Gay cinema
The Angelic Conversation
In 2007, the BFI released three Derek Jarman films together – Caravaggio (1986), Wittgenstein (1993) and The Angelic Conversation (1985) – all digi
A Bigger Splash: featuring David Hockney
Director Jack Hazan and writer David Mingay (Rude Boy) had access to David Hockney and his circle from 1971 to 1973, a critical period for the inte
Borderline
With a new soundtrack composed and performed by Courtney Pine.
Campfire
Campfire / Saint / Particularly Now, In Spring / Sailor
Caravaggio
In 2007, the BFI released three Derek Jarman films together – Caravaggio (1986), Wittgenstein (1993) and The Angelic Conversation (1985) – all digi
Un Chant d'amour
Jean Genet wrote and directed his only film, Un Chant d’amour, in 1950.
The Decameron
Based on a collection of medieval stories by 14th century writer Giovanni Boccaccio, the first film in Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life captures the joys and sorrows of life.
Derek
Punk Britain, gay Britain, Thatcher’s Britain – Derek Jarman tackled the lot.
Encounters: Four Ground-Breaking Classics of Gay Cinema
This collection from the BFI brings together four rarely seen short films depicting the gay experience in post-war society.
The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome
In the late 1960s and early 1970s British-born New Yorker and unsung hero of gay underground filmmaking Peter de Rome produced a number of explicit
Looking for Langston
In this lyrical and poetic consideration of the life of revered Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, award-winning British filmmaker Isaac Juli
Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Exploring the territory where art, love and sex collide, Love is the Devil charts the powerful and dangerous relationship betweens one of Britain
Nighthawks / Nighthawks II: Strip Jack Naked
When Nighthawks was first released 30 years ago our world was undoubtedly a different place.
Nighthawks / Nighthawks II: Strip Jack Naked
When Nighthawks was first released 30 years ago our world was undoubtedly a different place.
Orphee
Poet, playwright, artist and filmmaker, Jean Cocteau was one of the most significant artists of the 20th century and Orphee his finest work of cine
Pink Narcissus
Pink Narcissus is an unwavering celebration of the male body within a fantasy world of epic indulgence.
Regarde la Mer and other short films
François Ozon is one of the most provocative and vibrant filmmakers to emerge during the 1990s.
Sixth Happiness
Winner of the Ethnic Minorities Media Achievement Award.
Terence Davies Collection
Considered by many to be Britain’s most gifted and remarkable filmmaker, Terence Davies’ visually stunning, intensely personal films ha
The Terence Davies Trilogy
While at Coventry Drama School in the early 1970s, Terence Davies wrote the script for Children, which he directed in 1976.
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