In the Park / 2i’s Cafe (Fun Palace outtakes)

A snazzy intro to the ancient textile-dyeing technique taking the 70s fashion world by storm.

Everything you always wanted to know about North East homing pigeons (but were afraid to ask).

A wartime family look on in amazement as their old clothes offer useful advice on how to make their clothing coupons go further.

Quiet reflection on angling and the craft of elegant cane rods from the famous Hardy Brothers of Alnwick.

A once common object in many households becomes transformed into a quirky dancing troupe in this simple homespun animation.

Former shipwright turns his talents to model-making.

Journalists congregate outside the Japanese embassy in London following the announcement of the death of the Emperor Meiji.

Geeky Pavan takes his 'English Rose' on a date to the most authentic Indian restaurant in the city. To his horror she goes off-menu, in Hindi...

Capital scenes thanks to Victorian filmmakers

The Band of the First Life Guards approaches Westminster Bridge during Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

A sports day gives the young residents of the Foundling Hospital a chance to let off steam

Londoners turn out in their thousands to greet the returning Boer War hero after his famous defence of Ladysmith

Laura Mulvey in conversation, following her BFI Fellowship Award.

George Clooney visited BFI Southbank to look back on his life and career.

The Oscar®- winning director of Nomadland discusses her unique approach to filmmaking and the inspiration behind the adaptation of Hamnet.

The director talks to Mark Kermode about putting Stephen King's dystopian life-or-death gameshow thriller through its paces. 

Richard Linklater discusses his remarkable and wide-ranging body of work, including Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague.

Daniel Day-Lewis, the ultimate actor’s actor discusses his career in conversation with Mark Kermode.