British Film Institute Production Board Movies

Captures a moment in 1970s Britain's immigration debate, focusing on new arrivals at Heathrow as they wrestle with immigration law.

Capoeira is a Brazilian dance performed to African-based music. In a personal film collaboration between two friends, a part documentary, part docu-dr...

A rhythmic beat punctuates a solitary Asian woman’s life as she engages her inner goddess to turn trash into treasure. She creates a stunning oasis in...

Vinko Globakar, a virtuoso trombonist, plays on a stage, alone, Luciano Berio's Sequenza for Trombone.

A portrait of an ex-coalminer turned inventor of the horse jaquzzi and Morrissey fanatic.

A documentary about abortion

Experimental film consisting of two super-imposed (in camera),continuous looping camera movements across a short stretch of the English Channel. A li...

Sunflowers, seen as a life source, with their life cycle visually equated with that of humans.

Mass was made during Sjöström’s years at the film department of the Royal College of Art, in cooperation with the London Filmmaker’s Co-op. Random or...

Faulty plumbing in the home of a painter causes an old woman to be covered in red paint while she showers. The painter's neighbours engineer his fate...

An imaginative examination of the Superman myth, using animated collages of re-tinted photographs and featuring the world’s first superhero who’s par...

Shot in Turf Lodge, a Catholic estate in West Belfast, this documentary explores the everyday life of the community, particularly its women, and how t...

Captures the peculiar, Python-esque events that follow after a young man gets his hand stuck in a letter box.

Documentary which looks at the history of the welfare state in Britain, from the point of view of women. Using 1940's newsreels to examine the picture...

Fantasy about a sailor and a mermaid using an animated paper sculpture.

World hunger: this partly animated film points out the connections between surplus and famine. It shows a game of chance being played across continent...

Traces independent filmmaking in 1930s Britain, focused on coverage of political marches and rallies. Essay film, formed from the archives of the Film...

The world seen as a vast carnival, in which the clowns imitate the greed and avarice of human beings. Experimental animation film, using cut-out figur...

A day in a park, from the gates opening to their closure at dusk.

Sparse chapters from a mysterious, lonely life are witnessed from a passing train.