Tina McFarling, our Head of Strategic Communications until July 2025, and David Thomas Gurney, our Film Laboratory Lead until summer 2025, are both made MBEs, while former BFI governor Idris Elba ...

These original cut-out creations for her film Cinderella reveal the painstaking craft behind Lotte Reiniger’s distinctive animation style.

Ahead of the latest in the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas strand airing on Christmas Eve, we revisit the atmospheric locations for the original series to see how time has changed them.

A British Film Institute Fellowship is awarded to individuals in recognition of their outstanding contribution to film or television culture.

Buy a BFI gift membership Treat your loved ones with priority access to BFI Southbank and festivals as well as a range of other film benefits year round. Every gift helps to support film culture in ...

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If you’re aged 16 to 19 and looking for training, then the BFI Film Academy Specialist residential programme has masterclasses and practical skills from film industry professionals.

Actor Charles Laughton’s only film as director, starring Robert Mitchum as an implacable child-hunting preacher, still leaves an indelible mark.

Bottomless invention and frenetic, dizzying montage make this city symphony one of cinema’s sharpest, most exciting experiences nearly a century after its release.

BFI Replay is a free-to-access digital archive exclusively available in UK public lending libraries. Thousands of digitised videos and television programmes from the BFI National Archive and partner ...

Billy Wilder’s supreme gender-bending comedy has Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis as female-posing musicians on the lam, and many knickers in a twist.

We celebrate the career of multi-award winning writer-director Mike Leigh, one of Britain’s most critically acclaimed filmmakers. Mike Leigh’s films are a testament to the power of cinema, fusing ...