London Film Festival 2026

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All About The Money (Country: Ireland, Denmark; Year: 2026; Director: Sinéad O'Shea; Writer: Sinéad O'Shea)
A son of one of America’s wealthiest families creates a communist revolutionary base in rural Massachusetts as a means of disrupting the capitalist system he grew up in, but has now come to despise. It’s the starting point of an astonishing journey.
Amazomania (Country: Sweden, Denmark, France; Year: 2026; Director: Nathan Grossman)
Re-examining 'white saviour' footage of a Swedish journalist's documentation of an isolated tribe, showing the repercussions.
Gentle Monster (Country: France, Finland, Germany, Austria; Director: Marie Kreutzer; Writer: Marie Kreutzer; Stars: Léa Seydoux, Catherine Deneuve, Jella Haase, Laurence Rupp, Sylvester Groth, Katharina Lorenz, Regina Fritsch, Raphael Nicholas, Anton Rubtsov, Nils Strunk)
A woman struggles with her feelings after discovering her husband's grim secret.
A Good Little Soldier (Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Stéphane Brizé; Writer: Stéphane Brizé, Coralie Amédéo, Olivier Gorce; Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Vincent Lindon, Sharif Andoura, David Talbot)
A successful business executive tasked with promoting employee wellbeing while still meeting performance goals finds herself pushed to breaking point.
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning (Country: UK, France, US; Year: 2025; Director: Clio Barnard; Writer: Enda Walsh; Stars: Joe Cole, Anthony Boyle, Lola Petticrew, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack, Millie Brady, Lucie Shorthouse, James Eeles)
Childhood friends Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli, and Conor played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of the lives they would have one day. Now they’re thirty, and the future they imagined is slipping quietly out of reach.
Mariinka Mariinka
Mariinka and All About The Money
Mariinka (Country: Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Pieter-Jan De Pue)
Documentary focused on young adult residents of a town on the frontline of the Russian/Ukraine conflict, shot over a decade.
Musk (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Alex Gibney; Stars: Elon Musk)
A detailed look at the tech billionnaire.
My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Julia Loktev; Writer: Julia Loktev)
Following the Russian independent journalists who fled Russia in Last Air In Moscow as they continue their lives in exile.
Panelstory, Or How A Housing Development Is Born (Panelstory aneb Jak se rodí sídliště, Panelstory Or Birth Of A Community) (Country: Czechoslovakia; Year: 1981; Director: Věra Chytilová; Writer: Eva Kačírková, Věra Chytilová; Stars: Lukáš Bech, Antonín Vaňha, Eva Kačírková, Alena Rýcová, Bronislav Poloczek, Dagmar Slivinská, Miloslav Homola, Michal Nesvadba, Ladislav Krečmer, Věra Uzelacová, Miluše Šplechtová, Oldřich Navrátil, Daniela Šrajerová, Květoslava Vonešová, Helena Pokorná)
A single day in a colossal unfinished housing estate on the fringes of Prague becomes a corrosive social satire.
Rebellion (Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Ken Fero, Tariq Mehmood)
In 1981, 12 young Asian men stood trial on terrorism charges for defending Bradford from an imminent racist attack. Their fight for their city – and their freedom – became international news, awakening public consciousness to the rise of fascism and the far-right. This film charts the story.
The Whisper Of Sunlight (Country: Hong Kong; Year: 2026; Director: Siu-pong Wong)
Observes patients and their families during their final days as they grapple with the difficult questions surrounding access to a costly experimental drug that may offer them a last hope.
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