Erich Von Stroheim

A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, features films from 1900-48 filmed across China....

Portrait of filmmaker Douglas Sirk.

How does the vision of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) remain relevant in a time whose popular culture has...

Two part biography of Greta Garbo - 1. The Temptress 2. The Clown. Reminiscences of her early life in Stockholm, with excerpts from her films....

A documentary about the famous Danish film director Carl Th. Dreyer, made a few years before he died. In this film Dreyer tells about the style in...

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions...

The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, producer, composer, choreographer, Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977)...

Run Wrake is an English filmmaker, animation director, and music video director. He studied graphic design at Chelsea College of Arts before...

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production...

A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.

To celebrate the release of a new movie for their 20th anniversary, this documentary offers some behind-the-scenes footages.

A BFI collection of 7 short films from the USA, England and Italy scored for Piano, Guitar and String Quartet.