The work of John Krish has been subject to rediscovery and renaissance in the aftermath of an Evening Standard Award for best documentary in 2010, along with a retrospective and DVD releases from the British Film Institute.

The day after his 90th birthday, the award winning director presents an assortment of five perfectly crafted, minutely observed, and often brilliantly inventive, films from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s:

The Finishing Line (1977, 20 mins)
A starkly surreal rail safety video – short, poignant and highly disturbing.

Return to Life (1960, 29 mins)
Made to commemorate World Refugee Year, a film about a refugee family’s first weeks in Britain.

Drive Carefully, Darling (1975, 15 mins)
A brilliantly surreal road safety video which slides from comedy to tragedy, at once brilliantly inventive while at the same time fantastically well observed.

The Elephant Will Never Forget (1953, 10 mins)
A bittersweet farewell to the last of London’s trams, a celebration not only of the trams themselves but of the London lives that they were a part of.

Friend or Foe (1982, 60 mins)
A film made for the Children’s Film Foundation about two evacuees who discover a downed German aircraft and befriend its pilots.

Doors open at 18.30 for a 19.30 start.

Licenced bar/refreshments.

TICKETS & PRICING

Autumn Season 2013 ticketing applies.

Advance tickets may be purchased from WeGotTickets, or direct from the Museum by calling 020 7840 2200 in office hours.