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Animation for the nation: how the COI used cartoons to present the voice of authority
A generation of British viewers will never forget what Charley said. The cult 1970s series of public information films was just one of the ways in which the Central Office of Information harnessed animation to inform, educate and, in some cases, terrify, says BFI curator Jez Stewart.
By Jez Stewart
BFI Film Academy celebrates 10 years of supporting the next generation of filmmakers
BFI Film Academy celebrates 10 years of supporting the next generation of filmmakers5 things to watch this weekend – 17 to 19 September
By Samuel Wigley
Gallivanting with Andrew Kötting, Big Granny and little Eden
By Iain Sinclair
On the streets, on the tennis courts, at the arcade: 3 documentaries about forging your own path
By Lynn Nwokorie
Rose Plays Julie is a mythic thriller about women and violence
By So Mayer
Rose Plays Julie: Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor on their provocative identity thriller
By Nikki Baughan
Gunpowder Milkshake is a frothy glass of female-led action fun
By Nikki Baughan
Prisoners of the Ghostland sends Nic Cage on an uninspired action movie mission
By Tony Rayns
A Taste of Honey at 60: how the work of a teenage playwright changed British film
By Chloe Walker
Europa, a Nazi-looted lost avant-garde masterpiece, receives world premiere at 65th BFI London Film Festival
Europa, a Nazi-looted lost avant-garde masterpiece, receives world premiere at 65th BFI London Film FestivalThe best Spanish and Latin American films at LFF 2021
By Maria Delgado
30 great films playing at BFI London Film Festival 2021
30 great films playing at BFI London Film Festival 20215 things to watch this weekend – 10 to 12 September
By Samuel Wigley
Complete LFF Expanded immersive art and XR strand line-up
Complete LFF Expanded immersive art and XR strand line-upCelebration of François Truffaut launching in January 2022
Celebration of François Truffaut launching in January 2022Michael Kenneth Williams, forever Omar in The Wire (1966-2021)
By Leila Latif
10 great supernatural horror films of the 21st century
By Katherine McLaughlin
Young Audiences Content Fund sees recommissions of Teen First Dates, How and Don’t Unleash the Beast as latest slate announced
Young Audiences Content Fund sees recommissions of Teen First Dates, How and Don’t Unleash the Beast as latest slate announcedBFI Blu-ray release announced for Saint Etienne: I’ve Been Trying to Tell You
BFI Blu-ray release announced for Saint Etienne: I’ve Been Trying to Tell YouMartyrs Lane invites an angelic, ghostly child into a family home
By Josh Slater-Williams
Nino Castelnuovo: remembering the Umbrellas of Cherbourg star (1936-2021)
By David Parkinson
The White Lotus satirisises the empty lives of a Hawaiian resort’s wealthy clientele
By Kate Stables
Jean-Paul Belmondo: the face of the New Wave, the body of popular cinema (1933-2021)
By Ginette Vincendeau
First full series programme announced for 65th BFI London Film Festival
First full series programme announced for 65th BFI London Film FestivalFull programme announced for 65th BFI London Film Festival
Full programme announced for 65th BFI London Film FestivalShortlist announced for £50k IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award in association with the BFI
Shortlist announced for £50k IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award in association with the BFI