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October

BFI press release: Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton presents the winners of the BFI & Chanel Filmmaker Awards 2025 (16 October 2025)PDF491 KB
BFI press release: Screen industries take centre stage at UK Prime Minister’s India visit (8 October 2025)PDF420 KB
BFI press release: 69th BFI London Film Festival announces 2025 competition juries (1 October 2025)PDF498 KB

September

BFI press release: The 69th BFI London Film Festival announces projects and talent in LFF ‘Works-in-Progress’ Showcase (29 September 2025)PDF305 KB
BFI press release: The 69th BFI London Film Festival announces LFF for Free programme (24 September 2025)PDF510 KB
BFI press release: The 69th BFI London Film Festival announces speakers and events at this year’s LFF Industry Forum (22 September 2025)PDF364 KB
BFI press release: Eyes Without a Face (UHD release) (18 September 2025)PDF286 KB
BFI press release: BFI National Lottery Funding Plan 2026-2029 (18 September 2025)PDF459 KB
BFI press release: BFI Flipside presents release No. 052 – Short Sharp Shocks Vol.4 (15 September 2025)PDF289 KB
BFI press release: BFI announce programme highlights for late October and November 2025, including seasons dedicated to Melodrama, Laura Mulvey, Terence Davies and Frederick Wiseman (11 September 2025)PDF509 KB
BFI press release: The 69th BFI London Film Festival announces programme for inaugural LFF Expanded Industry Day (11 September 2025)PDF250 KB
BFI press release: Laura Mulvey: Thinking Through Film November season details announced (11 September 2025) PDF327 KB
BFI press release: BFI announces major Terence Davies celebration (9 September 2025)PDF515 KB
BFI press release: BFI National Archive unveils Black and South Asian British Workshop remasters project with BFI London Film Festival world premiere of Hotel London remastered in 4K (8 September 2025)PDF286 KB
BFI press release: The 69th BFI London Film Festival announces additional titles (4 September 2025)PDF352 KB
BFI press release: The 69th BFI London Film Festival announces full 2025 programme 8-19 October (3 September 2025)PDF754 KB
BFI press release: Object Z (Blu-ray/DVD Dual Format Edition) (3 September 2025)PDF257 KB
BFI press release: 69th BFI London Film Festival announces programme of Screen Talks (1 September 2025)PDF470 KB

August

BFI press release: BFI announces major Frederick Wiseman retrospective Cinema Expanded, The Films of Frederick Wiseman (29 August 2025)PDF330 KB
BFI press release: UK premiere of Julia Jackman’s 100 Nights of Hero to close the 69th BFI London Film Festival (28 August 2025)PDF477 KB
BFI press release: The BFI and Doc Society announce £300,000 dedicated to immersive non-fiction projects through the BFI Doc Society Fund (28 August 2025)PDF299 KB
BFI press release: BFI announces Too Much - Melodrama on Film, a major UK-wide season celebrating cinema’s biggest emotions and heightened dramatics from around the world (27 August 2025)PDF458 KB
BFI press release: UK premiere of Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly announced as Cunard Gala at the 69th BFI London Film Festival (26 August 2025)PDF340 KB
BFI press release: Nosferatu the Vampyre: released in 4K UHD Blu-ray on 22 September 2025 (26 August 2025)PDF283 KB
BFI press release: Official Competition films announced for 69th BFI London Film Festival (21 August 2025)PDF773 KB
BFI press release: BFI to celebrate Laura Mulvey with BFI Fellowship (14 August 2025)PDF444 KB
BFI press release: BFI and Film4 reconfirm partnership to relaunch high-budget shorts fund, Future Takes (14 August 2025)PDF298 KB
BFI press release: UK premiere of Hikari’s Rental Family announced as American Express Gala at the 69th London Film Festival (13 August 2025)PDF496 KB

