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![]() Run annually by the British Film Institute Rich Cline has covered the festival every year since 1996 | |||
![]() 67th London Film Festival 4-15 OCTOBER 2023
| 2 0 2 3 G A L A S & A W A R D S | ||
![]() Closing film: THE KITCHEN Surprise film: FERRARI Gala screenings: ONE LIFE ALL OF US STRANGERS THE BIKERIDERS THE BOOK OF CLARENCE CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET THE HOLDOVERS THE KILLER KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON MAESTRO MAY DECEMBER NYAD POOR THINGS Special Presentations: THE BOY AND THE HERON COBWEB THE END WE START FROM FALLEN LEAVES FOE GRIME KIDS HIT MAN HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS LES INDESIRABLES MEMORY OCCUPIED CITY PRISCILLA THE ZONE OF INTEREST |
![]() Best Film: EVIL DOES NOT EXIST Documentary: BYE BYE TIBERIAS First Feature: Mika Gustafson (PARADISE IS BURNING) Audience Award: GASSED UP Audience Award - Doc: THE TASTE OF MANGO Audience Award - Immersive: MURALS RICH'S BEST OF THE FEST 2023:
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![]() ![]() ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT (Jackson, US) ![]() ALLENSWORTH (Benning, US) AMA GLORIA (Amachoukeli, Fr) THE ANIMAL KINGDOM (Cailley,Fr ) ANIMALIA (Alaoui, Mor) ANITA (Bloom/Zill, US) ![]() APOLONIA, APOLONIA (Glob, Den) ASOG (Devlin, Ph) BALTIMORE (Molloy/Lawlor, Ire) BANEL & ADAMA (Sy, Fr) THE BEAST (Bonello, Fr) BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS (Attia, Tun) ![]() BIRTH/REBIRTH (Moss, US) BLACK DOG (Jaques, UK) ![]() BONUS TRACK (Jackman, UK) THE BOOK OF CLARENCE (Samuel, US) THE BOOK OF SOLUTIONS (Gondry, Fr) ![]() THE BRIDE (Birara,Rw ) THE BUCKINGHAM MURDERS (Mehta, Ind) BYE BYE TIBERIAS (Soualem, Pal) CELLULOID UNDERGROUND (Khoshbakht, Irn) ![]() ![]() CLOSE YOUR EYES (Erice, Sp) COBWEB (Kim, Kor) A COMMON SEQUENCE (Clark/Gibisser, US) COPA '71 (Ramsay/Erskine, UK) CROMA KID (Chea, DR) CULPRITS (Blakeson, UK) DAAAAAALI! (Dupieux, Fr) DANCING ON THE EDGE OF THE VOLCANO (Aris, Leb) DANCING QUEEN (Gosse, Nor) THE DAUGHTERS OF FIRE (Costa,Por ) DEAR JASSI (Singh, Ind) DEEP SEA (Tian, Chn) ![]() DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD (Jude, Rom) EARTH MAMA (Leaf, US) THE ECHO (Huezo, Mex) ![]() THE END WE START FROM (Belo, UK) ![]() EUROPA (Mortezai,Aut ) EVERYTHING WORTHWHILE IS DONE WITH OTHER PEOPLE (Zaman,UK ) ![]() EXPATS (Wang, US) ![]() FANCY DANCE (Tremblay, US) * FERRARI (Mann, It) ![]() FIRE THROUGH DRY GRASS (Neophytides/Molina, US) ![]() FOREMOST BY NIGHT (Iriarte, Sp) FOUR DAUGHTERS (Hania, Tun) GASOLINE RAINBOW (Ross/Ross, US) * GASSED UP (Amponsah, UK) GIRL (Onashile, UK) GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT (Stephenson/Brewster, US) THE GOLDMAN CASE (Kahn, Fr) GOODBYE JULIA (Kordofani, Sud) GRIME