BFI Player to release Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Last and First Men

BFI Player will release Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Last and First Men this July.

The film marks the feature directorial debut of the Oscar-nominated Icelandic composer, who tragically passed away in 2018.

Two billion years ahead of us, a future race … Read More

Who We Are: BFI Player and We Are Parable announce Black British cinema season

BFI Player is teaming up with We Are Parable for a season celebrating Black British cinema.

Titled Who We Are, the weeklong collaboration will lok at the past, and the canon of work from Black British filmmakers, look at the … Read More

Trailer: Little Joe heads to BFI Player this June

Emily Beecham and Ben Whishaw star in Little Joe, a new sci-fi horror released by BFI this week.

Directed by Jessica Hausner, it follows Alice, a single mother and a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing … Read More

BFI lines up Lynn + Lucy for July release

The BFI has acquired the rights to distribute Lynn + Lucy, with a release for the British drama planned this July.

The award-winning debut feature from writer/director Fyzal Boulifa is a fable-like story revealing the impact of escalating hysteria within … Read More

BFI Japan: BFI Player launches mammoth six-month season

BFI Player is launching a mammoth six-month season, starting this May, celebrating 100 years of Japanese cinema.

Simply called BFI Japan, the season will originally scheduled to run in venues across the UK, but with cinemas still closed amid the … Read More

BFI Player launches Female Desire on Screen season

BFI Player is launching a new online season dedicated to Female Desire on Screen.

The season, which was originally going to run at BFI Southbank in April, is going digital, with BFI Player unveiling a new collection of films from … Read More

BFI Player partners with 6 cinemas for free trials

BFI Player is partnering with 6 regional cinemas across the UK to offer free trials to its subscription service.

With the coronavirus pandemic still spreading across the globe, UK cinemas remain closed to the public, which leaves exhibitors struggling to … Read More

Women Make Film: BFI Player to release Mark Cousins documentary this May

Mark Cousins’ new film is headed to BFI Player this May.

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema follows in the footsteps of Mark Cousins’ earlier opus, The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011). An epic 14-hour … Read More

Eating In: BFI Player serves up free foodie collection

Struggling to find culinary inspiration for dinner in the depth of your food cupboard or fridge? Look no further than the BFI’s latest online collection, Eating In, available to explore now for free on BFI Player.

From fine dining … Read More

Haifaa Al Mansour’s The Perfect Candidate gets digital release this month

Haifaa Al Mansour’s new film, The Perfect Candidate, will be released digitally this month after the closure of major cinema chains amid coronavirus concerns.

UK distributor Modern Films was set to release the movie in cinemas on 27th March, but … Read More