Rhianna Dhillon's Coastal Stories

Rhianna Dhillon heads to the coast and picks her favourite films featuring stories set where the land meets the sea. 

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Zagêro

It’s so normal to be normal, isn’t it? This radical queer performance film with an all-disabled cast and crew begs to differ.

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Zari

In the bustle of family wedding preparations, Neelu forms an unexpected connection with a sari store clerk, in Shruti Parekh's award-winning short.

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D-Punk Q&A

Film-makers and disability activists discuss a documentary in which punk and disability collide to tell a story about a hidden history of resistance.

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Pretty Sick

Disabled artist and activist Sara brings a unique brand of creative and political expression through their mobility aids.

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What we're watching

The Cars That Ate Paris - the unexpected beginnings of a master director

Writer Will Webb examines the humour and visual invention of Peter Weir's debut film.
  • Short documentary
  • 2026
  • 2 mins

The Gold Diggers: Sally Potter’s debut forces you to break free of passivity

Potter's debut feature film forces us to reckon with women's pressure to shape-shift to fit in, says Lilia Pavin-Franks. 
  • Documentary
  • 2026
  • 3 mins

sweet-thang zine presents Black Autonomy, Black Realities

Zoë Thompson from sweet-thang zine breaks down their new BFI Player collection of films exploring themes of Blackness, autonomy and the self.
  • Short interview
  • 2026
  • 3 mins

Before I Do

On the morning of her wedding, Mona, a British-Indian woman, questions her rushed marriage and reflects on a period of self-discovery from her past.
  • Drama
  • 2026
  • 9 mins

The Chronology of Water - Extended Q&A

An extended Q&A with Kristen Stewart and Imogen Poots, director and star of The Chronology of Water, led by Rhianna Dhillon. .
  • Short documentary
  • Inside Film
  • 2026
  • 17 mins

Callum Turner's 3 You Must See on BFI Player

Rose of Nevada star Callum Turner picks the three films you must see on BFI Player.
  • Short interview
  • 2026
  • 2 mins

Kristen Stewart's 3 You Must See on BFI Player

The writer, actor and director of The Chronology of Water picks the three films you must see on BFI Player
  • Short interview
  • 2026
  • 4 mins

Miroirs No.3 Q&A with Christian Petzold

Christian Petzold talks about his film Miroirs No. 3 on stage at BFI Southbank.
  • Short interview
  • 2026
  • 29 mins

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Aamir Khan in Conversation

The star of Lagaan, Dil Chahta Hai and 3 Idiots gives a rare on-stage conversation about his extraordinary career.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2026
  • 60 mins

D-Punk Q&A

Film-makers and disability activists discuss a documentary in which punk and disability collide to tell a story about a hidden history of resistance.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2026
  • 33 mins

Tessa Thompson's 3 You Must See on BFI Player

Tessa Thompson (Creed, Hedda, Thor: Ragnorok) picks the three films you must see on BFI Player.
  • Short interview
  • 2026
  • 2 mins

The Cars That Ate Paris - the unexpected beginnings of a master director

Writer Will Webb examines the humour and visual invention of Peter Weir's debut film.
  • Short documentary
  • 2026
  • 2 mins

D-Punk

A raw, defiant documentary where punk and disability collide – challenging norms, reclaiming space, and rewriting who gets to be seen and heard.
  • Documentary
  • 2026
  • 31 mins

Zagêro

It’s so normal to be normal, isn’t it? This radical queer performance film with an all-disabled cast and crew begs to differ.
  • Drama
  • 2025
  • 16 mins

There Will Come Soft Rains

Haunted by rising sea levels, a daughter digs up her father’s grave in BAFTA-nominated director Elham Ehsas' climate film.
  • Drama
  • 15 mins

Pretty Sick

Disabled artist and activist Sara brings a unique brand of creative and political expression through their mobility aids.
  • Short documentary
  • 2025
  • 10 mins

Where We Came From

Emmy award-winner Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife; Bend It Like Beckham) stars as a government minister whose internalised racism shapes her policies.
  • Drama
  • 2024
  • 15 mins

MidRiff

Neeraja Raj's animated musical comedy about an unexpected guest interrupting a romantic make-out session, positively encourages naval-gazing.
  • Comedy
  • Musical
  • 2024
  • 7 mins

We Crip Film Festival

A celebration of Disability Pride Month and a reclamation by the Disabled film community to champion our strength, creativity and ingenuity.

D-Punk

A raw, defiant documentary where punk and disability collide – challenging norms, reclaiming space, and rewriting who gets to be seen and heard.
  • Documentary
  • 2026
  • 31 mins

Special People

Five teenagers get their own back on a manipulative filmmaker in this subversive comedy.
  • Comedy
  • Student film
  • 2004
  • 13 mins

Pretty Sick

Disabled artist and activist Sara brings a unique brand of creative and political expression through their mobility aids.
  • Short documentary
  • 2025
  • 10 mins

Zagêro

It’s so normal to be normal, isn’t it? This radical queer performance film with an all-disabled cast and crew begs to differ.
  • Drama
  • 2025
  • 16 mins

Imagination

An art gallery provides some respite from the world outside
  • Animation & Artists Moving Image
  • 2016
  • 4 mins

Retreat

A woman risks the safety of her secret commune by helping a stranger.
  • Drama
  • 2013
  • 22 mins

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The Extraordinary Miss Flower - Extended Q&A

Directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard talk about their film, which unpacks a suitcase of love letters that inspired an album by Emilíana Torrini.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2025
  • 28 mins

Jessie Buckley in Conversation

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.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2026
  • 65 mins

Getting it Back: The Story of Cymande - Q&A

The director of a documentary about British funk pioneers Cymande joins the band at BFI Southbank to talk about the film.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2024
  • 22 mins

Chloé Zhao Screen Talk | BFI London Film Festival 2025

The Oscar®- winning director of Nomadland discusses her unique approach to filmmaking and the inspiration behind the adaptation of Hamnet.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2025
  • 65 mins

Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché Q&A

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.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2021
  • 3 mins

Jackie Chan on Stunts, Hollywood and Bruce Lee (Q&A)

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.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2014
  • 30 mins

Tessa Thompson Screen Talk | BFI London Film Festival 2025

The actor discusses her career, including her titular performance in BFI London Film Festival selection, Hedda.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2025
  • 68 mins

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
  • 2025
  • 38 mins

Joanna Scanlan - Extended Q&A

Actor and writer Joanna Scanlan talks to Mia Bays, director of the BFI's Filmmaking Fund, about her career in film and television.
  • Short interview
  • 2024
  • 51 mins

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