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  • Anora
  • La Chimera
  • Dahomey
  • Hard Truths

Sight and Sound’s 50 best films of 2024

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Sight and Sound's annual round-up of the best films, as voted for by over 100 contributors, is as eclectic and…

  • The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
  • The 47 Ronin
  • 48 Hrs.
  • The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Ultimate Action Watchlist

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  • On Falling
  • Santosh
  • Sister Midnight
  • Bird
  • Grand Theft Hamlet

From Debuts to Classics: 30 years of National Lottery funding

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We are proud to support bold and original storytellers, awarding National Lottery funding to champion powerful debuts as well as…

  • The Thief of Bagdad
  • Battleship Potemkin
  • The General
  • The Kid Brother
  • Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery

A great action film for every year, 1924 to now

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The story of action cinema – year by year, blow by blow.

List curated by Henry Barnes, Anton Bitel, Kambole…

  • Saturday Night
  • Ferrari
  • The Menu
  • C'mon C'mon
  • Uncut Gems

(Almost) every Surprise Film at the BFI London Film Festival since 1985!

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The BFI London Film Festival Surprise Film is always one of the hottest tickets of the year! Kicking off in…

  • Longlegs
  • The Substance
  • I Saw the TV Glow
  • When Evil Lurks
  • Where the Devil Roams

The Ultimate Horror Watchlist

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Check out the following articles or Barry Keith Grant's BFI Screen Guides, 100 American Horror Films. A great…

  • Memoir of a Snail
  • Evil Does Not Exist
  • Corsage
  • Hit the Road
  • Another Round

Every Best Film Winner at the BFI London Film Festival

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First launched in 2009, the BFI London Film Festival Official Competition showcases inspiring, inventive and distinctive international filmmaking.

  • All We Imagine as Light
  • Anora
  • April
  • Bionico's Bachata
  • Bird

Festival winners screening at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival

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Catch past festival winners at the BFI London Film Festival 2024. Taking place 9-20 Oct 2024 in London and across…

  • Dahomey
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Flow
  • Grand Tour
  • I’m Still Here

Oscars Best International Film submissions playing at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival

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See future Oscar nominees on the big screen this October at the BFI London Film Festival. Taking place 9-20 Oct…

  • Jemima + Johnny
  • Pressure
  • Black Joy
  • Babylon
  • Burning an Illusion

Great films about the Black British experience

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What are your favourite films about the Black British experience?

  • Blitz
  • Piece By Piece
  • Elton John: Never Too Late
  • Anora
  • The Apprentice

2024 BFI London Film Festival line-up

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Everyone is invited!

Discover the world's best new films, series and immersive storytelling in London and around the UK 9-20…

  • Starve Acre
  • Dead of Night
  • Whistle and I'll Come to You
  • Robin Redbreast
  • A Warning to the Curious

The films that shaped Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre

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The films and television that shaped many facets of Starve Acre, Daniel Kokotajlo’s adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s acclaimed novel.…

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