The library reading room as part of bfi southbank is closed due to covid19. The bfi national library provides access to the worlds largest collection of information on film and television. The archive is one of the largest in the world and includes more than 150,000 films and 600,000 television programmes. Collections search bfi british film institute simple. Mar 24, 2020 library hub discover lhd allows you to search for books and some other resources, such as whole journals in many british libraries at once.
See shorts and features, showing the best from the bfi, national and regional archives including 120 years of britain on film. This includes a unique collection of film material related to birmingham and the west midlands. Library hub discover lhd finding books in other libraries. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. We use national lottery funding to inspire people to watch, make and learn about film. Our world class digital library has everything from audiobooks to online learning resources and is available to british council library members. American film institute catalog american film institute. Related resources british film institute 50 greatest films. All copies in use view details view details for the souvenir, dvd, all copies in use holds.
Just before his death, however, cassavetes confessed to ray carney. The collection includes books on film genre and theory, gender studies, film production and scriptwriting, international filmmakers and actors, the history of early and silent cinema, and national cinemas. The best of international cinema 19161981 rob white on. In our library at bfi southbank you can access a huge collection of books, journals and digitised material about the world of film, television and the moving. The library holds over 3,500 books, covering all aspects of film history, criticism, theory and production. The british library sound archive holds the work of our recordings unit from the 1940s onwards, and the recordings of a staff oral history project.
The british film institute was founded in 1933 and is based at various sites in central london, the south bank of the thames at the national film theatre and the museum of the moving image and at berkhamsted, hertfordshire. Simmering tensions between locals and newcomers in a modernday cornish fishing. Produced in collaboration with the british film institute, this first release of film index international contains the bfis most up to date. The british film institute bfi holds a collection of films produced and sponsored by us in the 1930s and 1940s. Shadows 1959, john cassavetes first film as director, ends with the title card the film you have just seen was an improvisation. The library collects information on film, television, and new media in more than 15 languages. British film institute archive collections get united nations status. My life would always be sublime, if you would be my valentine. Our priority is comprehensive coverage of the moving image in britain, but. British film institute address, contact number of british. Watch our five films exploring the sacred texts of buddhism, christianity, hinduism, islam and judaism. The bfi combine cultural, creative and industrial roles, bringing together the bfi national archive and bfi. We are home to north west englands british film institute bfi archive offering over 2,000 complete films and tv programmes, including more than 100 depicting life in manchester and the north west simply log on at a viewing station.
Ken russells second hollywood films is a deliriously excessive. British film institute archive what you can do at central. This illustrated twovolume set is a compendium of more than 50 monographs published by the british film institute since 1992. The british film institute or, bfi is a charitable organisation that promotes and celebrates the history of films and television in britain. British film institute book library early works charles. Explore the best of uk with handpicked features for you.
Mitchell and kenyon films and gpo film unit movies now listed on unescos memory of the world register. We are home to north west englands british film institute bfi archive offering over 2,000 complete films and tv programmes, including more than 100 depicting life in manchester. It has the largest film archive in the world, owns two cinemas in london. Our digitised films and sound recordings cover a hundred years of health and medicine online, from animated feet to the voice of florence. We add new titles every week, but if you cant find what you are looking please contact us and well let you know if its in stock in our shop, or is available. Discover a little pretty pocket book first published in 1744. Tweet concentrating on british titles, we carefully select material for our collections, preserving, restoring and interpreting it to ensure our film heritage is widely accessible in cinemas and in the home. Hannahs collaborative phd research will lead to a new archive on black british poetry in performance. The bfi national archive holds a magnificent collection of film and television, from the birth of cinema to today.
It was founded as the national film library in 1935. A library of film research, reports, and data sets. Produced in collaboration with the american film institute, the american film institute catalog is the most comprehensive and detailed national filmography in the world. Just before his death, however, cassavetes confessed to ray carney something he had never before revealed that much of his socalled masterpiece of improvisation was actually written by him and robert alan aurthur, a professional hollywood screenwriter.
Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. The collection includes books on film genre and theory, gender studies, film production and. My darling one, you could not be more wonderful or dear to me. However, you can still research our holdings or plan a future visit using collections.
