British Council Popular Movie

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sienna Guillory

A documentary on modern British farming.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Frederick Grisewood

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Miss Cunenk

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ashley Thomas

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast:

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raffey Cassidy

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Marcelo Vallejo

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Felix Aylmer

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

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Aewia Huillet

A profile and interview of director, Lindsay Anderson.

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Cast: Lindsay Anderson

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 The Ministry of Information requested that the film should be withdrawn as it was...

Genre: Documentary

Cast:

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Stephen Moynihan

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Falhan

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast:

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lawrence Bragg

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harold Warrender

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Norman Shelley

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ronnie Waldman

British Council's public campaign, consisting of 5 TV clips with brief and vivid messages on inclusion issues related to race, physical disability,...

Genre: Animation

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