The following represent archived press releases on past BFI activities. For current press releases from 2018 onwards, please see our page.
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March 2015
BFI press release: 8½ (10 March 2015) 210.42 KB
February 2015
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December 2014
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December 2013
BFI Release: Jarman (19 December 2013) 272.76 KB
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
August 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
Me and Me Dad 379.8 KB
John Boorman awarded BFI Fellowship 702.96 KB
February 2013
BFI press release: Pier Paolo Pasolini 584.26 KB
January 2013
BFI DVD press release: Tess 516.84 KB
31 January 2013
28 January 2013
BFI launches revamped £4M Distribution Fund
21 January 2013
Visions of Love: Celebrate Valentines Day at BFI Southbank
18 January 2013
BFI Future Film Festival 2013
18 January 2013
BFI Film Academy launches intensive residential Talent Campus
18 January 2013
UK film at Sundance 2013
18 January 2013
Scotland’s first BFI Mediatheque opens in Glasgow
17 January 2013
State of the Nation: Anand Patwardhan’s Portraits of India
17 January 2013
Beryl Vertue: A Talent to Entertain
17 January 2013
BFI launches Vision Awards 2013–15
10 January 2013
This Working Life: Steel
9 January 2013
The Children’s Film Foundation Collection: The Race is On
9 January 2013
BFI appoints Edward Humphrey as new Director of Digital
7 January 2013
December 2012
Doctor Who at 50
21 December 2012
BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival bursts into spring 2013 from 14–24 March
21 December 2012
Reel Lives: Biographical Drama on Television at BFI Southbank
21 December 2012
24 regional partners to help the BFI develop the next generation of British film industry talent
7 December 2012
This Working Life: Steel
7 December 2012
Screwball!
7 December 2012
DVD press release: From the Sea to the Land Beyond
6 December 2012
November 2012
Underground
29 November 2012
Ghosts of Christmas Specials Past at BFI Southbank
23 November 2012
Chinatown
21 November 2012
BAFTA and BFI announce enhanced industry support for environmentally friendly film and television productions
13 November 2012
Doris Day: BFI Southbank celebrates Hollywood’s golden girl with a selection of her finest work this December
6 November 2012
DVD press release: Fairy Tales
5 November 2012
October 2012
Her Majesty The Queen celebrates British film with historic visit to BFI Southbank
25 October 2012
56th BFI London Film Festival enjoys its most successful year ever with highest ever attendance
22 October 2012
Beyond the Fourth Wall: Experiments in TV Drama
17 October 2012
Im Kwon-taek season at BFI Southbank
17 October 2012
The Killing exclusive preview + Q&A with Sofie Gråbøl & Piv Bernth at BFI Southbank
17 October 2012
Uncut!
17 October 2012
DVD press release: Battleship Potemkin and Drifters
12 October 2012
56th BFI London Film Festival announces packed events programme for film industry professionals
8 October 2012
DVD press release: Maîtresse
4 October 2012
DVD press release: Sick
4 October 2012
BFI focuses on the future with Film Forever: £500 million invested in UK film over five years
3 October 2012
September 2012
UK and Brazil sign co-production treaty
28 September 2012
BFI Reuben Library and BFI shop officially open at BFI Southbank
21 September 2012
It Always Rains on Sunday
20 September 2012
BFI sheds new light on Ealing Studios with major new project Ealing: Light and Dark
19 September 2012
16 short films greenlit through BFI Shorts 2012
19 September 2012
Ghost Stories for Christmas: The Definitive Collection (5-disc set)
19 September 2012
Jour de fête
19 September 2012
Mon Oncle
19 September 2012
BFI London Film Festival launches new dedicated family strand alongside an education programme with free screenings, workshops and talks
