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.

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

Blissful scenes of tourists arriving by boat and then sea bathing on a beach in the Venetian lagoon.

The story of Sri Prem Baba, spiritual master and humanitarian leader with followers around the world...

1936. As villages across Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rura...

Outtakes, commentary from Zefier's third film: Jo; or The Act of Riding a Bike.
The Sufi and the Scientist is the collective story of Sufi healer Sayyid Arif Hussain, the medieval ...

In this poetic portrayal of Luigi Ghirri (1943–1992), a master of contemporary photography, the dire...

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

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

The Real Story of Fake Democracy. Filmed over three years in five countries, FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF i...

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

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

In rocky Newfoundland, renowned French artist Jean Claude Roy gathers his paints and sets off to fac...

During the Vietnam War, the US bombed Laos more heavily than any other country had been bombed befor...

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

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

What happens to a relationship if a partner suddenly becomes severely disabled after an accident? Fo...

Sri Siddhartha Gautama is a Sinhala movie released on 24 January, 2013. The movie is directed by Sam...

A bare-knuckled critique of corporate America told through the powerful true story of a toxic CEO wh...