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Starve Acre
Dark and sinister forces invade a couple’s home in this wildly eerie British folk horror, with unflinching performances from Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.
- Horror
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2023
- 98 mins
- Dan Kokotajlo
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Radu Jude’s follow-up to the Golden Bear-winning Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is a pin-sharp, caustically funny critique of workplace culture and oppression.
- Comedy
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2023
- 163 mins
- Radu Jude
Certain Women
Kristen Stewart, Lily Gladstone and Jared Harris star in Kelly Reichardt's acclaimed portmanteau of women's stories; winner of Best Film at BFI London Film Festival 2016.
- Drama
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2015
- 107 mins
- Kelly Reichardt
Sky Peals
A coming-of-age tale about a father-son relationship that might just be out of this world.
- Science Fiction
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2023
- 91 mins
- Moin Hussain
Akenfield
Peter Hall’s extraordinary, long-unseen work of sublime poetic realism traces three generations of one Suffolk family and their lives in the farming industry.
- Drama
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1975
- 98 mins
- Peter Hall
Evil Does Not Exist
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to Drive My Car is a hauntingly enigmatic eco-thriller. Winner of Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival.
- Drama
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2023
- 106 mins
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Rare Beasts
Billie Piper stars in her own directorial debut, a no-holds-barred, Fleabag-esque anti-romcom about a modern woman’s struggles in work and love.
- Comedy
- Drama
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2021
- 92 mins
- Billie Piper
Apostasy
A deeply religious family must decide whether to stick by their relation or abandon her, in this striking debut from Daniel Kokotajlo - a prizewinner at BFI London Film Festival 2017.
- Drama
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2018
- 95 mins
- Dan Kokotajlo
Big Banana Feet
Captivating 'lost' record of Billy Connolly on the cusp of international stardom during his 1975 tour of Ireland.
- Documentary
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1976
- 78 mins
- Murray Grigor and Patrick Higson
The Teachers' Lounge
A teacher’s life unravels when one of her students is accused of stealing in this arresting, Oscar-nominated thriller.
- Drama
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2023
- 99 mins
- Ilker Çatak
Four Little Adults
A Finnish couple facing a marital crisis venture into the world of polyamory, in this mature meditation on love.
- Drama
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2023
- 123 mins
- Selma Vilhunen
The Passenger
Jack Nicholson is at his best in Michelangelo Antonioni’s tale of a burnt-out political correspondent swapping identities with a dead man.
- Drama
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1974
- 126 mins
- Michelangelo Antonioni
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Girls Will Be Girls
Teenage romance simmers in a strict Himalayan boarding school in this sublime coming-of-age tale. Winner of the 2024 Sundance audience prize.
- Drama
- Romance
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2024
- 119 mins
- Shuchi Talati
Kneecap
Fantastically outlandish biopic about the anarchic Belfast rap trio and their fight to save the Irish language.
- Drama
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2024
- 105 mins
- Rich Peppiatt
Close To You
Simmering apprehensions surround a family get-together as Elliot Page’s Sam returns home for the first time since transitioning, in this highly collaborative feature.
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2023
- 99 mins
- Dominic Savage
My Favourite Cake
Life begins at 70 for Mahin, who decides to shake her life up in this charming, quietly subversive tale from Iran.
- Romance
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2024
- 97 mins
- Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha
Wilding
A dying landscape is healed against all odds, going on to thrive in astonishing ways, in this hopeful story of ecological regeneration.
- Documentary
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2023
- 75 mins
- David Allen
Bye Bye Tiberias
A daughter’s powerful love letter to her mother and the strength of four generations of a Palestinian family.
- Documentary
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2023
- 83 mins
- Lina Soualem
Kensuke's Kingdom
Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel is brought to life in this delightful, animated tale of a young castaway who discovers he’s not alone.
- Animation & Artists Moving Image
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2023
- 84 mins
- Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry
Unicorns
Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd have created a moving romance between an Essex mechanic and a South Asian drag queen.
- Romance
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2023
- 120 mins
- Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd
About Dry Grasses
Turkish Palme d’Or-winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan returns with an icy portrait of a teacher whose life unravels following an accusation of inappropriate behaviour.
- Romance
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2023
- 198 mins
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Chuck Chuck Baby
A chicken factory worker rekindles a childhood romance in this joyous musical-drama set in North Wales.
- Drama
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2022
- 102 mins
- Janis Pugh
La Chimera
Alice Rohrwacher’s fascinating new drama finds Josh O’Connor’s fish out of water delving into the world of stolen artefacts.
- Action and Adventure
- Comedy
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2023
- 132 mins
- Alice Rohrwacher
Love Lies Bleeding
Rose Glass’s gripping and gory follow-up to Saint Maud finds a lesbian couple drawn into a web of violence in 1980s small-town New Mexico.
- Romance
- Thriller
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2023
- 104 mins
- Rose Glass
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1000s of films restored by the BFI National Archive and our partners
Punky Night at Hinton St George
Some punky goings on at dusk
- Current affairs
- News
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1977
- 1 mins
Whistle and I’ll Come to You
A decade before the BBC's version of M R James supernatural classic came this chilling version from the North Downs Cinematograph Society
- Amateur film
- Thriller
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1956
- 10 mins
Mirror Mirror
A haunted mirror is the gateway to Halloween horror in this eerie tale from the Eastbourne Cine Group
- Amateur film
- Thriller
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1969
- 8 mins
Damaged Goods
A tragic story is played out by porcelain figurines residing in a bric-a-brac shop.
- Animation & Artists Moving Image
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2008
- 9 mins
The Strange Case of Penny Allison
Imelda Staunton and Hugh Laurie as you've not quite seen them before: in a comedy training video for Britain’s National Blood Service.
- Government sponsored film
- Training film/TV programme
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2002
- 18 mins
LFF Trailer 1995
Aardman turn the cinema screen into a mirror and offer this delightful portrait of the typical film festival audience
- Animation & Artists Moving Image
- Documentary
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1995
- 1 mins
Jack Johnson Paying a Visit to Manchester Docks
The legendary world heavyweight boxing champion, John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson, visits Manchester.
- Non-Fiction
- 2 mins
Shippam's Sandwichmakers
Boring sandwiches get a tasty Shippam's make-over in this classic comedy commercial from the 70s starring the legendary Roy Kinnear
- Advert
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1981
- 1 mins
Life in Her Hands
Kathleen Byron - of Black Narcissus fame - stars in one of the most ambitious recruitment films ever made.
- Instructional film/TV programme
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1951
- 55 mins
Poet Goes North
A long-lost BBC documentary of John Betjeman reflecting, in his unhurried manner, his sense that something vital was being lost and singling out what should be preserved.
- Documentary
- Instructional film/TV programme
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1968
- 26 mins
Outlying
A documentary on one of Scotland’s most isolated and breathtaking islands, where all 35 residents prepare for the remarkable roll-out of fibre-optic broadband.
- Documentary
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2019
- 11 mins
Everywhere is a Wildlife Park
No need to queue, and nothing to pay. All you need is a good pair of eyes ... because ‘everywhere is a wildlife park’.
- Amateur film
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1970
- 19 mins