Sir John Laing Missionary Films Madras & Ceylon

Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry

Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe

The Uzielli family takes to the water in Visakhapatnam, southern India

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath, filmed in remarkable colour by ‘envoy of the Raj’ Clarmont Skrine

Amateur film capturing life and buildings in and around Kochi, in Kerala, south-west India.

From the arrival of a new viceroy to street markets, this amateur film captures the diversity of life in colonial India

Daniel Kokotajlo talks to Nia Childs about Starve Acre, his folk horror about a couple digging deep into grief in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

Sky Peals director Moin Hussain and lead actor Faraz Ayub talk to Tomisin Adepeju about their magic realist drama.

Documentary exploring the BFI National Archive’s role in rediscovering and remastering the early films of Michael Powell.

Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film at the BFI national archive, explores the origins of a series of comic travelogues, and Michael Powell's involvement in making them.

Discover why Dan George of Northumbria University believes everyone should experience Oldboy at least once.

Trixie Parkin-Christie of Northumbria University offers fresh insight into why Wings of Desire remains essential viewing.