The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charitable organization established by Royal Charter that encourages the development of film, television and moving images in the UK. It promotes education about these mediums and their impact on society. While the BFI shows films like a normal cinema, it typically features smaller, independent productions focused on social issues or education. The BFI also runs several film festivals annually, including the London Film Festival and London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. The BFI IMAX and BFI Southbank are two of its iconic cinemas, with the IMAX featuring the largest screen and sound system and Southbank hosting up to 2,000 films per year across various genres and eras.

1. British Film Institution Cinema
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charitable organization established by Royal Charter.
It encourager’s the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image
throughout the United Kingdom. They do this to promote education about film, television
and their impact on society. They also show films like any normal Cinema but do not
usually pick the Hottest film to display, most films shown are by small producers that
produce a film that shows some type of social impact or an educational film. The BFI run
man Festivals such as the London Film Festival, the London Lesbian and Gay Film festival and
the youth-orientated Future Film Festival.
BFI Cinemas: There are many ranges of BFI Cinemas, the two most iconic are.
BFI IMAX: this is the most technical and modern cinema out of all of the BFI cinemas. With the
biggest screen being 26m x 20m screen, a 12,000 watt digital surround sound-system, and the
special multi-dimensional technology of the IMAX. BFI IMAX has a series of different 3D and 2D
films, with Genres ranging from children's films, 3D documentaries and mainstream movies.

2. BFI Southbank: Though smaller than the BFI IMAX it still has, three large screens and a
smaller studio space. The cinema shows up to 2000 films a year with a much broad range of
films, these ranges starch from classics to independent movies. Though it has such a broad
range many people go there to see obscure arts films, classics, and seasons of works by great
directors. Each year the it hosts The Times Film Festival as well as the annual Gay and Lesbian
Film Festival. The on-site Mediatheque also gives visitors and film-lovers the chance to access
hundreds of films and TV titles from the BFI National Archive, absolutely free. Beyond the films,
the BFI Southbank also houses a gallery space which showcases works by leading UK and
international artists, and there are two bars and a cafe.