Videos

Documentaries, portraits and animations carefully curated by our in-house film experts

Illustration of two stylised people running on a boardwalk near the sea with telegraph poles and wires in the background.
GOALS AND MOTIVATION

How increasing short-term pleasure can help you achieve your long-term goals

Video by TED-Ed

Black and white photo of an elderly man with glasses and a moustache wearing a suit, sitting in a patterned chair.
THINKERS AND THEORIES

‘Man cannot stand a meaningless life’ – a conversation with Carl Jung at 84

Video by Face to Face

Illustration of a simple cartoon figure with a bob haircut wearing a green crop top and red skirt on a light background.
THE BODY AND PHYSICAL HEALTH

Growing pains, bras, size, sex – a group of women get candid about all things boobs

A film by Subarna Dash and Vidushi Gupta

Illustration of a person carrying a child on shoulders under a tree with yellow leaves on a pink background.
PARENTING AND FAMILIES

Dreamlike fragments capture the pain and beauty of a father-daughter bond

Directed by Susi Haaning

A woman and a man converse while seated on chairs in a room with plants. A decorative table with glasses is between them.
EMERGING THERAPIES

The critic inside your head has something important to tell you. Here’s how to listen

Video by Esther Perel

Close-up photo of an elderly man with a beard wearing a black cap, lying in a hospital bed, looking content.
CHANGE AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT

After four decades in prison, Big D contemplates the brave new world that awaits him

Directed by Laura Tejero Núñez

Photo of a woman floating on their back in water with sunlight on their face and blurred foliage in the background.
EMOTIONS

Emotions aren’t reactions – they’re predictions we can learn to reshape

Video by The Well

Photo of a hand using a black marker to redact text on paper several words are boxed to be emphasised.
POETRY

Reignite your creative fire with blackout poetry – the art of framing what’s already there

Directed by Andrew Lavers

PERSONALITY

Mindie is a talented singer. She also doesn’t have legs. As a teen, it got complicated

A film by Megan Griffiths and Mindie Lind

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Black and white photo of an elderly man with glasses and a moustache wearing a suit, sitting in a patterned chair.
THINKERS AND THEORIES

‘Man cannot stand a meaningless life’ – a conversation with Carl Jung at 84

Video by Face to Face

Image showing a black high heel, a red and blue ball and a grey ankle boot on a light blue background.
COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE

Small talk is an art, not a triviality. Here’s how you can master it

Video by the Harvard Business Review

Photo of a person speaking into a microphone holding an electric string instrument with a choir in the background.
THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE

The barbarians are at the gates in this electric Laurie Anderson performance

Video by All Arts

Photo of a woman floating on their back in water with sunlight on their face and blurred foliage in the background.
EMOTIONS

Emotions aren’t reactions – they’re predictions we can learn to reshape

Video by The Well

A woman and a man converse while seated on chairs in a room with plants. A decorative table with glasses is between them.
EMERGING THERAPIES

The critic inside your head has something important to tell you. Here’s how to listen

Video by Esther Perel

Scene from a film showing a man standing indoors near a staircase bathed in green light.
MIND AND BRAIN

Perhaps the weirdest experience you’ll have sober, what exactly is déjà vu?

Video by BBC Ideas

Photo of a man holding a microphone and equipment standing on a walkway with blurred people passing by in the foreground.
LONELINESS

Lonely in London, a filmmaker sets out to make a new friend

A film by Hugh Clegg

Illustration of a room with a person lounging on a bed, a pink dresser, a table with cups and a plant.
AUTISM

A mysterious black orb trails Mo, growing ever harder to ignore

A film by Gil Goletski

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Black and white photo of an elderly man with glasses and a moustache wearing a suit, sitting in a patterned chair.
THINKERS AND THEORIES

‘Man cannot stand a meaningless life’ – a conversation with Carl Jung at 84

Video by Face to Face

Image showing a black high heel, a red and blue ball and a grey ankle boot on a light blue background.
COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE

Small talk is an art, not a triviality. Here’s how you can master it

Video by the Harvard Business Review

Photo of a person speaking into a microphone holding an electric string instrument with a choir in the background.
THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE

The barbarians are at the gates in this electric Laurie Anderson performance

Video by All Arts

Scene from a film showing a man standing indoors near a staircase bathed in green light.
MIND AND BRAIN

Perhaps the weirdest experience you’ll have sober, what exactly is déjà vu?

Video by BBC Ideas

TRADITIONAL ARTS

An Aboriginal painter depicts scenes from her youth in this beautiful short

A film by Grace Kemarre Robinya and Jonathan Daw

Image showing a black high heel, a red and blue ball and a grey ankle boot on a light blue background.
COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE

Small talk is an art, not a triviality. Here’s how you can master it

Video by the Harvard Business Review

Surreal photo of a person wearing glasses and a hat with their face distorted, leaning towards a camera in a hallway.
PAINTING AND SCULPTURE

This sculptor finds deep weirdness – not divinity – in the human form

Directed by Ben Berman

A man lying with a serene expression surrounded by white lilies against a dark background.
AGEING

At 84, Jun lives to shock. His next act? A living funeral no one asked for

A film by Mari Young and Anika Kan Grevstad

Illustration of a room with a person lounging on a bed, a pink dresser, a table with cups and a plant.
AUTISM

A mysterious black orb trails Mo, growing ever harder to ignore

A film by Gil Goletski

Photo of a man holding a microphone and equipment standing on a walkway with blurred people passing by in the foreground.
LONELINESS

Lonely in London, a filmmaker sets out to make a new friend

A film by Hugh Clegg

Photo of a person speaking into a microphone holding an electric string instrument with a choir in the background.
THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE

The barbarians are at the gates in this electric Laurie Anderson performance

Video by All Arts

An elderly woman in black standing in a garden of pink roses with snow-capped mountains in the background.
HABITS AND ROUTINES

Mzia the elevator operator leaves her post for the first time in two decades

Directed by Madeline Leary

Shadow of a person on crumpled paper in dark setting photo.
TRAUMA AND PTSD

Sent to boarding school, a boy conjures up a friend to soothe his distress

A film by Tony Gammidge

Paper collage of a man and a woman lying on the floor petting a grey rabbit and a white cat with a small table in the background.
MIND AND BRAIN

After a life-altering diagnosis, Case crafts a loving message to his future self

A film by Case Jernigan

Woman in a white dress standing in front of a geometric quilt in a garden setting with trees in the background.
TRADITIONAL ARTS

Beauty is woven into everyday life for the quilters of the American West

A film by Carly Jakins and Jared Jakins

Photo of a man sitting in a circle on a speckled background, focusing on an object in his hands, with a cosmic effect.
TRAUMA AND PTSD

How small creatures helped James connect with the human-scale world

Directed by Spencer MacDonald

An elderly woman in a patterned beanie holding a red card with holes punched into it in front of her face.
ARTISTS AND ART HISTORY

Circles possess a defiant beauty in the abstract works of Howardena Pindell

Directed by César Martínez Barba

Collage featuring a cut-out photo of woman running overlaid on vintage photos.
PARENTING AND FAMILIES

Prison letters animate Diane’s attempt to understand a distant father

Directed by Diana Cam Van Nguyen