Ben Nicholson is a writer, curator, and moderator from the UK, specialising in film and artists’ moving image.
Ben Nicholson
Ben Nicholson participated in “Greatest” Short Films of All Time 2025, a first-ever poll of its kind as a collective love letter to the art of short-form moving image. yanco and Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, in collaboration with Talking Shorts, invited filmmakers, curators, distributors, critics, and scholars worldwide to nominate 10 audiovisual works under sixty minutes that they personally consider the “greatest” of all time. This was Ben Nicholson’s submission:
| Movie | Original Title | Director | Country | Year | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Girl Chewing Gum | John Smith | United Kingdom | 1976 | 12’ | ||
| Ears, Nose and Throat | Kevin Jerome Everson | USA | 2016 | 10’ | ||
| The House Is Black Khaneh siah ast | Forugh Farrokzhad | Iran | 1963 | 22’ | ||
| 200,000 Phantoms 200000 fantômes | Jean-Gabriel Périot | France | 2007 | 10’ | ||
| Shadow of a Journey | Tina Keane | United Kingdom | 1980 | 20’ | ||
| Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia | Hollis Frampton | USA | 1971 | 36’ | ||
| Meshes of the Afternoon | Alexander Hammid , Maya Deren | USA | 1946 | 14’ | ||
| La Jetée | Chris Marker | France | 1962 | 28’ | ||
| Bottled Songs: My Crush Was a Superstar My Crush Was a Superstar | Lého Galibert-Laîné | France | 2020 | 13’ | ||
| Engram Engram: Kioku konseki | Toshio Matsumoto | Japan | 1987 | 12’ | ||