Emmalou's First Year

The wharf in Landskrona launches its final boat as the workers get ready for unemployment.

Remarkable amateur footage of Mahatma Gandhi shot by his great nephew in 1947.

Step by Step

Take a revealing tour along a coast of contrasts, from the folksy freshness of Whitby to the coaly Tyne, queen of all rivers.

As historic ships vanish from British waters, a group of passionate volunteers fights to save the Balmoral—a 1949 passenger vessel moored in Bristol’s iconic harbour—battling time, bureaucracy, and financial struggles to preserve a piece of maritime history before it’s lost forever.

Equal parts punk and psychedelia, the Flaming Lips emerged from Oklahoma City as one of the most bracing bands of the late 1980s. The Fearless Freaks documents their rise from Butthole Surfers-imitating noisemakers to grand poobahs of orchestral pop masterpieces. Filmmaker Bradley Beesely had the good fortune of living in the same neighborhood as lead Lip Wayne Coyne, who quickly enlisted his buddy to document his band's many concerts and assorted exploits. The early footage is a riot, with tragic hair styles on proud display as the boys attempt to cover up their lack of natural talent with sheer volume. During one show, they even have a friend bring a motorcycle on stage, which is then miked for sound and revved throughout the performance, clearing the club with toxic levels of carbon monoxide. Great punk rock stuff. Interspersed among the live bits are interviews with the band's family and friends, revealing the often tragic circumstances of their childhoods and early career.

A filmmaker and rapper duo revive Michel Gondry’s “Be Kind Rewind” protocols - a set of filmmaking “rules” with which groups of strangers can conceive, shoot, and screen a film in just two and a half hours. Against the grim backdrop of the stringent Shanghai lockdown, the event soon turns into a sanctuary for individuals to forge collective dreams.

Documents the Cockatoo Island Dockyard occupation and industrial actions of 1989.

A documentary following Zhou Yuanquiang, a cultural worker in Jingdezhen, China who makes movies with untrained local actors.

Eric Swain and Troy Bernier are scientists by day and amateur filmmakers by night. Over the years these two friends have turned out many of their own amateur, sci-fi inspired movies. Journey to Planet X follows the filming of Planet X, the duo’s most ambitious endeavor to date, and sheds light on their unique brand of “movie magic.”

A demonstration of sport and fitness by members of the Indian Army.

An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore.

Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.

A motorist's excursion captures a world made by hand in the environs of Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi.

Fireworks, illuminations and traditional dance all feature in a stunningly opulent royal wedding at Kundla, Gujarat.

A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.

A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.

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