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During the last desperate months of World War II, an Allied mission to regain Ramree Island off the coast of Burma ends in horror when an embattled group of soldiers find themselves trapped in dense swampland infested with deadly saltwater crocodiles. As the men are picked off one by one by the hungry reptiles, those that remain resort to increasingly desperate measures to survive the onslaught of carnage and get off the island alive.
During the UK's Thursday evening clap for healthcare workers, an over-virtuous neighbour is challenged by the nurse next door. His only way to avoid public humiliation is to crush the heretic before him.
Two young men share a brief encounter at a party and form a strong bond as they delve deeper into each others' lives.
When a single mum from Leith and a middle-class Scottish geek wake up handcuffed together, the differences in their lifestyles are put to one side as they attempt to break free in this farcical dark comedy.
Written by Colm Toibin, Pale Sister is a powerful retelling of the classic tale of Antigone. Lisa Dwan stars in a tour-de-force performance directed by Sir Trevor Nunn.
As Sonia walks home from a social dinner, a young man returns her purse after it is snatched by a thief. With her knee injured in the robbery, the charming man takes Sonia back to her house and tends to her. As he persists in nursing her back to health, she begins to question whether his kindness has a price.
A deadly virus is sweeping the country and one man may hold the key to defeating it - if he can survive.
A selection of songs by one of soul music's biggest-ever voices, illustrating why the world sat up and listened when Whitney Houston burst onto the scene in 1985.
Takes viewers inside the homes of people seriously affected by increasingly ferocious floods hitting the UK. With one in six British homes now at risk of flooding, residents across the country count the cost, both financial and mental, to their communities affected by flooding over the last decade.
The story of a young woman's struggle to separate from her religious and superstitious upbringing. As she battles her traumatic past she discovers exactly how far she will go to reconcile her internalised doubts.
A woman walks into a hotel bar on the romantic island of Sicily, waiting to be lit.
The Man Who Fell From The Sky is a Channel 4 documentary. It tells the fascinating story of two men who stowed away on a flight from South Africa to the UK in 2012. But what was their story, and what happened to the two men? The documentary is billed as a ‘stranger than fiction’ story, that features two men who made the ‘most extreme journey’ ever taken by humans. South Africans Themba Cabeka and Carlito Vale made the trip clinging onto the undercarriage of the plane. Together, they made the 11-hour, 5,639-miles trip braving -60C temperatures. The incredible journey made news around the world.
This stop motion animation celebrate diversity in relationships. It tenderly presents the connective power of love that never discriminates between gender or colour. The film depicts a simple ‘falling in love’ between two shy men, one black and one white, who work in the same office. Through the act of sharing some biscuits they connect and we see how they spend a lifetime together from that one precious moment in time.
Stand-up comedian Fern Brady brings her unique take on contemporary culture and the state of the UK to a packed crowd in Glasgow.
Recently married couple Lucy and Christopher are coping with their grief in opposite ways after the stillbirth of their child. Christopher just wants life to continue as normal but Lucy sees evidence of the continued presence of her child everywhere.
A journey through Kim Jong Un’s past and present to understand the man and the myth who holds North Korea’s uncertain future in his hands.
John Parker, a 19 year old from Manchester, embarks on a journey to Brighton, the spiritual home of the Mods, on an old Lambretta scooter left to him by his father.
Two ex-lovers bump into each other on their daily commute.
The final chapter of his exceptional 15-part documentary exploring the history of cinema, The Story of Film: An Odyssey. Mark Cousins builds a bridge between the “before” of the health crisis, and the “after”.
A young man becomes obsessed with his new neighbour.
Paul desperately tries to get away from a lads night out. But in order to do so, he must play by the 'rules' and tell the group a story.
Jimmy Savile appeared to be untouchable, why? This movie shows how celebrity and fame masked crimes in plain sight. Shaun Attwood interviews guests to reveal how Savile hid his crimes for almost 50 years
A day in the life of a regular guy struggling with his own mental health and loneliness.
Imagine upending the traditional energy system and giving the power of clean electricity production back to your neighbors. We the Power follows friends, families and visionaries, as they break down legislative barriers, take power back from big energy companies, put it in the hands of locals, and share the benefits to strengthen their towns. The film chronicles four local cooperatives from deep in the Black Forest, to the streets of ancient Girona, to the urban rooftops of London, as they pave the way for a clean energy revolution and build healthier, financially-strong communities.
When a power-cut ruins Ruby's bedtime routine she finds herself haunted by embarrassing past versions of herself. The only way for Ruby to get a peaceful night of sleep is to confront her visitors and accept herself just as she is.
Abused by her family, forced into marriage, raped, pregnant at 13 then hunted down for violating her family’s honour. This is the shocking, compelling true story of Sameem’s struggle to break free from her past and fight back against her upbringing.
It's late at night, Frank's essay is due at 9am the next day, and he’s currently done no work for it. So, in the hope of improving his concentration—he indulges in some psychedelic micro-dosing.
During spring break, Qizhe’s double life unravels as a secret online connection clashes with his role as the “perfect” son at home.
Jess's parents have been married for decades, but lockdown is proving difficult. And now her mum has a plan to get dad out of the house.
A Botticelli made flesh, two artist’s models in the studio sitting for a painting, laid out in the sun. Marble statues draped in sheets, wetness and warm summer air, gold, green grass on skin, the hum of insects.
