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UK and Ireland’s most popular films of 2025 revealed

A Minecraft Movie, Wicked: For Good and Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy were among the top films at the box office, the British Film Institute said.

Evening Standard · Feb 5

One Battle After Another voted best film of the year by Sight And Sound

The British Film Institute’s international film magazine has crowned acclaimed action comedy One Battle After Another the best film of the year.

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025

Guillermo Del Toro awarded prestigious honour for ‘extraordinary’ career

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The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025

Restoration Experts Piece Together Silent Sherlock Holmes Mystery

Sherlock Holmes fans are being promised a most authentic depiction of the fictional detective, with the restoration of a century-old silent film series chronicling the London sleuth's adventures.

International Business Times · Oct 9, 2024

The 1978 retrospective that kickstarted the Powell and Pressburger revival

Letter: Ian Christie charts the British Film Institute’s role in reviving the British film-makers’ reputation

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

Restoring Powell and Pressburger at the British Film Institute

Letter: Clyde Jeavons recalls a project that began in the 1980s to restore Technicolor masterpieces such as The Red Shoes

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2023

‘I’m on the right side of history’: Spike Lee on speaking truth to power – and why Beyoncé was robbed

As the BlacKkKlansman film-maker picks up the British Film Institute’s top honour, he talks about being accused of provoking race riots, why his Malcolm X biopic will endure – and the problem with awards

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2023

Put more old women on TV, says Helena Bonham Carter

Last night Helena Bonham Carter made a plea to put more old women on TV. “For f***’s sake, you have all these people in telly who are men”, the actor said at the British Film Institute. “Where are our 74-year-old women? It should be more equal. We’re all marvellous!” The…

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2023

Jeanne Dielman: 'greatest film of all time' is a masterpiece of slow cinema that richly details life's quiet intricacies

Every ten years the British Film Institute’s (BFI) in-house magazine, Sight and Sound, polls a large number of critics and film-writers to produce a list of the greatest films of all time.

The Conversation · Dec 5, 2022

Designer to Hollywood stars including Kevin Costner launches exhibition whilst battling dementia

Ann and John Bloomfield from east Surrey had a spectacular 40 year career. Now their work including never-seen-before sketches of characters from The Mummy, is showcased at an exhibition at the prestigious British Film Institute running until January 2023.

Wales Online · Oct 18, 2022