British Council Movies

A documentary on modern British farming.

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

A brisk visual summary of the changing faces of the English town throughout the ages, from the ancients and their hill-forts to the Second World War...

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 profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.

A documentary on the English language and it's origins.

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...

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...

A young man learns to become a farmer, keen to show the integration of traditional farming with modern science and education.

Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".

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

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

British documentary on how the community of Ulster got converted to war times.

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...