Erich Von Stroheim

Documentary footage of the author and his two daughters at home.

The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, producer, composer, choreographer, Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977) us...

A silent succession of black-and-white photographs of the city of Montreal.

A BFI collection of 7 short films from the USA, England and Italy scored for Piano, Guitar and String Quartet.

Wallace Carlson walks viewers through the production of an animated short at Bray Studios.

The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957),on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the...

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains...

Run Wrake is an English filmmaker, animation director, and music video director. He studied graphic design at Chelsea College of Arts before completin...

To celebrate the release of a new movie for their 20th anniversary, this documentary offers some behind-the-scenes footages.

How does the vision of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) remain relevant in a time whose popular culture has little to...

A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.

Documentary about stunts and their recognition in the film industry. Without their selfless contribution to film, the movies we know and love, would...

A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, features films from 1900-48 filmed across China. Th...

Portrait of filmmaker Douglas Sirk.

The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.