Sponsorship
The bfi welcomes partnerships with companies, individuals and charitable trusts on a wide portfolio of activities.
Sponsorship packages are carefully tailored to meet the needs of our sponsors and partners, and are promoted through extensive press and marketing campaigns to ensure maximum profile.
Making a donation
If you would like to make a donation to the bfi you can either make a donation online or fill out the Donation Form (PDF, 35kb) and return it to:
- Development Department
- BFI SouthBank
- London
- SE1 8XT
Available sponsorship opportunities
BFI Southbank
One of the world's leading cinemas, attracting over 260,000 people each year to view the very best of British and world cinema and attend regular events with the stars and key players of the industry.
Contact Shaun Fradd for BFI Southbank sponsorship
Corporate Membership
A Corporate Membership with BFI offers year-round access to the BFI’s archive and film collection enabling a company to curate and present its own programme of film screenings at BFI Southbank, a unique corporate hospitality opportunity offered exclusively to our Corporate Members. Other benefits include access to BFI Southbank’s varied and diverse film programme through complimentary access and priority booking, additional complimentary tickets to exclusive on-stage interviews and film previews, priority booking for the star-studded Times BFI London Film Festival, film-making work shops for clients/employees or stakeholders, networking events, extensive accreditation and generous advertising discounts.
Contact Stine Pedersen to discuss Corporate Membership in more detail. The BFI will tailor a package of benefits to suit your specific needs.
Download a Corporate Membership brochure
London Film Festival
Europe's largest public film event celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2006. The Festival is a celebration of film in all its forms and attracts growing numbers of audience members each year. It represents the very best of new film from the entire spectrum of world cinema and is a unique event in the UK's cultural and social calendar.
Contact James Bramble for LFF sponsorship
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
The largest event of its kind in Europe and the UK's third largest film festival, attracting record-breaking admissions of 25,000 in 2005.
Contact Stine Pedersen for LLGFF sponsorship
BFI IMAX Cinema
One of London's top visitor attractions and Europe's most successful IMAX cinemas, visited by 320,000 people in 2004.
Contact Shaun Fradd for IMAX sponsorship
National Archive (National Archive)
The largest and arguably the most important moving image archive in the world, which also sets standards for film preservation and restoration across the world. With almost half a million films and TV programmes in the collection already, tens of thousands of additional items are acquired every year.
Contact Shaun Fradd for National Archive sponsorship
bfi National Film and Television Library
The world's largest collection of information on film and television. Its holdings include over 46,000 books, 5,000 periodical titles and over two million newspaper cuttings
Contact Shaun Fradd for Library sponsorship
bfi Stills, Posters and Designs
The world's most comprehensive collection of international film and television images, with over 7 million stills and colour transparencies from over 80,000 films and TV programmes.
Contact Shaun Fradd for Stills, Posters and Designs sponsorship
bfi Education
The bfi is a national and international leader in the development of moving image education for learners of all ages.
Contact Shaun Fradd for Education sponsorship
DVD and cinema releases
The bfi releases a range of films in cinemas across the UK and on video and DVD including classic, world, silent and documentary cinema and archive television.
Contact Shaun Fradd for DVD and cinema releases sponsorship
bfi Publishing
The bfi publishes a wide range of books on film and television, including criticism, theory and history as well as popular companions to individual film titles. We also produce educational books and resources for teachers and students The BFI also publishes the critically lauded monthly film magazine Sight & Sound.
Contact Shaun Fradd for Publishing sponsorship