Create your account:

Go to https://player.bfi.org.uk/students.
Complete the registration form, including your university email address. Select a password and press the ‘create your account’ button. You can choose to click ‘‘I’d like to receive the newsletter’ for monthly emails with competitions, watchlists and other BFI opportunities. You will need to renew your account at the start of each academic year. Visit https://player.bfi.org.uk/students and click ‘Already have an account? Sign in’ at the bottom of the form. Now sign in with the same login and password. Then follow from step 3.
Select Canterbury Christ Church University from the drop-down list. You will be redirected to your institution’s login page. Please enter your Canterbury Christ Church University username and password. You’ll then be taken back to your BFI Player subscription home page, and you are all set up! In future, you can login at https://player.bfi.org.uk/sign-in using the same email address and password that you used when you created your account.

How do I use BFI Player?

Once logged in, hover over the ‘Subscription’ tab and you can select different categories to navigate through the collections (e.g. genre, recently added and popular). You can also find collections created by BFI expert curators, whether they are cultural, award-winning, by a renowned director or they represent a landmark moment in film. Some collections tie in with BFI events like BFI Flare LGBTQIA+ festival and The BFI London Film Festival, while others with themes including Black History Month. You can also explore Mark Kermode's popular film discussion show.

To find a specific film, use the search box by clicking on the ‘magnifying glass’ icon on the top right of the screen. You can type the exact title and if the film is available, you will see one result. You can add titles to your watchlist, activate closed captions and find related films by scrolling to the bottom of the page.

Alternatively, you can hover over the subscription tab, then click on ‘A-Z’ or you can use keywords in the search box. These approaches will often retrieve lots of results and you can select various filters on the left (availability, genre, accessibility, etc.) to find the most relevant films for your search.

Streaming to your device or TV:

BFI Player app is now available on:

Amazon Fire TV
Apple TV
Android TV
LG TVs (2019-2024)

You can cast films to Chromecast devices from your Chrome browser. You can also watch films on your TV by plugging your laptop or computer into your TV or projector via an HDMI cable (your device and cable must be HDCP compliant).

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