Bfi Movies

Radical resistance in the postwar British Caribbean community, from the 1948 Nationality Act to the 1958 Brixton riots.

A soon-to-be born baby learns about the kinds of schools he will attending in the years following his birth.

Part of a travelogue series, this films visits to Derry, the Giant’s Causeway, Carrick-a-Rede, Mount Stewart and Belfast.

While exploring an abandoned building, two friends discover a recording of a woman who claims to be the last citizen of a lost Utopia.

The harvest of a pre-war British farm.

This film is a compilation of footage shot by Associated British Pathe, which covered royal events for its newsreels, and the company would have been...

Charts a journey through various `memory' productions such as murals, monuments, TV histories, commemorations etc, and in so doing questions the role...

Londoner Quinn, a bold young woman of mixed heritage, is at a crossroads after her mother’s sudden death. Hoping to reconnect with her estranged South...

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

Short directed by Lotte Reiniger.

We watch one young woman’s unconventional attempt to take control of her own love life by growing the perfect partner - a beautiful giant slug. Both f...

Explore the growth of Aberdeen’s sparkling streets.

While a mother busies herself with sewing, a clock counts down the last minute of her daughter’s life as we hear a chilling voiceover reminding us to...

First World War animated propaganda short, extolling Britain's naval history and mocking the German navy.

This film footage of the Ziegler North Pole expedition was reissued in Britain by Charles Urban in 1909 when all things Polar were of almost obsessive...

An aging Brazilian actor teams up with a film student on a trip to Mexico, in order to find out an unknown movie his mother allegedly watched before s...

Coster promises dying mother to care for his brother.

Watching Sierra Leone Greets the Queen gives one a flavour of the hectic nature of royal tours; in just one week (from the 25th November to the 1st De...

"Without leaving his own garden, a man may know the world" - an abstract study of the wildlife found in every garden.

Exciting scenes of amateur cycling's 'Race of Champions' at Manchester's Fallowfield track.