
05 Jan 1912

Calcutta Pageant
Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.
What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?
05 Jan 1912
Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.
01 Jan 1991
This sex education movie explore themes of body development, sexual hygiene, masturbation, menstruation, puberty, sex and giving birth.
10 Jan 1922
Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour.
01 Oct 1922
The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra Dun
10 Jan 1922
The future Edward VIII visits his Empire, with Indian royalty, elephants, palaces and temples.
01 May 1946
Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.
05 May 1935
Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.
01 Dec 1921
The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.
01 Jun 1933
Evocative observational scenes of Simla and Lahore, including the gorgeous Shalimar Gardens and Anarkali Bazar.
01 Aug 1937
This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.
02 Apr 1910
Attractive travelogue filmed in and around Delhi's Qutb complex.
20 Apr 2020
On the basis of anonymous telephone calls made to a helpline for teenagers, On Hold makes us hear a dissonant speech. Recounted here by older people, these testimonies are the occasion to question the construction of masculinity and its generational heritage. Between humour and dread, the film unveils what remains unsaid in a sick society.
31 Jan 2018
Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder? This documentary shows how India was dogged by nationalism and religious conflict on its path to independence - and how these factors mark the country to this day.
30 Nov 2023
"Soup, soap, salvation." True to this motto, the Salvation Army cares for the marginalized and needy. Officer Fredi Inniger also visits homeless and lonely old people in the city of Zurich. Director Thomas Thümena accompanies Inniger in his busy everyday life with his camera.
05 Feb 1938
Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.
05 Feb 1938
Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.
01 Jun 1933
Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.
12 May 2024
We follow two boy dancers who describe their relationship with dance and how they feel about being boys in a world that is seen as "feminine" from the outset, and that it is possible for men to have different values and different relationships with dance.
28 Feb 1921
The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.
01 Jan 1939
Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan.