BFI Player
Who We Are: BFI Player and We Are Parable announce Black British cinema season
July 6, 2020 | VOD News
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
June 13, 2020 | VOD News
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
June 9, 2020 | VOD News
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
May 4, 2020 | VOD News
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
April 24, 2020 | VOD News
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
April 12, 2020 | VOD News
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
April 11, 2020 | VOD News
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
April 10, 2020 | VOD News
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
March 19, 2020 | VOD News
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
BFI Flare heads to BFI Player for home streaming
March 19, 2020 | VOD News
While cinema lovers are at home over the coming weeks, BFI Flare London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival is migrating to BFI Player to become BFI Flare at Home.
The festival, which was cancelled at the last minute this week due to … Read More
