BFI Player Subscription

BFI Player Subscription

BFI Player Subscription

Access information:

Access on and off-campus. Individual registration is required - see instructions below.
Description:

BFI Player is a video-on-demand service from the British Film Institute, streaming acclaimed, landmark and archive films. BFI Player’s focus is on British and European independent films, as well as international releases. The availability of films is dependent on rights agreements with licensors.

Instructions for registering for access to our BFI Player institutional subscription: 

  1. Go to https://player.bfi.org.uk/academic/subscribe and create an account using your UoE email address and a password of your choice OR sign in if you already have one by selecting 'Already have an account? Sign in'.
  2. Select University of Edinburgh from the dropdown list and click "Link institution". 
  3. Authenticate subscription using your university credentials.  
Note: BFI Player is unavailable outside the UK. Content can change throughout the subscription period and films could be removed. Rental section & festival events are unavailable with the Library subscription. For any licensing queries, please contact IS Helpline at https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/help-consultancy/contact-helpline 
Title list:

August title list

https://www.docs.is.ed.ac.uk/docs/Libraries/Main/E-Resources/Videos/BFI_Titles_Aug_2024.xlsx

Any titles with less than 6 months remaining are highlighted in orange on the first tab.
Note:

Please note, academic subscriptions cannot be set-up using the TV or phone apps - this must be done first via a web browser and visiting player.bfi.org.uk/students

Help available at: https://player.bfi.org.uk/help

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