18 September 2012
Major new report shows UK film’s contribution to UK GDP has increased to over £4.6 billion and supports 117,400 jobs
17 September 2012
BFI appoints Isabel Davis to Head of International
11 September 2012
London – The Modern Babylon
6 September 2012
Ghost Stories: Classic adaptations from the BBC
6 September 2012
56th BFI London Film Festival programme launch
5 September 2012
August 2012
BFI seeks delivery partner for major new £28m UK-wide film education strategy
30 August 2012
Great Expectations European premiere closes the 56th BFI London Film Festival
30 August 2012
30 August 2012
Frankenweenie European premiere opens the 56th BFI London Film Festival
23 August 2012
BBFC centenary season
22 August 2012
Sight & Sound poll winners season
7 August 2012
GAZWRX: The Films of Jeff Keen
6 August 2012
Two new BFI volumes of BBC TV’s celebrated Ghost Stories bring six more tales to DVD
6 August 2012
The John Cassavetes Collection: A Woman Under the Influence
3 August 2012
Hitchcock’s Vertigo topples Citizen Kane to become new ‘Greatest Film of All Time’
1 August 2012
Paula Milne: The Personal As Political
1 August 2012
July 2012
September and October 2012 at BFI Southbank
30 July 2012
BFI Statistical Yearbook reports a stand-out year for UK film in 2011
26 July 2012
BFI press release – Trailblazers: Queens of TV Comedy at BFI Southbank and Hackney Empire as part of the London 2012 Festival
25 July 2012
The Dark Knight Rises takes £1 million in advance booking at BFI IMAX, breaking all previous sales records
19 July 2012
The BFI and ODEON join forces at the BFI IMAX cinema
19 July 2012
F For Fake
12 July 2012
DVD press release: The British Transport Films Collection Volume Ten: London on the Move
10 July 2012
Jafar Panahi and Mohamad Rasoulof
5 July 2012
Trailblazers: Queens of TV Comedy at BFI Southbank & Hackney Empire as part of the London 2012 Festival
1 July 2012
The Genius of Hitchcock Part One: August 2012
1 July 2012
Anna Pavlova on Screen at BFI Southbank in August
1 July 2012
August 2012 at BFI Southbank
1 July 2012
June 2012
Separation / The Other Side of the Underneath / Anti-Clock
29 June 2012
COI + Mordant Music = MisinforMation
29 June 2012
Ice-T on stage at BFI Southbank for Sonic Cinema: Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
29 June 2012
DVD press release: Wonderful London A film series by Harry B Parkinson and Frank Miller
29 June 2012
BFI uncovers Chariots of Fire original athletes in 1924 film
29 June 2012
DVD press release: The Children’s Film Foundation London Tales
22 June 2012
56th BFI London Film Festival gets bigger and bolder with expansion across capital, more venues and more screenings
19 June 2012
BFI acquires the Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) catalogue of 400 titles
18 June 2012
DVD press release: The Lacey Rituals: Films by Bruce Lacey (and friends)
18 June 2012
The Lacey Rituals – Films by Bruce Lacey and Friends at BFI Southbank in July
18 June 2012
Red Desert
8 June 2012
Aristocracy on TV at BFI Southbank in July
8 June 2012
Patricio Guzmán: The Power of Memory at BFI Southbank in July
8 June 2012
Christopher Nolan season at BFI Southbank in July 2012
6 June 2012
The Vanishing Screenplay: Jean-Claude Carrière at BFI Southbank in July 2012
6 June 2012
July 2012 at BFI Southbank
6 June 2012
Film Fundays with free workshops at BFI Southbank, June – August 2012
1 June 2012
May 2012
Anime Weekend at BFI Southbank with preview of From Up on Poppy Hill
30 May 2012
Classics on TV: Greek Tragedy on the Small Screen at BFI Southbank in June
30 May 2012
DVD press release: The Belly of an Architect
22 May 2012
DVD press release: The Ozu Collection – Three Melodramas
22 May 2012
DVD press release: Revolution: The Director’s Cut
22 May 2012