The bfi uses lottery funds to encourage film production, distribution, and education. As a major national research collection, the main priority is to provide comprehensive. A library of film research, reports, and data sets film research is a tool to support innovation in the uk film industry. The catalog includes the entire print version, which currently comprises five volumes documenting all films produced in the united states from 1892 to 1971, as well as new content and important updates for all previous records.
Explore the best of uk with handpicked features for you on fashion, music, tech, literature and much much more. Movie title search for people movies by director movies by producer movies by cast movies by release year movies by production company movies. Development of an interactive library guide at the british. During the current covid19 pandemic, wellcome collection is closed. Discover the wide variety of topics and media in the library collections, browse our free digitised material and go wherever your curiosity takes you. Author of british national film and video catalogue, british national film catalogue, catalogue of the book library of the british film institute, london, film and television handbook, annual. The british film institute bfi holds a collection of films.
These are available to watch on the british council film website. Kirk douglas likes the seaside town of weymouth except the. Join podcast host, critic and broadcaster, anna smith as she explores the bfi player collection female desire on. In 1955, its name became the national film archive, and, in 1992, the national film and television archive. Catalogue of the book library of the british film institute. Curious about what youll find in the wellcome library. Enjoy highlights from the worlds greatest and most diverse collection of british film and television. The library, in central london, comprises the largest collection in the world of information about film and television. The british film institute was founded in 1933 and is based at various sites in central london, the south bank of the thames at the national film theatre and the museum of the moving image and at. British film institute sight and sound top 50 home british film institute sight and sound top 50. If you wish to browse the bfi dvd and bluray range please visit our bfi page here. It is sponsored by the department of digital, culture, media and sport.
Its collections include more than 150 million items, in over 400 languages. The british film institute bfi was founded in 1933 and is a charity governed by a royal charter. Library events range from skillsbased workshops, film screenings, book clubs to lively. British film institute music and film birmingham city council.
Keep up to date with the latest film news from the british council. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Catalogue of the book library of the british film institute, london, england. British film institute music and film birmingham city. Hannahs collaborative phd research will lead to a new archive on. The archive also collects films which feature key british actors and the work of british directors. The british library bl is the national library of the united kingdom and one of the worlds largest libraries. By making a donation to the bfi you are supporting us as a charity to preserve the worlds most significant collection of film held by the bfi national archive and to deliver our cultural and education programmes, enabling more people to access a rich and diverse choice of film. The bfi combine cultural, creative and industrial roles, bringing together the bfi national archive and bfi reuben library, film distribution, exhibition and education at bfi southbank and bfi imax, publishing and festivals. The library collection spans the history of cinema. Simmering tensions between locals and newcomers in a modernday cornish fishing village reach boiling point in this hugely acclaimed british independent film. Alexis bennett researched 1930s british film music as an edison fellow at the british library. The british film institute bfi is a film and charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the united kingdom. Collections search bfi british film institute introduction.
Tweet concentrating on british titles, we carefully select material for our collections, preserving. Enjoy landmark classic and cult films from across the decades. Bfi national library telephone 020 7957 4806 fax 020 7436 2338 email david. Home british film institute sight and sound top 50. Bloomsbury has been appointed as the british film institutes publishing partner to develop and manage the bfi book publishing programme, starting 1 may 2018. The bfi national archive is a department of the british film institute, and one of the largest film archives in the world. The reuben foundation is the principal sponsor of the bfi reuben library, southbank, the british film institutes flagship venue in london. It has the largest film archive in the world, owns two cinemas in london, runs an education program, coowns museums based around film history, releases a monthly magazine, has a library full of research references, gives out fellows of the british film. Explore over years of english literature in context. The british film institute bfi is the lead organisation for film in the uk and use lottery funds to support film production, distribution, education and audience development. Bloomsbury is responsible for commissioning, production, global sales, marketing, publicity and distribution of bfi books worldwide. Wellcome library is currently closed to the public. Simple search search in film and television works books. Our priority is comprehensive coverage of the moving image in britain, but the collection is international in scope.
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