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Find out moreThe Odyssey at BFI IMAX
Experience IMAX 70mm screenings of The Odyssey on the UK’s biggest screen, from 17 July 2026.
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BFI London Film Festival
Discover the world’s best new films, series and immersive storytelling, in London and around the UK – 7 to 18 October 2026.
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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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Works-in-Progress Showcase projects announced for 2026 BFI London Film Festival
The showcase features screenings of exclusive extracts from each project, with introductions by their filmmakers to an invited audience of international buyers, UK sales agents, distributors and festival programmers.
Everytime: Sandra Wollner’s digital-age fairytale finds light in a time of grief
By Alexander Mooney
Animol: Ashley Walters proves an instinctive actor’s director with a tense cell block drama
By Leila Latif
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie: fascinating documentary captures the author’s courage and humour in the wake of a brutal attack
By Philip Concannon
Heart of the Beast: a bracingly executed man-and-dog survival story
By Jonathan Romney
A tribute to Liz Muggeridge, fundraiser extraordinaire and longstanding colleague
A tribute to Liz Muggeridge, fundraiser extraordinaire and longstanding colleagueOn Bresson: Olivier Assayas, Paul Schrader, Aki Kaurismäki and more discuss the French director
By Michael Brooke
Events
Mike Leigh discusses Bleak Moments at BFI Southbank, his powerful debut film about loneliness, routine and the search for connection.
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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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Our Screen Culture 2033 strategy for the BFI and ten-year National Lottery funding strategy from 2023 to 2033.
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