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 ...

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 ...

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.

It begins with an off-beat meet-cute: at a twin bereavement support group, Roman (Dylan O’Brien) and Dennis (James Sweeney) lock eyes. The pair share a state of twinlessness, but have little else in ...

Explore the films and curated programmes available to screen worldwide from the BFI. If you want to license BFI content rather than book films for screening, please visit our distribution catalogue ...

Exam season is over, and we’ve scored some great Marks – a substantial retrospective of Mark Jenkin’s brilliant and singular work, from early shorts to his latest winner, Rose of Nevada. Get a little ...

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 ...

Unconvincing Manchester accent aside, Amanda Seyfried delivers a brilliant, primal performance as Ann Lee, the radical leader of a celibate religious sect that absolved sins through intense physical ...

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 ...

£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 ...

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 ...