July

BFI press release: BFI announce programme highlights for September and early October 2025, including seasons dedicated to Ridley Scott, Associated-Rediffusion and Anna May Wong (22 July 2025)PDF477 KB
BFI press release: Battleship Potemkin centenary edition iconic silent film with score by Pet Shop Boys released in cinemas on 22 August 2025 and on Blu-ray/CD and vinyl on 5 September 2025 (10 July 2025)PDF266 KB
BFI press release: The UK and France’s screen industries come closer together as BFI and CNC sign new moving image co-operation agreement (9 July 2025)PDF358 KB
BFI press release: International premiere of director Rian Johnson’s third instalment of the Netflix Knives Out series: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out mystery to open the 69th BFI London Film Festival (9 July 2025)PDF447 KB

June

BFI press release: Programme highlights announced for August 2025, including seasons dedicated to Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, and the continuation of our Moviedrome celebration (27 June 2025)PDF506 KB
BFI press release: UK Global Screen Fund backs further 11 international co-productions as government expands support for the fund (26 June 2025)PDF261 KB
BFI press release: Women in Love: released in 4K UHD Blu-ray on 14 July 2025 (19 June 2025)PDF273 KB
BFI press release: Bhaji on the Beach: released on BFI Blu-ray on 14 July 2025 (17 June 2025)PDF245 KB
BFI press release: Major David Lynch season set for January 2026 while BFI Film on Film Festival closes with 35mm screening of Twin Peaks and special guest Kyle MacLachlan (15 June 2025)PDF296 KB
BFI press release: London Climate Action Week – Climate Resilience for London's cultural venues (13 June 2025)PDF267 KB
BFI press release: TwentyFourSeven: released on BFI Blu-ray on 23 June 2025 and on AppleTV and Amazon Prime on 7 July 2025 (10 June 2025)PDF267 KB
BFI press release: BFI publishes new report into generative AI in partnership with CoSTAR universities Goldsmiths, Loughborough and Edinburgh (9 June 2025)PDF290 KB

May

BFI press release: BFI announce programme highlights for July 2025, including seasons dedicated to the cult films of BBC2’s Moviedrome, Hollywood star Dorothy Dandridge, and films censored by their country of production (27 May 2025)PDF431 KB
BFI press release: Human Traffic: Newly remastered, back in cinemas after 26 years on 16 July 2025 and on UHD/Blu-ray on 21 July 2025 (22 May 2025)PDF276 KB
BFI press release: Chantal Akerman Volume 2, 1982-2015 limited edition BFI Blu-ray (5-disc box set) (21 May 2025)PDF296 KB
BFI press release: Four Mothers: A film by Darren and Colin Thornton released on BFI Blu-ray, BFI Player, AppleTV and Amazon Prime (15 May 2025)PDF262 KB
BFI press release: BFI announces Cannes event programme at the UK pavilion (12 May 2025)PDF342 KB
BFI press release: BFI and British Council reveal ‘GREAT 8’ showcase for Cannes 2025 (6 May 2025)PDF254 KB

April

BFI press release: UK Global Screen Fund announces latest international distribution awards to support the promotion of UK independent feature films (30 April 2025)PDF256 KB
BFI press release: BFI America launches as the BFI National Archive celebrates its 90th Anniversary in LA and brings six titles including original 1975 Jaws print, plus Club TCM event with Guillermo del Toro (17 April 2025)PDF229 KB
BFI press release: Programme highlights announced for June 2025 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX: Michael Haneke, The World of Barbara Loden and the return of the Film on Film Festival (16 April 2025)PDF440 KB
BFI press release: Rare 68mm large format film collection inscribed on Unesco’s International Memory of the World Register (16 April 2025)PDF500 KB
BFI press release: BFI reopens Creative Challenge Fund with added focus on indie producers (14 April 2025)PDF366 KB
BFI press release: BFI Film on Film Festival reveals programme line-up including original release print of Star Wars and pilot episode of Twin Peaks with special guest Kyle MacLachlan (8 April 2025)PDF517 KB
BFI press release: 39th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ film festival wraps with audiences up 6%, global talent attendance and six feature film world premieres (03 April 2025)PDF621 KB

