Now forgotten, the middle-class domestic farce 29, Acacia Avenue flew the flag for risqué dialogue and saucy themes more than a decade before the first Carry On film.
The complexity of 'statelessness' is explored through four shorts in this anthology film from the Drung Tibetan Filmmakers’ Collective that offers a philosophical and spiritual outlook on the global ...
Pillion picks up three nominations, including for Outstanding British Film, while My Father’s Shadow and A Want in Her will also compete for Outstanding British Debut.
Filmed on the windswept fringes of Caithness and inspired by abandoned Scottish island communities, Louis Paxton’s debut – a world premiere at Sundance – blends surreal comedy, fantasy and family ...
Film history was made in 1974, when cameras rolled on A Private Enterprise, which is believed to be the first British Asian feature film. These production stills capture the moment.
Jennifer Kroot’s riotous documentary tells the story of the wildly popular, annual Easter Sunday tradition in San Francisco known as Hunky Jesus.
The filmmaker and artist reflects on arriving in 90s London, their politicised coming‑of‑age, and the deeply personal new film premiering at this year’s London Short Film Festival – a layered ...
Ashley Walters’ BFI-backed directorial debut is among the raft of UK world premieres announced for this year’s Berlin International Film Festival.
Philippa Lowthorne's shrewd adaptation of Helen Macdonald's memoir lacks some nuance, but is a worthy entry into the canon of thorny animal therapy films.
Introducing Jack Warner as hero copper PC Dixon, The Blue Lamp was the biggest British film of 1950. Did it help that this original poster moves the focus away from law and order to the criminal ...
One hundred years after the birth of television in Britain, Magic Rays of Light author John Wyver looks back at the rapid development of the new medium during the 1930s – a lost era that saw a huge ...