British Council Movies

A documentary on modern British farming.

A documentary about the Penlee Lifeboat and her crew, based around the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole.

Rufus is a child with an extraordinary obsession: a burning, inþamed desire for anything red. Driven by this impassioned, scarlet fixation,...

Cunenk grew up as a girl trapped in a boy’s body. She could not wait to leave her village and become a performer.

An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to...

Theatre of War is an essay on how to represent war, performed by former enemies. British and Argentinian veterans of the Falklands war come together...

Miranda's Letter takes as a starting point the 'missing women' in Shakespeare, in this instance, The Tempest, and imagines what Miranda's mother...

Butt-sniffing action abounds as five otherwise ordinary members of the public get in touch with their primal instincts.

Three overseas servicemen take a tour of the Royal Mile - visiting the sights between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace, and learning about the...

'Divided We Scroll' is an eerie depiction of our intimate relationships with technology.

An introduction to the famous and historic university town, showing the colleges, as well as the place itself.

Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making and broadcasting of pedagogical radio shows on the BBC.

A profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.

Part of the archive's Junior Biology series, this study of maize is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.

A look at the manufacture of optical lenses, and their many uses throughout the different industries; from microscopes to spectacles to full use in...

Training and duties of a British policeman.

Dramatically told, English Criminal Justice takes us on a journey through the principles and procedures of the various courts of law in Britain.

In the run up to the 1945 general election, the film focuses on the electoral race of one of the 640 local constituencies in Britain, that of...

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...