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The British Film Institute was established in 1933 by a group of visionaries in London. George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, the 5th Duke of Sutherland, served as the first chair from 1933 to 1936.
The British Film Institute faced an existential threat in 2009 when the UK Film Council proposed its abolition. The government announced in 2010 that the British Film Institute would take over most functions and funding of the UK Film Council, becoming the sole public-funded body for film in the UK.
The British Film Institute National Archive holds more than 625,000 television programmes and over 50,000 fiction films. This collection makes it the largest film archive in the world.
The British Film Institute Southbank is located on the south bank of the River Thames in London. It features the BFI IMAX cinema with the largest cinema screen in the UK, offering IMAX 70mm screenings, IMAX 3D screenings, and 11,600 watts of digital surround sound.
The British Film Institute Film Academy Network was established in late 2012. The residential scheme targets young people aged between 16 and 25 to develop their skills and gain experience in the industry.
The British Film Institute publishes the monthly Sight & Sound magazine and maintains the BFI Film & TV Database. The Summary of Information on Film and Television (SIFT) database holds a collection of about 7 million still frames from film and television.