March

BFI press release: BFI announce programme highlights for May 2025 including seasons dedicated to Tom Cruise, Mai Zetterling and the Early Works of Black Women Filmmakers (27 March 2025)PDF365 KB
BFI press release: BFI Flipside presents release No. 051 – Eclipse (25 March 2025)PDF270 KB
BFI press release: BFI announce full programme details for Tom Cruise season at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX (25 March 2025)PDF363 KB
BFI press release: La Haine (UHD) (21 March 2025)PDF248 KB
BFI press release: BFI to celebrate Tom Cruise with a BFI Fellowship (20 March 2025)PDF359 KB
BFI press release: 6 LGBTQIA+ creatives selected for 2025 BFI NETWORK and BAFTA Mentoring programme (18 March 2025)PDF196 KB
BFI press release: The 39th BFI Flare: LGBTQIA+ Film Festival announces Bowen Yang Screen Talk (12 March 2025)PDF421 KB
BFI press release: 39th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival proudly presents the return of its popular interview series The Makers (4 March 2025)PDF492 KB
BFI press release: 69th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express to be presented from 8 to 19 October 2025 (4 March 2025)PDF327 KB

February

BFI press release: BFI Future Film Festival announces award winners for 2025 edition (23 February 2025)PDF521 KB
BFI press release: BFI announce programme highlights for April 2025 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, including seasons dedicated to New Taiwan Cinema, Wojciech Jerzy Has, Bong Joon Ho, and a season of films by Hollywood greats (21 February 2025)PDF481 KB
BFI press release: BFI supports development of emerging production centres across the UK awarding funding in Bristol, Cornwall and Swindon through new BFI Places Fund (21 February 2025)PDF284 KB
BFI press release: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2025 full programme announced – 19 – 30 March at BFI Southbank (18 February 2025)PDF644 KB
BFI press release: The BFI National Archive announces acquisition of British online moving image from the last 30 years collecting in the age of super abundance (13 February 2025)PDF300 KB
BFI press release: All We Imagine as Light (Blu-ray/DVD Dual Format Edition) (10 February 2025)PDF281 KB
BFI press release: BFI official 2024 statistics reveal £5.6 billion film and high-end television (HETV) production spend in the UK (6 February 2025) PDF338 KB
BFI press release: Awards Jury and nominations announced for BFI Future Film Festival 2025 at BFI Southbank, online and in cinemas UK-wide from 20 February to 6 March (6 February 2025)PDF563 KB
BFI press release: BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival announces Closing Night and Special Presentation films (4 February 2025)PDF406 KB

January

BFI press release: BFI announces Innovation Challenge Fund award for AI Screen Archives project (29 January 2025)PDF287 KB
BFI press release: International premiere of Universal Pictures Content Group’s The Wedding Banquet to open the 39th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (27 January 2025)PDF484 KB
BFI press release: Chantal Akerman Vol 1 1967-1978 (Blu-ray) (24 January 2025)PDF200 KB
BFI press release: Events programme announced for BFI Future Film Festival 2025 at BFI Southbank, online and in cinemas UK-wide from 20 February to 6 March (22 January 2025)PDF504 KB
BFI press release: BFI and DCMS invest a further £2.15 million into the UK’s independent screen sector in latest awards from UK Global Screen Fund (21 January 2025)PDF245 KB
BFI press release: Picnic at Hanging Rock – 50th Anniversary re-release and 4K restoration of the Director’s Cut (20 January 2025)PDF311 KB
BFI press release: BFI supports cohort of disabled filmmakers to attend IFFR Pro at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (17 January 2025)PDF328 KB
BFI press release: Cronos (UHD and Blu-ray) (17 January 2025)PDF260 KB
BFI press release: Film programme announced for BFI Future Film Festival 2025 at at BFI Southbank, online and in cinemas UK-wide from 20 February to 6 March (9 January 2025)PDF502 KB