The BFI announces today a forthcoming comprehensive retrospective of the work of legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman on both the big and small screen, running from 20 October 2025 to 31 January 2026. With a groundbreaking career spanning seven decades, Wiseman, now 95 years old, is one of the great American storytellers. All films in the BFI presentations are new digital restorations, which were overseen by the director himself.
Cinema Expanded, The Films of Frederick Wiseman, a season at BFI Southbank, will open on 20 October 2025 and run across three months. 15 films made from 1967 – 2017 will screen in loosely thematic and chronological order; first will be the renowned films about public institutions, followed by works grounded in a strong sense of place, before concluding in January with a group of films about cultural life. Titles include Titicut Follies (1967), La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet (2009), National Gallery (2014) and Ex-Libris: The New York Public Library (2017)…