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Mickey 17 at BFI IMAX

From the Academy Award-winning writer and director of Parasite, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience.

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BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival

Our springtime celebration of queer cinema at BFI Southbank – 19 to 30 March 2025.

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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

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Black Bag: Steven Soderbergh’s scenes from a spy marriage

Love and espionage go hand in hand for married agents Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender in a sophisticated spy thriller packed with secrets, paranoia and romance.

By Mark Asch

Black Bag: Steven Soderbergh’s scenes from a spy marriage
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Events

Actor, writer, filmmaker and activist Mario Van Peebles visits BFI Southbank to talk about his career to date, including his contribution to the western genre.

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Screen Culture 2033

Our new ten-year strategy that sets out how we will transform access to our programmes, screen culture and jobs.

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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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