Into Archive Film: Past Present Future

Black Star: Diversity and Equality

This resource focuses on the themes of diversity and equality in two short films to support the BFI's Black Star season.

I Am Not Your Negro: Film Guide

A film guide that looks at I Am Not Your Negro (2016), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion.

Into Archive Film Action Pack

This pack provides activities to use with any archive stills or footage.

Wales on Film KS2 / Cymru ar Ffilm CA2

St. David's Day, 1 Mar

A resource to explore Wales' history, culture and landscape through film. Adnodd i archwilio hanes, diwylliant a...

Wales on film KS3/4 Cymru ar ffilm CA3/4

Dylan Thomas' Birthday, 27 Oct

A resource to explore Wales' history, culture and landscape through film. Adnodd i archwilio hanes, diwylliant a...

Scotland on Film / Alba air an Sgàilean

St. Andrew's Day, 30 Nov

A resource to support young people to explore Scottish identity and language through personal and national themes.

Conservation Conversations: Film Guide

Earth Day, 22 Apr

A film guide that looks at Conservation Conversations (2019), exploring its key topics and themes through informal...

Women and Children at War: Film Guide

Remembrance Day, 11 Nov

A film guide that looks at Women and Children at War (1940s), exploring its key topics and themes through informal...

Britain on Film - LGBT: Film Guide

LGBTQ History Month, 1 Feb - 1 Mar

A film guide that looks at Britain on Film: LGBT Britain (2017), exploring its key topics and themes through...

Apollo 11: Film Guide

World Space Week, 4 Oct - 10 Oct

A film guide that looks at Apollo 11 (2019), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion.

India on Film: Introduction to India

A cross-curricular resource on India for use with pupils aged 7-11.

A Brief History of Cinema

This From Silent to CGI: A Brief History of Cinema teaching resource tracks the progress of cinema from the 1800s to the present day.

Creating Movie Magic - Primary

World Intellectual Property Day, 26 Apr

Help primary pupils to develop a respect for intellectual property.

Creating Movie Magic - Secondary

Help secondary students develop a respect for intellectual property.

Archive Film

Exploring the highlights of the rich and varied catalogue of Archive film available to stream on Into Film+ and Into Film+ Premium.

Unlocking the power of archive film with Sky Arts

We partnered with Sky Arts for their 'Access All Arts' Week. Discover more about our collaborative resource and the archive workshops we ran across Leeds.

BFI National Archive shorts available to stream with Into Film+

We've partnered with the BFI to make a collection of archive films, preserved by the BFI National Archive, available for educators to stream with Into Film+.

Discovering the History of the Commonwealth Games

In the lead up to Birmingham hosting the games in 2022, over 300 students learnt about its history through archive film and filmmaking workshops.

Celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee through archive film

In the lead up to the the celebration, use archive clips and some of our key resources to explore the Queen's life and Britain under her rule.

'Sick Day' is Our Latest Film of the Month Winner

Watch this inventive modern day silent comedy from Charlie, in Hertfordshire, about a teenager who falls sick on the week of his friend’s birthday party.

Raising literacy with Into Film Scotland's archive partnership

We have teamed up with National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive and Queen Margaret University to raise young people's literacy through archive film.

My Place: A Northern Ireland Archive Filmmaking Project

Find out more about the exciting Northern Ireland archive project and how to get involved.

Making History: Making Movies - A New Archive Challenge

Check out the new archive challenge for young filmmakers from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Learn from Home - Get Creative With Archive

We show you how you can use the BFI's archive of thousands of archive films to learn about your area's history and spark young people's creative writing skills.

The 75th anniversary of VE Day: Remembering through Archive Film

Engage with the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe day with a variety of archive resources from Into Film and other UK partners.

Spotlight on Archive: Scotland

We've been working with partners to deliver exciting projects across Scotland that demonstrate the ways archive film can be used to support the curriculum.

All Aboard the Phantom Ride: Journey back in time with Victorian Film

Find out all about the archive phenomenon of 'phantom rides' and watch some early and modern examples - then find out how to film your own cinematic journey!

12 Victorian Films to watch before you’re 12

Gemma Starkey, a producer and educator at the BFI, presents a collection from the early days of cinema to help engage young people with the history of film.

Conservation Conversations: Archive Film and Environmentalism

Watch a new short film - made with Yorkshire Film Archive - that uses archive footage to address the ever-evolving nature of environmental activism.

Bringing the moon landing to life with archive documentary 'Apollo 11'

We explore documentary 'Apollo 11' which shows man's miraculous mission to the moon, telling its story entirely using restored archive footage.

Celebrating 200 years since the birth of Queen Victoria

Engage your film club or classroom with the Victorian era through a host of BFI films, resources and events celebrating this significant era of British history.

Spotlight on Archive - South West England

We look back at two exciting archival filmmaking projects that took place in the South West of England.

'A Miner's Story' wins Best Documentary

Congratulations to Meadows Primary School, Shropshire, whose film explores the UK's waning mining industry through the reminiscences of two lifelong miners.

They Shall Not Grow Old: the First World War on film

Our young reporter Ben talks to leading figures behind Peter Jackson’s They Shall Not Grow Old and offers his insight into this ground breaking WWI documentary.

Spotlight on Archive: Courage & Communities

Our latest spotlight on archive saw us bring a mobile cinema to outer-London schools to engage young people in the Suffragette movement using archive film.

'The Search' is September 2018's Film of the Month

Made by a group of girls from Ketley, this brilliant comedic silent film celebrates the centenary of the first women who achieved the vote.

'They Shall Not Grow Old' at the 62nd BFI London Film Festival

Director Peter Jackson discusses his groundbreaking archival documentary on the soldiers who fought in World War I at the film's London Film Festival premiere.

Spotlight on Archive - EAFA and the 'Mashup' competition

The first of three articles showcasing the potential of using archival footage in filmmaking.

What Makes a Classic Film?

Reporter Eli, aged 15, went along to Park Circus Classic Screening Day to watch a range of films and try to discover the magic formula for a timeless film.

Exploring film history at Cinema Rediscovered

Our Young Reporters and Youth Advisory Council members give their highlights from the Watershed's annual festival of classic and archive film.

'Mimes Like These' is June 2018's Film of the Month

Made by a group from the West Midlands, two competing mimes end up brawling during an audition in this funny, cleverly choreographed homage to silent cinema.

Their Finest: female empowerment and propaganda filmmaking

We take a look at new female-focused British World War II drama Their Finest, & the history and significance of propaganda filmmaking during a turbulent period.

Discover the social benefits of running an after school film club

Film club leader Daniel Spurr details how his club has benefited the students' social skills and life, and offers tips and tricks he's picked up along the way.

'Absence' is June's Film Of The Month

Our Film of the Month winner for June is Absence, a poignant drama produced by a group of young people from across the Highlands and Islands in Scotland.

How filmmaking increases young people's confidence and social skills

Participants of our flagship filmmaking programme, See It, Make It, reveal how taking part has helped young people develop their confidence and teamwork skills.

'My Earliest Childhood Memory' is May's Film of the Month

May's Film of the Month winner is by Bethany, from the University for the Creative Arts, whose animation beautifully reveals three people's earliest memories.