BFI Mediatheque on Tour

"Archive film belongs on the big screen and all ages of customers react with interest to the opportunity of seeing it there. It's a real (and easy to organise!) special event."

In homage to the touring picture shows of the past, community groups, film societies, membership organisations and cinemas around the country can now access curated programmes offering insights into Britain and Britons during the 20th century, drawn from the new BFI Mediatheque. The appetite for social-history on film has been demonstrated in recent years by the huge success of the BBC/BFI Mitchell and Kenyon and Friese Greene collaborations. The Independent Cinema Office is delighted to make available touring programmes of highlights from the Mediatheque.

There are currently two BFI Mediatheques, the original at BFI Southbank, and one at the recently opened QUAD in Derby. The third BFI Mediatheque will open at Cambridge Central Library in Autumn 2009.

Image from the film Tea Making Tips

Bombs at Teatime

Image from the film Delhi

Before Midnight — A Portrait of India on Film, 1899–1947

Image from the film The Turning Point

Housewives' Choice

Image from the film English Harvest

Britain at Bay — Peace & War 1937-1940

Image from the film Colour on the Thames

The Big Smoke: Films from a Lost London 1896 - 1945

Image from the film Master Singers

King Coal

Image from the film Design for Fashion

Brit Chic

Image from the extract Major Sherriff's Films

The Search for Shangri-La

The BFI Mediatheque on Tour programme is drawn from the BFI National Archive.


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