Bfi Movies

The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.

Examines contradictory male attitudes towards women in 1980's Britain

A man encounters all sorts of strange places and people when he goes out for cigarettes.

Remarkable amateur footage of Mahatma Gandhi shot by his great nephew in 1947.

Inspired by the loneliness experienced by older people in our society, Ladder to You is an insight into the life of Eric, an old man dealing with the...

I'm British but... uncovers a defiant popular culture, part Asian, part British, against a backdrop of fading English nationalism. The rhythms of Bhan...

Two former patients of Sigmund Freud meet again and discuss their psychiatric treatment 65 years earlier.

Maeve returns home to Belfast after a long absence. Her arrival in the city stimulates a series of memories of childhood and adolescence both in herse...

Two old friends take a walk on a summer's afternoon and discover they have less in common than they thought.

A 1935 black and white film advertising London and exolting it's most popular tourist attractions.

Multifarious images of a lake are overlaid with water effects and a narrated history of the campaigns fought by the fictional water-wracket army.

An extended humorous public information film (lasting around fifteen minutes) narrated by Richard Wattis.

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...

A summer holiday and an old folk tale bring two 11-year-olds together as they set out to explore just what, or who, is calling to them, from deep with...

This newly produced documentary discusses the turn from stage to script, the casting and rehearsal process, the use of the Steadicam, and people’s rea...

Running away from her demons, Raye finds herself in a boxing gym for the first time in 20 years, face-to-face with her old rival. As the women train f...

Robert Tucker, a young gay man who is almost without affect, sits in various waiting rooms. As he sits, he recalls events from the year of his childho...

Sid lives in self-imposed isolation with his dog, Ace. That is until, one day, amidst the surrounding mountainscape, Sid sees a mysterious house appea...

A look at a family living in Stoke-on-Trent in the 1940's and what it's like working in the pottery factories that Stoke is famous for.

In 1952, London was engulfed in the Great Smog. As a result of industrialisation, a leaden fog settled over the entire city. The archive images from t...