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Wonderstruck is among the gala features Pic: Amazon Studios
The 61st edition of the festival runs from October 4 to 15. It will open with Andy Serkis' Breathe and close with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, by Martin McDonagh.
Additional headline galas include Mudbound, The Shape Of Water, Wonderstruck and The Killing Of A Sacred Deer.
View Films by Strand:
- Create
- Cult
- Dare
- Debate
- Documentary Competition
- Experimenta
- Family
- First Feature Competition
- Headline Galas
- Journey
- Laugh
- Love
- Official Competition
- Special Presentations
- Thrill
View previous years coverage of the London Film Festival festival:
London Latest Reviews
The line between fantasy and reality begins to blur for a woman in 15th Century Austria.
A woman's summer retreat becomes the scene for a showdown after a gang come looking for a hideout, pursued by the police.
Documentary about the working relationship between actor Leon Vitali and Stanley Kubrick.
Five orphaned children create a story which is realised in animated form.
Memories of the residents of a Turkish retirement home.
Romance blossoms between a Finnish man and a Syrian immigrant.
A lesbian couple's relationship comes under strain when they contemplate having a baby.
Documentary about terminally ill patients.
A fragile young woman falls for her psychotherapist... and his twin.
When a boy disappears, a young girl goes looking for him in the dark world that has swallowed him.
London Film Festival Features
London Film Festival News
Filming sensations Mathieu Amalric on Pierre Léon, Jeanne Balibar and the sounds and colours of Barbara
Character arc Seth A Smith on filming with a two-year-old and bringing marbling to life in The Crescent
Keeping up appearances Marcello Martinessi on cultural conservatism and filmmaking honesty in The Heiresses
A different space Kelly Macdonald on working with Marc Turtletaub on Puzzle
Out of the past Susanna Nicchiarelli on Trine Dyrholm and the costume design in Nico, 1988
The iconic man Jonathan Baker on Becoming Iconic and Inconceivable
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