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We are the British Film Institute. We are passionate about film. We work to ensure film and TV culture can be accessed and enjoyed by everyone across the whole of the UK. We focus on audiences and culture, supporting film education and skills development and we back exciting new filmmaking using lottery funding.
British Film Institute. We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery funding distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image. Twitter.
600 collections of personal and company papers reflecting the history of British film and television production from the earliest days to the present. 1 million still images from or related to films and television programmes, including publicity material, production shots and portraits. 3000 production and costume designs.
We are proud to be the British Film Institute’s official publishing partner. The BFI’s publishing programme features an unrivalled range of books for film enthusiasts, scholars, students and practitioners, written by leading scholars and critics of cinema history and culture.
LGBT Britain - stream for free. This colourful and challenging collection explores screen representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender lives over the past century. BFI Player is our video on-demand streaming service, showing critically acclaimed classic, cult and archive films at the touch of a button.
Four screens open seven days a week for the widest choice of great films. One of the great achievements in recent African cinema, Alain Gomis’ film was awarded the Silver Bear at Berlin 2017. During a potential mid-life crisis, a woman finds herself torn between her values and romantic impulses in ...
The 1960s head the list with 26 films of merit for the decade. The most represented years, with four films each, are 1949, 1963, and 1996. The earliest film selected was The 39 Steps (1935), and only two other 1930s films made the list. David Lean is the most represented director on the list, with six films, three in the top five and The Bridge ...
