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December

BFI press release: Stray Dog 4K restoration (Blu-ray) (18 December 2024)PDF258 KB

BFI press release: BFI announces 2025 highlights for audiences (17 December 2024)PDF369 KB

BFI press release: High and Low 4K restoration (Blu-ray) (17 December 2024)PDF273 KB

BFI press release: Sight and Sound reveal results of the Best Films of the Year Poll 2024 (6 December 2024)PDF611 KB

BFI press release: BFI Southbank to host Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan in conversation, presented in partnership with Vanity Fair (5 December 2024)PDF309 KB

November

BFI press release: 39th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival to be presented from 19 to 30 March 2025 (25 November 2024)PDF294 KB

BFI press release: UK Global Screen Fund announces latest awards to support the promotion of UK independent feature films (21 November 2024)PDF248 KB

BFI press release: BFI announces programme for Sidney Poitier: His Own Person (18 November 2024)PDF449 KB

BFI press release: BFI announce programme highlights for January 2025 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, including seasons dedicated to Sidney Poitier and Luchino Visconti (14 November 2024)PDF477 KB

BFI press release: BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund opens call for projects to accelerate diversity data (13 November 2024)PDF173 KB

BFI press release: BFI, in partnership with Cinecittà, announce full details of Luchino Visconti: Decadence & Decay, at BFI Southbank January 2025 (13 November 2024)PDF323 KB

BFI press release: BFI announces 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD releases for January to March 2025 (7 November 2024)PDF311 KB

BFI press release: 68th BFI London Film Festival brings in highest in person audience in ten years and LFF Audience Awards announced: (4 November 2024)PDF497 KB

BFI press release: BFI Flipside presents release No. 050 Cooking Price-Wise – Vincent Price’s legendary TV cookery show (1 November 2024)PDF263 KB

October

Press release: BFI welcomes VFX expenditure credit for UK VFX (30 October 2024)PDF153 KB

BFI press release: Chantal Akerman: The rebel who shook up cinema honoured with major BFI celebration (28 October 2024)PDF308 KB

BFI press release: BFI awards National Lottery funding to projects supporting independent UK video games development (18 October 2024)PDF194 KB

BFI press release: Watership Down (UHD) (15 October 2024)PDF273 KB

BFI press release: BFI invests £1.5 million to address practices negatively impacting the industry’s workforce (15 October 2024)PDF278 KB

BFI press release: Seven Samurai (UHD) (09 October 2024)PDF280 KB

BFI press release: Tilda Swinton presents the BFI & Chanel Filmmaker Awards 2024 (2 October 2024)PDF474 KB

BFI press release: BFI announce full programme for Echoes in Time: Korean Films of the Golden Age and New Cinema (2 October 2024)PDF622 KB

September

BFI press release: Starve Acre (Blu-ray/DVD Dual Format Edition) (30 September 2024)PDF255 KB

BFI press release: 68th BFI London Film Festival announces 2024 Competition juries (27 September 2024)PDF527 KB

BFI press release: 68th BFI London Film Festival announce LFF for Free programme (25 September 2024)PDF565 KB

BFI press release: 68th BFI London Film Festival announces projects and talent in LFF ‘Works-in-Progress’ Showcase (25 September 2024)PDF395 KB

BFI press release: BFI Distribution announces Victor Kossakovsky’s Berlin Film Festival prize nominee Architecton will be released on 10 January 2025, including screenings at BFI IMAX (24 September 2024)PDF287 KB

BFI press release: Speakers and events at the 68th BFI London Film Festival Industry Forum announced (16 September 2024)PDF404 KB

BFI press release: BFI announce programme highlights for late October and November 2024 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX (10 September 2024)PDF557 KB

BFI press release: 68th BFI London Film Festival announces full 2024 programme, in cinemas from 9 to 20 October (04 September 2024)PDF763 KB

BFI press release: 68th BFI London Film Festival press pack (04 September 2024)PDF902 KB

BFI press release: Screen Talks programme announced for 68th BFI London Film Festival (3 September 2024)PDF437 KB

August

BFI press release: The 68th BFI London Film Festival announces films selected to screen in Official Competition (29 August 2024)PDF778 KB

BFI press release: World premiere of Silent Sherlock programme, restored by the BFI, to take place at Alexandra Palace as part of the 68th BFI London Film Festival (28 August 2024)PDF459 KB

BFI press release: World premiere of Joy announced as Cunard Gala at the 68th BFI London Film Festival (27 August 2024)PDF363 KB

