BFI Southbank

A four-screen cinema venue showing a huge selection of classic and contemporary films each year, with new and re-releases, film seasons, and director and actor retrospectives.

We’re reopening (again!)

17 May

We can’t wait to welcome you back to our cinema, which will be reopening its doors from Monday 17 May, in accordance with government guidelines. We will be making sure every visitor is safe, with socially distanced seating, mask wearing and hand sanitisers throughout the building. The full details of the safety measures we have taken can be found here.

Our cinemas will reopen with an exciting programme featuring Her Voice, focusing on black female singers going from the spotlight to the screen; Robert Altman, a retrospective of the great American outsider; and Dream Palace, a celebration of the big screen, with films handpicked by Edgar Wright, Asif Kapadia, Gurinder Chadha and many more...

Find out more about our reopening

The full programme will be on the website from Monday 26 April, with members booking opening on Monday 3 May, and public booking Thursday 6 May.

We can’t wait to welcome you back to the cinema.

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