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BFI National Archive

Your film heritage in cinemas and online. Watch in venues around the UK, online and in BFI Mediatheques.

The BFI cares for the world's richest and most significant collection of film and television. The BFI National Archive is at the heart of this work, where we preserve almost one million titles, from the earliest silent films to new releases and digital work.

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The Sea in Their Blood (1983)
The Sea in Their Blood (1983)
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A veritable encyclopaedia of marine imagery accompanied by a barrage of eccentric statistics.

DVD & Blu-ray

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DVD & Blu-ray
The Famous Five: Five on a Treasure Island
Adapted from Enid Blyton's perennially popular first Famous Five novel, this is a ripping adventure for kids and adults alike
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DVD & Blu-ray
The Famous Five: Five Have a Mystery to Solve
Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog embark on an adventure to the shadowy Whispering Island.
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Screening around the UK

BFI film releases and tours. Read more
Screening around the UK
Went the Day Well?
Alberto Cavalcanti's visionary wartime film, based on a story by Graham Greene. Now showing in cinemas around the UK.
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Screening around the UK
The Leopard
New digital restoration of Luchino Visconti's richly realised masterpiece, in cinemas around the UK.
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Screening around the UK
Cheltenham Film Festival
A three day showcase of unforgettable film across some of Cheltenham's most iconic venues.
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BFI books & posters

BFI books & posters
Akira Kurosawa poster
Buy the poster from our BFI Southbank season from the BFI Printstore.
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BFI books & posters
Nino Rota
Richard Dyer's major new study of Nino Rota's film career.
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Sight and Sound
News and reviews from the international film magazine
Sight and Sound
London Film Festival top 30
London Film Festival top 30
We preview 30 film highlights of the forthcoming festival.
Audio interview: Gaspar Noé talks to Harmony Korine
Audio interview: Gaspar Noé talks to Harmony Korine
The directors of Enter the Void and Trash Humpers chew the fat somewhere in the wilds of Paris.
Joe Dante
Joe Dante
Tom Charity tracks the director's ever-anarchic career, from 1968's The Movie Orgy to his subtle, family-oriented 3D horror The Hole.
Polytechnic: early British video art
Polytechnic: early British video art
Colin Perry reviews a retrospective of Britain’s ‘vital, acerbic and unsettling’ video art of the late 1970s and 80s.
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Filmmaker Patrick Keiller visits the BFI National Library
Britain's foremost cinematic essayist presents his latest research.
30
Sep
Centenary of the BFI National Archive's founder
We pay tribute to Ernest Lindgren, one of the great pioneers of the film archive movement.
27
Sep
Rare footage of the SS Olympic on Channel 4
A new television series recreates the construction of the Titanic.
15
Sep
Lost early British TV dramas found in the US
Rare footage of Sean Connery and Maggie Smith discovered after over 40 years.
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BFI Live

Our online video channel exploring film and TV culture

Tom Harper and Jack Thorne

Tom Harper and Jack Thorne
The director and writer of The Scouting Book For Boys discuss their experience of the 2009 BFI London Film Festival.

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