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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.
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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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Object of the week: An unscreened TV interview with 1960s women’s tennis champion Ann Jones
In the late 1960s, broadcaster Bernard Braden conducted in-depth interviews with many luminaries of the era, but the series was never aired. In this footage, the British number one women’s tennis champion at the time talks candidly about changes facing the sport and attitudes to women players.
By Lisa Kerrigan
International cinema, local roots: what to watch at Borderlines Film Festival 2026
By Ali Lalfam
Queen at Sea: a nuanced and unshowy drama about the moral dilemmas that arise with dementia
By Rachel Pronger
The British New Wave outlier that tested Laurence Olivier
By Josephine Botting
No Good Men: A smartly observed political rom-com set in Afghanistan
By Meenakshi Shedde
Josephine: a harrowing child’s eye view of the injustice faced by sexual assault survivors
By Rachel Pronger
BFI Player’s March 2026 line-up
BFI Player’s March 2026 line-upEvents
Filmmakers Oliver Laxe and Luca Guadagnino discuss Laxe’s Oscar‑nominated film Sirât.
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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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