Short documentary using interviews and animation to explore how cinemas survived in Seoul thanks to the patronage of gay men.

The star of Beast and Wild Rose, and the recent recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actress for Hamnet talks to Mark Kermode about her career.

A myth about a reincarnated deer arouses Tim's curiosity while on holiday with his parents.

Dead Grandma Nai sneaks away from the afterlife after overhearing that her queer grandson is getting engaged to a woman.

In this mini video essay, BFI contributor Maha Al-Badrawi explains why Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls is a rhinestoned, stilettoed Western. Contains spoilers!

During a lunch break in a furniture store, a sadomasochistic stand-off unfolds between a boss and her employee.

George Clooney visited BFI Southbank to look back on his life and career.

The Oscar®- winning director of Nomadland discusses her unique approach to filmmaking and the inspiration behind the adaptation of Hamnet.

A transgender sex worker is assigned an undercover mission to investigate a student activist.

China in the early 1990s. By day, Chen Shi is a man employed in a textile workshop. At night, she is a woman in a red dress. One evening, she falls in love with a man she meets at a dance hall.

Two women meet during rush hour in Saigon.

The filmmaker asks her grandmother to read a letter out loud, revealing long held secrets.

Shin-mi, a transgender dancer, is summoned to attend a military service examination in Sungbin Byun's award-winning short.

Seiji meets a stranger who mysteriously disappears.

The hidden world of East and Southeast Asian raves in London is uncovered, presenting a community of acceptance and joy.

Jun returns to Earth as a ghost to say goodbye to his lover.

Pioneering Taiwanese filmmaker Jo-fei Chen's debut follows a young gay writer in 1990s Taipei.

During a lunch break in a furniture store, a sadomasochistic stand-off unfolds between a boss and her employee.

When a UFO appears in the skies of Seoul, wreaking havoc, Soojin races to track down the mysterious green girl she spent the night with.

The making of a queer cinema classic.

 Gurinder Chadha on her work held in the BFI National Archive.

A mysterious woman arrives on the eve of a wedding, revealing a secret family history in Shiva Raichandani's explosive, award-winning musical.

Filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and curator Matthew Barrington discuss Frederick Wiseman’s High School with Sandra Hebron.

Writer-director Lucile Hadžihalilović explains how she spun her own dark fairytale out of Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen.

The film-makers behind a haunting tale of love and community within a UK immigration detention centre visited the BFI Southbank to discuss their film.

Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio in Conversation at BFI Southbank, discussing the making of One Battle After Another.

George Clooney visited BFI Southbank to look back on his life and career.

The director of a documentary about British funk pioneers Cymande joins the band at BFI Southbank to talk about the film.

The actor discusses her career, including her titular performance in BFI London Film Festival selection, Hedda.

Kyle MacLachlan talks to BFI CEO Ben Roberts about working with David Lynch on the legendary series Twin Peaks.

Directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard talk about their film, which unpacks a suitcase of love letters that inspired an album by Emilíana Torrini.

In an extensive 30-minute interview with longtime admirer Jonathan Ross, Jackie Chan discusses the changing nature of Chinese cinema over the course of his long career.

Co-directors Celeste Bell and Paul Sng, and producer Rebecca Mark-Lawson discuss their experience filming Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché Q&A, hosted by journalist and broadcaster Kieran Yates.

Afrika Bambaataa and DJ, musician and filmmaker Don Letts discuss the development of Afrofuturism and its key artists.

Actor and writer Joanna Scanlan talks to Mia Bays, director of the BFI's Filmmaking Fund, about her career in film and television.

Discover why Dan George of Northumbria University believes everyone should experience Oldboy at least once.

Trixie Parkin-Christie of Northumbria University offers fresh insight into why Wings of Desire remains essential viewing.

Harry Coghlan of Northumbria University explains why FW Murnau's 1922 vampire story is an endlessly intriguing work of art.

Charlie Hammersley, a student from Northumbria University, explains how Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film holds up a mirror to society.

Adam Smith of Northumbria University explains why Andrea Arnold's coming-of-age story, about a girl who uses dance to escape, is his favourite film on BFI Player.

Harry Wallace, a student at Northumbria university, explains why Sean Baker's LA-set comedy-drama, about a transgender sex worker on the hunt for her cheating -ex, is worth your time.