Fifty years after the release of Bugsy Malone, we share the illustrations with which director Alan Parker first imagined the idea of a gangster musical in which all of the parts would be played by ...
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 ...
As Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey arrives in cinemas, we revisit 10 films that journeyed into Greek mythology before it, finding enduring inspiration in an ancient world of gods, monsters and epic ...
A world premiere of the restoration including a Q&A with band members will take place at BFI Southbank, before the film returns to cinemas nationwide on 2 October.
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 ...
Premiering 80 years ago, Roberto Rossellini’s Rome, Open City (1945) is one of the great screen depictions of life at the tail-end of World War War II. The first in his trilogy of neorealist war films ...
Leslie Megahey’s Schalcken the Painter is a celebration of the art of the Dutch Golden Age and a condemnation of the era’s bourgeois materialism and dehumanisation of women as chattels for trade. It’s ...
£1.19bn upturn in final quarter signals significant recovery in film and high-end TV production, while pandemic closure for cinemas reduce admissions by 75%. 1917 led 2020 UK box office, with The ...
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 ...
A near-death experience sparks an existential and sexual awakening for taciturn shop owner Etero in Elene Naveriani’s enchanting film. After I Am Truly a Drop of Sun on Earth (2017) and Wet Sand (2021 ...
There was a certain quality to the grime that gritted the window frames and car bonnets of 1980s Ireland. It may not be a detail that most viewers will notice, or perhaps they’ll notice but won’t get ...
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 ...
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