BFI press release: BFI Flipside presents release No. 049 The Outcasts – a film by Robert Wynne-Simmons (23 August 2024)PDF296 KB

BFI press release: 68th BFI London Film Festival announces LFF Expanded programme of immersive art, extended reality and gaming works (22 August 2024)PDF544 KB

BFI press release: European premiere of Elton John: Never Too Late announced as American Express Gala at the 68th BFI London Film Festival (21 August 2024)PDF445 KB

BFI press release: Michael Powell: Early Works – BFI Blu-ray (2-Disc set) release on 23 September 2024 (19 August 2024)PDF197 KB

BFI press release: BFI Distribution announces release of Cannes’ Official Competition Grand Prix winner All We Imagine as Light in UK and Irish cinemas on 29 November 2024 (16 August 2024)PDF297 KB

BFI press release: BFI announces more Blu-ray/DVD titles for October and November: contemporary British folk horror Starve Acre, and two Vincent Price titles – The Oblong Box and Cooking Price-Wise (15 August 2024)PDF364 KB

BFI press release: UK Global Screen Fund backs further 11 international co-productions (14 August 2024)PDF290 KB

BFI press release: European premiere of Piece by Piece to close the 68th BFI London Film Festival  (1 August 2024)PDF408 KB

BFI press release: BFI announces release of Seven Samurai in 4K UHD, Blu-ray and in cinemas (1 August 2024)PDF263 KB

July

BFI press release: Ikuru (Blu-ray) (30 July 2024)PDF259 KB

BFI press release: BFI unveils major UK-wide new season Art of Action (29 July 2024)PDF423 KB

BFI press release: Watership Down to be released by BFI Distribution in UK and Irish cinemas on 25 October (26 July 2024)PDF275 KB

BFI press release: BFI announce programme highlights for September and early October 2024 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX (25 July 2024)PDF286 KB

BFI press release: UK Global Screen Fund announces latest awards to support the UK’s independent screen sector (22 July 2024)PDF291 KB

BFI press release: BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund opens call for not-for-profit organisations to explore use of AI in Screen Archives (9 July 2024)PDF255 KB

BFI press release: World premiere of Apple Original Films’ Blitz to open the 68th BFI London Film Festival (1 July 2024)PDF440 KB

June

BFI press release: Die, Monster, Die! (Blu-ray) (26 June 2024)PDF264 KB

BFI press release: BFI announce details of LAIKA: FRAME x FRAME, a free exhibition at BFI Southbank 12 August to 1 October 2024 (26 June 2024)PDF311 KB

BFI press release: BFI announce programme highlights for August 2024 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX (19 June 2024)PDF493 KB

BFI press release: BFI Flipside presents release No. 048: Remembrance (Blu-ray) (18 June 2024)PDF256 KB

BFI press release: HM King Charles III renews his patronage of BFI (11 June 2024)PDF332 KB

BFI press release: Floating Clouds (Blu-ray) (6 June 2024)PDF226 KB

May

BFI press release: The Music Lovers (Blu-ray) (31 May 2024)PDF263 KB

BFI press release: BFI Distribution acquires Cannes’ Official Competition hit All We Imagine As Light for UK and Ireland theatrical release (24 May 2024)PDF282 KB

BFI press release: BFI announce details of STOP MOTION, supported by Headline Partner LAIKA, 1 August to 9 October 2024 (15 May 2024)PDF428 KB

BFI press release: A Dry White Season (Blu-ray) (15 May 2024)PDF693 KB

BFI press release: BFI Powell and Pressburger season North America cinema tour (13 May 2024)PDF307 KB

BFI press releases: BFI announces UK and Irish release of Sky Peals (13 May 2024)PDF367 KB

BFI press release: BFI announce line-up for Tigritudes - A Pan African Film Cycle (13 May 2024)PDF533 KB

BFI press release: BFI announces talent talks and events at the UK Pavilion in Cannes 2024 (10 May 2024)PDF294 KB

BFI press release: BFI launches new ‘ScreenUK Industry’ brand, promoting the UK screen sector across film, tv, animation, documentary, games and XR and immersive (10 May 2024)PDF362 KB

BFI press release: BFI and British Council reveal GREAT 8 showcase for Cannes 2024 (2 May 2024)PDF259 KB

BFI press release: BFI Distribution announces release of Starve Acre in UK and Irish cinemas on 6 September 2024 (01 May 2024)PDF701 KB

BFI press release: BFI National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund announces first awards to project development programmes (1 May 2024)PDF425 KB

BFI press release: BFI announce full programme for Discomfort Movies season at BFI Southbank 1 to 31 July 2024 (1 May 2024)PDF438 KB

