British Council Movies

Rufus is a child with an extraordinary obsession: a burning, inþamed desire for anything red. Driven by this impassioned, scarlet fixation,...

A profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.

In the run up to the 1945 general election, the film focuses on the electoral race of one of the 640 local constituencies in Britain, that of...

The history of Westminster Abbey and a tour of the monuments within it; accompanied by choral music and including footage of the coronation of King...

Three overseas servicemen take a tour of the Royal Mile - visiting the sights between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace, and learning about the...

A documentary on modern British farming.

British documentary on how the community of Ulster got converted to war times.

A retired teacher, isolated on New Year’s Eve, lures a young woman into his quiet home. Their encounter forces him to confront a truth far more...

British Council's public campaign, consisting of 5 TV clips with brief and vivid messages on inclusion issues related to race, physical disability,...

Butt-sniffing action abounds as five otherwise ordinary members of the public get in touch with their primal instincts.

Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making and broadcasting of pedagogical radio shows on the BBC.

Training and duties of a British policeman.

In the North East of England there is a strange and hyper localised genre you have in all likelihood never heard of. It’s called Makina. ...

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to...

Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".

'Divided We Scroll' is an eerie depiction of our intimate relationships with technology.

A documentary feature with Basil Spence explaining, with the aid of a model, the concepts behind the design of the new Coventry Cathedral to replace...

Theatre of War is an essay on how to represent war, performed by former enemies. British and Argentinian veterans of the Falklands war come together...

An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.

Miranda's Letter takes as a starting point the 'missing women' in Shakespeare, in this instance, The Tempest, and imagines what Miranda's mother...