BFI London Film Festival | Little White Lies

BFI London Film Festival

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Festivals

Fanny Lye Deliver’d – first look review

by David Jenkins

This slow-burn folk hor­ror set in old, weird Eng­land marks the aus­pi­cious return of tal­ent­ed British direc­tor Thomas Clay.
Two people, one with facial injuries, standing near glowing sparks.
Festivals

Nocturnal – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Cos­mo Jarvis shines in this por­trait of flawed, inar­tic­u­late mas­culin­i­ty by first-time fea­ture direc­tor Nathalie Biancheri.
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Festivals

A new film explores New York’s Chinatown through an unlikely heroine

by Jenna Mahale

Writer/​director Sasie Sealy dis­cuss­es the mak­ing of her ​“risky” debut fea­ture, Lucky Grandma.
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Festivals

How do you decide what to watch at a film festival?

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sprawl­ing pro­grammes and a focus on new tal­ent makes buy­ing tick­ets a tough task. But it need not be.
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Festivals

Programmers Picks from the 2019 BFI London Film Festival

by Anton Bitel

Away from the show­piece gala screen­ings, these are the films worth seek­ing out at this year’s LFF.
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Festivals

63rd BFI London Film Festival line-up brings female directors to the fore

by David Jenkins

Céline Sci­amma, Marielle Heller and Athi­na Rachel Tsan­gari are all head­ing to the cap­i­tal this October.
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Festivals

Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman to close the 63rd BFI London Film Festival

by Adam Woodward

The director’s upcom­ing crime dra­ma is set for its inter­na­tion­al pre­mière on 13 October.
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Festivals

The queer first love story set in Spain’s Roma community

by Sophie Willard

In Car­men and Lola, a young cou­ple chal­lenge the patri­ar­chal and het­ero­nor­ma­tive atti­tudes of society.
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Festivals

How wild women stole the show at the 2018 BFI London Film Festival

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A crop of com­plex and fas­ci­nat­ing female char­ac­ters were at the heart of this year’s LFF.
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Festivals

The sex work-positive horror written by a former camgirl

by Josh Slater-Williams

Film­mak­ers Isa Mazzei and Daniel Gold­haber dis­cuss their provoca­tive tech­no-thriller Cam.