BFI London Film Festival

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Festivals

Trauma ripples through time at the London Film Festival

by Erin Mussett

Jesse Eisenberg, Malcolm Washington and Christopher Andrews explored the diverging manifestations of generational trauma at this year's London Film Festival.
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Festivals

20 Hidden Gems at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival

by Little White Lies

Our hand-picked haul of must-see titles from outside the main gala and competition strands.
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Festivals

Chasing Chasing Amy – first-look review

by Soma Ghosh

Sav Rodgers weaves personal and pop culture history together as he unpacks the legacy of Kevin Smith's 1997 romantic comedy.
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Festivals

Baltimore – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Imogen Poots shines in this angular, fragmented portrait of English rose-turned-firebrand activist Rose Dugdale from Irish filmmakers Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy.
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Festivals

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Raven Jackson's feature debut announces a striking visual talent, following the story of a young woman's life in rural Mississippi.
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Festivals

Celluloid Underground – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This fascinating and melancholy documentary sees an Iranian exile in London looking back to the stranger-than-fiction roots of his formative cinephelia.
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Festivals

The full BFI London Film Festival 2023 line-up has been announced

by Marina Ashioti

Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things and Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn are among the picks of this year’s bumper LFF crop.
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Festivals

Struggling fathers take the spotlight at this year’s BFI London Film Festival

by Zahra AlHadad

A trio of dramas explain the relationship between fathers and children put an emphasis on parental personhood at this year's London Film Festival.
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Festivals

Medusa Deluxe – first-look review

by Jojo Ajisafe

The cutthroat world of hairdressing is the setting for this sparky murder mystery – a debut for Thomas Hardiman.
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Festivals

Exploring empathy through virtual reality at LFF

by Patrick Gamble

The 2022 LFF Expanded programme featured a number of virtual reality experiences which aimed to connect audiences and filmmakers more than ever.
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Festivals

Klokkenluider – first-look review

by Josh Slater-Williams

Actor Neil Maskell makes his debut as a filmmaker with this spiky thriller.
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Festivals

Women Talking – first-look review

by Saffron Maeve

A group of women meet in secret to discuss escaping their abusive, isolated colony in Sarah Polley's adaptation of Miriam Towes' novel.

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