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Find out moreDungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves at BFI IMAX
Chris Pine leads a band of thieves in this big-screen adaptation of the legendary role-playing game.
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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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We have partnered with BMW UK and Michaela Coel to offer five filmmaking teams the chance to break new ground and quite literally push the boundaries of what our screens can offer.
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Emily Watson on Ireland-set assault drama God’s Creatures: “We’re all complicit because the status quo is for all of us”
Directors Anna Rose Holmer and Saela Davis join Emily Watson to dive into the moral quandaries posed by their film God’s Creatures, a story of alleged assault in a close-knit fishing community, co-starring Paul Mescal.
By Josh Slater-Williams
How a Murakami story about a worm inspired two new animated films
By Andrew Osmond
The first slacker film noir: The Big Lebowski reviewed in 1998
By Jonathan Romney
10 great films about catastrophic lies
By Georgina Guthrie
37th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival sees audience increase by 16%
37th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival sees audience increase by 16%The Night of the 12th: a sobering French true-crime procedural
By Guy Lodge
Georgia Brown to chair industry-led Skills Task Force for UK’s screen sectors
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Woman with a Movie Camera Director Becky Hutner and designer Amy Powney discuss Fashion Reimagined, a shocking but inspiring documentary about the designer’s quest to create a sustainable clothing collection.
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The BFI strongly condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and we stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and all those affected by these horrific events.
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Our new ten-year strategy that sets out how we will transform access to our programmes, screen culture and jobs.
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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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