Week 27: 28 May – 3 June 2025
Learn more about the behind the scenes work that has enabled the BFI Film on Film Festival and how we’ve been testing a new digital preservation system.
Knowledge and Collections
Week 26: 21 – 27 May 2025
Learn how our data team have been updating Tom Cruise’s back catalogue and how the BFI Reuben Library can shed light on the premiere of the ‘Greatest Film of All Time’.
Week 25: 14 – 20 May 2025
In this weeks blog, we have a special report from colleagues who attended the 2025 FIAF Congress held in Montréal, Canada.
Week 24: 7 – 13 May 2025
Discover more about a project rethinking the role of senses in museums and the search for an Ealing legend in a 1940s cinema commercial
Week 23: 30 April – 6 May 2025
In this edition of the Inside the Archive blog learn more about how we accession materials to our collections and ‘feel the noize’ courtesy of Slade.
Week 22: 23 – 29 April 2025
In this special edition of the Inside the Archive blog we reflect on our recent adventures in Los Angeles, including the launch of BFI America and events at the TCM Classic Film Festival.
Week 21: 16-22 April 2025
Learn more about the second edition of the BFI Film on Film Festival, works that have been added to the UNESCO Memory of the World register and vital equipment being used by our film scanning team.
Week 20: 9-15 April 2025
This week learn more about the recent panel discussion, Queer Lives in the Archives, and a new acquisition to the BFI National Archive.
Week 19: 2-8 April 2025
This week explore ASMR at the BFI National Archive’s Conservation Centre, an update about traineeships and a breakdown of some of the 2025 Charity Film Awards submissions.
Week 18: 26 March – 1 April 2025
This week learn more about the Nottingham launch of BFI Replay and a new network for born-digital film-related materials.