BFI IMAX
London · United KingdomPublished figures
UK's largest cinema screen, run by the BFI again since July 2022; a single-laser IMAX CoLa 4K system was fitted in the 2022 refurbishment (the booth was too small for the dual-laser GT rig) alongside its retained 15/70 film projector.
Destination screen. Worth travelling for.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX Commercial Laser
- Screen
- 26 m × 20 m (520 m²)
- Screen shape
- 1.30:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.90:1
- 15/70mm film
- Yes — confirmed, ran The Odyssey in 70mm
- Sound
- IMAX 12-channel
- Seats
- 493
- Screen type
- curved
- Opened
- 1999
- Operator
- BFI
Why IQ 88
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
8 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 4 up · 520 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
Only on a 15/70mm print here — the digital projector caps at 1.90, so the same film shows smaller on a digital night.
- Screen
- 520 m²
- Picture
- 473 m²
- Screen used
- 91%
1.8 m of this screen — 9% of it — stays dark for a IMAX 1.43 showing.
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Nothing materially better within 75 mi — this is your best option locally.
Where this comes from
Published figures- Screen dimensions
- published figure
- Projector
- trade press (2022 CoLa install)
- 15/70mm film
- confirmed — on IMAX's own Odyssey 70mm engagement list
- Aspect capability
- derived from projector type, vetoed by screen geometry
- Operating status
- verified open
This record hasn't been checked against an independent database. 343 of our IMAX venues have been; the rest, mostly in China, rely on the source data alone.
Showtimes
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