What’s on at BFI Southbank
Four screens open seven days a week for the widest choice of great films.
Find out moreThe Bride! at BFI IMAX
Maggie Gyllenhaal adds to the canon of Frankenstein and monsters with a punk and thrilling new film.
Find out moreBFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
Our springtime celebration of queer cinema is back for its 40th anniversary edition – 18 to 29 March at BFI Southbank.
Explore the programmeBFI 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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The art of acting: award season’s most astonishing screen turns
As the awards season reaches its climax, Adam Nayman looks deeper at the how and the why of acting excellence, as well as the who.
By Adam Nayman
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man: Tommy Shelby takes on the Nazis in a violent Peaky Blinders spin-off
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man: Tommy Shelby takes on the Nazis in a violent Peaky Blinders spin-offAll about… how we acquire films, TV and other moving images
By Dylan Cave, Sonia Genaitay and others
First details announced of increased £33.5 million BFI investment in audience development
First details announced of increased £33.5 million BFI investment in audience developmentObject of the week: Signed cast and crew photo from 1940s hit melodrama The Seventh Veil
By Melanie Williams
The BFI and the British Consulate-General Los Angeles celebrates the 2026 Oscars
The BFI and the British Consulate-General Los Angeles celebrates the 2026 OscarsFlies: a lonely retiree and 9-year-old boy find kinship in this charmingly downbeat comedy
By Nicolas Rapold
Events
At BFI IMAX, Maggie Gyllenhaal talks through the evolution of her career and her imaginative reworking of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in The Bride!.
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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.
ExploreScreen 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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