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Certain Women was named Best Film Certain Women was named Best Film

The 60th edition of the festival ran from October 5 to 16. It will open with A United Kingdom and close with Free Fire.

Additional headline galas include, A Monster Calls, La La Land and Snowden.

Kelly Reichardt's Certain Women was named Best Film and Julia Ducournau won the Sutherland Prize for her debut Raw. Mehrdad Oskouei's Starless Dreams was named Best Documentary. Read about all the winners here.

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Hell Drivers
Hell Drivers
An ex-con trucker tries to expose his boss's rackets.
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
Three children decide to leave their homes looking a better life.
After Love
After Love
After they split, a couple continue to share a house because of financial constraints.
Indivisible
Indivisible
Conjoined twin sisters make a living as singers but the news that they could be safely separated changes everything.
The Red Turtle
The Red Turtle
The life of a castaway on a desert island.
Kills On Wheels
Kills On Wheels
Two disabled lads get together with an ex-fireman and form a gang of hired assassins.
Brimstone
Brimstone
Revenge tale about a mute midwife in the American West.
The Graduation
The Graduation
A documentary about selection procedures at cinema school La Fémis in Paris.
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
A handmaiden sets out to swindle an heiress but things don't go to plan.
A Dark Song
A Dark Song
A grieving mother sets out to contact her dead chiild.
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London Film Festival Features

Looking for trouble
Oliver Laxe on making life difficult for himself when filming Mimosas.
For whom the Bell tolls
Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum talk Letters From Baghdad, Thelma Schoonmaker, Werner Herzog, Ridley Scott and more.
Untold stories
Jon Nguyen on the art of filming David Lynch.
Portrait of a Lady
William Oldroyd on austerity and colour-blind casting in his debut Lady Macbeth.
Huppert - the actress who knows no fear
Elle star on working with Verhoeven, awards and the gift of confidence
The X factor
Stephen Kijak on his career and rockumentary We Are X.
The view from the mountain
Cristian Mungiu talks about honesty, guilt and Graduation.
The outsider's story
Amma Asante on exploring otherness in A United Kingdom.
A formidable woman
Rosamund Pike on playing Ruth Williams in A United Kingdom.
A duck to water
Paul Schneider on types of actor, Ibsen, and The Daughter.
Soaring ambition
Otto Bell on shooting The Eagle Huntress and the remarkable star of his documentary.
Making a killing, part 2
Billy O’Brien on serendipity and the making of I Am Not A Serial Killer.
A European success
Maren Ade and Sandra Hüller on award winner Toni Erdmann.
Making a killing, part 1
Billy O’Brien on I Am Not A Serial Killer and how he became a filmmaker.
Magnetism of Magnus
Benjamin Ree on the challenges and rewards of his chess documentary.
In search of Gertrude Bell
Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum on Letters From Baghdad.
Finding faith
Eugène Green on fathers, donkeys and Son Of Joseph.
Inside and out
Kleber Mendonça Filho on Aquarius and a changing world.
Capturing the dance
Sergei Polunin and Steven Cantor on David LaChapelle, family and Project Polunin.
In-between moments
Kristen Stewart and Kelly Reichardt on Certain Women.
A study of clumsiness
Kenneth Lonergan on Manchester By The Sea and moments when life doesn't cooperate.
Bertrand Tavernier's odyssey
The director discusses My Journey Through French Cinema.
On pointe
Sergei Polunin and Steven Cantor on Dancer.
Stone: US state security way beyond East German Stasi
Snowden director and stars talk about whistleblowing, terrorism and biopic.
Kristen - spirited away by Assayas
Twilight star on ghosts, communication and energies.
Noting the difference
Composers Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans talk about Christine, Frank & Lola and The Fits.

London Film Festival News

Certain Women takes top prize at LFF
Raw and Starless Dreams also honoured.
London Film Festival announces full programme
Line-up includes 18 world premieres.
Free Fire to close London Film Festival
Ben Wheatley's film will
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