A figure at the edge of an empty swimming pool

INDEPENDENT FILM AND MUSIC / SOUTH WALES

Films from the
edge of the signal.

Don Parker Studios develops, produces and releases short films, moving-image works, music and sound.

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01 / CURRENT DIRECTION

Narrative film development

The studio is developing new narrative-led film work centred on human stories, emotional connection, sound and editing.

No new production is being announced yet. Development remains private until a film has a defined form and is ready to enter production.

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02 / UPCOMING EXHIBITION

Another World

Llantarnam Grange · December 2026

An exhibition bringing together paintings, film-derived images and physical studies from the visual development of Don Parker Studios.

Accompanied by The Art of Damage Control, a new fanzine produced for the exhibition. Full dates and visitor details will follow.

03 / FILM PROTOTYPE

The Man at
Ebbw Vale Swimming Pool

THE SIGNAL KEEPS US / FILM PROTOTYPE

COMPLETED PROTOTYPE / CLOSED PROJECT

A familiar place begins to replay traces of itself.

The Signal Keeps Us grew from The Man at Ebbw Vale Swimming Pool: a man repeatedly visits the site as announcements, objects, broadcasts and routines return from uncertain years.

The project is complete and closed. It now sits within the studio’s prototype work, alongside experiments such as Dance Strobe and Buildings One: a test of atmosphere, structure, image, sound and production method that informs future narrative films.

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Status
Completed prototype
Project
The Signal Keeps Us
Location
South Wales

04 / FILMS & MOVING IMAGE

Selected
works

Four key works from the studio’s moving-image practice. Each title opens into its own viewing page.

FURTHER RELEASED WORK

Eight additional works from three decades of practice.

05 / SOUND ARCHIVE

Music and
sound work

Albums, scores, tracks and standalone sound pieces released by and through the studio.

ALBUM / CHTHONICS

The Mind Outside of Time

A seven-track dark ambient work. Listen through the complete release page.

2023Listen →

The beginning of an expanding public archive of studio sound.

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06 / VISUAL HISTORY

Film
paintings

Six selected historical works showing how cinema passed through the studio’s physical practice.
Painting titled Dance Hall inspired by Moulin RougePainting titled Blackhall BeachPainting titled Rachael inspired by Blade Runner

The paintings are part of the route into the films—not a separate current production.

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07 / STUDIO NOW

Follow the
work in motion

Field notes, archived production fragments and new releases from across the studio.

08 / STUDIO POSITION

“The work begins where an ordinary image becomes unreliable.”

09 / ABOUT

Don Parker Studios

Don Parker Studios is the producing identity of filmmaker and artist Don Parker. Based in South Wales, the studio brings together film, moving image, editing, music and sound.

Its public archive preserves selected released work without exposing private production material or unfinished development.

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10 / CONTACT

Screenings, collaborations
and studio enquiries.

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