Davros, dormant in the ruins of the Kaled bunker on Skaro, slowly awakes as he feels a Dalek flying saucer approaching the planet.
A short film where the voice confronts Mister Man
A woman arrives on a Greek island and makes profound connections with those she encounters.
Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont host a festive knees-up for their comedy pals Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett, reflecting on 2021 as they eat, drink and get very merry!
On the North Yorkshire Moors, Abel, Head Gamekeeper, discovers the thing that is eating his grouse.
'Christy' is a short film about a young girl describing her experience with her abusive boyfriend. She contemplates ending her own life, but through the course of the film she battles with what doing that will do to everyone else.
In this true-life twist on a holiday fable, Jeremy Morris brings a whole new meaning to Christmas spirit when his extravagant seasonal display sparks a dispute with his neighbors that lands them all in court.
Dmitry is a Russian emigrant living in London with his wife and son. He is one of the most successful venture capitalists in the world. He has everything, but at 46 years and 7 months he realizes that one day he will die. Dmitry creates a fund investing in life-extension technologies.
“Footsteps on the Wind” is an animated short film to Sting’s song “Inshallah”. Based on the harsh and intense reality of refugees around the world, this film broaches a narrative told through the eyes of children that never give up on their dreams. Little Noor and her brother Josef see their lives torn apart when an unexpected event hits home, pushing them into a journey over the seas and mysterious lands.
Two artists enthralled by the uncanny lure of locomotion set out on journeys across America, capturing slow travel in today’s increasingly fast-paced society.
Activists and volunteers work through the darkest days of 2020, galvanizing social change amidst chaos as governments start to fail local communities. This epic, globally spanning and deeply passionate documentary serves as a clarion call that great change can be born of crisis.
This new stop-animation film by Lili Giacobino called “This too shall pass”, is a dramatic gothic tale of the resilience and strength that we can embody when we allow space for healing after experiencing an emotional dagger to the heart. The film illustrates the transition from anguish to rage through to stillness and settlement and concludes with a reminder that ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’.
Turn back time on a journey through the BBC archives to celebrate singing superstar Cher and her 75th birthday. This selection of songs and chat show moments features many of the hits that have made Cher the only artist to have US number ones in each of the past six decades. Including favourites like Believe, Love and Understanding, Walking in Memphis and her first UK chart topper I Got You Babe, recorded with ex-husband and singing partner Sonny Bono.
This stop motion animation exposes that big elephant in society’s room that expects us all to fit into a predetermined box of ‘normality’ and delicately reveals the return to joy when we are able to embrace ourselves exactly as we are.
The story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister is re-ignited. Together they unearth their mother's past but uncovered secrets and resentments which have been buried deep, threaten to overwhelm them.
A group of young Arabs and Israelis join together for road trip across the desert. In the wake of recent Peace Agreements between their countries, they’re on a journey to find Abraham, offering an honest, open, challenging, unconventional insight into a peace process that, rooted in Religious conflict, is as much about profits as prophets.
Joining Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas on his annual pilgrimage to the Cannes Film Festival, filmmaker Mark Cousins gives an intimate glimpse into the life of the legendary icon behind some of the most controversial and acclaimed films of all time.
While cleaning out her deceased Nan's house, Tessa discovers a mysterious wooden box containing an item that will change her life forever.
Actor, writer and producer Chizzy Akudolu presents a collection of dramatic short films from the best new filmmakers. Subjects include secrets, love and family, from awkward conversations about sausages to how to deal with zombies. Skinny Fat; Backbone; Expats; Finger Prick; Hold the Sausage; Jigging; Madly Involved; Nakato; Sentient; Voodoo in My Heart; Best Served Cold
A French artist is kidnapped by three Scottish thugs, who force him to paint for them.
How US politicians and diplomats, over the past 25 years, have come close to achieving something almost impossible: securing peace between the State of Israel and its Arab and like-minded neighbors, mired in a struggle both dialectical and violent since the early 20th century, due to historical and religious reasons, entrenched offenses and prejudices, and the invisible and tyrannical hand of third countries' geopolitical interests in the area.
An interpreter is deceived into reading a passage from an ancient book that unleashes a demon that begins to possess people inside her home.
My London Lullaby tells the story of Helena, a European actress seeking greatness against the backdrop of a neo-totalitarian Brexit Britain.
A sapphic spoken word short movie
A down on his luck Father will do what he can for the sake of his children.
A downtrodden caretaker with pony PTSD is blackmailed by a gang of 12-year-old mean girls, after they discover he has taken an interest in their precious after school sport – hobby horsing.
Two people are taken for a ride, but who's driving?
Mr Wickham is ready to set the record straight. Adrian Lukis, who starred in the renowned BBC TV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, returns to the role of Mr Wickham. Join Pride and Prejudice’s most roguish gentleman, George Wickham, on the eve of his sixtieth birthday, to lift the sheets on what exactly what happened thirty years on from where we left him... Discover his own version of some very famous literary events. What really happened with Darcy…? What did he feel about Lizzie…? What happened at Waterloo? Not to mention Byron…
A young boy experiences a home invasion and tries to survive, but wakes up to realise he is a psychotic monster causing real-life terror.
Battling against the wilderness and his own ego, Bill struggles to impress Deb with below-par outdoor skills and shocking behaviour, until their last-ditch camping trip takes a sinister turn.