KIDS (Cisse, UK) GUSH (Maxy, US) ![]() HIGH & LOW: JOHN GALLIANO (Macdonald, Fr) HIT MAN (Linklater, US) HOARD (Carmoon, UK) ![]() HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS (Stolevski, Mac) HOW TO HAVE SEX (Walker, UK) THE HYPNOSIS (De Geer, Swe) I AM SIRAT (Mehta/Taneja, Can) IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE (Purevdash,Mon ) ![]() ![]() LES INDESIRABLES (Ly, Fr) INSHALLAH A BOY (Rasheed, Jor) INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL (Pham, Vie) IT CAN'T BE THAT NOTHING THAT CAN BE RETURNED (Kavelina, Ukr) KENSUKE'S KINGDOM (Hendry/Boyle, UK) |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() THE KLEZMER PROJECT (Koch/Schachmann, Aut) LAST SUMMER (Breillat, Fr) LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL (Cairnes/Cairnes,Aus ) LITTLE GIRL BLUE (Achache, Fr) ![]() ![]() LUBO (Diritti, It) ![]() MAMBAR PIERRETTE (Mbakam, Bel) MANGOSTEEN (Saenjaroen, Tha) ![]() ![]() MENU-PLAISIRS LES TROISGROS (Wiseman, US) THE MISSION (Moss/McBaine, US) MOLLI AND MAX IN THE FUTURE (Litwak, US) ![]() MUSIC (Schanelec, Ger) THE NATURE OF LOVE (Chokri, Can) THE NEW BOY (Thornton, Aus) NIGHTWATCH: DEMONS ARE FOREVER (Bornedal, Den) ![]() OCCUPIED CITY (McQueen,UK ) OMEN (Baloji, Con) ON THE ADAMANT (Philibert, Fr) ONE LIFE (Hawes, UK) ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS (Wei,Chn ) OUR BODY (Simon, Fr) PARADISE IS BURNING (Gustafson, Swe) THE PEASANTS (Welchman/Welchman, Po) PENA CORDILLERA (Carmona,Chl ) PERFECT DAYS (Wenders, Jpn) THE PIGEON TUNNEL (Morris, UK) POOLMAN (Pine, US) ![]() THE POT AU FEU (Tran, Fr) POWER ALLEY (Halla, Br) THE PRACTICE (Rejtman, Arg) A PRINCE (Creton, Fr) ![]() THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS (Mirza, Can) QUEENDOM (Galdanova,Fr ) RAMONA (Villegas,DR ) RED ISLAND (Campillo, Fr) RED ROOMS (Plante, Can) ![]() ROOM IN A CROWD (Torres, Ph) ![]() THE RYE HORN (Camborda, Sp) RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: OPUS (Sora, Jpn) THE SACRED CAVE (Minlo,Cam ) ![]() ![]() * SCALA!!! (Giles/Catterall, UK) SELF PORTRAIT: 47 KM 2020 (Zhang, Chn) THE SETTLERS (Haberle, Chl) SHAME ON DRY LAND (Petersen, Swe) SHAYDA (Niasari, Aus) ![]() SHOSHANA (Winterbottom, UK) SILVER HAZE (Polak, Ned) SKY PEALS (Hussain, UK) SLOW (Kavtaradze, Lit) THE SPECTRE OF BOKO HARAM (Raingou, Cam) STARVE ACRE (Kokotajlo, UK) STOLEN (Tejpal, Ind) STOPMOTION (Morgan,UK ) SWAN SONG (McMullan, Can) THE SWEET EAST (Williams, US) THE TASTE OF MANGO (Abrahams, UK) TERRESTRIAL VERSES (Asgari/Khatami, Irn) ![]() THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER (Trueba/Mariscal, Sp) THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG (Hyland, Aus) ![]() TOGETHER 99 (Moodyson, Swe) ![]() TUESDAY (Pusic, UK) UNICORNS (Hosaini/Floyd, UK) UNMOORED (Ingvarsson, UK) VINCENT MUST DIE (Castang, Fr) WILDING (Allen,UK ) YOU CAN CALL ME BILL (Philippe, US) YOUTH (SPRING) (Bing, Fr) ![]() | ||