April

BFI press release: Billy Connolly Big Banana Feet (Blu-ray/DVD) (29 April 2024)PDF362 KB

BFI press release: Programme highlights announced for June and July 2024 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX (24 April 2024)PDF528 KB

BFI press release: Hidden City (Blu-ray) (24 April 2024)PDF357 KB

BFI press release: BFI National Lottery Short Form Animation Fund opens for applications on 7 May (24 April 2024)PDF231 KB

BFI press release: BFI invests £900,000 National Lottery funding over two years to create a BFI skills cluster for Wales (18 April 2024)PDF189 KB

March

BFI press release: 38th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival wraps with audiences up, global talent attendance and five world premieres (28 March 2024)PDF589 KB

BFI press release: BFI appoints Melanie Hoyes to Director of Inclusion (28 March 2024)PDF273 KB

BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund opens first call for projects tackling critical challenges for UK screen sector (25 March 2024)PDF263 KB

BFI press release: BFI Film Audience Network announces SPOTLIGHT (13 March 2024)PDF150 KB

BFI press releasee: BFI Flare x BAFTA professional development programme 2024 cohort announced (12 March 2024)PDF373 KB

BFI press release: BFI and film industry welcome landmark move with increased expenditure credit to support UK film (6 March 2024)PDF471 KB

BFI press release: British Council and BFI Flare celebrate a decade of Five Films For Freedom (5 March 2024)PDF518 KB

BFI press release: 68th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express to be presented from 9 to 20 October 2024PDF307 KB

February

BFI press releasse: The BFI and British Council open an expanded travel grant fund supporting filmmakers, producers and XR creatives with work selected for international film festivals and other events (29 February 2024)PDF164 KB

BFI press releasse: BFI announce programme highlights for Spring 2024 (27 February 2024)PDF416 KB

BFI press release: BFI Future Film Festival announces award winners for 2024 edition (18 February 2024)PDF459 KB

BFI press release: 38th BFI FLARE: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival full programme announced (13 February 2024)PDF547 KB

BFI press release: UK Global Screen Fund announces latest awards for international promotion of independent UK feature films (8 February 2024)PDF274 KB

BFI press release: BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival announces Elliot Page Screen Talk and special presentation of Dominic Savage’s Close to You (7 February 2024)PDF373 KB

BFI press release: BFI official 2023 statistics reveal £4.23 billion film and high-end television (HETV) production (1 February 2024)PDF406 KB

BFI press release: BFI appoints David Hamilton as new Executive Director Of Engagement, Marketing and Communications (1 February 2024)PDF221 KB

BFI press release: Award nominations announced for BFI Future Film Festival 2024 (1 February 2024)PDF471 KB

January

BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival announces opening and closing night films (30 January 2024)PDF267 KB

BFI press release: BFI announce programme highlights for March 2024 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, including the conclusion of seasons dedicated to the Taviani Brothers and composer John Barry (25 January 2024)PDF344 KB

BFI press release: BFI seeking partner for new £1.5m programme to improve working practices across sector (25 January 2024)PDF522 KB

BFI press release: Events programme announced for the BFI Future Film Festival 2024 at BFI Southbank, online and in cinemas UK-wide 15 to 18 February (24 January 2024)PDF494 KB

BFI press release: BFI and DCMS invest over £3.3 million into the UK’s independent screen sector in latest awards from UK Global Screen Fund (17 January 2024)PDF348 KB

BFI press release: BFI Future Film Festival 2024 film programme announced (11 January 2024)PDF630 KB

BFI press release: Jay Hunt appointed as Chair of the BFI (10 January 2024)PDF33 KB

BFI press release: BFI and The Uggla Family Foundation announce new partnership to expand digital access to screen culture (17 Janauary 2024)PDF328 KB

2023

July

BFI press release: New UK Global Screen Fund Data Hub launches to provide UK independent screen sector with international data and insights (31 July 2023)PDF356 KB

BFI press release: BFI chairman Tim Richards welcomes Declan Keeney as a new governor representing Northern Ireland to BFI board (27 July 2023)PDF514 KB

BFI press release: BFI announce programme for September 2023 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX (26 July 2023)PDF474 KB

BFI press release: UK Global Screen Fund backs further nine international co-productions (25 July 2023)PDF209 KB

BFI press release: BFI celebrates pioneering filmmaker Lorenza Mazzetti with screening and Blu-ray release of her BFI National Archive remastered ‘London’ shorts and candid new documentary (19 July 2023)PDF244 KB

