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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 BMW Filmmaking Challenge in partnership with the BFI

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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Features and reviews

Interviews

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

Emily Watson on Ireland-set assault drama God’s Creatures: “We’re all complicit because the status quo is for all of us”
Features

How a Murakami story about a worm inspired two new animated films

By Andrew Osmond

How a Murakami story about a worm inspired two new animated films
From the Sight and Sound archive

The first slacker film noir: The Big Lebowski reviewed in 1998

By Jonathan Romney

The first slacker film noir: The Big Lebowski reviewed in 1998
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10 great films about catastrophic lies 

By Georgina Guthrie

10 great films about catastrophic lies 
News

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%
Reviews

The Night of the 12th: a sobering French true-crime procedural

By Guy Lodge

The Night of the 12th: a sobering French true-crime procedural
News

Georgia Brown to chair industry-led Skills Task Force for UK’s screen sectors

Georgia Brown to chair industry-led Skills Task Force for UK’s screen sectors
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Events

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 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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