What does the BFI National Archive collect?
The BFI has a primary responsibility to collect British and British-related films and TV programmes. Within Fiction we have the ambition to acquire all British feature films which have been released into cinemas, as well as significant artists’ moving image work, short films, trailers and home movies by British film personalities. The Non-Fiction collection not only includes major British documentaries but also covers newsreel, industrial, educational and scientific filmmaking, political and campaigning films, advertising and amateur filmmaking. The Television collection covers all British television production and on-screen presentation. We aim to collect from all sources, but have statutory responsibility for ITV, Channel Four and Five and a close archival collaboration with the BBC. For a more detailed overview of the collections of the various Archive departments, go here.
