London Film Festival 2024

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Sujo Sujo
Sujo and The End
After The Long Rains (Baada Ya Masika) (Country: Kenya, Switzerland; Year: 2024; Director: Damien Hauser; Writer: Damien Hauser; Stars: Eletricer Kache Hamisi, Bosco Baraka Karisa, Bibi Swaleh)
A young girl with big dreams is encouraged by a local fisherman.
The Assessment (Country: Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Fleur Fortune; Writer: John Donnelly, Nell Garfath Cox, Dave Thomas; Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander, Himesh Patel, Minnie Driver, Charlotte Ritchie, Indira Varma, Leah Harvey, Nicholas Pinnock, Anaya Thorley, Benny O Arthur, Thiago Braga de Oliveira, Malaya Stern Takeda)
In an overpopulated world, a couple who dream of becoming parents must undergo a test.
Baby (Country: Brazil, France, Netherlands; Year: 2024; Director: Marcelo Caetano; Writer: Marcelo Caetano, Gabriel Domingues; Stars: João Pedro Mariano, Ricardo Teodoro, Ana Flavia Cavalcanti, Bruna Linzmeyer, Luiz Bertazzo)
After being released from a juvenile detention center, Wellington finds himself alone and adrift on the streets of São Paulo, without any contact from his parents and lacking the resources to rebuild his life. During a visit to a porn theater, he encounters Ronaldo, a mature man, who teaches him new ways of surviving. Gradually, their relationship turns into a conflicting passion, oscillating between exploitation and protection, jealousy and complicity.
Eephus (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Carson Lund; Writer: Michael Basta, Nate Fisher, Carson Lund; Stars: Frederick Wiseman, Wayne Diamond, Keith William Richards, Conner Marx, Gregory Falatek, Keith Poulson, David Torres Jr., Paul Kandarian, Theodore Bouloukos, Stephen Radochia, John R. Smith Jnr, Jeff Saint-Dic, Annie Tisdale, Chris Goodwin, Cliff Blake)
A pair of New England baseball teams face off for the last time as plans are underway to redevelop their field.
Ellis Park (Country: Australia; Year: 2024; Director: Justin Kurzel; Writer: Nick Fenton, Justin Kurzel; Stars: Femke den Haas, Warren Ellis)
Portrait of Bad Seeds musician Warren Ellis.
Layla Layla
Layla and Sebastian
The End (Country: Denmark, Ireland, Germany, Italy, UK, US; Year: 2024; Director: Joshua Oppenheimer; Writer: Rasmus Heisterberg, Joshua Oppenheimer; Stars: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, Moses Ingram, George MacKay, Tim McInnerny, Lennie James, Bronagh Gallagher, Danielle Ryan)
After the sudden arrival of a stranger, Girl, threatens Mother and Father's family’s luxurious compound deep underground, Son begins to question their seemingly perfect existence.
Flow (Year: 2024; Director: Gints Zilbalodis)
Animated adventure about a group of animals who must work together to survive.
Good One (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: India Donaldson; Writer: India Donaldson; Stars: James Le Gros, Danny McCarthy, Sumaya Bouhbal, Lily Collias)
On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.
Layla (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Amrou Al-Kadhi; Writer: Amrou Al-Kadhi; Stars: Bilal Hasna, Louis Greatorex, Safiyya Ingar, Terique Jarrett, Darkwah, Sarah Agha, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Emma McDonald, Buket Kömür, Adam Howden, Aetheria Angel, Smilla, Tim Bowie, Ali Barouti, Huw Morgan)
When Layla, a struggling Arab drag queen, falls in love for the first time, they lose and find themself in a transformative relationship that tests who they really are.
Look Into My Eyes (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Lana Wilson; Writer: Lana Wilson)
A group of New York City psychics conduct deeply intimate readings for their clients, revealing a kaleidoscope of loneliness, connection, and healing.
The Village Next To Paradise The Village Next To Paradise
The Village Next To Paradise and Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
My Everything (Mon Inséparable) (Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Anne-Sophie Bailly; Stars: Laure Calamy, Geert Van Rampelberg, Pasquale D'Inca, Rébecca Finet, Aïssatou Diallo Sagna, Charles Peccia, Julie Froger)
Mona is a woman in her 60s who is at a point in her life where she wants to start caring for herself. But when her disabled son is unexpectedly having a baby, she has another responsibility to deal with.
Sebastian (Country: UK, Finland, Belgium; Year: 2024; Director: Mikko Makela; Writer: Mikko Makela; Stars: Ruaridh Mollica, Hiftu Quasem, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Jonathan Hyde, Lara Rossi, Leanne Best, Dylan Brady, Charlotte Harwood, Fleur Keith, Akbar Kurtha, Marcus Macleod, Laurent Maria, Pedro Minas, Matthias Moret, David Nellist)
Max, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel.
Shambhala (Country: Nepal, France, Norway, Hong Kong, Turkey, Taiwan, United States, Qatar; Year: 2024; Director: Min Bahadur Bham; Writer: Min Bahadur Bham, Abinash Bikram Shah; Stars: Thinley Lhamo, Sonam Topden, Tenzing Dalha, Karma Wangyal Gurung, Karma Shakya, Loten Namling, Tsering Choden, Choney Gurung, Phurba Tsepten Gurung, Tsering Lhamo Gurung, Tsering Choeble Towa, Janga Bahadur Lama)
A woman tries to find her husband after he disappears.
Sujo (Country: US, Mexico, France; Year: 2024; Director: Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez; Writer: Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez; Stars: Karla Garrido, Juan Jesús Varela, Kevin Aguilar, Jairo Hernandez, Yadira Pérez, Sandra Lorenzano, Alexis Varela)
When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved four-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable.
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui; Writer: Ian Bonhôte, Otto Burnham, Peter Ettedgui)
Never-before-seen home movies and extraordinary personal archives reveal how Christopher Reeve went from unknown actor to iconic movie star as the ultimate screen superhero. He learned the true meaning of heroism as an activist after suffering a tragic accident that left him quadriplegic and dependent on a ventilator to breathe.
Good One Good One
Good One and Look Into My Eyes
Treading Water (Country: UK; Director: Gino Evans; Writer: Gino Evans; Stars: Joe Gill, Darryl Clark, Darren Connolly, Wendy Patterson, Elianne Byrne, Vincent Davies, Christine Dalby, Becky Bowe, Umar Ali, Barney Thompson, Jo Dakin, David Males)
An ex-con becomes obsessed with a former partner.
The Village Next To Paradise (Country: France, Austria; Year: 2024; Director: Mo Harawe; Writer: Mo Harawe; Stars: Axmen Cali Faarax, Canab Axmed Ibraahin, Ahmed Mohamoud Salleban)
In a windy Somali village, a newly assembled family must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them.
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