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British Film Institute

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport,[2] and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949.[3]

"BFI" redirects here. For other uses, see BFI (disambiguation).

Abbreviation

BFI

1933 (1933)

Film, television charitable organisation

London, England, UK

Ben Roberts

£127,827,000[1]

Purpose[edit]

The BFI was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the United Kingdom.[4]

BFI activities[edit]

Archive[edit]

The BFI maintains the world's largest film archive, the BFI National Archive, previously called National Film Library (1935–1955), National Film Archive (1955–1992), and National Film and Television Archive (1993–2006). The archive contains more than 50,000 fiction films, over 100,000 non-fiction titles, and around 625,000 television programmes. The majority of the collection is British material but it also features internationally significant holdings from around the world. The Archive also collects films which feature key British actors and the work of British directors.

Leadership[edit]

The BFI is currently chaired by Jay Hunt and run by CEO Ben Roberts.

BFI The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time

– the most sought-after films currently missing from the BFI archive

BFI 75 Most Wanted

– the DVD/Blu-ray collection dedicated to telling the alternative history of British film

BFI Flipside

BFI Top 100 British films

– a list of the best British television programmes

BFI TV 100

Fellows of the British Film Institute

Cinema of the United Kingdom

Independent Cinema in the United Kingdom

– a history website run by the BFI

Screenonline

List of film institutes

Association of European Film Archives and Cinematheques

 – annual BFI award for "the maker of the most original and imaginative film introduced at the National Film Theatre during the year"

Sutherland Trophy

Official website

website

BFI Screenonline