ART
A means of validating certain activities like sculpture and poetry whilst making others like washing up or working in a shop worthless.

AVANT GARDE
A concept which allowed artists to make boring films and claim they were pioneers of a new visual language

BRITISH FILM
Films set in Edwardian England or Hampstead starring Hugh Grant.

CONTEMPORARY
Films about modern Britain in which everyone behaves like it's 1910.

EXPERIMENTAL
A type of Avant Garde film made by artists who think they're scientists.

FUNDING
A complex lobbying system that effectively ensures the irrelevance of "INDEPENDENT" film.

INDEPENDENT FILM
A film industry controlled by state patronage.

INSTALLATION
An attempt by artists to turn film /video into a saleable gallery product.

PLURALISM
A concept adopted by the "INDEPENDENT" administrators to fragment the underground coalition.

UNDERGROUND
A seething rabble of no-budget film/video makers who don't give a fuck for the "INDEPENDENT FILM INDUSTRY".