This year, festival audiences in London reached their highest ever level, with thousands more attending screenings UK-wide.

BFI backed films pick up 39 nominations including eight for Clio Barnard’s I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning and seven for Ashley Walters’ Animol.

From silent-era demons to modern folk-horror nightmares, witches have haunted cinema for well over a century. These 10 films chart the evolution of the screen witch, revealing how ideas about female ...

As Animol, his first feature as director, reaches audiences, Ashley Walters talks to us about bringing authenticity to prison drama, nurturing young talent and broadening the stories told about Black ...

For the 30th anniversary of Baz Luhrmann’s visceral epic Romeo + Juliet, we republish José Arroyo’s essay on how the film turned Shakespeare into cinema. From our March 1997 issue.

Sandra Wollner’s third feature, the enigmatic Un Certain Regard prize-winner will open in UK and Irish cinemas through BFI Distribution.