British Council Movies

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

A documentary on modern British farming.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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

Britain's check to the German drive for world domination. The Ministry of Information requested that the film should be withdrawn as it was...

A documentary feature with Basil Spence explaining, with the aid of a model, the concepts behind the design of the new Coventry Cathedral to replace...

An overview of the free healthcare available for children, and the environmental improvements that led to increased public well-being in Britain.