Everyone is invited to discover the world's best new films, series and immersive storytelling at the 68th BFI London Film Festival 9-20 October in London and around the UK.
Elliot Page Screen Talk and Special Presentation of Dominic Savage’s Close to You announced for BFI Flare
BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival is thrilled to announce a Screen Talk with the award-winning actor, writer, director, and producer Elliot Page, alongside a Special Presentation feature of Close to You, written and directed by BAFTA-winning Dominic Savage and starring, produced and co-written by Page.
Powell & Pressburger's most bizarre moments
Part of the enduring majesty of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's cinema comes from their ability to undercut the prim and proper sensibility of war-time filmmaking with moments that are deeply strange, sometimes even disturbing.
Alfonso Cuarón and Gaspar Noé discuss Gravity
Writer-directors Alfonso Cuarón (Roma, Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) and Gaspar Noé (Enter the Void, Love, Irreversible) talk about Cuarón's 3D sci-fi masterpiece, Gravity, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year.
Andrew Haigh brings All Of Us Strangers to the BFI London Film Festival 2023
Writer-director Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 Years, Lean on Pete) attends the red carpet for his new film, All Of Us Strangers, a Headline Gala at the BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express.
Jeymes Samuel introduces The Book of Clarence - BFI London Film Festival 2023
How do you follow a kick-ass revisionist Western? By offering up a blistering take on the Gospels, of course! Director Jeymes Samuel brings his follow-up to The Harder They Fall to the BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express.
Molly Manning Walker and the cast of How to Have Sex - BFI London Film Festival 2023
Writer-director Molly Manning Walker and actors Mia McKenna-Bruce, Shaun Thomas, Lara Peake and Samuel Bottomley talk about their startlingly frank film, about a wild teen holiday gone awry, which tackles thorny issues of coercion and consent head on.
Martin Scorsese interviewed by Edgar Wright - BFI London Film Festival 2023
The legendary director behind classics such as Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver and The Wolf of Wall Street talks to fellow filmmaker Edgar Wright about his career.
3 to see at LFF: Nordic films
Three hot tickets from the Nordic selection at this year’s festival, including a reunion for Lukas Moodysson’s classic commune tale Together and a scorching Mediterranean noir.
Family-friendly films at the 2023 BFI London Film Festival
Explore films for the young and young at heart at the 2023 BFI London Film Festival (4-15 October).
Warp Films: 7 essential releases
Before Warp Films there was Warp Records, a Sheffield-born music label that made an immediate impact on British culture with their experimental electronic music. The name Warp was synonymous with low budgets, working quickly and spontaneously, and a fierce commitment to talented and innovative artists. Founding partners Rob Mitchell (who sadly died in 2001) and Steve Beckett, enlisting the help of producer Mark Herbert, founded Warp Films with the same pioneering principles.
Dazed and Confused: how Richard Linklater created the ultimate high-school experience
'Hey, what’s going on?'
Koji Fukada on his family drama Love Life
Across the past 15 years, Koji Fukada has steadily become one of the most celebrated independent filmmakers working in Japan. Many of his films are characterised by a family unit’s illusion of stability being completely overturned by one major event, which he has explored through very different tonal registers: his second feature, Hospitalité (2010), is largely played for laughs, while Harmonium (2016), perhaps his most internationally renowned film, takes a haunting detour into thriller territory.
Watch the BFI London Film Festival 2023 trailer!
Everyone is invited to the 67th BFI London Film Festival, taking place 4-15 October in cinemas around the UK and on BFI Player!
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget to receive world premiere at 67th BFI London Film Festival
The 67th BFI London Film Festival (4 to 15 October) in partnership with American Express is delighted to announce that the world premiere of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget has been added to this year’s programme. From the multi-Academy and BAFTA award-winning Aardman (Creature Comforts, Wallace & Gromit, and Shaun the Sheep), and Academy Award and BAFTA-nominated director Sam Fell (ParaNorman and Flushed Away, respectively), the film is the eagerly anticipated sequel to the beloved and highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time, Chicken Run.
World premiere of Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya’s The Kitchen to close the 67th BFI London Film Festival
The 67th BFI London Film Festival (4 to 15 October) in partnership with American Express is thrilled to announce that this year’s closing night gala, supported by BMW, will be Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya’s The Kitchen starring Kane Robinson, Jedaiah Bannerman, Hope Ikpoku Jr, Teija Kabs, Demmy Ladipo, Cristale and BackRoad Gee.
Jurassic Park returns to the big screen in digital 4K
After 30 years, we’re welcoming audiences back to Jurassic Park. Just imagine, the size of those dinosaurs on the UK’s largest screen!
A Family Affair: The Films of Yasujirō Ozu season trailer
‘I tried to represent the collapse of the Japanese family system through showing children growing up.’
New trailer for Kôji Fukada’s family drama, Love Life
From the Cannes award-winning director of Harmonium and Goodbye Summer comes a beguiling, beautifully paced portrait of a family navigating the aftermath of a tragedy.