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British Film Institute. We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery funding distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image.
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.
The Greatest Films of All Time. In 1952, the Sight and Sound team had the novel idea of asking critics to name the greatest films of all time. The tradition became decennial, increasing in size and prestige as the decades passed.
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.
Discover more about film and television with the BFI’s diverse range of titles.
The Central Office of Information (COI) produced and distributed thousands of films for use across Britain, the Commonwealth and the world. Paid for by you the taxpayer, the films couldn’t have been more varied: documentary, drama, news, animation, comedy - even horror. Before Windrush.
The BFI supports film culture across the UK. This includes investing Lottery funds in film development and production, and to increase audiences. We aim to maximise the achievements of British film at home and abroad – from international strategy and industry diversity to certification and tax relief.