New direction for 56th BFI London Film Festival in Partnership with American Express
21 May 2012
Honouring Shyam Benegal
14 May 2012
BFI unveils Future Plan for Film 2012–17: New Horizons for UK Film
14 May 2012
Shirley MacLaine at BFI Southbank in June 2012
1 May 2012
Warren Beatty at BFI Southbank in June 2012
1 May 2012
DVD press release: Roll Out the Barrel – The British Pub on Film
1 May 2012
April 2012
TV Preview + Discussion: Faster, Higher, Stronger: The Ultimate Race at BFI Southbank
30 April 2012
TV Preview: Tales of Television Centre at BFI Southbank
30 April 2012
A Complete Screening of The Roads to Freedom at BFI Southbank
30 April 2012
June 2012 at BFI Southbank
26 April 2012
DVD press release: A Royal Occasion and The Queen on Tour
19 April 2012
DVD & Blu-ray press release: Nightbirds
19 April 2012
DVD & Blu-ray press release: The Black Panther
19 April 2012
BFI reveals blockbuster summer project: The Genius of Hitchcock
17 April 2012
BFI’s restoration of the silent Hitchcock 9
17 April 2012
The Genius of Hitchcock at BFI Southbank
17 April 2012
BFI announces new publication: 39 Steps to The Genius of Hitchcock
17 April 2012
BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival closes on a high
5 April 2012
Peter Terson: The Artisan Playwright TV season at BFI Southbank in May 2012
4 April 2012
Le Quai des Brumes
2 April 2012
March 2012
Jean Gabin: Working Class Hero to Godfather at BFI Southbank in May
30 March 2012
Charley the Cat, Tufty the Squirrel and the Green Cross Code Man donated to BFI National Archive from the COI
28 March 2012
May 2012 at BFI Southbank
28 March 2012
BFI Fellowship for Richard Lester
23 March 2012
Chariots of Fire reignited at UK cinemas with BFI support
23 March 2012
BFI premieres restored silent Hitchcock The Ring with new live jazz score by Soweto Kinch
23 March 2012
Ben Roberts appointed as new director of BFI Film Fund
19 March 2012/p>
DVD & Blu-ray press release: The Complete Humphrey Jennings Volume Two: Fires Were Started
16 March 2012
BFI launches The John Cassavetes Collection on 23 April
16 March 2012
Broadcasting the Arts strand launches with Ways of Seeing: John Berger on the Small Screen at BFI Southbank in April
14 March 2012
Jiří Trnka at BFI Southbank in April 2012
6 March 2012
BFI’s Sonic Cinema presents a preview screening of Marley at BFI Southbank
6 March 2012
S.O.S. — The Titanic Centenary at BFI Southbank in April 2012
1 March 2012
April 2012 at BFI Southbank
1 March 2012
February 2012
BFI response to Henley Review, & Tom Hooper supports BFI’s film academies for young people
28 February 2012
Joint response to Henley Report from Arts Council England, Heritage Lottery Fund and BFI
28 February 2012
Full programme unveiled for BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2012
23 February 2012
BFI relaunches Library
21 February 2012
DVD press release: Encounters
20 February 2012
The Cinematic Race to the South Pole At BFI Southbank in March 2012
20 February 2012
Another record-breaking New Year at BFI Southbank as it celebrates its best month ever
15 February 2012
The Passion of Carl Dreyer – a complete retrospective at BFI Southbank
15 February 2012
Award-winning filmmaker Peter Kosminsky joins BFI Board of Governors
15 February 2012
DVD press release: The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome
13 February 2012
Strong presence for UK film at Berlin International Film Festival 2012
10 February 2012
BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival opening night film: Cloudburst
9 February 2012
DVD press release: The Devils
9 February 2012
DVD press release: This Our Still Life
9 February 2012
Dickens on Screen at BFI Southbank in February and March 2012
6 February 2012
Peter Cook: Genius at Work at BFI Southbank in March 2012
6 February 2012
Celebrate Chinese New Year at BFI Southbank in February 2012
3 February 2012