BFI press release: Missing Believed Wiped celebrates Kaleidoscope’s 35th anniversary with bumper programme (14 July 2023)PDF964 KB

BFI press release: Latest UK Global Screen Fund awards provide further boost for international promotion of UK independent films (7 July 2023)PDF326 KB

BFI press release: Full programme announced for Be Gay, Do Crime season at BFI Southbank from 1 to 31 August 2023 (5 July 2023)PDF707 KB

June

BFI press release: BFI Unveils Cinema Unbound: the Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger (29 June 2023)PDF877 KB

BFI press release: BFI Filmmaking Fund appoints Vicki Brown as new senior executive for sales and distribution (29 June 2023)PDF676 KB

BFI press release: BFI Southbank announce programme for August 2023 (26 June 2023)PDF775 KB

BFI press release: The BMW Filmmaking Challenge in partnership with the BFI shortlists emerging UK filmmakers (16 June 2023)PDF247 KB

BFI press release: Industry figureheads Ncuti Gatwa, Terri White and Asif Kapadia to judge BMW filmmaking challenge in partnership with BFI (6 June 2023)PDF125 KB

BFI press release: I Am Weekender (Blu-ray) (2 June 2023)PDF394 KB

BFI press release: The Driver’s Seat (Identikit) (Blu-ray) (2 June 2023)PDF370 KB

May

BFI press release: BFI celebrate Egyptian master filmmaker Youssef Chahine with new month-long season of his work (30 May 2023)PDF764 KB

BFI press release: BFI Southbank announce programme for July 2023, with seasons celebrating 100 years of Disney, Egyptian master filmmaker Youssef Chahine and the work of director, writer and actor Greta Gerwig (22 May 2023)PDF852 KB

BFI press release: UK Global Screen Fund extends support to Ukrainian filmmakers through European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian films (21 May 2023)PDF281 KB

BFI press release: BFI partners with Diversity in Cannes to celebrate Black women filmmakers during the Cannes Film Festival (17 May 2023)PDF641 KB

BFI press release: BFI announces package of industry support under the new BFI National Lottery Sustainable Screen Fund (16 May 2023)PDF585 KB

BFI press release: BFI and DCMS invest in a further 24 UK companies in latest awards from UK Global Screen Fund (15 May 2023)PDF696 KB

BFI press release: Major new season celebrating Disney’s centenary set for the summer (10 May 2023)PDF768 KB

BFI press release: BFI and British Council reveal GREAT8 showcase for Cannes 2023 (9 May 2023)PDF616 KB

BFI press release: 4K UHD and Blu-ray releases July to September 2023 slate includes Gregory’s Girl, Gothic and Targets (4 May 2023)PDF507 KB

BFI press release: La règle du jeu (Blu-ray) (3 May 2023)PDF407 KB

April

BFI press release: BFI announce line-up for the inaugural BFI Film on Film Festival (21 April 2023)PDF823 KB

BFI press release: BFI awards £9.6m over three years to support screen production workforce development and training across the UK (19 April 2023)PDF457 KB

BFI press release: BFI Southbank announce June programme (18 April 2023)PDF813 KB

BFI press release: Name me Lawand set for UK and Irish cinemas on 7 July 2023 (18 April 2023)PDF388 KB

BFI press release: Enys Men BFI Blu-ray/DVD and BFI Player subscription exclusive release on 8 May 2023 (14 April 2023)PDF377 KB

BFI press release: BFI invests £6.48 million to grow audience engagement (13 April 2023)PDF561 KB

BFI press release: BFI announce season celebrating the trailblazing talent of Muriel Box (3 April 2023)PDF739 KB

March

BFI press release: BFI Replay launched (30 March 2023)PDF920 KB

BFI press release: EO (Blu-ray/DVD) (30 March 2023)PDF370 KB

BFI press release: Identification Marks and Hands Up (two-disc Blu-ray) (30 March 2023)PDF354 KB

BFI press release: 37th BFI Flare Londo LGBTQIA Film Festival close of festival (29 March 2023)PDF994 KB

BFI press release: Georgia Brown to chair industry-led Skills Task Force for UK’s screen sectors (29 March 2023)PDF532 KB

BFI press release: Michael Blyth to step down as Senior programmer for BFI Flare and BFI London Film Festival (24 March 2023)PDF672 KB

BFI press release: BFI announce dates for major new project – Cinema Unbound: The Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger (21 March 2023)PDF877 KB

BFI press release: BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund opens as part of £54m support for UK films and talent over three years (21 March 2023)PDF729 KB

