British Council Movies

A stately film about the history of St Paul’s Cathedral in London, with a focus on the architecture and individuals buried there, and the...

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.

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

A documentary on modern British farming.

A Record of the Great Social Experiment of "Evacuation". During the first three days of war one million children were moved to places of safety in...

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...

'The Second Freedom' follows Jack Brown as he goes through life, and explores the various benefits he may receive as a result of National Insurance.

A profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

The manufacture of cables for transmitting electric power is shown. Copper bars are rolled and drawn into wire, which is twisted into strands, and...

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

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

Part of the Junior Biology series, this study of pin mould is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.

Untung and Nesti really love their 6 year old son who has autism. Their daily life becomes more challenging because both of their parents are...