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BFI London Film Festival

Just like the city, the London Film Festival welcomes the world. Revelatory stories from distant places, enriching our lives…

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Catch up with a range of recent successes including previous winners of the festival’s top prizes

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The Draughtsman's Contract

Peter Greenaway became a director of international status with this witty, stylised, erotic country house murder mystery.
  • Period drama
  • 1982
  • 107 mins
  • Peter Greenaway

Palestine 36

Acclaimed Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir’s most ambitious work is a powerful exploration of the events leading up to the Arab Revolt of 1936.
  • Period drama
  • 2025
  • 120 mins
  • Annemarie Jacir

The Girls (Gehenu Lamai)

A young girl finds herself torn between duty and desire in this stunning Sri Lankan coming-of-age drama by pioneering filmmaker Sumitra Peries.
  • Drama
  • 1978
  • 113 mins
  • Sumitra Peries

Ultras

Forget the dramatic headlines and take a joyful deep dive into 'the world’s most popular subculture’: football’s infamous ultras.
  • Documentary
  • 2025
  • 88 mins
  • Ragnhild Ekner

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Mohammad Rasoulof's powerful, vital, Oscar and BAFTA-nominated thriller about a bureaucrat torn between loyalty to his family and the Iranian regime.
  • Thriller
  • 2024
  • 167 mins
  • Mohammad Rasoulof

The Chronology of Water

A woman battles addiction and abuse in Kristen Stewart’s uncompromising depiction of love, trauma and artistic self-expression.
  • Drama
  • 2025
  • 128 mins
  • Kristen Stewart

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Rose Byrne gives a mesmerising, Oscar-nominated performance as an overwhelmed mother, in Mary Bronstein’s nerve-shredding comedy-thriller-horror.
  • Drama
  • 2025
  • 113 mins
  • Mary Bronstein

I'm Still Here

Fernanda Torres ignites this Oscar-winning drama from Walter Salles, a triumph of hope over tyranny.
  • Drama
  • Biopic
  • 2024
  • 138 mins
  • Walter Salles

Sister Midnight

A genre-bending comedy about a frustrated and misanthropic newlywed who discovers certain feral impulses that land her in unlikely situations.
  • Comedy
  • 2024
  • 107 mins
  • Karan Kandhari

Architecton

Victor Kossakovsky’s film essay looks at the way we have constructed our built world through a series of breathtaking sequences.
  • Documentary
  • 2024
  • 98 mins
  • Viktor Kossakovsky

Enys Men

Mark Jenkin follows Bait with this chilling, endlessly mysterious folk horror tale, beautifully shot on grainy 16mm.
  • Horror
  • 2022
  • 91 mins
  • Mark Jenkin

Layla

A British-Palestinian drag performer catches the eye of a strait-laced white man in Amrou Al-Kadhi’s stunning, semi-autobiographical debut.
  • Drama
  • 2024
  • 100 mins
  • Amrou Al-Kadhi

Rentals

Some of the best recent LFF films available to rent now

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Romería

£4.50

Memory proves messy in Carla Simón’s Palme d’Or-nominated film about a young woman’s visit to her dead father’s affluent and secretive family.
  • Drama
  • 2025
  • 112 mins
  • Carla Simón

Enzo

£4.50

Laurent Cantet’s final film, directed by longtime collaborator Robin Campillo, is a moving and nuanced exploration of class and budding sexuality.
  • Drama
  • 2025
  • 102 mins
  • Robin Campillo and Laurent Cantet

Tiger Stripes

£3.50

Nothing is quite as scary as puberty in this exuberant feminist pre-teen body horror from first time Malaysian director Amanda Nell Eu.
  • Horror
  • 2023
  • 95 mins
  • Amanda Nell Eu

Miroirs No.3

£4.50

A car crash survivor enters into an unsettling bond with the older woman who rescues her, in Christian Petzold’s characteristically enigmatic drama.
  • Drama
  • Thriller
  • 2025
  • 86 mins
  • Christian Petzold

The Blue Trail

£4.50

Gabriel Mascaro’s transfixing adventure about a pensioner fleeing a dystopian ageist society and winner of Berlin’s Silver Bear award.
  • Science Fiction
  • Drama
  • 2025
  • 86 mins
  • Gabriel Mascaro

