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Wicked: For Good at BFI IMAX

You would be a fool not to see the most anticipated magical blockbuster of the year on the UK’s largest screen.

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New and exclusive: I’m Still Here

Winner of Best International Feature Film at the 2025 Academy Awards.

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BFI 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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Sight and Sound: the Winter 2025-26 issue

On the cover: The 50 best films of 2025 – how many have you seen? A packed double issue with Lucile Hadžihalilović interviewed by Peter Strickland, Park Chan-wook on No Other Choice, Chloé Zhao on Hamnet, Richard Linklater’s tour of the Nouvelle Vague and Edgar Wright in conversation with Stephen King.

Sight and Sound: the Winter 2025-26 issue
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Events

The director, stars and crew of A House of Dynamite, a thriller set in the 20 minutes after the launch of a nuclear missile, visit BFI Southbank to talk about the film.

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Watch archive collections

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.

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Screen 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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