Lift / Calais: The Last Border / Travellers
“Lift, Travellers and Calais - The Last Border were my first three films and they were made between 2001 and 2003. Each film is set in a particular transient space. The individual settings are key to the human stories that unfold because they allow the time and space for reflection on what it means to be alive.
I 'cut my teeth' making these three films and much of what I learnt has remained with me to this day. I think that some of the characters in these works are amongst the most memorable in any of my films and I hope they resonate with you.”
- Marc Isaacs
With thanks to Second Run and their collection 'From Lift to The Road: The Films of Marc Isaacs'.
-
Lift - Trailer
Dir. Marc Isaacs - 24min - 2001 - UK
When filmmaker, Marc Isaacs, decided to make a documentary about a lift in a London tower block he had no idea how the residents would react and what they would reveal of their lives. He simply set himself up in the lift with his camera and waited for the rig...
-
Lift
Dir. Marc Isaacs - 24min - 2001 - UK
When filmmaker, Marc Isaacs, decided to make a documentary about a lift in a London tower block he had no idea how the residents would react and what they would reveal of their lives. He simply set himself up in the lift with his camera and waited for the rig...
-
Marc Isaacs - Interview about Lift
-
1.11 MBLift - French Poster
1.11 MB
-
83.5 KBLift and Calais - French Poster
83.5 KB
-
Calais: The Last Border - Trailer
Dir. Marc Isaacs - 59min - 2003 - UK
For the English, the French port town of Calais is the gateway to Europe or a place to buy cheap alcohol. For Hundreds of refugees and migrants it is the final barrier in the desperate search for a new life in England. This intimate film weaves together chara...
-
Calais: The Last Border
Dir. Marc Isaacs - 2003 - UK
For the English, the French port town of Calais is the gateway to Europe or a place to buy cheap alcohol. For Hundreds of refugees and migrants it is the final barrier in the desperate search for a new life in England. This intimate film weaves together character dri...
-
1.48 MBPress - Calais: The Last Border
1.48 MB
-
Calais Still - Ijaz eating bread
405 KB
-
103 KBCalais Still - Paul Close-Up
103 KB
-
263 KBCalais Still - Ijaz Car Park
263 KB
-
Travellers - Trailer
Dir. Marc Isaacs - 48min - 2002 - UK
A very emotional look at the loneliness and heartache often conjured whilst travelling by train. A powerful piece with a focus on love lost, love found and regret.
-
Travellers
Dir. Marc Isaacs - 48min - 2002 - UK
A very emotional look at the loneliness and heartache often conjured whilst travelling by train. A powerful piece with a focus on love lost, love found and regret.
"in some ways is reminiscent of Pawel Pawlikowski’s approach in The Last Resort" - The Digital...
