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Explore our regular programme of world cinema, archive and experimental film.
African Odysseys
Inspirational films by and about the people of Africa, from archive classics to new cinema and docs.
Restored: Bushman + intro with Journey Mercies director Tomisin Adepeju
A restored drama about the collision of cultures as young Nigerian encounters 1960s California counterculture.
Preview: Omen + intro and Q&A with director Baloji
A hallucinatory drama that follows a young man’s return home to reunite with his family.
Experimenta
Convention-breaking artist film and alternative moving-image culture.
Bumpkin Soup (aka The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl) + intro by Espen Bale, BFI National Archive
A country girl visits a strange Tokyo university in search of her high-school beau, in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's playful sophomore feature.
Cinema Is Evil: Welcome to the World of Legendary, Queer Occult Filmmaker Kenneth Anger
A collection of films celebrating underground filmmaker and Hollywood Babylon author Kenneth Anger.
Projecting the Archive
Rediscovered British features from the BFI National Archive.
The First Gentleman + intro by Josephine Botting, BFI National Archive Curator
Jean-Pierre Aumont plays a Belgian prince in Cavalcanti’s historical drama about the dissolute Prince Regent.
For Them That Trespass + intro by Josephine Botting, BFI National Archive Curator
A noirish British drama starring Richard Todd as a man wrongly convicted of murder.
Restored
Masterpieces and recent discoveries from around the world, newly restored.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins excel in Rouben Mamoulian’s superb adaptation of Stevenson’s novella, now beautifully restored in 2K.
Face to Face
An irreverent example of the Greek new wave, a precursor of New Greek Cinema.
The Small Back Room + intro by the BFI Conservation team
A dark and compelling exploration of the psyche of an alcoholic.
Seniors
Free and paid matinees, and talks for the over-60s.
Seniors' paid matinee: Close Your Eyes + intro by Belén Vidal, Reader in Film Studies
Víctor Erice’s latest cinematic gem, at once a mystery about an actor’s sudden disappearance from a film shoot, and a meditation on memory, identity, friendship – and the power of cinema.
Seniors’ paid matinee: Rome, Open City + intro
A foundational Italian neorealist film and a dramatic portrait of a city under occupation.
Seniors’ free matinee: School for Scoundrels + intro
Vintage humour as a lifetime loser enrols at the school of one-upmanship and attempts to reverse failure in life and love.
Seniors’ free matinee: Shakespeare Wallah + intro
A moving drama about the adventures of a traveling theatre company, who perform Shakespeare throughout the 1950s in towns across India.
Silent Cinema
Bringing you the best silent film from the BFI and around the world with live accompaniment.
Woman with a Movie Camera
We celebrate women’s contribution to cinema and spotlight female stories.
Woman With a Movie Camera preview: Nezouh + Q&A with director Soudade Kaadan
A new, beautiful and enchanting feminist coming-of-age drama from an award-winning Syrian filmmaker.
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