British Council Movies

A documentary on modern British farming.

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.

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...

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 documentary on the English language and it's origins.

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...

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 profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.

Instead of learning sign-language, deaf children are taught to speak and lip-read so that they might interact with others as easily as possible. This...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

Training and duties of a British policeman.