Bfi Movies

This documentary reveals the surprising and overlooked history of Pride: its origins, its struggles and its triumphs. Made in creative and editorial...

King George V and Queen Mary hold ceremonial court in Delhi.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at an exhibition of Da Vinci's drawings at Burlington House in London, marking the quincentenary of his bi...

This fascinating 60s tour catches London's South Bank in the middle of a cultural metamorphosis.

Teenagers Sandy and Alan are keen motorcyclists, but while Sandy insists on getting proper training, Alan refuses, even though this makes him twenty t...

A haunting fire prevention film about keeping matches out of the hands of children.

An anonymous narrator outlines a bizarre journey taken through "H", aided by a series of extraordinary maps, and his previous dealings with the myster...

A large family in London's East End is celebrating a birthday party. Children and grandchildren from this extensive family have come to the party from...

Four examples of the kind of carelessness that leads to fires in this country frequently.

A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.

Britain and Turkey had not always enjoyed the ‘special’ friendship referred to in the commentary. Their armies were on opposing sides in the First Wor...

Afghan refugee Samira goes on her first date in London with Harun, a second-generation British Afghan. Based on the 2018 shoet film of the same name.

Ostensibly, a film about a child's pictorial alphabet stuck on the letter H.

The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty.

The future Edward VIII enjoys receptions, playing polo and hunting tigers on his royal tour.

A remarkable event the great American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King makes a powerful speech on a unique visit to Newcastle University.

This film was made by punching circular holes into fully opaque film stock and laying discs of colour film into some of the punched holes. Only the o...

In 1977, young Xiao Mei leaves China for the UK to enter into an arranged marriage. Speaking no English and feeling distant from her Elvis-obsessed ne...

When London teenager Yemi’s big brother comes to live with him from Nigeria, Ikudayisi’s terrible fashion sense, broad Yoruba accent and misplaced con...

I'm British but... uncovers a defiant popular culture, part Asian, part British, against a backdrop of fading English nationalism. The rhythms of Bhan...