Documentary about François Truffaut who is one of the most respected directors in the history of cinema.

Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.

Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.

In a revealing documentary, Mike Leigh, director of Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and Abigail's Party among many others, talks to Alan Yentob about...

A film director (Adam Rifkin) decides to chart the course of a young actor (Tony Markes) as he tries to make it in Hollywood...

A documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends and family.

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh,...

An interview with British film director Mike Leigh produced for BBC-TV.

Scenes from A Separation

A look at the production of Play for Today: Abigail's Party (1977).

Marking Play for Today’s 50th anniversary, Drama Out of a Crisis is a compelling exploration of the series, its origins, achievements,...

Based on David Stuart Leslie's novel Two Left Feet is a story about Alan Crabbe (Michael Crawford a callow youth desperate for a date with any girl...

This critically acclaimed DVD contains 16 of the best classic and award winning British short films and delivers a snapshot of British cinema past...

In this second installment of his exploration of creativity, Hermann Vaske looks for factors that inhibit it. He asks artists, activists, and...

A behind-the-scenes look at the preparations for the live broadcast of the 69th Annual Academy Awards ceremony.

Documentary about the making of Mike Leigh's Mr.Turner, unreleased due to unspecified 'legal reasons'

A documentary about cutting film... the way it used to be done.