Singing and dancing its way into cinemas and venues across the UK, BFI Musicals! will celebrate the joyful, emotional, shared experience of watching film musicals; with the biggest stars, the most iconic scenes and the best-loved song and dance numbers back on the big screen, including re-releases of classic musicals including Singin’ in the Rain (1952), BFI DVD and Blu-ray releases of Yentl (1983), Hair (1979) and Les demoiselles de Rochefort (1967), and musical collections on the BFI’s VOD service BFI Player.
BFI Musicals! is a celebration of musicals on screen, led by BFI, the Independent Cinema Office and Film Hub Midlands on behalf of the BFI Film Audience network, supported by funds from the National Lottery.
Find out about the BFI Musicals! Programme Launch at BFI Southbank on Tuesday 10 September.
UK wide
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See all the film musical screenings and events across the UK.
BFI DVD/Blu-rays
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A 1983 musical directed, co-produced, co-written by and starring the legendary Barbra Streisand as Yentl Mendel.
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Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (Blu-ray)
Jacques Demy’s tribute to the Hollywood musical starring Gene Kelly, Catherine Deneuve and Francoise Dorléac.
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Hair (40th anniversary dual format edition)
Milos Forman’s 1979 musical stars John Savage, Treat Williams and Beverly D’Angelo as youngsters on a journey of self-discovery in 1960s America.
Explore the world of musicals
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Playlist: The Joy of Musicals – 25 favourite songs from BFI Musicals!
From ‘The Man That Got Away’ to ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’… Queue up our Spotify playlist of great songs from movie musicals.
Tuesday 22 October 2019 -
Farewell, Stanley Donen, and thanks for the juice
Director of the most exuberant Hollywood revels, from Singin’ in the Rain onwards, Stanley Donen burnished the moment for as long as he could. Mark Cousins bids farewell to a filmmaker whom he celebrated at the 1995 Edinburgh Film Festival.
Tuesday 26 February 2019
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News, features and opinion on the world of film.
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Musicals! – In the BFI Southbank Mediatheque
Jazz hands at the ready: this major new collection pulls out all the stops with a troupe of 80 TV documentaries and other exclusive treats...
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