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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

'It's my privilege to entertain you' Tom Cruise introduced the fan-voted screening of #MissionImpossible – Fallout at BFI IMAX last night!

'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.

Guillermo del Toro on the culture of perfection. The full In Conversation is available to watch on our YouTube channel. Guillermo del Toro

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 🎥

In November 2007, Paul Weedon went viral with this short and punchy video. It has since recorded over 16 millions views on YouTube and continues to resurface as a meme expressing shock and disbelief.

★★★★ 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 🐶

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

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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.

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

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

Three powerful female performances you must see, according to The Chronology of Water director Kristen Stewart 🎬 Streaming now on BFI Player.

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.

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.

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

Marion Cotillard is the actress who finds a young disciple in a twisted fantasy from the director of Earwig (2021). Step inside The Ice Tower 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.

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

Tom Cruise on how he wrote his own opening monologue for Magnolia. Watch the full discussion on YouTube.

Dame Maggie Smith (1934-2024)

Badger, badger, badger. Jonti Picking's flash animation - and earworm - set the world alight in 2003, becoming one of the internet's most iconic memes.

It's Tom Cruise month! Our season celebrating Cruise's extraordinary career runs throughout May at BFI Southbank. We'll see you at the movies.

'Cronos is an exploded view of my brain' Guillermo del Toro Watch the trailer for Guillermo del Toro's award-winning debut feature, Cronos. 4K restoration in cinemas 15 May.

The 2026 BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival programme has been revealed! #BFIFlare

Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson dropped into a special preview and introduced Sinners at BFI IMAX tonight 🔥 #SinnersMovie

Everyone is invited! Tickets from £10. #LFF

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.