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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

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

Guillermo Del Toro awarded prestigious honour for ‘extraordinary’ career

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Guillermo del Toro to receive the British Film Institute’s highest honour

‘This is the honour of a lifetime and a thrilling moment in a storyteller’s life,’ says the Mexican director

The Independent UK

Watch: Tom Cruise welcomes ‘extraordinary’ BFI award for contribution to UK film industry

Tom Cruise said being honoured with the British Film Institute’s most prestigious accolade, a BFI fellowship, is “absolutely extraordinary”.

The Independent UK

Star Wars original cut to be screened for the first time in decades

The sci-fi blockbuster will be shown as part of the British Film Institute’s Film on Film festival.

Evening Standard

Santosh: release date, trailer, cast and everything we know about the crime drama

Santosh is the UK’s entry for Oscar’s Best International Feature award. Here’s everything you need to know about it.

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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.

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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

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

‘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

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

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

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.

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British Film Institute launches 10-year Screen Culture and lottery funding strategies

A new streaming service, BFI+, plus investment in film education in schools and access to its archives are all part of the BFI’s new plan

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Emmerdale star Alexander Lincoln's exciting movie role after quitting ITV soap as Jamie Tate

Alexander Lincoln has bagged the lead role in ‘In From the Side', set to premiere at the British Film Institute’s BFI Flare film festival

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Glengormley teen's script selected by the British Film Institute to hit the big screen this summer

The Glengormley High School community are extremely proud of Zoe's achievement

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