London Film Festival 2022: The online line-up and how it works

It’s that time of year again: the London Film Festival is upon us. After two years of a hybrid approach, 2021 will once again see the BFI’s festival head both into cinemas and online.

The 66th edition of the festival … Read More

Jubilee on Film: BFI Player unveils royal collection

The mark Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee, BFI Player has launched a new Jubilee on Film collection, shining a spotlight on national royal events dating back to the earliest days of film.

From Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee in 1897 via … Read More

BFI Future Film Festival 2022: The online line-up and how it works

The BFI is bringing back its Future Film Festival for 2022 with a hybrid version that will unfold online as well as in person.

The UK’s largest festival for young, emerging filmmakers, it will run across four days in February, … Read More

Russian Film Festival heads to BFI Player

The Russian Film Festival 2021 will be held for the first time in the UK on BFI Player.

The Russian Film Festival was launched in 2020 and has already been successfully held in 16 countries. Running from 12th November to … Read More

What’s coming soon to BFI Player in March 2021?

BFI Player, the BFI’s streaming platform, is a gateway to global film, offering a collection of arthouse and world cinema to subscribers, alongside its pay-per-view rental releases and free archive titles and silent movie shorts.

This month it’s all … Read More

ICA’s Cinema 3 and BFI Player team up for Wong Kar-wai season

The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) has launched its own streaming platform – Cinema 3 – and its opening the doors in style with a season dedicated to Wong Kar-wai in partnership with BFI Player.

Streaming on both Cinema 3 … Read More

BFI Future Film Festival 2021: The online line-up

The 2021 BFI Future Film Festival will be taking place virtually this year, with a four-day event that will feature 45 short films.

Now in its 14th year, the festival is dedicated to showcasing work by young filmmakers aged 16 … Read More

MLK/FBI heads to BFI Player for virtual premiere

New documentary MLK/FBI is heading to BFI Player today for its virtual premiere, before being released online across the UK this weekend.

MLK/FBI is the first film to uncover the extent of the FBI’s surveillance and harassment of Dr Martin … Read More

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