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Find out moreStar Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2D) at BFI IMAX
Once a lone bounty hunter, Mandalorian Din Djarin and his apprentice Grogu embark on an exciting new Star Wars adventure.
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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 Cinema Novo films
Cinema Novo was Brazil’s New Wave, a revolutionary body of films that reinvented Brazilian moviemaking via revolt, politics and radical style – with an impact that was felt around the world.
By Tiago de Luca
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning: the British housing crisis is ever present in Clio Barnard’s touching story of a Birmingham friendship group
By B. Ruby Rich
Sigourney Weaver on Star Wars: “It was a view of the future where different aliens worked and lived side by side”
By Lou Thomas
Inside the Archive #72: From The Edge to Chronically Online, via Hertfordshire
By Patrick Russell, Will Swinburne and others
BFI pledges £11.85 million to support screen production workforce development and training across the UK
BFI pledges £11.85 million to support screen production workforce development and training across the UKFull programme announced for We Crip Film Festival 2026
Full programme announced for We Crip Film Festival 2026Object of the week: Sight and Sound’s Festival of Britain special from 75 years ago
By Alex Prideaux
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Learn more about the BFI National Archive’s pioneering Moving Image Conservation Research Laboratory (MICRL), plus other recent technological innovations, with our latest Inside the Archive video.
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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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