ENTERTAINMENT
Backrooms at BFI Southbank: film and filmmaker introduction
The 28 September BFI Southbank screening adds an extended introduction with Kane Parsons and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Compare the event format and full evening commitment before booking.
The essentials, in one place
Choose your date, check your ticket and plan the journey.
- Date
- 28 Sept 2026
- Venue
- BFI Southbank South Bank
- What time does it start?
- Start time not confirmed here London local time. A door opening time is not a stage time.
- How long is it?
- 110-minute film; extended introduction is additional
- Tickets
- £22.50; concessions £18.50; members £2.50 less; check availability Availability and prices can change.
Access, line-up and the journey home
- Access
- Certificate 15; check performance-specific access Venue access information ↗
- Finish and running time
- Allow extra time for any introduction, interval and exit queues; confirm the full event length with the venue.
- Return journey
- Use your actual departure date and time in the journey planner, especially if you expect to leave after midnight.
- Date
- 28 September 2026
- Director
- Kane Parsons
- Cast
- Chiwetel Ejiofor · Renate Reinsve
- Film
- USA · 2026 · 110 minutes
- Format / certificate
- Digital · 15
- Published price
- £22.50 / concessions £18.50; members £2.50 less
The film in brief
A furniture-store manager discovers a room leading into a disturbing, apparently endless space. Kane Parsons’ feature builds on his web series; Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve star. Expect horror centred on disorientation and unease, not a guided attraction or an interactive escape-room experience.
Introduction, not a promised Q&A
BFI advertises an extended introduction with Parsons and Ejiofor. That is a different event format from an audience question-and-answer session. If meeting the guests is your main reason to attend, read the organiser’s current terms rather than assuming personal access or a signing is included. Guest arrangements can change.
Ticket budget and remaining unknowns
The listing publishes £22.50, concessions £18.50 and a £2.50 member reduction. Check the final booking total and eligibility on the official route. A sale having opened does not establish remaining inventory. The extracted public page does not confirm a reliable start time, and no time is invented here.
A full-evening decision
The digital presentation runs 110 minutes and has a 15 certificate; the introduction adds time. Ask everyone in your group whether horror is welcome before making a surprise booking. Keep a late dinner flexible until the event’s timing is clear. A runtime should never be used on its own to promise that you will catch a particular train.
Plan the visit around your ticket
First confirm that your booking is for BFI Southbank, not another BFI location. Save the auditorium, performance time and ticket confirmation before leaving. Build the return journey from the actual screening start, allowing for any additional introduction. If you have a fixed last train, ask the box office about the complete event length before paying; the film runtime alone is not a safe finish-time estimate.
Access and arrival checks
BFI gives Waterloo as the nearest Underground station, served by the Jubilee, Northern, Bakerloo and Waterloo & City lines. The address is Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XT. There is no on-site parking, including Blue Badge parking. Check TfL for your actual journey and lift status. BFI provides lift or step-free routes to its screens; reserve wheelchair and companion places with its access team before the screening. Confirm audio description or descriptive subtitles for your chosen performance separately.
Make it a manageable London outing
BFI Riverfront, the BFI Bar and the cafe offer on-site food or drink options; check their current menus and hours before planning around them. The free Reuben Library and Mediatheque are other possibilities when open. Choose one extra, not three rigid bookings. In rain, protect the cinema booking and shorten any riverside walk. After the film, leave time to talk rather than scheduling an immediate cross-city connection.
Keep this date separate from ordinary screenings
This guide is for the special 28 September event. Other screenings may offer different prices and no introduction. Compare the official programme if your priority is simply seeing the film. The page remains available as a historical record after its date, but drops out of active discovery. Its illustration is conceptual editorial artwork, not an official film image.
