British Council Movies

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

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

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...

A profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.

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...

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

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.

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

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

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...

Part of the archive's Junior Biology series, this study of maize 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...

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 The Ministry of Information requested that the film should be withdrawn as it was...

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

Training and duties of a British policeman.

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

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

The film shows speeded-up germination of the seed to form roots and shoot, at whose base the leaves later form a bulb. The flower produces pollen...