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The British Film Institute was established in 1933 by a group of film enthusiasts. The organization began as a private company despite receiving public money from the Privy Council and Treasury until 1965.
The BFI maintains the world's largest film archive with over 50,000 fiction films and more than 100,000 non-fiction titles. Its holdings also include around 625,000 television programmes alongside documents featuring key actors and filmmakers' work.
BFI Southbank and the BFI IMAX cinema sit on the south bank of the River Thames in London. The IMAX features the largest cinema screen in the UK equipped with 11,600 watts of digital surround sound technology.
For the fiscal year 2021 alone, the institute received £74.31 million as Grant-in-Aid funding from DCMS. Public money allocated by the Department for Culture Media and Sport represents the largest income source for the BFI.
Jay Hunt became chair in February 2024 while Ben Roberts serves as chief executive officer since 2020. Harriet Finney acts as deputy CEO overseeing daily operations under current leadership structures appointed by the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport.