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.

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

Lahoriye is the story of love. The love which does not see boundaries, the love which does not see n...

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

A short film documenting street protests against the filming of William Friedkin's Cruising (1980)
The Sufi and the Scientist is the collective story of Sufi healer Sayyid Arif Hussain, the medieval ...

A young Prince Asoka works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. Duri...

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

A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words...

For five years, Stephen McCoy documented street life in Boston. This is what he captured.

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

A look at legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited work...

Making of documentary from the Ultra HD Blu-ray edition of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer releas...

Between 1968 and 1970, J M Goodger, a lecturer at the University of Salford, made a film record of t...

Mother India is home to many castes, tribes and religions and one common factor that brings this div...

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

Rare documents and details of the film's story. From its initial option to its critical reception an...

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

A compilation of a filmmaker's discard footage, subtly narrating his point of view of the year 2020.