Valentina Tereshkova

In this spectacular and unusual sci-fi short commissioned by the European Space Agency, a young apprentice in the art of terraforming planets is given a tutorial by her enigmatic master.

A leisurely drive turns into an out-of-this-world adventure for a newlywed couple and their robot chauffeur.

The USSR and the world react to the return of Yuri Gagarin from his first manned space flight on 12th April 1961.

Britain's first full-length science fiction feature has been restored by the BFI National Archive and given a new score by composer Matthew Herbert, commissioned by the BFI and the BBC.

The man in the moon learns about hygiene in this 1929 public information short promoting the benefits of all-electric mod cons.

A propaganda film from 1957 detailing USSR’s experiments with satellites as it stood on the cusp of space exploration.

Filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and curator Matthew Barrington discuss Frederick Wiseman’s High School with Sandra Hebron.

A haunting with words is the lure between life and death for a young Cornish poet.

Rose is desperate to celebrate her 60th birthday in style, but her daughter Genevieve is struggling to ignore some recent tragic news about her mum.

Adeel Akhtar portrays a man on a weekly trek to his nearest JobCentre, entering a state of purgatory through barriers put in place by the system.

Seagull is a recovering drug addict who is about to have a very strange night on The English Riviera.

Upon returning to her home town for a funeral, a young woman reconnects with the friends she left behind.