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.

New release

The Levelling

Debut writer/director Hope Dickson Leach delivers a hugely impressive first feature about a middle class farming family’s crisis, set against the backdrop of the Somerset floods.
Until 25 May

Screening today

All events

Events and previews

Your chance to catch the latest releases, and hear from film and TV personalities.

Preview: Churchill + Q&A with filmmakers and cast

This gripping, tightly-scripted thriller focuses on Winston Churchill (an excellent Brian Cox) in the run up to D-Day.
Stranger on the Shore + live set

A cycle of video-poems with soundtrack by Andrew Weatherall, Nina Walsh and Franck Alba.
Here Lies Jonathan Meades: Screening and Career Interview

Jonathan Meades – writer, architectural critic and Britain’s greatest TV essayist – joins us after a screening of his work.

Saturday 3 June 18:00

All film & TV seasons

Film and TV seasons

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

RW Fassbinder

Part two of this survey shows post-war Germany’s most provocative filmmaker at the height of his powers.
Girls Like Us

In the second part of our season, women directors and actors come to the fore.
India on Film: Music in Indian Cinema: Song and Dance

The art of song picturisation in film is India’s thrilling gift to world cinema.

All film releases

Film releases

The latest cinema releases and key classics – many newly restored.

Manhattan

New York’s never looked so glorious as in this classic, romantic black-and-white Woody Allen comedy.
Opens 12 May
The Levelling

Debut writer/director Hope Dickson Leach delivers a hugely impressive first feature about a middle class farming family’s crisis, set against the backdrop of the Somerset floods.
Opens 12 May

25 and under

Future Film

Events every month for 15-25 year olds who love film.
£3 tickets

Introduction to £3 tickets.

More about BFI Southbank

Your visit

Food and drink

Two great places to lounge, eat and drink when you visit.
BFI Shop

Film and TV-related books, DVDs and gifts at BFI Southbank and online.
The BFI Reuben Library

We provide free access to a huge collection of books, journals and documents about the world of film and television.
BFI Mediatheque

At BFI Southbank’s Mediatheque you can explore the riches of the BFI National Archive, for free.