Byker Song

Nostalgic snapshot of the town of Derby in the mid 1960s.

Country House offers naturists a way to air all.

“It would be difficult to find a more lovely train journey”, declares Swansea’s Librarian, the film-maker and narrator. Prepare to be beguiled, station by station.

Back to the bad old days of skinners, as worn by these Man. United troublemakers, being escorted by police dogs along that perilous walk from Elland Road to Leeds railway station.

An amatuer filmmaker takes a critical and somewhat tongue-in-cheek look at the changing face of Kingston upon Thames

We Do What We Can is a film that looks at one of the miracles in the journey of diaspora Africans.

The fast track to an ambitious new Metro system that ends commuter misery on Tyneside in the 80s.

The uses, abuses and grandiose plans for the Ouseburn and its picturesque river valley, wending its way through Newcastle to the Tyne.

Its Newcastle, where “beer drinking is almost the heritage of the region”, and an ex-security guard turns his brewing hobby into a business.

Home movie memories from the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company social club in 1960s Byker.

From trash to treasure – Byker embraces recycling in 1979.

Carefree days on Byker hill for sociable workers at the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company flower show and barbecue.

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.