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BFI Player unveils top 10 Britain on Film videos
December 7, 2019 | Staff Reporter
BFI Player has unveiled its most popular videos from its Britain on Film archives.
Britain on Film is one of the largest and most complex archival projects ever undertaken by the BFI. Preserving and transferring documentaries, home movies, news footage, … Read More
Robert Paul: BFI Player celebrates 150th birthday of film pioneer
October 23, 2019 | Staff Reporter
BFI Player is celebrating the 150th birthday of film pioneer Robert Paul this month.
The multitalented contemporary of the Lumière brothers was born in London 150 years ago this month. He created the foundations for what we take for granted … Read More
BFI Player arrives on Apple TV
October 5, 2019 | Staff Reporter
BFI Player is officially coming to Apple TV.
The streaming service, which launched back in 2014, offers films to rent online as well as a subscription service, formerly known as BFI Player+, which includes a range of landmark classic and … Read More
Commercial Break: BFI Player showcases British advertising on screen
July 5, 2019 | Staff Reporter
The BFI National Archive is opening up its library of screen adverts to stream on BFI Player.
One of the world’s largest screen advertising collections, the archive holds over 100,000 cinema and television ads ranging from iconic brands, including Guinness, … Read More
Disabled Britain on Film: BFI Player launches groundbreaking free collection
January 19, 2019 | Staff Reporter
BFI Player has released a groundbreaking new collection charting the representation of disabled people on screen over the last 100 years.
Disabled Britain on Film contains over 170 films from across the UK, comprising a history of disabled people’s everyday … Read More
Animation 2018: BFI Player releases new shorts from new and emerging animators
November 28, 2018 | Staff Reporter
BFI Player is shining a spotlight on new and emerging animators this Christmas, with a collection of 13 new shorts unwrapped online in December.
Animation 18, commissioned through a prestigious initiative by the BFI, BBC Four, and BBC Arts to … Read More
The Tell-Tale Heart: Lost Edgar Allan Poe short released on BFI Player
October 26, 2018 | Staff Reporter
See Edgar Allan Poe as you’ve never seen him before this Halloween, as a lost film based on his classic The Tell-Tale Heart is released online for the first time.
Adelphi Films’ 1953 short is a British adaption of Edgar … Read More
Netflix’s The 13th and Black Mirror join London Film Festival 2016 line-up
September 1, 2016 | Staff Reporter
Ava DuVernay’s The 13th and new episodes of Black Mirror will premiere at the 2016 BFI London Film Festival this October, with Amazon’s Chi-Raq competing for the red carpet spotlight.
Netflix and the BFI event first joined forces in 2015, … Read More
BFI Player brings London Indian Film Festival to audiences across UK
July 25, 2016 | Staff Reporter
Following the Closing Night Gala of the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) with the world premiere of Toba Tek Singh, BFI Player is continuing the festivities online.
The BFI Player has teamed up with the festival to release … Read More
This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (28th May)
May 28, 2016 | Staff ReporterHeard of BFI Player? Well, there’s also BFI Player+, a subscription service that offers an all-you-can-eat selection of hand-picked classics.
Every Friday, Mark Kermode highlights one of the collection’s titles with a video introduction. This week, it’s Genevieve. Henry Cornelius’ … Read More
