Albert's Last Skep

Prize-winning amateur film about the fleeting affair between a housewife and a young man on a summer day.

Silly silent film fun and thrills abound in this award-winning 1954 amateur short spoofing the world of Hollywood trailers.

Four bright young things enact a midsummer's love tryst among the daisies in this short, well-crafted amateur fiction film.

Knitting comes in handy when making a film – a comical take on amateur filmmaking by the ladies of a local Pinner film club

Tired little Jocelyn, in her National Health specs, falls asleep in the garden and wakes up in Wonderland in this amateur re-telling of Lewis Carroll's classic.

A young magician impresses his sister by making a dog appear from under a bucket, and by demonstrating the magic of film itself.

Meeting the everyday basic needs of the locals: keeping the family clean, warm and well fed.

Juno-Junipah, for girls, who “want to be bright, vivacious, attractive and slim”, and Carters Little Liver Pills to rejuvenate the elderly.

Tuning into the biggest consumer market for television advertising in Britain with Trident TV.

No wearisome overblown advertising for cinema-goers back in 1931, just straightforward advice: don’t risk accidents and “Don’t buy a dud!”

Without trying to be too clever, these advertisements demonstrate the virtue of the uncomplicated: short, sweet and memorable.

Prime Minister Harold Wilson opens the University's first building in this celebratory film that acknowledges decades of effort.

Action Xtreme - the UK's leading action film studio - hosts this panel discussion with four leading women in action cinema - Soo Cole, Jo Rolison, Jadey Duffield and Ioanna Karavela.

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.