Between the end of World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the weird and wonderful film production line in communist East Germany included sci-fi, westerns, film noir and some uniquely ...

BAFTA nominated Simon Stone (The Dig) directs Elsinore based on the life of Ian Charleson, written by BAFTA winner and Golden Globe nominee Stephen Beresford (Pride). Elsinore is a powerful, deeply ...

Five programmes were funded in round 1 of the 2026-2029 funding cycle collectively receiving £511,496 of National Lottery Good Cause funding: Isabel Davis appointed as director of BFI National Lottery ...

Now in its 13th year, BFI NETWORK@LFF is a professional development programme that supports early career writers, directors and producers working towards their debut feature film. Made possible thanks ...

Isabel Davis will lead the BFI’s £20 million annual Filmmaking Funds and its strategic support for UK independent filmmakers when she joins from Screen Scotland as Director on a five-year contract ...

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A constant fixture in critics’ polls, Tokyo Story is Yasujiro Ozu’s most enduring masterpiece and a beautifully nuaunced exploration of filial duty, expectation and regret. From a simple tale of an ...

British lives, caught on film and collected online. Discover previously unseen film capturing 120 years of Britain on film. I’ve never seen my family on film before so it was a wonderful surprise to ...

Tsai Ming-liang: 90 minutes with the slow cinema master ...

With French police on his trail, a mysterious English assassin attempts to kill President de Gaulle in this gripping adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s thriller. “Not just a suspense classic, but a ...

2007 France, USA Directed by Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi Produced by Marc-Antoine Robert, Xavier Rigault Written by Jean-Charles Finch, Alexandre Hesse, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud ...

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