Dive into the cinematic universe of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, whose creative partnership in the 1940s created some of the most stylistically ambitious, thematically rich, subversive, and sensual British films ever made.
Conceived by the BFI and delivered in partnership with FAN, Cinema Unbound was the greatest celebration yet of this extraordinary duo of filmmakers.
Powell & Pressburger not only transformed British cinema, but the vast, subversive, and seductive creative universes they created have gone on to influence the world of cinema and bleed into wider popular culture – allowing for numerous entry points into their work for audiences in line with the BFI’s Screen Culture 2033 priorities.
Image credit: The Red Shoes (1948) restoration credit UCLA Film & Television Archive in association with the BFI, The Film Foundation, ITV Global Entertainment Ltd., and Janus Films