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As our BFI Southbank season dedicated to Billy Wilder gets under way, we plot a beginner’s path through the bittersweet comedies and acerbic noirs of one of the most celebrated directors of the golden age of Hollywood. theb.fi/4jVKB3B
As Film Africa opens with the UK premiere of Cannes prizewinner Ben’Imana, we explore 10 films that reveal the richness, diversity and transnational currents of East African cinema, challenging perceptions along the way. bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-ea…
Lust and larceny, deceit and double crosses.
The Handmaiden (2016), streaming now on #BFIPlayer
Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali joined us for an LFF Screen Talk to discuss the cost of acclaim, portraying a Black father, and the challenge of finding fully realised roles now he's stepping up to play leading men. theb.fi/4sjjIst
Award-winning director of 1976 Manuela Martelli talks to us about her second feature The Meltdown, a wintry coming-of-age drama set during Chile’s uneasy transition to democracy. theb.fi/4if6cl1
Revealing the collage artwork for our essential new The Goons at Rediffusion set, which gathers rare and previously unreleased material made by the legendary comic team for Assoicated-Rediffusion in the mid-1950s.
Available to pre-order now: theb.fi/4hip83s
ALT Packshot for The Goons at Rediffusion
Learn more about how the BFI National Archive is preserving contemporary film on film and transforming its Screencraft facilities, and read about a recent collaboration with actress Rebecca Hall, in the latest Inside the Archive blog. theb.fi/4eryQhv
Spooky season has arrived in the BFI Reuben Library 🎃
ALT A small white pumpkin with large googly eyes and wire glasses is placed on a wooden library desk. It is positioned behind an open miniature book titled "Hollywood Babylon II"
Danny Boyle discusses adapting James Graham’s Ink, tracing the roots of Britain’s tabloid revolution and exploring how the Sun helped create the attention economy that now shapes social media and modern politics. theb.fi/4zEARPA
Following the 4K restoration screening at this year's BFI London Film Festival, writer and filmmaker Nasheed Qamar Faruqi explores one of Indian cinema’s most emotionally devastating dramas, Pakeezah. theb.fi/4zzzj9q
The director of The Witch, The Lighthouse and Nosferatu reflected on folklore, filmmaking and creative partnership at an LFF Screen Talk, where audiences were treated to the first footage from his next nightmare, Werwulf. theb.fi/3TJQ9U8
Whether playing an abusive filmmaker or an architect consumed by ambition, Javier Bardem’s latest characters struggle to see the harm they inflict on those around them. He discusses flawed masculinity, ageing and vulnerability on screen. theb.fi/4z7wxsj
Take the vows. Break the vows. Pay the price.
La Femme infidèle (1969), streaming now on #BFIPlayer
Voting for the #LFF Audience Awards is now open 🏆
Cast your vote for this year's Best Feature Film and Best British Discovery by Wed 21 Oct: theb.fi/4h2t5qw
ALT How to vote in the LFF Audience Awards: After each screening, head to bfi.org.uk/lff to rate the film you’ve just seen Cast your vote by 21 Oct (and be in with the chance to win a private film night at the BFI) Your favourites may end up winning the coveted Best Feature Film and Best British Discovery Audience Awards!
Funny, self-deprecating and refreshingly down to earth, Naomi Ackie joined us for an LFF Screen Talk to discuss fame, failure, horror movies and the craft behind her acclaimed performances. theb.fi/4ysfKzd
As Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon return for another series of The Trip – this time bound for Scandinavia – we spoke to director Michael Winterbottom about the lines between fact and fiction, TV and cinema, and why it’s difficult to be as prolific as Ingmar Bergman. theb.fi/47k0auk
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Lights, cameras and a celebration of London’s creativity. My Mayor’s Film Gala at the BFI London Film Festival celebrated Danny Boyle’s latest film, Ink, and the world-class talent behind London’s film industry.
I’m committed to championing that talent and keeping the capital at the heart of global filmmaking.
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ad London, are you ready to dive into something a little different?
Discover WATER BODY, an immersive new experience by MARSHMALLOW LASER FEAST at the 70th BFI London Film Festival, where rivers, oceans, landscapes - and even you - become part of one continuous planetary story🌍✨
Created by acclaimed UK studio Marshmallow Laser Feast in collaboration with author Robert Macfarlane, this mesmerising audiovisual installation uses real Earth systems data to reveal the hidden flows connecting life on our planet. And yes… you’ll even drink water from bespoke ceramics before becoming part of the bodies of water explored in the installation👀💧
📍 The Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields
📅 Until 18 October
🎟️ Tickets from £9 👉 ow.ly/i0JY50ZWahE
💙 Aged between 16–25? Get tickets for just £6 with a free BFI 25 and Under account.
Consider this your sign to experience London a little differently this October🌊
#LFF #BFILondonFilmFestival #WATERBODY #LondonEvents #ThingsToDoInLondon
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Hometown screening of PRIMETIME at @BFI London Film Festival with special guest @TomHolland1996
