He made two towering classics of modern cinema and became the vital chronicler of urban malaise in contemporary Taiwan. But where to start with Taiwan New Cinema giant Edward Yang?

Inspired by a treasure trove of archive healthcare films in the BFI National Archive, three filmmaking teams were tasked with making new short films tackling modern stories of the National Health ...

Two 1990s romances turn 30, Mike Leigh’s return to modern life, and a nailbiting Kurosawa thriller. What are you watching this weekend?

Kazik Radwanski’s wry Canadian romance follows Mara, a disillusioned creative writing professor, as she reconnects with a man from her past who’s now a successful author.

Children’s experience and tense family drama have been at the heart of many of the greatest Iranian films. Ahead of the release of the Oscar-nominated thriller The Seed of the Sacred Fig, we recommend ...

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.

Every decade since 1992, Sight and Sound has complemented its celebrated critics’ poll by formally sounding out the world’s leading directors on the ten films they believe to be the greatest of all ...

Playwright and theatre director Nadia Fall’s auspicious career has led her from some of the most revered venues in Britain to become artistic director at the Young Vic. At the National, her ...

The singular consistency of Mike Leigh’s 50-year-plus career making films for both big and small screen could be expressed simply by their titles. From the instructive moniker of his 1971 debut Bleak ...

Discovery feature funding provides awards of up to £1,000,000 for projects with debut directors and a production budget of £3,500,000 and below Impact feature funding provides awards of up to ...