Bfi Movies

Award-winning filmmaker Sandhya Suri (I for India) skilfully weaves together archive footage to create an emotionally resonant story about life across...

A compilation of scenes from Shakespeare adaptations made in the earliest days of cinema, including versions of King Lear, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Rich...

Four examples of the kind of carelessness that leads to fires in this country frequently.

Commissioned by the BBC & BFI, CLASH is a short experimental documentary critiquing Britain's obsession with period dramas, and how they erase the div...

Various parts of the procession to commemorate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.

When his daughter goes missing in an apparent alien abduction, Gabriel's search takes him dangerously close to her strange group of so-called friends....

Teenagers Sandy and Alan are keen motorcyclists, but while Sandy insists on getting proper training, Alan refuses, even though this makes him twenty t...

When London teenager Yemi’s big brother comes to live with him from Nigeria, Ikudayisi’s terrible fashion sense, broad Yoruba accent and misplaced con...

King George V and Queen Mary hold ceremonial court in Delhi.

These are probably the earliest colour pictures of Audrey Hepburn, seen here in three different screen-test situations, playing an assistant in a drap...

In this animated short, a half-naked woman dances with her black-suited partner.

To celebrate the BFI's Thriller season, filmmaker Daniel Cockburn explores the power of sound to terrify and unsettle. Using sounds from Hollywood's b...

The Bonzo Dog Band freak out at the farm and strange sounds abound.

The legendary world heavyweight boxing champion, John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson, visits Manchester.

William Shakespeare, without saying a word, gives a quick run through of all his plays in a very special audition.

Documentary examining what it means to live in South Wales, made in collaboration with and focusing on the lives of the Butts family. Explores the eff...

A group of miners (including a sole black worker) exits the colliery gates.

Experimental drama set in London during the Thatcher administration involving four characters: Neil, a science-fiction illustrator; Kim, a woman rock...

Hitchcock went the wrong way! Head south by southwest with this travelogue from Bath to Cornwall.

Short film by Michael Maynard