British Council Movies

A documentary on modern British farming.

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...

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

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 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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

The history of Westminster Abbey and a tour of the monuments within it; accompanied by choral music and including footage of the coronation of King...

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 the English language and it's origins.

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

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...

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...