[2] The LFMC grew out of film screenings at the Better Books bookstore, part of the 1960s counter-culture in London,[3] before moving to the original Arts Lab on Drury Lane.
With the end of IRAT's lease in 1971 the Co-op found a base in a long-term squat in a former dairy at 13a Prince of Wales Crescent in Kentish Town.
In 1997 the LFMC including the Co-op Cinema moved together with London Video Arts to the new Lux Centre with a short lived Gallery exhibition space (3 year lease) Hoxton Square.
[6] Filmmakers associated with the group include Malcolm Le Grice and Steve Dwoskin (founder members), Peter Gidal, Michael "Atters" Attree,[7] Carolee Schneemann,[8] Annabel Nicolson, Lis Rhodes, Gill Eatherley, Roger Hammond, Mike Dunford, Anne Rees-Mogg, David Crosswaite, David Larcher, Gary Woods, John Du Cane, Philip Goring, Chris Welsby, Fred Drummond, et al.[9] and William Raban, who managed the LFMC workshop from 1972 - 76.
In less than one financial year the limited company set up by the Arts Council went into liquidation, resulting in the sale of its assets by Price Waterhouse Cooper.