Sourcing Films
BFFS Booking Scheme
There are now over 450 titles avaliable on the Booking scheme ranging from classic cinema, to contemporary favourites and international gems.
Selected New Releases
BFFS have compiled lists of recent releases with details of where to find them, you may need to use the zoom function.
Popular Choices List
Download our list of popular choices, complete with distributor details and contacts. Kindly complied and supplied by Brian Clay and Paul Schilling of the BFFS South West Group.
Finding Film Rights
If you are having trouble finding the distributor for a chosen film there are a number of steps you can take to track it down.
- Use the bbfc search engine - Search for your selected film and the results should show you who the current distributor is for your selected format (video refers to DVD)
- Browse the MPLC Producer List - MPLC cover non-theatrical distribution for a number of major and independent producers including Disney and Twentieth Century Fox. BFFS members get a %15 discount on their first booking.
- Search the FilmBank Database - Filmbank oversee the non-theatrical distribution of many major studio and independent films including Warner, Sony, Lionsgate and Pathe.
- Request a BFI catalogue for a wide selection of independents and classic re-releases.
- Explore the Links page for smaller distributors.
- ICO print tracking service. For more details contact:enquiries@independentcinemaoffice.org.uk
- BFFS advice and query service: info@bffs.org.uk
Marketing and Publicity
Poster tracking
- MPD - Moving Print Distribution
- Smaller distributors can sometimes provide posters.
- BFFS archive poster collection
- Jersey Film Society has a collection of posters available to other film societies
Film Reviews
- The Guardian
- TIme Out
- BBC
- BFFS President Derek Malcolm's weekly reviews in the Evening Standard
