British Film Institute Production Board Movies

This chilling and provocative faux home movie presents the story of three dissidents and their plan to commit a revolutionary act on film....

A wasp exterminator travels to a large stately home to deal with a wasp infestation problem. However when he arrives he is greeted by a...

An old woman, her grandson, cabbage soup... A man arrives, bearing meat, setting in motion a situation which escalates beyond the point of barter.

A Southern soldier in the American Civil War is sent to reconnoiter the enemy positions and becomes trapped beneath a huge pile of rubble by Northern...

Dolly, an elderly widow who lives alone, has been hoarding coal since the deaths of her husband and son years ago in mining accidents. When Dolly...

A rich and challenging account of the experiences of a German Jewish musician who settled in Britain to escape Nazi persecution. Two of his friends...

Traces the role of women in British television, from 1946 to 1997.

The idyllic, rural past of a Suffolk village comes to life through the memories of an old man who tends a country graveyard.

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

Inspired by Virginia Woolf, a young writer worries that marriage will hinder her literary ambitions. The film includes extracts from Virginia Woolf's...

An elegant film about one man's fears and fantasies regarding HIV testing.

Unemployed Anthony announces he is joining the police, much to the horror of his girlfriend and friends.

A series of non-dramatic tableaux representing scenes from De Sade's novel.

Set on a steam-shrouded railway station and shot in high-contrast black and white, Richard Kwietniowski's film lovingly twists David Lean's...

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...

European emigre Tanya moves to London to work as a family au pair. Still grieving for her recently deceased father and rejected by an old friend,...

Story of a girl from Surrey who visits Jozef, a Slovenian artist living in Poland, and embarks on an affair.

Discover the unrealised visions and passion projects of revered British filmmaker Michael Powell, in this fascinating documentary featuring...

Song tells the story of the women who worked in Victorian London's clothing sweatshops, eschewing a conventional narrative in favour of a series of...

A group of young friends convene in the countryside to shoot a horror movie. But an experiment with LSD sees normal boundaries between them...