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Curated collections of film and TV by genre, theme, actor or director.

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Lindsay Anderson vs the Short Films Industry + intro by Patrick Russell, BFI National Archive

A chance to catch rare early Anderson films and explore his troubled relationship with Britain’s documentary industry.

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Rome, Open City + intro by Italian Neorealism season curator Giulia Saccogna

A foundational Italian neorealist film and a dramatic portrait of a city under occupation.

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Lindsay Anderson Experimenta Mixtape, curated by Stephen Sutcliffe

TV clips, film extracts and short films are collaged together for this unusual iteration of the Experimenta Mixtape series. Not to be missed.

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New releases

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Re-releases

A selection of key classics – many newly restored.

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Big screen classics

The timeless films we urge you to see.

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Families

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