British documentary
The COI Collection Volume Four: Stop! Look! Listen!
The fourth volume on the COI collection – Stop! Look! Listen! – focuses on health, safety and welfare messages.
The COI Collection Volume One: Police and Thieves
Volume one of the Central Office of Information collection tackles crime, juvenile delinquency, policing and the justice system.
The COI Collection Volume Seven: The Queen on Tour
Official records of the royal tours and state visits of Queen Elizabeth II, offering unprecedcented access.
The COI Collection Volume Six: Worth the Risk?
This volume of COI films examines the issue of ‘risk’ in our everyday lives.
The COI Collection Volume Three: They Stand Ready
The third volume in the COI Collection, They Stand Ready, looks at Britain’s armed forces.
The COI Collection Volume Two: Design for Today
Established in 1946, the Central Office of Information (COI) was a successor to the wartime Ministry of Information and was responsible for produci
The Complete Humphrey Jennings Collection Volume One: The First Days
Widely considered one of Britain’s greatest documentary filmmakers, Humphrey Jennings has long been critically acclaimed for films which beau
The Complete Humphrey Jennings Collection Volume Two: Fires Were Started
Widely considered to be one of Britain’s greatest filmmakers, Humphrey Jennings has long been celebrated as the director of works which beaut
A Day in the Life
John Krish is one of British cinema’s best-kept secrets: a master of post-war documentary filmmaking who repeatedly turned his works for spon
Derek
Punk Britain, gay Britain, Thatcher’s Britain – Derek Jarman tackled the lot.
Dickens Before Sound
A unique collection of early adaptations of Britain’s favourite and (after Shakespeare) most adapted author.
Early Cinema: Primitives and Pioneers
The BFI’s fascinating collection of 60 short films all made before 1911 comes to DVD with the aim of giving wider access to some of the extra
Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell and Kenyon
Probably the most exciting film discovery of recent times, the films of Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon were commissioned by travelling exhibitors
Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell and Kenyon
Probably the most exciting film discovery of recent times, the films of Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon were commissioned by travelling exhibitors
Free Cinema
The BFI has compiled the definitive collection of films from the 1950s’ Free Cinema movement.
From the Sea to the Land Beyond
A unique collaboration between award-winning filmmaker Penny Woolcock and one of Britain’s best loved bands, British Sea Power.
Gallivant
To gallivant, is, according to its dictionary definition ‘to wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion; to go about with members of the opp
Geoffrey Jones: The Rhythm of Film
With his extraordinary marriage of images, music and rhythm, Geoffrey Jones ranks alongside such luminaries as Norman McLaren and Len Lye, and remains one of Britain’s true film artists.
The Great White Silence
The alien beauty of the landscape is brought dramatically to life, showing the world of the expedition in brilliant detail.
Here’s a Health to the Barley Mow
This collection of documentaries, unseen television reports and silent film footage reveals how powerful and enduring the folk traditions of Great Britain have always been.
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