A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, features films from 1900-48 filmed across China. The cinematic journey of Around China with a Movie Camera contains many films which may never have been seen in China, or at the very least not for over 70 years. These travelogues, newsreels and home movies were made by a diverse group of British and French filmmakers, some professionals, but mainly enthusiastic amateurs, including intrepid tourists, colonial-era expatriates and Christian missionaries.

In China, there exists an astonishing place. A burial ground to rival Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, w...
This film records the vast public response to the early death of Vera Kholodnaya, the first star of ...

Channel 4 docudrama following the history of the Great Wall of China, from the earliest building of ...

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman t...
On a market day in Kernascleden, two Breton women exchange their hair for a few coins. The hair beco...

A documentary film that includes footage of past Olympics held in different countries with an partic...

A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriage...

A documentary covering the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century thr...

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Schaub and Schindelm’s documentary follows two Swiss star architects, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de M...
A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the ...

Journey with the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic and their conductor Sir Simon Rattle on a brea...
A documentary about some of the comedians of the silent era featuring clips from their films and bio...

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often se...

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northe...