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The Extraordinary Miss Flower
Hugely creative biographical film full of charm and intrigue, uncovering the remarkable story of Geraldine Flower and a suitcase of love letters.
- Drama-documentary
- Performance
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2024
- 73 mins
- Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard

Swimming Pool
A crime novelist seeks peace but gets a dangerous muse in this twisted bilingual thriller from François Ozon.
- Drama
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2003
- 102 mins
- François Ozon
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Mohammad Rasoulof's powerful, vital, Oscar and BAFTA-nominated thriller about a bureaucrat torn between loyalty to his family and the Iranian regime.
- Thriller
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2024
- 167 mins
- Mohammad Rasoulof

April
A doctor in rural Georgia faces scrutiny after a baby dies during childbirth in this affecting and atmospheric abortion drama.
- Drama
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2024
- 134 mins
- Dea Kulumbegashvili

Four Mothers
Hilarious, uplifting tale of an Irish son juggling four very different mothers over one chaotic weekend in Dublin.
- Drama
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2023
- 89 mins
- Darren Thornton

Morvern Callar
Samantha Morton plays the enigmatic title character in Lynne Ramsay’s dreamy and atmospheric road movie.
- Drama
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2002
- 93 mins
- Lynne Ramsay

2073
Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia's unsettling drama-documentary delivers a powerful commentary on the state of the world today… and tomorrow.
- Documentary
- Drama-documentary
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2024
- 83 mins
- Asif Kapadia

Memoir of a Snail
Nick Cave and Sarah Snook voice an Oscar-nominated stop-motion classic of divided twins, told with adult candour and uncanny warmth.
- Animation & Artists Moving Image
- Drama
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2024
- 95 mins
- Adam Elliot

Of Horses and Men
Human romance and a passion for horses intertwine in this wildly beautiful, darkly funny equine tale from Iceland.
- Drama
- Comedy
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2013
- 81 mins
- Benedikt Erlingsson

Santosh
A housewife-turned-cop is sucked into a high-profile case that has polarised the local community in this taut, north India-set thriller.
- Drama
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2023
- 128 mins
- Sandhya Suri

All We Imagine as Light
Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Prix-winning portrait of three women is a transcendent tale of love and sisterhood.
- Romance
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2024
- 118 mins
- Payal Kapadia

Jeune & jolie
Francois Ozon’s sly and seductive account of teenage girl’s dalliance with high-class prostitution.
- Drama
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2013
- 93 mins
- François Ozon
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When Autumn Falls
The ever-inventive François Ozon offers a bittersweet tale with a twist or two, about age, youth, the past and the art of breaking the rules.
- Drama
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2024
- 104 mins
- François Ozon

Bogancloch
The life and environment of a solitary man is gently observed in Ben Rivers' intimate, experimental documentary.
- Documentary
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2025
- 86 mins
- Ben Rivers

The Return
Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche are superb in this moody and poignant adaptation of the final sections of Homer's Odyssey.
- Drama
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2024
- 116 mins
- Uberto Pasolini

When the Light Breaks
A young woman is forced to reframe the future she’d hoped for, in Rúnar Rúnarsson’s quietly breathtaking elegy of love, loss and acceptance.
- Drama
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2024
- 77 mins
- Rúnar Rúnarsson

It's Raining Men
Iris (Laure Calamy) disrupts her bourgeois routine by joining a dating app and embarking on an amusing, sensual quest for identity and lost desire.
- Comedy
- Romance
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2023
- 123 mins
- Caroline Vignal

One to One: John & Yoko
Kevin Macdonald’s essential record of the former Beatle’s final full-length performance is a fascinating portrait of two artists in a state of flux.
- Documentary
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2024
- 101 mins
- Kevin Macdonald

Parthenope
An alluring young woman seeks a deeper sense of purpose after a tragedy, in Paolo Sorrentino’s deeply romantic epic.
- Drama
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2024
- 136 mins
- Paolo Sorrentino

A New Kind of Wilderness
A tragedy shatters the idyllic world of a family living off-grid in the Norwegian wilderness.
- Documentary
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2023
- 84 mins
- Silje Evensmo Jacobsen

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Johan Grimonprez’s involving film essay, anchored by the rhythm of American jazz, reveals disturbing truths about the decolonial struggle between global political powers.
- Documentary
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2024
- 150 mins
- Johan Grimonprez

La Cocina
Tensions rise in a frenzied New York diner, in this loose reworking of Arnold Wesker’s 1957 play.
- Drama
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2024
- 139 mins
- Alonso Ruizpalacios

The Last Showgirl
Golden Globe-nominated Pamela Anderson is enchanting as the Las Vegas showgirl whose stage show is set to close.
- Drama
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2024
- 89 mins
- Gia Coppola

Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other
A creative artist couple navigate love and ageing in this brave, fascinating documentary.
- Documentary
- Biopic
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2024
- 100 mins
- Manon Ouimet and Jacob Perlmutter
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Twin Peaks star Kyle MacLachlan on working with David Lynch - Q&A
Kyle MacLachlan talks to BFI CEO Ben Roberts about working with David Lynch on the legendary series Twin Peaks.
- Inside Film
- Non-Fiction
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2025
- 38 mins

Women's Football Dick Kerr's Ladies FC vs. Lister's Ladies
Preston's famous Dick, Kerr Ladies FC - one of the earliest known women's football teams in England - play local side, Lister's Ladies, at Bradford's Valley Parade ground.
- Sport
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1921
- 5 mins

Daniel Craig in Conversation with Mark Kermode
Daniel Craig talks to Mark Kermode about his acting career, from his early role in Love is the Devil through to the Luca Guadagnino directed Queer.
- Inside Film
- Non-Fiction
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2025
- 44 mins

Spring Comes to the Zoo
Animal antics at Regent's Park Zoo as the doors are opened to a spring-time crowd.
- Non-Fiction
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1923
- 1 mins

What Am I?
Transgender pioneer April Ashley appears in this moving look at the challenges faced by the trans community in 1980s Britain
- Current affairs
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1980
- 26 mins

Divide and Rule - Never!
Young working class Londoners fight racism with the power of rock and reggae in this anarchic documentary.
- Documentary
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1978
- 41 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

Life in Her Hands
Kathleen Byron - of Black Narcissus fame - stars in one of the most ambitious recruitment films ever made.
- Instructional
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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

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
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
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