The programme for BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX for September and early October 2025 begins with Ridley Scott: Building Cinematic Worlds. BFI Fellow Ridley Scott has helped define the modern blockbuster with a prodigious, wide-ranging and technologically innovative body of feature work alongside a successful career in TV production and commercials across more than 60 years. His films range from grand epics to intimate character studies, and whether leading us to the heart of the Roman Empire, a dystopian Los Angeles, a future-looking Tokyo or the vast plains of the Martian landscape, Scott is a master of world-building cinema.
This retrospective, with titles chosen by the filmmaker himself, celebrates Scott’s finest films and includes a series of events that highlight his hugely entertaining and prolific work across a wide range of media. Scott will join audiences for Ridley Scott in Conversation at BFI Southbank on 5 October, and take part in a Q&A following a screening of The Duellists (1977) on 4 October. He will also introduce Thelma and Louise (1991) on 5 October and Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982) at BFI IMAX on 4 October…