BFI Player’s June 2025 line-up
From bold Pride Month premieres to global cinematic treasures, June’s BFI Player film line-up is a celebration of identity, imagination and storytelling at its most powerful. Dive into a month of unforgettable characters, daring debuts and world-class drama.
This June, it’s time for the big beasts, led by an elephant you’ll never forget, with some of the best new releases to celebrate Pride Month and unmissable world cinema – all coming to BFI Player.
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2 June 2025
Sebastian
2024, UK/Finland/Belgium
Subscription exclusive: In Mikko Mäkelä’s gripping psychological drama, a young London-based writer begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel.
Who We Love
2021, Ireland.
Subscription exclusive: Dublin schoolgirl Lily turns to her gay best friend for support in this vibrant coming-out, coming-of-age drama from Graham Cantwell. Nominated for six Irish Film and Television Awards including best director and film.
Punch-Drunk Love
2002, USA.
Adam Sandler is a beleaguered businessman who finds romance with a mysterious woman, in Paul Thomas Anderson’s award-winning comedy.
An Elephant Sitting Still
2018, China.
The lives of four desperate people unfold over the course of a single day, in this melancholy masterpiece about the human condition. An electrifying directorial debut from Hu Bo.
9 June 2025
2073
2024, UK/USA.
Subscription exclusive: Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia delivers a powerful commentary on the state of the world today… and tomorrow.
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996, USA.
Milos Forman’s provocative biopic starring Woody Harrelson as the notorious pornographer and free-speech champion.
Blind
2014, Norway/Netherlands.
A woman’s blindness sharpens her capacity for imagination and fantasy in the Eskil Vogt’s inventive debut.
16 June 2025
Four Mothers
Darren Thornton, 2024, Ireland.
Subscription exclusive: Winner of BFI London Film Festival 2024 Audience Award for Best Feature, Darren Thornton’s wonderfully accessible riff on Gianni Di Gregorio’s Mid-August Lunch is a hilarious, moving and perceptive look at mother and son dynamics, queer identity and singledom.
Of Horses and Men
2013, Iceland/Germany/Norway.
Benedikt Erlingsson’s darkly funny tale about the lives of a quirky, remote Icelandic community sees human romance and a passion for horses intertwine in this wildly beautiful story presented in a series of six interwoven vignettes.
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989, USA/West Germany/UK.
Jennifer Jason Leigh stars in Uli Edel’s controversial drama about 1950s Brooklyn misfits, from the pen of Hubert Selby Jr (Requiem for a Dream).
23 June 2025
Treading Water
2024, UK.
Subscription exclusive: Set against the backdrop of the iconic Manchester skyline, Gino Evans’s impressive feature debut offers a brutal and fascinating portrait of the realities of addiction, mental health issues and contemporary British life.
I Am Curious — Yellow
Vilgot Sjöman, 1967, Sweden.
Vilgot Sjoman’s provocative classic following one woman’s exploration of national identity and her own sexuality in 1960s Sweden. Seized by customs upon entry to the United States, subject of a heated court battle, and banned in several cities, it remains one of the most controversial films of all time.
I Am Curious — Blue
Vilgot Sjöman, 1968, Sweden.
The companion film to I Am Curious – Yellow continues to follow young Lena on her journey of self-discovery.