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  • BFI Southbank

    We are planning to reopen from Tuesday 1 September 2020. BFI Southbank has 3 screens open 7 days a week for the widest choice of great films. Eat, shop and study in a safe, scenic riverside landmark

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  • BFI IMAX

    BFI IMAX has reopened. Wrap yourself in Britain's biggest screen, presented with our partner ODEON.

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Japan 2020

Explore over 100 years of the greatest Japanese cinema in the latest season from BFI

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The BFI National Archive has one of the largest film and TV collections in the world. Choose from over 11,000 films that cover all aspects of British life over the last 120 years.

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BFI at Home: Live events

BFI at Home: Director Werner Herzog is joined by Asif Kapadia (Senna) to discuss his new thought provoking rent-a-family Japanese drama, Family Romance, LLC.

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Main image caption: still from Hirokazu Koreeda’s film Shoplifters ©2018 Fuji Television Network, Gaga Corporation, AOI Pro. Inc. Supported by BFI FAN and the BFI Audience Fund, Shoplifters was one of 2018’s highest-grossing foreign language films.