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.

Max Ramsey, an advocate for those experiencing poverty, uses what he has gone through to serve the i...

On August 15th, 2006, filmmaker Ryan Dacko set out to get a 30-minute meeting with a major Hollywood...

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

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

Varanasi is the Indian city where Hindus go to die. Stretching along the Ganges, Varanasi holds grea...

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...

A cheerful road movie all about Belgian films at Cannes over the past 70 years. Filmmakers from the ...

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

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

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

In 1996, Damon Hill claimed the Formula 1 world championship—defying the odds and overcoming familia...

Documentary from French TV channel Canal+ about Marion Cotillard's road to the Oscar for her perform...

A documentary that traces the life and times of Bhagat Singh, a committed Marxist who most ably exem...

Take a chilling tour through the twisted minds of some of the most violent serial killers including ...

A documentary exploring the "respectable" and "immoral" stereotypes of women in Indian society told ...

A tax collector posted to a small town puts up at a mansion feared by the locals because it is haunt...

Essie Coffey gives the children lessons on Aboriginal culture. She speaks of the importance of teach...

Documentary short about the disastrous dangers of aging, ailing dams.