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Sparks fly! The cast own the #LFF red carpet for Pillion.

Lionel and David back together 🫶 Paul Mescal &amp; Josh O’Connor at #LFF for The History of Sound.

Frankenstein and The Creature. Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac join us on the red carpet for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. #LFF

'This is our love letter to drag.' Amrou Al-Kadhi 🦄's wonderful queer portrait of a struggling drag queen, Layla is released today in cinemas across the UK &amp; Ireland. #BFIBacked #NationalLottery Curzon Film

Frankenstein director Guillermo del Toro greets fans at tonight’s #LFF Gala.

The Testament of Ann Lee premieres at Curzon Mayfair 🎬 Director Mona Fastvold and cast, Amanda Seyfried,Thomasin McKenzie, Matthew Beard, Viola Prettejohn, Stacy Martin, and composer Daniel Blumberg pose for a photo ahead of the screening 🎥

'Few caper comedies have this much heart, and few romantic dramas offer such an appealingly nutty plot.' - The Wall Street Journal The Innocent - written, directed and starring Louis Garrel - plays from tomorrow at BFI Southbank.

Molly Manning Walker's #BFIBacked debut feature is up for three awards at tonight's #EEBAFTAs, including Outstanding British Film! #NationalLottery funded

★★★★ Little White Lies ★★★★ Cinerama ★★★★ WeLoveCinema A heart-warming debut from Charlotte Regan, Scrapper is playing now at BFI Southbank! Backed by the BFI with #NationalLottery funding

Sean Baker wins Best Director! We were thrilled to welcome Baker to last year's #LFF for a Screen Talk and the UK premiere of Anora. #Oscars

Amy Adams on the red carpet at #LFF for the Nightbitch Headline Gala 🐶

'Refreshingly frank' - Mark Kermode Writer-director Mikko Mäkelä's, #BFIBacked queer drama Sebastian, is released today! An empowering, sex positive London-set story of sex work and the quest for authenticity. #NationalLottery

BAFTA-nominated, BFI Film Academy alumni Charlotte Regan joins on the #EEBAFTAs red carpet with producer Theo Barrowclough. Scrapper was #BFIBacked with #NationalLottery funding. #EEBAFTAs

Videos

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George MacKay and Callum Turner star in Mark Jenkin’s time-travelling odyssey about a long-lost fishing boat that mysteriously returns to harbour. Rose of Nevada is out now on BFI Player and Blu-ray.

Badger, badger, badger... MUSHROOM, MUSHROOM 🍄 Jonti Picking's flash animation - and earworm - set the world alight in 2003, becoming one of the internet's most iconic memes. Now preserved in the BFI National Archive.

Guillermo Del Toro on AI, emotion and the value of art. Watch the full In Conversation on our YouTube channel. Guillermo del Toro

Eid Mubarak to all our audiences, colleagues and friends celebrating! 🌙

Watch the new trailer for the 4K restoration of legendary Madness film Take It Or Leave it. In cinemas 2 October, with previews from 30 September. Blu-ray/DVD Limited Edition available to pre-order now.

Still thinking about last week's eclipse? Follow it up with a spot of lunar lunacy from pioneering Flash animator, songwriter and online humourist, Joel Veitch, with his iconic We Like the Moon (2002). Preserved in the BFI National Archive and available to watch on BFI Replay.

Behind the scenes of the Nostromo in Memory: Origins of Alien, an elegant documentary streaming now on #BFIPlayer.

Newly restored in 4K with the characters and colours sparkling as never before, Watership Down is coming soon to UK and Ireland cinemas and to UHD and Blu-ray.

With Edinburgh in full festival mode, head back 100 years to sample the local entertainment that caught the eye of pioneering filmmaker, Claude Friese-Greene. Taken from his landmark travelogue, The Open Road, watch his full journey from Land's End to John O'Groats, exclusively on BFI Replay

When time takes everything else away, love remains. Amour (2012), streaming now on #BFIPlayer

Watch the new trailer for La Femme infidèle. 4K restoration in selected cinemas from 11 Sep and on BFI Player from 2 Oct. Claude Chabrol – Elements of Crime runs at BFI Southbank and BFI Player Sep - Oct.

Guillermo del Toro’s feature debut Cronos announced the arrival of a strikingly original cinematic voice. Don't miss the 4K restoration now playing at BFI Southbank and in cinemas around the UK.

A jaded sports pro gets pulled into a missing person's mystery where nothing is as it seems. Islands (2025), streaming now on #BFIPlayer

Everyone is invited to the 67th BFI London Film Festival. Taking place in London and across the UK 4-15 October with tickets from £10. Explore the line-up #LFF

Be the first to see the new 4K restoration of Seven Samurai at its UK premiere at BFI IMAX on 26 Sep. Screening in other selected cinemas from 27 Sep, ahead of a 4K UHD/Blu-ray box set release on 21 Oct.

'It's the oldest remedy in the world...' Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre is out now on 4K UHD &amp; Blu-ray.

With the 2026 Festival of Archaeology in full swing, travel back 100 years with this news report clip detailing the landmark, archaeological discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. Watch the full video now on BFI Replay.

To truly understand David Lynch, grab those ruby slippers. Lynch/Oz (2022), streaming now on #BFIPlayer

Our Sinners IMAX 70mm print in all its glory 🎞️ Ryan Coogler's latest film, starring Michael B. Jordan, was #ShotWithIMAXFilmCameras and features IMAX's exclusive Expanded Aspect Ratio. Experience it on the biggest screen possible from 18 April! #BFIIMAX #SinnersMovie

Ken Russell’s The Devils. The Director’s Cut. Restored and Remastered. Coming soon.

Lionel and David back together 🫶 Paul Mescal & Josh O’Connor at #LFF for The History of Sound.

'This is our love letter to drag.' Amrou Al-Kadhi 🦄's wonderful queer portrait of a struggling drag queen, Layla is released today in cinemas across the UK & Ireland. #BFIBacked #NationalLottery Curzon Film

'It's the oldest remedy in the world...' Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre is out now on 4K UHD & Blu-ray.