Giant starring Amir El-Masry and Pierce Brosnan Giant starring Amir El-Masry and Pierce Brosnan

The 69th BFI London Film Festival opened with Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and closed with Julia Jackman’s 100 Nights Of Hero. There will be five feature film world premieres, including Giant and Moss & Freud. A selection of the features were shown at 11 partner venues in cities including Glasgow, Nottingham, Edinburgh and Birmingham.

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Christy
Christy
The story of Christy Martin, the most successful female boxer of the Nineties.
Mare's Nest
Mare's Nest
A child's adventures in an adult-free world.
Jay Kelly
Jay Kelly
Famous movie actor Jay Kelly and his devoted manager Ron embark on a whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey. Both are forced to confront choices they've made, their relationships with loved ones and the legacies they'll leave behind.
The Chronology Of Water
The Chronology Of Water
A troubled young woman escapes an abusive childhood, family tragedy and addiction issues by slowly finding her creative voice as a writer.
A Useful Ghost
A Useful Ghost
March is mourning his wife Nat who has recently passed away due to dust pollution. He discovers her spirit has returned by possessing the vacuum cleaner. But to become a useful ghost, she first needs to get rid of the useless ones.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation
H Is For Hawk
H Is For Hawk
After a woman's father dies, she takes solace in training a goshawk.
Two Prosecutors
Two Prosecutors
Soviet Union, 1937. Thousands of letters from detainees falsely accused by the regime are burned in a prison cell. Against all odds, one of them reaches its destination... the desk of a newly appointed local prosecutor, who embarks on a quest for justice.
Dry Leaf
Dry Leaf
A father goes looking for his missing photographer daughter across rural Georgia.
Bugonia
Bugonia
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
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London Film Festival Features

It’s about re-enchantment
Christian Petzold on cinema history, lullabies, Laura, Rebecca and Miroirs No. 3
Existence and resistance
Annemarie Jacir on history, poetic freedom and Palestine 36
Images in conflict
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Lynsey Addario on Love+War
'I’m very happy to be trusted with characters of this calibre'
Denis Lavant on the art of constructing personas in Redoubt and The Stranger
'Even though I'm 36, I still feel connected to the girl I was'
Emilie Thalund on teen desire, body positivity and crossing boundaries in Weightless
The man who prepared for war
John Skoog on Karl-Göran Persson and Redoubt
A new woman
Majid Al Ansari on tradition, bad marital choices and The Vile
Teen in a trap
Paolo Strippoli on his coming-of-age horror The Holy Boy
'I didn't make this film myself. The Islamic Republic made it by putting me in prison'
Jafar Panahi on the inspiration for It Was Just An Accident
The Fool's journey
Annapurna Sriram on psychic predictions, resisting censorship and making Fucktoys
The double games
Frédéric Hambalek on discovering hidden things and What Marielle Knows
Warring parents sparked Ramsay’s Cannes entry
Die, My Love stars Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence in fighting form
Slice of life... and fable
The President's Cake director Hasan Hadi on the challenges and craft behind his debut
A test of love
Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer on Honey Bunch
Time for trans joy
Siobhan McCarthy on reinventing the high school movie in She’s The He

London Film Festival News

Martel's Landmarks takes top prize at LFF
One Woman One Bra and The Travelers also among winners
London Film Festival announces programme
Films include six world premieres plus lates from Chloé Zhao and Bradley Cooper
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