What’s on at BFI Southbank
Four screens open seven days a week for the widest choice of great films.
Find out moreDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle at BFI IMAX
See the highly anticipated Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle on the largest screen in the UK.
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New and exclusive: I’m Still Here
Winner of Best International Feature Film at the 2025 Academy Awards.
Watch with a free trialThe 69th BFI London Film Festival
Discover the world’s best new films, series and immersive storytelling, in London and around the UK – 8 to 19 October 2025.
Explore the programmeBFI Replay
A new free-to-access digital archive exclusively available in UK public lending libraries. Discover thousands of digitised videos and television programmes from the 1960s to the 2010s, offering a glimpse into Britain’s past, its people and places.
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The Greatest Films of All Time issue
Once a decade the magazine asks critics to select the best films ever made. Explore the results in a special edition.
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10 great German horror films
As Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre arrives on Blu-ray and 4K UHD, we chart the history of the horror genre in Germany, from its uncanny beginnings in the silent era.
By Anton Bitel
BFI National Lottery Funding Plan launched for 2026 to 2029
BFI National Lottery Funding Plan launched for 2026 to 2029The Glassworker: Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated feature wears its Studio Ghibli inspirations on its sleeve
By Nick Bradshaw
Railway 200 on screen: British cinema’s great train journey
By Steven Foxon
Robert Redford: act natural
By Christina Newland
Robert Redford (1936 to 2025): 10 essential films
By Christina Newland
How Anna May Wong became TV’s first female detective
By Dick Fiddy
Events
The director and stars of Islands, in which Sam Riley delivers a career-best performance as a washed-up tennis coach caught up in a strange disappearance, visit the BFI Southbank to talk about the film.
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The BFI National Archive has one of the most important film and TV collections in the world. Choose from a selection of 11,000 titles that cover 120 years of British life, and the history and art of film.
ExploreScreen Culture 2033
Our Screen Culture 2033 strategy for the BFI and ten-year National Lottery funding strategy from 2023 to 2033.
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