Latest videos
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Strike: The Cuckoo’s Calling makers: “There’s definitely pressure when you’re adapting J.K. Rowling”
The stars of the BBC’s new detective drama on making a magic adaptation of the author’s other books.
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Prejudice and Pride contributors: “We must never let anyone treat us that way again”
The makers of a documentary about how LGBTQI lives have changed since 1967 talk about their passion for pushing for equality.
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Queerama director: ‘It's not OK to say “This is Queer and it represents everyone”’
Daisy Asquith on why representing 100 years of LGBTQI life with one film is an impossible task.
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Director Matthew Heineman on his struggle to accurately depict the violence experienced by Syrians under ISIS rule.
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BFI London Film Festival 2017: Coming Soon
The full programme for the 61st BFI London Film Festival will be unveiled on 31 August.
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Hotel Salvation filmmakers: “Varanasi is a hyper-coloured place but it’s also a city of death”
How India’s holy city of Varanasi inspired a UNESCO prize-winning comedy.
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Chubby Funny filmmakers: “Our production base was a pub”
The stars of a film about a struggling actor talk about making low-budget comedy.
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Toby Jones on Apocalypse Now Redux: “I'm obsessed with its legend”
The venerated character actor explains why Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam war movie is a favourite film.
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Brakes director Mercedes Grower: “I was always fascinated by the idea of splitting up”
The director of a comedy drama about the break-up of a dozen couples explains why the end of love is a good start for comedy.
In conversation
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Hanna Schygulla on Rainer Werner Fassbinder: “We didn’t realise what his work was really into”
The New German cinema star describes the chaotic creation of The Marriage of Maria Braun.
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Trevor Griffiths: “Gratitude is necessary towards the end of a life”
The dramatist behind The Cherry Orchard and Oi for England reflects on a life in TV, theatre and film.
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Ashutosh Gowariker: “Lagaan put us on an international map”
The celebrated director behind landmark Bollywood hit Lagaan reflects on the highlights of his career to date.
Talks
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John Hurt memorial: Stephen Fry, Toby Jones and Shia LaBeouf pay tribute
The family and friends of the actor remember his life and career.
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Under the influence: RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Sharon Needles
RuPaul’s Drag Race champion Sharon Needles discusses the 80s horror films that inspired her drag.
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Sir David Attenborough on natural history TV
The world’s pre-eminent natural history broadcaster discusses the natural world on TV in the 1950s and 60s.
In focus: documentary
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Jenny Gage on All This Panic's teenage subjects: ‘Tight bonds, great friendships and some drama’
Director Jenny Gage talks about making a documentary about two teenage sisters growing up in New York City.
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Louise Osmond on Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
The director discusses her documentary about the life and career of the veteran filmmaker and two-time Palme d’Or winner.
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Director Fenton Bailey on Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Fenton Bailey on his documentary about the legendary photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
In focus: artists’ film & video
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Ben Rivers and Shezad Dawood in conversation
The artist-filmmakers discuss their work, including their film The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers (2015).
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Ann Guedes and Steve Sprung on Cinema Action
Members of the filmmaking collective Cinema Action (1968-1970) discuss their work and how they captured key political and union actions.
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Visual Pleasure at 40: Laura Mulvey in discussion
Filmmakers and critics mark the 40th anniversary of Laura Mulvey’s landmark 1975 essay on film and feminist theory, ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’.