5th BFI Future Film Festival
1 February 2012
January 2012
Audiences flocked to UK films in 2011
31 January 2012
David Lynch at BFI Southbank
30 January 2012
From a Dickens classic to a 3D dance extravaganza – BFI Film Fund backs array of new British films
24 January 2012
March 2012 at BFI Southbank
20 January 2012
UK film at Sundance 2012
20 January 2012
Celebrate Valentine’s Day at BFI Southbank
13 January 2012
DVD press release: The Ozu Collection: The Student Comedies
11 January 2012
DVD & Blu-ray press release: A Bigger Splash
6 January 2012
DVD & Blu-ray press release: Her Private Hell
6 January 2012
December 2011
Film festival bounces back with 26th edition in 2012
22 December 2011
February 2012 at BFI Southbank
20 December 2011
The Genius of Hitchcock: BFI presents restored Hitchcock films for London 2012 festival
16 December 2011
Adapting Dickens: A Television History: a special event as part of the BFI’s Dickens on Screen
8 December 2011
Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend and Exodus: Finding Shelter
1 December 2011
November 2011
Lost Christmas
22 November 2011
January 2012 at BFI Southbank
20 November 2011
Wise Cracks: The Comedies Of Woody Allen at BFI Southbank
18 November 2011
Meet Me in St. Louis
17 November 2011
BFI to bring Ken Russell’s controversial masterpiece The Devils to DVD for the first time
15 November 2011
BFI launches new fund to promote British films internationally
10 November 2011
DVD & Blu-ray press release: Medea
9 November 2011
DVD press release: The Adelphi Collection: The Great Game & Miss Tulip Stays the Night
7 November 2011
October 2011
DVD press release: The Molly Dineen Collection Volume Three
31 October 2011
December 2011 at BFI Southbank
20 October 2011
BFI boosts support for British film internationally
20 October 2011
Peter Kosminsky – Making Mischief at BFI Southbank in December 2011
11 October 2011
DVD press release: The COI Collection Volume Six – Worth the Risk?
11 October 2011
Halloween Special: BFI Southbank presents Alice Cooper: Welcome 2 My Nightmare Movies
7 October 2011
55th BFI London Film Festival unveils packed industry programme
6 October 2011
BFI Southbank presents Sonic Cinema and the UK Premiere of Anyone Can Play Guitar
3 October 2011
DVD & Blu-ray press release: French Cancan
3 October 2011
DVD press release: Kurosawa Crime Collection
3 October 2011
DVD press release: Kurosawa Classic Collection
3 October 2011
BFI Flipside catalogue relaunch on 24 October 2011
3 October 2011
DVD & Blu-ray press release: BFI Flipside presents Voice Over
3 October 2011
BFI DVD & Blu-ray press release: George Harrison presents Little Malcolm and his Struggle Against the Eunuchs
3 October 2011
September 2011
BFI London Film Festival Archive Gala Screening – World Premiere of BFI National Archive Restoration: The First Born (1928)
29 September 2011
Wonderful London! Rare films from the 1920s
29 September 2011
End of Empire at BFI Southbank in November 2011
28 September 2011
BFI launches new report – Opening Our Eyes: How Film Contributes to the Culture of the UK
22 September 2011
November 2011 at BFI Southbank
20 September 2011
Lottery funded films headline this year’s BFI London Film Festival
14 September 2011
55th BFI London Film Festival programme launch
7 September 2011
Screen Heritage UK marks a new era for Britain’s film archives
1 September 2011
August 2011
The Deep Blue Sea to close the 55th BFI London Film Festival
30 August 2011
360 to open the 55th BFI London Film Festival
25 August 2011
BFI Southbank presents Maya Deren: 50 Years On
25 August 2011
Being With a Friend: The Films of Edward Yang
25 August 2011
BFI DVD press release: Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece
22 August 2011
From Birth to Teens: TV’s Earliest Years at BFI Southbank
18 August 2011
DVD & Blu-ray press release – The Complete Humphrey Jennings Volume One: The First Days
