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This December, BFI Southbank celebrates one of the screen’s most enduring icons with a new season MARLENE DIETRICH: FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN, programmed by film critic and writer Pamela Hutchinson. We invite audiences to discover Dietrich from one of her finest silent roles, THE THREE LOVERS (Curtis Bernhardt, 1929), to her most compelling appearances in... Continue Reading →
The BFI is pleased to announce the September programme for BFI Southbank, which reopens on 1 September with new health and safety measures in place to protect staff and audiences as they begin to return to cinemas for that much-missed big-screen experience. The programme for September will resonate with the now, drawing on the themes... Continue Reading →
The BFI Film Audience Network (FAN) has allocated emergency funding to independent exhibitors across the UK through the BFI FAN COVID-19 Resilience Fund. £1.3m National Lottery funding, plus a £150,000 contribution from the Mayor of London’s Culture at Risk Business Support Fund, has been made available to provide grants to those in critical financial need... Continue Reading →
As the UK’s lockdown continues and schools remain closed, the moving image has never been more important in our lives and one of the most powerful ways young people are engaging with the world and learning. As the UK’s lead organization for film, the BFI has expanded its offer to educate and entertain young audiences... Continue Reading →
Girls On Film, voted No. 1 Feminist Film Podcast by Stylist Magazine, are the latest in a programme of exciting digital events to be hosted by the BFI, available for free on the BFI YouTube Channel. Podcast host, critic and broadcaster, Anna Smith will be joined by special guests in a series of free online events taking place... Continue Reading →
Next Tuesday, 5 May, BFI will host an online panel discussion with the award-winning team behind ITV’s new drama, Isolation Stories, the first lockdown TV drama which responds to and reflects on what families are going through during weeks of isolation. The panel discussion will stream for free on BFI’s YouTube channel at 20:00, before the broadcast of... Continue Reading →
The BFI are pleased to announce that one of BFI Southbank’s most popular monthly events Mark Kermode Live in 3D at the BFI (MK3D) will be moving online so that film fans can continue to engage with the latest movie news and discussions while BFI Southbank remains closed to the public. The monthly show, in... Continue Reading →
The BFI today has announced details of FEMALE DESIRE ON SCREEN, a collection of films and events running on BFI Player and BFI YouTube from Friday 24 April. FEMALE DESIRE ON SCREEN will seek to flip the switch on a century of the male gaze and find space for women's own lust and sexual expression in film; from classics of world cinema... Continue Reading →
The BFI is investing up to £2.5m of National Lottery funding in producers from all over the UK as it announces recipients of its Vision Awards, and those selected for the new professional development programme BFI NETWORK INSIGHT. Awarding up to £2m over two years to 20 producers and producer teams, Vision Awards are providing... Continue Reading →
Almost 30 years since its inception, and with 200 titles in print, the BFI's Film Classics series is relaunching with a fresh new cover approach and new titles. This signals a change of focus, with women, LGBTIQ+, Black, Asian, mixed ethnicity and the Global South to be foregrounded in films selected for the series and... Continue Reading →
