Treasures from the Archives

Treasures from the Archives
Rediscovery of Venezuelan director Margot Benacerraf's visually stunning portrait of salt miners and fishermen in a remote corner of the Caribbean.
Treasures from the Archives
Aeronautical heroes compete to be first to the South Pole, while Fay Wray looks on anxiously, in Frank Capra's early-sound adventure spectacular.
Treasures from the Archives
Classic protest film in which French new wave directors collaborate to make a co-operative movie condemning America's war of aggression in Vietnam.
Treasures from the Archives
Abel Gance's monumental indictment of military aggression and the insanity and slaughter of the First World War.
Treasures from the Archives
Delmer Daves's intense, good looking Western based on Othello, in which Glenn Ford confronts jealousy and violence on Ernest Borgnine's ranch.
Treasures from the Archives
Silent epic saga set in Norway's frozen far north, where a foundling child is rescued and brought up by reindeer herders.
Treasures from the Archives
John M Stahl's delirious Technicolor melodrama about a ruthless woman driven to cruel acts of jealousy by her father complex.
Treasures from the Archives
A classic masterpiece of Egyptian cinema based on the true story of a desert tribe plundering precious artifacts from the Tombs of the Pharaohs.
Treasures from the Archives
A triple bill of maverick experimental filmmaker Joseph Strick's best and critically acclaimed documentaries about the modern human condition.
Treasures from the Archives
Jean Arthur finds she has two husbands on her hands and begins to like it in a sharp comedy based on W. Somerset Maugham's play.
Treasures from the Archives
Cary Grant's breakthrough role in a screwball comedy about socialite ghosts who try to liven up their banker friend's dull existence.
Treasures from the Archives
Crucially restored version by the Swedish Film Institute of Ingmar Bergman's sensitive triangle love drama in which Bibi Andersson wants to keep both husband and lover.
Treasures from the Archives
A dozen of Warner Bros. early sound shorts featuring vaudeville performers of the day, specially selected and introduced by preservationist Robert Gitt.

Festival News

30 Oct 2009

In Pictures | Day 16 of the Festival

We wave goodbye to the Festival at the Gala screening of Sam Taylor-Wood's Nowhere Boy.

30 Oct 2009

Sight & Sound Young Journalist Winners

We tally the entries and present the winners.

29 Oct 2009

Awards Ceremony

We announce the winner of the Best Film award, plus we welcome our new BFI Fellows.

29 Oct 2009

In Pictures | Day 15 of the Festival

Behind the scenes at the Awards Ceremony.