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Imran Perretta's acclaimed debut film Ish, a stunning coming-of-age story, opens in cinemas 31 July and on BFI Player 8 September. Quad poster designed by @iamsamashby for BFI
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As World Cup 2026 kicks off in North America, we look back over some of the best football films made since the millennium. theb.fi/4eeHlf0

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I AM HEALED
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seeing Oppenheimer at the BFI IMAX would heal me
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In a place where night never comes, darkness has taken over. Watch the original Insomnia (1997), starring Stellan Skarsgård, on #BFIPlayer
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Watch the new trailer for Imran Perretta's acclaimed debut film, a stunning coming-of-age story in the tradition of The Apu Trilogy, Kes and Ratcatcher. In cinemas 31 July and on BFI Player 8 September. #BFIBacked #NationalLottery
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For the @BFI, I revisited the locations from Mike Leigh's Secrets & Lies (1996) which turns thirty this year. bfi.org.uk/features/mike-lei…
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Three decades after it won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, we went looking for the locations where Mike Leigh shot his bittersweet drama about an adopted daughter reconnecting with her birth mother. theb.fi/4vkjSAB
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Explore 130 years of screen stories with BFI Replay, the free-to-view archive video platform from the British Film Institute. Watch at home and discover exclusive additional content in your local library: theb.fi/43X5r9h
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The cover to the Fans’ Star Library 1959 issue on Marilyn Monroe. Preserved by the BFI National Archive: theb.fi/43WKACW
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As the UK marks the first-ever Jewish Culture Month, take a trip to the last days of the mid-20th Century Jewish East End with this short clip of production material for Robert Vas's classic The Vanishing Street. Discover more with our Jewish Britain collection, available now on BFI Replay theb.fi/4vxrZcB
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Hugely influential, insanely quotable, certified solid gold Brit comedy classic.
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Anybody up for a UK camping holiday this summer? ⛺ Mike Leigh's hugely influential Nuts in May will be released on Blu-ray for the first time this August! Pre-order today from the BFI Shop theb.fi/49GsWHb
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Anybody up for a UK camping holiday this summer? ⛺ Mike Leigh's hugely influential Nuts in May will be released on Blu-ray for the first time this August! Pre-order today from the BFI Shop theb.fi/49GsWHb
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The journey is about to begin. Book tickets for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey from Monday June 15. In Cinemas 17.07.26.
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The summer of #Supergirl is upon us. Tickets on sale now at BFI IMAX theb.fi/4o5yiS5 #FilmedForIMAX
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“The cultural prominence of 'old' movies may be shrinking, but Marilyn's face is still one of the world's most famous. People barely out of their teens, who have never seen a movie made before the Harry Potter series, can identify her. “That has, paradoxically, hurt the way her talent is assessed, not helped. There's SO much baggage with Monroe. Not just the misfortunes, or the mistakes that Marilyn herself made over time – she was, like all of us, doing her best – but the weight of rumours, stereotypes, conspiracy theories, all of it magnified by the sad fact of her early death. “Such crazy and ever-changing fame can put people off. They roll their eyes and claim they'd rather leave her to gossip shows, obsessives, influencers and rich people angling for the red carpet at the Met Gala. But avoiding the Marilyn industry is one thing; avoiding her films is needless self-denial. The world doesn't offer us much pleasure right now, and there are few things in cinema more joyous than discovering just how good Marilyn could be.” Farran Smith Nehme, writing in S&S's newest issue, which pays tribute to the great actress. Get your copy: shop.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so…
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We're delighted to see Rebekah Fortune's Learning to Breathe Underwater selected to world premiere at the 60th Karlovy Vary Film Festival! A UK / Netherlands / Ireland co-production proudly supported by #UKGlobalScreenFund @ShudderFilms @DCMS #KVIFF60
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