British Film Institute

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The British Film Institute ( BFI ) is a not-for-profit British national organization founded in 1933 by Royal Charter . The BFI was initially founded as a private company. In 2000 it published a list of the best British television shows . The British Film Institute's film archive, the National Film and Television Archive, is located in Berkhamsted in the south of England .

aims

The aim of the foundation was to “ operate and promote the further development of the cinematic art including TV in the United Kingdom, to enable its use as a documentation medium for everyday culture and festive customs, to support knowledge and skills in dealing with cinema , television and video cameras , the media effects to investigate society, to enable access to the largest possible scope of productions of British and worldwide filmmaking and to serve the appreciation of the public through archiving and processing, collecting the entire film production of the country [= analogous to the national library] as British national heritage capture and maintain. "

Structure and financing

The supervisory authority of the BFI was the UK Film Council until 2011 . Since April 2011 the BFI has been directly subordinate to the Ministry of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and takes over most of the previous tasks of the UK Film Council.

The BFI is financially based on three sources of income. The largest of these is public money from the Ministry of Culture, Media and Sport. In 2003 this item was approximately £ 15 million . The second area is the BFI Southbank (formerly the National Film Theater ) and IMAX revenues , which in 2003 were approximately £ 10 million. Finally, thirdly, donations of around £ 5 million came from a variety of sources, most notably from the National Lottery . J. Paul Getty donated approximately £ 1 million on his death in 2002, according to his will.

BFI Top 100 British Films

In 1999 the BFI published a list of the 100 best British films of the 20th century.

  1. The Third Man (1949), BFI page
  2. Encounter (1945), BFI page
  3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962), BFI page
  4. The 39 steps (1935), BFI page
  5. Mysterious Inheritance (1946), BFI page
  6. Nobility obliged (1949), BFI side
  7. Kes (1969), BFI page
  8. When the gondolas are in mourning (1973), BFI page
  9. The Red Shoes (1948), BFI page
  10. Trainspotting - New Heroes (1996), BFI page
  11. The Bridge on the Kwai (1957), BFI side
  12. If ... (1968), BFI page
  13. Ladykillers (1955), BFI page
  14. Saturday night to Sunday morning (1960), BFI page
  15. Brighton Rock (1947), BFI page
  16. Jack accounts (1971), BFI page
  17. Luck came overnight (1951), BFI side
  18. Heinrich V. (1944), BFI page
  19. The hour of the winner (1981), BFI page
  20. Error in the Hereafter (1946) , BFI page
  21. Rififi on Good Friday (1980), BFI page
  22. The Servant (1963) , BFI page
  23. Four Weddings and a Death (1994), BFI page
  24. Rejoice in Life (1949), BFI page
  25. All or nothing (1997), ERI page
  26. The Crying Game (1992), BFI page
  27. Doctor Zhivago (1965), BFI page (American production)
  28. The Life of Brian (1979), BFI page
  29. Withnail & I (1987), BFI page
  30. Gregory's Girl (1980), BFI page
  31. Zulu (1964), BFI page
  32. The way up (1958), BFI page
  33. Greetings from the seducer (1966), BFI page
  34. Gandhi (1982), BFI page
  35. A Lady Disappears (1938), BFI page
  36. Charlie Dusts Millions (1969), BFI page
  37. Local Hero (1983)
  38. The Commitments (1991)
  39. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
  40. Lies and Secrets (1996)
  41. James Bond chases Dr. No (1962)
  42. King George (1994)
  43. A Man in All Seasons (1966)
  44. The black daffodil (1947)
  45. Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
  46. Oliver Twist (1948)
  47. Young Man from a Good Home (1959)
  48. Performance (1970)
  49. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
  50. My Wonderful Laundromat (1985)
  51. Tom Jones - Between Bed and Gallows (1963)
  52. Alluring Laurel (1963)
  53. My Left Foot (1989)
  54. Brazil (1985)
  55. The English Patient (1996) (US production)
  56. Bitter Honey (1961)
  57. The Mediator (1971)
  58. The Man in the White Suit (1951)
  59. Ipcress - Top Secret (1965)
  60. Blow Up (1966)
  61. The loneliness of the long-distance runner (1962)
  62. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
  63. Blockade in London (1949)
  64. What's Left of the Day (1993)
  65. Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971)
  66. The same train stops every morning (1970)
  67. Mona Lisa (1986)
  68. May 1943 - The destruction of the dams (1955)
  69. Hamlet (1948)
  70. Goldfinger (1964) (British-American co-production)
  71. Elizabeth (1998)
  72. Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)
  73. Room with a View (1985)
  74. The Jackal (1973)
  75. The great Atlantic (1952)
  76. Beloved Crank (1963)
  77. Oliver (1968)
  78. Eyes of Fear (1960)
  79. The Lady of Thornhill (1967)
  80. The draftsman's contract (1982)
  81. A clockwork orange (1971)
  82. Distant Voices - Still Life (1988)
  83. Darling (1965)
  84. Rita finally wants to know (1983)
  85. Brassed Off - With Timpani and Trumpets (1996)
  86. Fiery Isabella (1953)
  87. Loving Women (1969)
  88. Yeah Yeah Yeah (1964)
  89. Fires Were Started (1943)
  90. Hope and Glory (1987)
  91. My name is Joe (1998)
  92. In Which We Serve (1942)
  93. Caravaggio (1986)
  94. The Beauties of St. Trinians (1954)
  95. Life is Sweet (1990)
  96. The Wicker Man (1973)
  97. Nile by Mouth (1997)
  98. Small Faces (1995)
  99. Everything under Control - Nobody Looks Through (1968)
  100. The Killing Fields (1984)

Top 50 Best Movies of All Time

Every 10 years, Sight & Sound magazine, published by the BFI, publishes a list of the best films of all time. Extract from the last list (2012):

  1. Vertigo (1958)
  2. Citizen Kane (1941)
  3. Journey to Tokyo (1953)
  4. The rules of the game (1939)
  5. Sunrise - A Song of Two People  (1927)
  6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  7. The Black Hawk (1956)
  8. The Man with the Camera (1929)
  9. The Passion of the Maid of Orléans (1928)
  10. Eight and a Half (1963)

Web links

Commons : British Film Institute  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fade out from the UK Film Council ... to the British Film Institute . Guardian April 1, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time