Programme highlights announced for February and March 2025 at BFI
The programme for February and the first half of March 2025 at BFI Southbank...
BIFA 2024: The Winners in Full
Kneecap, the BFI-supported comedy about the Irish hip-hop trio, has won seven awards at this year’s BIFAs...
Film4’s Wins at the 2024 British Independent Film Awards
Film4, the feature film division of Channel 4, is celebrating the winners for Film4-backed features...
BFI Distribution and Break Out Pictures to release Four Mothers
BFI Distribution and Break Out Pictures have partnered in the acquisition of Irish comedy drama...
UK GSF announces latest awards
The BFI has made 18 new awards through its UK Global Screen Fund, supporting international opportunities...
The last action hero in Hong Kong
Kick me,” says Bruce Lee, dappled by the light of a tree while giving a martial arts lesson...
January 2025 programme highlights at BFI
The programme for January 2025 at BFI Southbank starts with Sidney Poitier: His Own Person...
Luchino Visconti season announced
Today we announce the full programme for Luchino Visconti: Decadence & Decay...
New 4Ks, Blu-rays and DVDs announced for January to March 2025
This January we bring two more films by Akira Kurosawa to Blu-ray for the first time in the UK...
In praise of Yakima Canutt
It is 10 December 1938, and the set of Atlanta is on fire. The blaze is ferocious, smoke billowing...
British IP Day 2024 celebrates the power of the UK’s creative industries
October 30th, at a meeting organised by the Alliance for Intellectual Property...
Nominations announced for the BIF Awards 2024
Kneecap leads the pack going into this year’s British Independent Film Awards...
Where to begin with Kathryn Bigelow
Trained as a painter and hailing from the elite art scene of 1970s New York, Kathryn Bigelow instead became...
68th BFI London Film Festival brings in highest in-person audience in 10 years
The 68th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express...
Sight and Sound: The December 2024 issue
Like the neorealists before her, Payal Kapadia is an urban film poet...
BFI welcomes enhanced VFX tax credit
The BFI today welcomed the introduction of an enhanced 39% rate (29.25% after tax)...
Chantal Akerman: The Rebel Who Shook Up Cinema
Born in 1950 and the daughter of Holocaust survivors, Chantal Akerman directed more than 40 films...
BFI’s Bryony Dixon honoured with Jean Mitry Award
Bryony Dixon was one of two recipients, alongside Mark Paul Meyer...
Where to begin with Ang Lee
The setting might be contemporary New York or civil war-era Missouri, 18th century England or...
Award winners – 2024 BFI London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express...
Authentic talking cinema: the history of documentary
Though scholars of early film have been much preoccupied with the emergence of storytelling and narrative...
How The Stimming Pool creates space for an autistic cinema
What does an autistic film look like?...
UK Film Sector Handed Major Jobs and Growth Boost by Tax Reliefs
The UK government has introduced a major boost to the next generation of independent films...
A note regarding our African Odysseys series
The African Odysseys event series has been a valuable and vitally important part of the BFI programme...
Tilda Swinton presents the BFI & Chanel Filmmaker Awards 2024
Tilda Swinton presented the BFI & CHANEL Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity...
Safeguarding Our Cultural Heritage
It might be surprising for some, but art conservators currently have a greater range of techniques...
Vintage TV adverts for classic British comics found in basement
A collection of TV adverts for comics and magazines like the Dandy, Bunty and Jackie...
Competition juries announced for 68th BFI London Film Festival
The 68th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express...