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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
Hagazussa - A Heathen's Curse
The line between fantasy and reality begins to blur for a woman in 15th Century Austria.
The line between fantasy and reality begins to blur for a woman in 15th Century Austria.
Let The Corpses Tan
A woman's summer retreat becomes the scene for a showdown after a gang come looking for a hideout, pursued by the police.
A woman's summer retreat becomes the scene for a showdown after a gang come looking for a hideout, pursued by the police.
Filmworker
Documentary about the working relationship between actor Leon Vitali and Stanley Kubrick.
Documentary about the working relationship between actor Leon Vitali and Stanley Kubrick.
Liyana
Five orphaned children create a story which is realised in animated form.
Five orphaned children create a story which is realised in animated form.
Distant Constellation
Memories of the residents of a Turkish retirement home.
Memories of the residents of a Turkish retirement home.
A Moment In The Reeds
Romance blossoms between a Finnish man and a Syrian immigrant.
Romance blossoms between a Finnish man and a Syrian immigrant.
Anchor And Hope
A lesbian couple's relationship comes under strain when they contemplate having a baby.
A lesbian couple's relationship comes under strain when they contemplate having a baby.
Island
Documentary about terminally ill patients.
Documentary about terminally ill patients.
L'Amant Double
A fragile young woman falls for her psychotherapist... and his twin.
A fragile young woman falls for her psychotherapist... and his twin.
Sicilian Ghost Story
When a boy disappears, a young girl goes looking for him in the dark world that has swallowed him.
When a boy disappears, a young girl goes looking for him in the dark world that has swallowed him.
London Film Festival Features
Saddling back up
Chloé Zhao and Brady Jandreau on autism, training horses and The Rider
An emotional journey
Annemarie Jacir on fathers and sons in Wajib
Inner chaos
Trine Dyrholm on the costumes for Nico, 1988, Ruth Berlau and Bertolt Brecht, and Astrid Lindgren
States of mind
Trine Dyrholm on getting know Nico and Susanna Nicchiarelli's vision for Nico, 1988
Out of the past
Susanna Nicchiarelli on Trine Dyrholm and the costume design in Nico, 1988
In Focus
Leon Vitali on Stanley Kubrick and Filmworker
Reconstructed heroine
Susanna Nicchiarelli on exploring character in Nico, 1988
Actors’s pride for 120 Beats Per Minute
Award-winner Biscayart on sexuality, activism and the pink condom
The magic of discovery
James Crump on Bill Cunningham and Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco
Chaos theory
Samuel Maoz on Silver Lion winner Foxtrot
The girl upstairs
Sophie Brooks on The Boy Downstairs and costume designer Keri Langerman
Campillo’s beat goes on
Director on AIDS drama 120 BPM, writing from the heart and collaboration
Varda hits the road again
New Wave icon on Faces Places, honours, outsiders and Demy
Taking the waters
Samuel Maoz and Lior Ashkenazi on Foxtrot
Style illustrated
James Crump on Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco
Among the apes
Jane Goodall and Brett Morgen on documenting chimpanzees
Dressing the decades
Luca Guadagnino on Call Me By Your Name and the art of costuming
Scent and sensibility
Elvira Lind and Bobbi Jene Smith on love, sexiness, Arrowed, and why story always comes first
'I just don’t know about fame. I have never figured it out'
Good Time star Robert Pattinson on being a lone wolf - and stardom as a side dish
News of a death
Lior Ashkenazi on Foxtrot and going to the edge of his emotions
Pattinson has a Good Time changing image
'Invisible' Twilight star goes for grunge in Cannes.
Reluctant Dustin resists the passing years
Hoffman, Stiller and Sandler at heart of Baumbach’s family saga.
Hoffman and Baumbach
The star and director go head to head.
Making The Wound
John Trengove talks about the challenges of his coming-of-age drama.
Cate Blanchett on stage and screens
Taking on The Present and speaking out in Manifesto.
London Film Festival News
They Shall Not Grow Old to premiere at LFF
Peter Jackson's World War One doc gets gala screening.
LFF jury loves Loveless
The Wound and Kingdom Of Us also honoured
LFF announces full line-up
Downsizing, Call Me By Your Name and the Shape Of Water join galas.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to close LFF
Michael McDonagh, Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell expected to attend.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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