As part of the 2017 UK-India Year of Culture, the British Council and British Film Institute share a unique collection of films documenting the sights and culture of a bygone India. Filmed between 1899-1947, and preserved in the BFI National Archive since then, these rare films capture many glimpses of life in India, from dances and markets, to hunts and pageantry.

Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. T...

A film about memory, identity and the overwhelming power of love. One-year-old Devi was found starvi...

A two parts making of documentary, following José Augusto Silva and his film crew during the shootin...

A group of elders spends their weekdays in a retirement home in Sandim, in the north of Portugal, wh...

With this two-part feature documentary, Shlomi Elkabetz shares a poignant love letter to his sister,...

Based on the memoir by Indian policy analyst Sanjaya Baru, The Accidental Prime Minister explores Ma...

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipo...

Just after midnight on 10 March 1945, the US launched an air-based attack on eastern Tokyo; continui...

In this poetic portrayal of Luigi Ghirri (1943–1992), a master of contemporary photography, the dire...
An exploration of the intricate art of filmmaking, delving into the multifaceted stages of scriptwri...

A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

Making of documentary from the Ultra HD Blu-ray edition of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer releas...
A light and somewhat satirical look at the problems and pleasures of Continental holiday travel. A p...

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the div...

A Suitable Girl follows three young women in India struggling to maintain their identities and follo...

A thrilling comedic documentary attempting to uncover the mystery of who is responsible for one of t...

"Fascinating India" spreads an impressive panorama of India’s historical and contemporary world. The...

Forty years after the release of Claude Lanzmann’s monumental film Shoah, Guillaume Ribot reveals th...

This Punjabi Movie, Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam is a Punjabi movie about Sikhism. It was a great success....