Xavier Alexandre Pillai

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The NHS at 75

From trans health to children’s palliative care: how three new short films tell untold stories of the NHS

Inspired by a treasure trove of archive healthcare films in the BFI National Archive, three filmmaking teams were tasked with making new short films tackling modern stories of the National Health Service. Xavier Pillai finds out more.

By Xavier Alexandre Pillai

From trans health to children’s palliative care: how three new short films tell untold stories of the NHS

Features

Archiving Netflix: how and what we preserve from the streamer’s programming

By Lisa Kerrigan, Michael Norman and others

Archiving Netflix: how and what we preserve from the streamer’s programming

Lists

The best British TV of 2023, as picked by BFI curators

By Xavier Alexandre Pillai, Josephine Botting and others

The best British TV of 2023, as picked by BFI curators

The NHS at 75

Nurses on film: a story of unequal representation

By Xavier Alexandre Pillai

Nurses on film: a story of unequal representation

Black Film Bulletin

Wishful filming, 30 years on

By Xavier Alexandre Pillai

Wishful filming, 30 years on

Features

The Passion of Remembrance: the Sankofa collective’s remarkable tapestry of Black British experience

By Xavier Alexandre Pillai

The Passion of Remembrance: the Sankofa collective’s remarkable tapestry of Black British experience

Lists

The best British TV of 2022, as picked by BFI curators

By James Bell, Ros Cranston and others

The best British TV of 2022, as picked by BFI curators

Features

Warping the sound of authority: how public information films filtered into electronic music

By Xavier Alexandre Pillai

Warping the sound of authority: how public information films filtered into electronic music