The British Film Institute has added veteran James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and filmmaker Terry Gilliam to the board of its U.S. outpost and changed the stateside organization’s name from Friends of the British Film Institute to BFI America.
Other members of the new board include Colin Walsh (Founder, Varo Money Inc.), Deborah Schindler (Producer), Penelope Wong (Producer and marketing expert), and Dr. Mali Heled Kinberg (UCLA Professor).
The new-look BFI America and its board will be officially launched at a reception in Los Angeles next month, during which a celebration will also be held for the BFI National Archive’s 90th anniversary.
Following the event, six films from the BFI National Archive’s collection, including an original print of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, will screen as part of the TCM Classic Film Festival. The screening will mark the film’s 50th anniversary and will be introduced by BFI Chief Executive Ben Roberts. Other National Archive films that will screen at TCM include a 1945 nitrate release print of Michael Curtiz’s Mildred Pierce.
The BFI will also be hosting a Club TCM event at The Roosevelt Hotel, entitled ‘From Across the Pond: Sights & Sounds of the British Film Institute’ with Roberts and filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro. Scroll down for the full list of films set for TCM.
“The UK and the US share deep and rich connections in cinema,” Roberts said in a statement. “We are excited to celebrate our continued cultural collaboration and present these extraordinary treasures from the BFI National Archive to US audiences.”
The BFI National Archive was founded in 1935 and holds film from across the world. Recent titles restored by the archive include Spike Lee’s Malcolm X.
BFI National Archive films screening at the TCM Classic Film Festival:
· Blithe Spirit (1945, David Lean) on Thursday, 24 April at 9:30 PM at TCL Chinese 4. Restored by the BFI National Archive and ITV, supported by The David Lean Foundation. 35mm print made in 2008
· Edge of the City (1957, Martin Ritt) on Friday, 25 April at 3:30 PM at TCL Chinese 4. 35mm print preserved by the BFI National Archive
· Mildred Pierce (1945, Michael Curtiz) on Saturday, 26 April at 12:15 PM at The Egyptian Theatre. 1945 nitrate release print preserved by the BFI National Archive
· The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933, Alexander Korda) on Saturday, 26 April at 1:15 PM at TCL Chinese 4. Restored by the BFI National Archive and The Film Foundation, in association with ITV and Park Circus. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Premiere of a new 35mm restored print made in 2024. BFI Head of Conservation Kieron Webb will introduce the screening
· To Be or Not to Be (1942, Ernst Lubitsch) on Saturday, 26 April at 3:45 PM at TCL Chinese 4. Premiere of a new 35mm print made in 2021 by the BFI National Archive with funding from the National Lottery, in association with the UCLA Film & TV Archive and The Packard Humanities Institute, and the additional support of donors to the BFI’s Keep Film on Film campaign.
· Jaws (1975, Steven Spielberg) on Saturday, 26 April at 6:30 PM at The Egyptian Theatre. 1975 Technicolor dye transfer British release print preserved by the BFI National Archive. BFI Chief Executive Ben Roberts will introduce the screening.
