Bfi Movies

Based on the book by Naoki Higashida, filmmaker Jerry Rothwell examines the lives of five non-speaking, autistic youngsters.

An event organised by CND pits the bomb against poetry. Hear artists who hoped that words and rhymes could put an end to destructive times.

Tensions arise amidst the heat of a busy British Pakistani takeaway.

Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.

An endearing outlier, Brian lives alone in a Welsh valley, inventing oddball contraptions that seldom work. After finding a discarded mannequin head,...

A 14th-century peasant becomes transfixed by a statue of the Virgin Mary, and petitions to be walled into a cell attached to the church as a religious...

Brought together by their shared love of music, Liam and Natalie reach a breaking point after ten years together, but as they attempt to separate and...

Time lapse photography shows the swarm of commuters at London Waterloo station racing about at top speed.

An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot st...

Toni, aged 13, doesn't fit in at school. One day, everything takes a turn for the worse, but the internet comes to save her.

Coventry prepares to rise from the ashes of WWII in this docu-drama written by Dylan Thomas.

We watch one young woman’s unconventional attempt to take control of her own love life by growing the perfect partner - a beautiful giant slug. Both f...

Melvin, a British author living in America, returns home to London for Christmas to introduce his American fiancée Lisa to his eccentric British-Carib...

After her father dies, a young woman returns to her Yorkshire village for the first time in 15 years to claim the family farm she believes is hers.

A male model's poses are accompanied by a photographer's narration exploring censorship, self expression and sexual desire.

Stop-motion animation of putty modeling itself into different shapes.

Featuring footage spanning from 1901 to 1985, this little-seen footage has been found from all across the UK. This programme allows an exploration int...

A young mother is forced to face the truth of her past life as her daughter approaches adolescence and strives for new freedom.

Set in the port town of Dover in the South-East of England, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband....

Leah, 10, has terrible nightmares. Her mother seems distant somehow, lost in her thoughts. A small, nightly visitor brings Leah comfort, but soon Lea...