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Frost/Nixon received its world premiere at the 2008 festival.
Frost/Nixon received its world premiere at the 2008 festival.
The 52nd London Film Festival will run from October 15 to 30. This year's Festival will open with the world premiere of Frost/Nixon and close with Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.

Alongside a public screening programme which presents 180 feature films and 130 short films each year, the Festival hosts panel discussions, masterclasses, screen talks and live events, as well as a comprehensive education programme and a slate of industry events and screenings.

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London Film Festival Latest Reviews

Waltz With Bashir
Animated documentary exploring the psychological aftermath of the First Lebanon War.
The Brothers Bloom
Swindling siblings lure an eccentric heiress into their elaborate scheme.
The Betrayal
The epic story of a family forced to emigrate from Laos after the chaos of the secret air war waged by the US during the Vietnam War.
Easy Virtue
When a young Englishman takes his American bride to meet his family sparks soon fly.
Quantum Of Solace
Bond is back... and this time it's personal.
New Town Killers
A skint teenager realises his life may be on the line after entering into a deadly game of hide and seek.
The Baader Meinhof Complex
As protests against the West German government of the late 1960s become increasingly violent, a group of young left-wingers decide to take direct action.
Afterschool
A boy at an exclusive American private school becomes increasingly obsessed with watching video clips on his computer.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Two young American girls on holiday in Barcelona become romantically involved with a Spanish painter.
Johnny Mad Dog
As civil war rages in an unnamed African country, the lives of a boy soldier and a young girl fleeing the fighting become intertwined.

London Film Festival Festival Features

London Film Festival: Episode Two
Film is all about a point of view...

All fired up
Director Sharon Maguire on the impact of terrorism in the modern world - envisioned in her latest film Incendiary.

London Film Festival: Episode One
Soaking up the best of British.

Ten of the best
Films to look out for at London Film Festival

Revolutionary life
Director Steven Soderbergh on making his two-part epic about Che Guevara.

City of memories
Director Jia Zhang-Ke talks about the inspiration behind his fact meets fiction look at the lives of factory workers.

Appetites of Hunger
Director Steve McQueen talks about what drove him to make his Camera d'Or winning film about Bobby Sands' hunger strike.

In search of Better Things
Duane Hopkins talks about his startling new film.

London Film Festival News

London Film Festival line-up announced
52nd edition to feature record number of premieres, plus first public screening of Quantum Of Solace.

Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire to close London Film Festival
Sunshine director 'delighted' by invitation.

Frost/Nixon to get world premiere in London
Film Festival to open on October 15 with Ron Howard's drama.

News & Features Baby Mama

Our diarist checks out the Cartoon d'Or, a Russian showcase and the Best of British.

Director Sharon Maguire on the impact of terrorism in the modern world - envisioned in her latest film Incendiary.

AiM Festival showcases more than 40 films from across the continent.

Mary And Max to get world premiere at festival.

Twelve projects from four regions vie for cash.

Leicester's zombie film festival returns for another day of gore.
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Running until October 12, this long-established festival showcases a small but special selection of films, including Hunger, pictured above.


British celebration of independent film, running from October 1 to 12 in London.


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