BFI press release: Lizzie Francke, Fiona Morham and Natascha Wharton to step down from senior roles in the BFI Film Fund (20 March 2023)PDF687 KB

BFI press release: BFI Southbank announce May programme (17 March 2023)PDF935 KB

BFI press release: BFI Flare x BAFTA: 2023 cohort announced (15 March 2023)PDF615 KB

BFI press release: BFI and Cinecittà present: Dario Argento: Doors Into Darkness (15 March 2023)PDF834 KB

BFI press release: BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival announces industry programme and key speakers (1 March 2023)PDF600 KB

BFI press release: BFI Southbank, HOME Manchester and Film Hub North celebrate talent from the North of England with series of screenings and special events (14 March 2023)PDF869 KB

BFI press release: Kristy Matheson appointed as new BFI festivals director (08 March 2023)PDF1 MB

BFI press release: Five Films for Freedom showcases LGBTQIA+ short films free to access around the world (8 March 2023)PDF620 KB

BFI press release: BFI and Screen Producers Australia (SPA) announce UK and Australian industry delegations set for new ‘UK Connect’ programme at Screen Forever 37 (7 March 2023)PDF491 KB

February

BFI press release: BFI announces complete programme for Ginger Rogers: All That Sass season at BFI Southbank (23 February 2023)PDF697 KB

BFI press release: BFI announce programme for Busting the Bias, celebrating and championing Disabled talent, BFI Southbank, 3-5 March 2023 (22 February 2023)PDF763 KB

BFI press release: BFI Flare Expanded celebrates inaugural immersive programme by LGBTQIA+ artists, including the world’s first virtual LGBTQ+ museum (22 February 2023)PDF257 KB

BFI press release: BFI Future Film Festival announces award winners for 2023 edition (19 February 2023)PDF798 KB

BFI press release: BFI reaffirms its support of uk documentary filmmaking, investing up to £6m of National Lottery funding over three years (16 February 2023)PDF671 KB

BFI press release: 37th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2023 full programme announced (15 February 2023)PDF760 KB

BFI press release: BFI sets out shift in education strategy as it invests £14m in UK’s future film lovers, the industry’s future workforce and filmmakers of tomorrow (8 February 2023)PDF611 KB

BFI press release: BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival announces Opening, Centrepiece and Closing Night films (07 February 2023)PDF662 KB

BFI press release: BFI awards over £15.2 million to 11 UK-wide strategic partners (1 February 2023)PDF662 KB

BFI today announce Outsiders and Exiles: the Films of Jerzy Skolimowski (06 February 2023)PDF850 KB

BFI press release: BFI official 2022 statistics reveal a record £6.27 billion film and high-end television (HETV) production spend in the UK (2 February 2023)PDF784 KB

BFI press release: BFI Future Film Festival announces awards, nominations and jury for 2023 edition (2 February 2023)PDF827 KB

January

BFI press release: Michaela Coel takes a lead role in the new BMW Filmmaking Challenge in partnership with the BFI (31 January 2023)PDF569 KB

BFI press release: Spike Lee honoured with BFI Fellowship to be presented at BFI Southbank 13 February 2023 (27 January 2023)PDF726 KB

BFI press release: BFI Future Film Festival announces events programme for 2023 edition, at BFI Southbank and online from 16 to 19 February (25 January 2023)PDF784 KB

BFI press release: BFI International Fund partners Screen Producers Australia and Screen Forever to launch new ‘UK Connect’ programme at Australia’s premier screen industry event (24 January 2023)PDF495 KB

BFI press release: BFI announce programme for March 2023 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX (24 January 2023)PDF781 KB

BFI press release: BFI Distribution announces the release of critically acclaimed God’s Creatures in UK cinemas on 31 March 2023 (24 January 2023)PDF353 KB

BFI press release: Ama Ampadu appointed as BFI Film Fund senior production and development executive (20 January 2023)PDF559 KB

BFI press release: BFI showcases New Australian Cinema as part of UK/Australia cultural exchange (18 January 2023)PDF753 KB

BFI press release: Ingmar Bergman Volume 4 (Limited edition six-disc Blu-ray box set) (17 January 2023)PDF341 KB

BFI press release: Film programme announced for BFI Future Film Festival at BFI Southbank and online from 16 to 19 February (12 January 2023)PDF809 KB

BFI press release: Young Audiences Content Fund final evaluation published (12 January 2023)PDF267 KB

BFI press release: The Juniper Tree (Blu-ray) (10 January 2023)PDF349 KB