As our BFI Southbank season dedicated to Billy Wilder gets under way, we plot a beginner’s path through the bittersweet comedies and acerbic noirs of one of the most celebrated directors of the golden age of Hollywood. theb.fi/4jVKB3B

As Film Africa opens with the UK premiere of Cannes prizewinner Ben’Imana, we explore 10 films that reveal the richness, diversity and transnational currents of East African cinema, challenging perceptions along the way. bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great…

Lust and larceny, deceit and double crosses.

The Handmaiden (2016), streaming now on #BFIPlayer

Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali joined us for an LFF Screen Talk to discuss the cost of acclaim, portraying a Black father, and the challenge of finding fully realised roles now he's stepping up to play leading men. theb.fi/4sjjIst

Award-winning director of 1976 Manuela Martelli talks to us about her second feature The Meltdown, a wintry coming-of-age drama set during Chile’s uneasy transition to democracy. theb.fi/4if6cl1

Revealing the collage artwork for our essential new The Goons at Rediffusion set, which gathers rare and previously unreleased material made by the legendary comic team for Assoicated-Rediffusion in the mid-1950s.

Available to pre-order now: theb.fi/4hip83s

Learn more about how the BFI National Archive is preserving contemporary film on film and transforming its Screencraft facilities, and read about a recent collaboration with actress Rebecca Hall, in the latest Inside the Archive blog. theb.fi/4eryQhv

Spooky season has arrived in the BFI Reuben Library 🎃

Danny Boyle discusses adapting James Graham’s Ink, tracing the roots of Britain’s tabloid revolution and exploring how the Sun helped create the attention economy that now shapes social media and modern politics. theb.fi/4zEARPA

Following the 4K restoration screening at this year's BFI London Film Festival, writer and filmmaker Nasheed Qamar Faruqi explores one of Indian cinema’s most emotionally devastating dramas, Pakeezah. theb.fi/4zzzj9q

The director of The Witch, The Lighthouse and Nosferatu reflected on folklore, filmmaking and creative partnership at an LFF Screen Talk, where audiences were treated to the first footage from his next nightmare, Werwulf. theb.fi/3TJQ9U8

Whether playing an abusive filmmaker or an architect consumed by ambition, Javier Bardem’s latest characters struggle to see the harm they inflict on those around them. He discusses flawed masculinity, ageing and vulnerability on screen. theb.fi/4z7wxsj

The winners of the 2026 BFI London Film Festival Awards are... 🏆

#LFF

Take the vows. Break the vows. Pay the price.

La Femme infidèle (1969), streaming now on #BFIPlayer

Voting for the #LFF Audience Awards is now open 🏆

Cast your vote for this year's Best Feature Film and Best British Discovery by Wed 21 Oct: theb.fi/4h2t5qw

Funny, self-deprecating and refreshingly down to earth, Naomi Ackie joined us for an LFF Screen Talk to discuss fame, failure, horror movies and the craft behind her acclaimed performances. theb.fi/4ysfKzd

As Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon return for another series of The Trip – this time bound for Scandinavia – we spoke to director Michael Winterbottom about the lines between fact and fiction, TV and cinema, and why it’s difficult to be as prolific as Ingmar Bergman. theb.fi/47k0auk

RT @MayorofLondon: Lights, cameras and a celebration of London’s creativity. My Mayor’s Film Gala at the BFI London Film Festival celebrate…

ad London, are you ready to dive into something a little different?

Discover WATER BODY, an immersive new experience by MARSHMALLOW LASER FEAST at the 70th BFI London Film Festival, where rivers, oceans, landscapes - and even you -  become part of one continuous planetary cclaimed UK studio Marshmallow Laser Feast in collaboration with author Robert Macfarlane, this mesmerising audiovisual installation uses real Earth systems data to reveal the hidden flows connecting life on our planet.   And yes… you’ll even drink water from bespoke ceramics before becoming part of the bodies of water explored in the installation👀💧  

📍 The Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields
📅 Until 18 October
🎟️ Tickets from £9 👉 ow.ly/i0JY50ZWahE
💙 Aged between 16–25? Get tickets for just £6 with a free BFI 25 and Under account.  

Consider this your sign to experience London a little differently this October🌊

#LFF #BFILondonFilmFestival #WATERBODY #LondonEvents #ThingsToDoInLondon

Hometown screening of PRIMETIME at @BFI London Film Festival with special guest @TomHolland1996