16 August 2011
DVD & Blu-ray press release: The Soviet Influence: From Turksib to Night Mail
16 August 2011/p>
BFI announces further projects to receive funding from BFI’s Lottery Fund for Audience Development
11 August 2011
BFI DVD press release: More – a film by Barbet Schroeder
3 August 2011
BFI Statistical Yearbook 2011 published
1 August 2011
July 2011
A new digital restoration of Days of Heaven
26 July 2011
September-October 2011 at BFI Southbank
20 July 2011
American premiere of longest version of Abel Gance’s legendary masterpiece Napoleon
20 July 2011
BFI marks Ken Loach’s 75th birthday with major project
20 July 2011
BFI DVD press release: The Molly Dineen Collection Volume Two – The Ark
19 July 2011
BFI DVD press release: two rare 1950s comedies from the BFI’s Adelphi Collection released on DVD for the first time
19 July 2011
DVD & Blu-ray press release: Before the Revolution
19 July 2011
IP Minister visits the BFI National Archive
13 July 2011
Clare Stewart appointed Head of Exhibition, BFI
8 July 2011
Elizabeth Taylor: Screen Goddess
8 July 2011
He Who Dared: Dirk Bogarde
8 July 2011
BFI brings Hitchcock to life for London 2012 Festival
4 July 2011
Shinjuku Diaries: films from the Art Theatre Guild of Japan at BFI Southbank in August 2011
1 July 2011
Natural Pursuits – the screen dramas of Simon Gray – television season at BFI Southbank in August 2011
1 July 2011
Rocket School blasts off for 8–12 year olds at BFI Southbank for the summer holiday
1 July 2011
The BFI Disney 50 in July – October 2011
1 July 2011
June 2011
Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! The MGM Musical at BFI Southbank
30 June 2011
August 2011 at BFI Southbank
30 June 2011
Vintage at BFI Southbank
17 June 2011
Tim Cagney appointed Deputy Chief Executive, BFI
16 June 2011
DVD & Blu-ray press release: Deep End
9 June 2011
DVD press release: The Miners’ Hymns
9 June 2011
Ray Davies in Conversation at BFI Southbank
9 June 2011
May 2011
Film Funday at BFI Southbank throughout May, June and July 2011
31 May 2011
Rabindranath Tagore at BFI Southbank in May 2011
31 May 2011
Refuge in Films at BFI Southbank 24 – 26 June 2011
31 May 2011
The Nation’s Health TV Season at BFI Southbank in May 2011
31 May 2011
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun At BFI Southbank in May 2011
31 May 2011
The Dude Abides… A Tribute to Jeff Bridges Part One: June 2011
31 May 2011
Curiouser and Curiouser: the films of Alain Resnais
26 May 2011
Last Year in Marienbad
25 May 2011
BFI National Archive collections awarded UN Status
24 May 2011
July 2011 at BFI Southbank
24 May 2011
Good Morning Freedom! Spanish Cinema After Franco at BFI Southbank in June 2011
24 May 2011
BFI appoints Tom Hooper to Board of Governors
17 May 2011
DVD & Blu-ray press release: The Great White Silence
17 May 2011
DVD & Blu-ray press release: Robinson in Ruins
17 May 2011
UK film industry pioneers sustainability standard developed by BSI
16 May 2011
BFI Preview: Cars 2 in 3D plus Q&A with John Lasseter
11 May 2011
BUG: Moby Special at BFI Southbank
10 May 2011
BFI celebrates British film at Cannes
10 May 2011
The BFI releases Buñ̃uel and Dalí’s controversial masterpiece L’Age d’or in newly mastered High Definition
10 May 2011
BFI celebrates successful year… and BFI Southbank enjoys best year ever
5 May 2011
DVD & Blu-ray press release: Alice
4 May 2011
More Yasujiro Ozu Dual Format Edition releases from the BFI
4 May 2011
Cría cuervos
3 May 2011
April 2011
June 2011 at BFI Southbank
20 April 2011/p>
BFI’s new £2m Lottery Film Fund offers lifeline for audience development
11 April 2011
A new BFI National Archive restoration of The Great White Silence
7 April 2011
Deep End: a new digital restoration
4 April 2011
BFI strengthens board and increases production funds as new era for film begins
1 April 2011