BFI Reuben Library

Our library at BFI Southbank is available to everyone, free of charge. It contains a huge collection of books, journals and digitised material about the world of film, television and the moving image. Our priority is comprehensive coverage of the UK, but the collection is international in scope.

BFI Reuben Library Photograph by Morten Odding

The BFI Reuben Library will be closed to the public on Saturday 26 July due to the We Crip Film Festival. Find out more about We Crip Film Festival.

The library will also be closed from Tuesday 5 August to Saturday 9 August for essential development work. We will reopen on Tuesday 12 August. If you have any questions regarding this closure, please contact us at library@bfi.org.uk.

We apologise for any inconvenience these temporary closures may cause and thank you for your understanding.


We would like to thank our generous supporters.

Principal funders
The Reuben Foundation

Major benefactors
The Edwin Fox Foundation

Additional support
The Hintze Family Charitable Foundation