Occupied City

£3.50

Steve McQueen’s cinematic commemoration of the Holocaust offers a multidimensional experience full of gravity and sublimity.
  • Documentary
  • War
  • 2023
  • 251 mins
  • Steve McQueen

A Private Life

£4.50

Jodie Foster’s impeccable French and comedic skills are on full display in this mystery thriller, which sees her investigating a suspicious death.
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • 2025
  • 103 mins
  • Rebecca Zlotowski

In Camera

£3.50

A struggling actor faces relentless knockbacks in Naqqash Khalid’s sharp-witted comment on race and identity in the film industry.
  • Drama
  • 2024
  • 95 mins
  • Naqqash Khalid

H Is for Hawk

£4.50

Claire Foy stars in a BAFTA-nominated adaptation of Helen MacDonald’s memoir exploring grief and recovery through nature.
  • Drama
  • 2025
  • 115 mins
  • Philippa Lowthorpe

Corsage

£3.50

Sisi the Empress (Vicky Krieps) gets an irreverent make-over in Austrian director Marie Kreutzer’s exhilarating BAFTA-nominated period drama, winner of Best Film at BFI London Film Festival 2022.
  • Biopic
  • Historical drama
  • 2022
  • 114 mins
  • Marie Kreutzer

Kensuke's Kingdom

£3.50

Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel is brought to life in this delightful, animated tale of a young castaway who discovers he’s not alone.
  • Animation & Artists Moving Image
  • 2023
  • 84 mins
  • Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry

Drive My Car

£3.50

Inspired by Haruki Murakami’s short story, Ryūsuke Hamaguchi takes us on an unpredictable and self-revelatory journey in this serene yet riveting Oscar-winning drama.
  • Drama
  • 2021
  • 179 mins
  • Ryusuke Hamaguchi

London Film Festival Q&As

A collection of highlights from past BFI London Film Festival Q&As

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Jon M. Chu: The Wizard of Wicked

Director Jon M. Chu discusses his ground-breaking vision of Oz.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2025
  • 49 mins

The Art of the Whodunit: Rian Johnson on Knives Out

The modern master of murder mysteries discusses his creative process and how he’s reinventing the genre.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2025
  • 47 mins

A Bigger Splash Q&A with Ralph Fiennes

Alongside director Luca Guadagnino, the actor reflects on making this provocative film, following its London Film Festival screening.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2015
  • 13 mins

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Q&A)

The acclaimed director discusses his Cannes prize winner, about an ailing man revisiting his past.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2010
  • 7 mins

The Lobster Q&A with Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell

The stars of The Lobster are joined by writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos to talk about animals, romance and their roles in this dystopian love story.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2015
  • 7 mins

Ultraviolence - Q&A - BFI LFF 2020

Director Ken Fero discusses their powerful documentary about police brutality in the UK following a screening at the 2020 BFI London Film Festival.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2020
  • 17 mins

Mountains May Depart Q&A with Jia Zhangke

The director joins actor Zhao Tao to discuss their humane drama about a group of friends in a changing world.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2015
  • 17 mins

BFI London Film Festival Screen Talks

In-depth interviews with leaders in contemporary cinema.

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Chloé Zhao Screen Talk | BFI London Film Festival 2025

The Oscar®- winning director of Nomadland discusses her unique approach to filmmaking and the inspiration behind the adaptation of Hamnet.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2025
  • 65 mins

Jafar Panahi Screen Talk | BFI London Film Festival 2025

The Palme d’Or-winning director looks back on a career that has seen him actively engage with art and politics.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2025
  • 45 mins

Yorgos Lanthimos Screen Talk | BFI London Film Festival 2025

Yorgos Lanthimos sits down with Succession creator Jesse Armstrong to reveal the secret ingredients that underpin his uniquely weird brand of satire.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2025
  • 66 mins

Lynne Ramsay Screen Talk | BFI London Film Festival 2025

Lynne Ramsay discusses her singular career populated by visually intoxicating, ground-breaking and provocative films.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2025
  • 67 mins

Tessa Thompson Screen Talk | BFI London Film Festival 2025

The actor discusses her career, including her titular performance in BFI London Film Festival selection, Hedda.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2025
  • 68 mins

The Art of the Whodunit: Rian Johnson on Knives Out

The modern master of murder mysteries discusses his creative process and how he’s reinventing the genre.
  • Inside Film
  • Non-Fiction
  • 2025
  • 47 mins

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