Some 20 years before FIFA established the Women's World Cup, Mexico hosted an unofficial women's football tournament in 1971 which drew teams from across the globe. Teams flocked from around the globe ...

A newlywed Indian couple arrive in London, 1979, and attempt to make a home out of their new lives. As they navigate 40 years of marriage through the food they make and the meals they share, their ...

BAFTA-winning director Mark Jenkin (BAIT, Enys Men) explores his fascination with the magic of film and its life-giving properties in this brand new short film, commissioned by the BFI especially to ...

Following a hastily arranged marriage by unsympathetic relatives, Cao Guiying (Hai Qing) sets off with her new husband Ma Youtie (Wu Renlin, himself a farmer) to nurture their farm and livestock.

Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlin Film Festival, Alexandre Koberidze’s second feature is set in the ancient and atmospheric Georgian town of Kutaisi. After its fairy-tale opening, various ...

Late one night, alone in her bedroom, teenager Casey (Anna Cobb) stares into her webcam and repeats "I want to go to the world's fair" while pricking her finger until it bleeds. She is entering an ...

Expanding her 2017 short, Rubika Shah’s energising film charts a vital London protest movement. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was formed in 1976, prompted by ‘music’s biggest colonialist’ Eric Clapton and ...

Theatre director Yusuke and his TV screenwriter wife Oto have a special bond as creative partners, sharing a life punctuated by private rituals. This is shattered by a sudden incident and the ...

Through thematically connected episodes, Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s anthology film tells the stories of four men who are faced with an unthinkable but simple choice when tasked to carry out ...

All films in the programme have been restored and remastered by the BFI National Archive from original elements held within the collection. The programme will be introduced by Mika Tomita, Bryony ...

In 1959 filmmaking polymath Edric Connor returned to the Caribbean to direct, producing seven films in quick succession. A proud West Indian nationalist, Connor documents nation-building, focusing on ...

Malcolm X's legacy was on Spike Lee's mind when making his classic 1989 film Do the Right Thing, and he would contentiously end that film with a quote from the man that many read as endorsing violence ...