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What’s on at BFI Southbank

Four screens open seven days a week for the widest choice of great films.

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Project Hail Mary at BFI IMAX

Based on Andy Weir’s (The Martian) novel of the same name, Ryan Gosling stars in this year’s hottest sci-fi space adventure.

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Stream hand-picked films from £6.99 per month.

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BFI Replay

A new free-to-access digital archive exclusively available in UK public lending libraries. Discover thousands of digitised videos and television programmes from the 1960s to the 2010s, offering a glimpse into Britain’s past, its people and places.

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The Greatest Films of All Time issue

Once a decade the magazine asks critics to select the best films ever made. Explore the results in a special edition.

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Features and reviews

Rarities of British cinema

The one-and-done directorial debut that sparkles with audacity and risqué humour

Best known for playing stiff-upper-lip Brits, Clive Brook made only one feature as director: a period comedy set during the ‘naughty ’90s’ which is packed with modern humour and visual ingenuity.

By Josephine Botting

The one-and-done directorial debut that sparkles with audacity and risqué humour
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Events

From its 1986 origins as Gays’ Own Pictures to its 40th edition, BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival is celebrated by the filmmakers and programmers who chart its evolution into a cornerstone of queer cinema and the people and events that define it.

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Watch archive collections

The BFI National Archive has one of the most important film and TV collections in the world. Choose from a selection of 11,000 titles that cover 120 years of British life, and the history and art of film.

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Screen Culture 2033

Our Screen Culture 2033 strategy for the BFI and ten-year National Lottery funding strategy from 2023 to 2033.

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