BFI film releases

Every year we release 12-15 new titles – a mix of restored classics and new releases that would otherwise struggle to get theatrical distribution. We also hire out films from the BFI National Archive for festivals, events and education screenings.

Current releases

Journey to Italy

Roberto Rossellini’s piercing study of a marriage on the rocks is one of the cinema’s most miraculous love stories.

Theorem

Pier Paolo Pasolini’s playful satire, starring Terence Stamp at the peak of his beauty.

Point Blank

John Boorman’s American debut remains a landmark crime movie.

The Gospel According to Matthew

Pier Paolo Pasolini’s rich re-telling of the story of Jesus Christ.

Madame de…

Max Ophüls’s searing study of fateful passion, newly restored.

A Place in the Sun

The Oscar-winning adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy – one of postwar Hollywood’s most affecting love stories.

Underground

Anthony Asquith’s subterranean tale of love, jealousy and murder.

Chinatown

Roman Polanski’s silky film noir, now widely regarded as among the greatest of all American crime movies.

Repulsion

Roman Polanski’s remarkable study of loneliness and psychological turmoil in Kensington.

Babette’s Feast

New digital transfer of the Oscar-winning tale of everyday passion, magic and miracles – a delicacy to savour.

The Shining

Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece of modern horror returns to the big screen.

It Always Rains on Sunday

Robert Hamer’s skilful mix of noir thriller and vivid social tapestry chronicles a March Sunday in the lives of a Bethnal Green family and their various acquaintances.

Coming soon

Aguirre, Wrath of God

A new restoration of Werner Herzog’s extraordinary account of the quest for El Dorado.

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Werner Herzog’s poignant portrait of the near-legendary historical character, played by Bruno S.

Links

BFI film distribution catalogue

http://www.bfi.org.uk/distribution/

The BFI hires films on 35mm, HD digital format, 16mm or DVD for theatrical, non-theatrical and educational screening in cinemas and other venues across the UK.