New British films and a wealth of archive and other material will be made available from next week by the British Film Institute on a new internetplatform. The "BFI Player" will help meet complaints that home-grown film is hard to find away from London. The player, accessible throughout the UK from 9 October, will be optimised for PCs, Macs and tablets, with a mobile app on the way. Clio Barnard's acclaimed debut fiction feature, The Selfish Giant, will be unveiled on the platform on 25 October, the same day as it is released in UK cinemas. This film, co-developed and financed by the BFI Film Fund, was selected as best European film in the Director's Fortnight at Cannes this year. Same-day released films like this will cost £10 for 30 days' access.
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