Ashlee Family Films: Telephone Tests, Bexley and Erith (1961)

Victorian wrestling, penny farthings, runaway steam engines and sinister fancy dress feature in this wonderful footage from a Bexley fair in the 1950s.

Comic short by amateur London film-maker featuring a young witch and her attempts to pass an examination in spellcraft.

Brief home movie showing a man starting to build a shed in the London-Kent suburbs in 1962.

A trio of home movies, featuring playtime in the garden, a Biggin Hill airshow and some horseplay on the sofa.

Well-made short film showing an evening at a local gun club in suburban Bexley in the 1960s.

Two schoolchildren give the family car a very thorough wash after first feeding the rabbits.

Compelling travel feature edited from footage of the 1925-26 Worsley Algarsson Arctic expedition.

In this illustrated discussion, BFI programmer-at-large Geoff Andrew and Catherine Wheatley, the author of two books on Michael Haneke’s work, examine what makes him such a distinctive, important and often controversial cinematic artist.

Film critic Carmen Gray and film writer Ela Bittencourt discuss three films by trailblazing Czech filmmaker Věra Chytilová.

In this discussion, BFI programmer-at-large Geoff Andrew and Sue Harris, Professor of Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London, will focus on three titles to look at what made Malle such a rewarding filmmaker.

BFI National Archive curator Will Massa and film critic Beatrice Loayza explore the work of contemporary British filmmaker Joanna Hogg.

Writer and activist So Mayer joins filmmaker and critic Alexandra Hidalgo to discuss the work of acclaimed French director and artist Agnès Varda.