about Spider in the City
So. Farewell then, Gallery HD
The sad end of a terrific channel
Dorothy Porter, 1954 - 2008
A personal tribute to the late Dorothy Porter
'Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend!'
Ian McKellen's King Lear on More4 and DVD
Ben beside the seaside
A fascinating Nicholson exhibition in Bexhill-on-Sea