![]() 66th London Film Festival 5-16 OCTOBER 2022 2 0 2 2 A W A R D S : Best Film: CORSAGE Audience Award: BLUE BAG LIFE Documentary: ALL THAT BREATHES First Feature: Manuela Martelli (1976) Immersive: AS MINE EXACTLY RICH'S BEST OF THE FEST 2022: | 2 0 2 2 F I L M S | ||
![]() ![]() AFTER SHERMAN (Goff, US) ![]() THE AFRICAN DESPERATE (Syms) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ASHKAL ATTACHMENT AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Mubarak) ![]() ![]() BECOMING PLANT (Ndiritu) THE BLACK PHARAOH, THE SAVAGE AND THE PRINCESS (Ocelot) BLAZE (Barton) THE BLAZE (Fr) ![]() ![]() BLUE ISLAND (Chn) ![]() THE BLUE ROSE OF FORGETFULNESS (Klahr) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() CALL JANE (Nagy, US) ![]() ![]() CHEE$E (Marcano) ![]() THE CLOUD MESSENGER (Ind) COMA (Bonello) ![]() CREATURE (Kapadia) ![]() ![]() DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA ![]() DECLARATION ![]() ![]() THE ENGLISH (Blick, UK) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() EXTERIOR NIGHT (Bellocchio, It) FARAAZ (Ban) FAST & FEEL LOVE ![]() THE FUTURE TENSE (Lawlor/Molloy) GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE ![]() THE GIRL FROM TOMORROW (Savina, It) ![]() GOD SAID GIVE 'EM DRUM MACHINES (Hill) ![]() ![]() ![]() HERBARIA ![]() HIGH SCHOOL (Can) ![]() ![]() I LOVE MY DAD (US) IF THE STREETS WERE ON FIRE ![]() ![]() INTO THE ICE JEONG-SUN (Kor) ![]() KANAVAL: A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF HAITI IN SIX CHAPTERS THE KINGDOM EXODUS (von Trier, Den) ![]() ![]() |
![]() LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER LAST FLIGHT HOME (Timoner) LEONORA ADDIO (Taviani, It) LINOLEUM LIQUOR STORE DREAMS (Kor) ![]() ![]() ![]() MALINTZIN 17 MAMMALS (Butterworth) MANTICORE (Vermut) MAYA NILO ![]() MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM (Southern/Lovelace, US) ![]() THE MIDDLE AGES (Arg) MINI-ZLATAN AND UNCLE DARLING MORE THAN EVER ![]() MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY (Guzman) ![]() MY ROBOT BROTHER ![]() NAYOLA (Ribeiro) NENEH SUPERSTAR NEW NORMAL (Kor) NEXT SOHEE (Jung) NEZOUH (Kaadan, Syr) ![]() NIGHTMARE (Nor) ![]() ONE FINE MORNING (Hansen-Love) THE ORIGIN (Cumming THE ORIGIN OF EVIL (Marnier, Fr) OUR LADY OF THE CHINESE SHOP PACIFICTION (Serra) PALM TREES AND POWER LINES (Dack, US) THE PASSENGERS OF THE NIGHT (Fr) ![]() PIAFFE (Oren) PRETTY RED DRESS (Edwards) ![]() ![]() ROBE OF GEMS (Gallardo) ![]() A ROOM OF MY OWN (Bliadze) ![]() SELF PORTRAIT AS A COFFEE POT (Kentridge) SENORITA 89 (Puenzo) SHABU (Raphaela) SHE IS LOVE (Adams) ![]() SHTTL ![]() SMALL, SLOW BUT STEADY (Miyake, Jpn) ![]() A SPY AMONG FRIENDS (UK) STONEWALLING (Ji/Otsuka, Chn) THE STORE (Skold) THE STRANGER (Aut) SUBTRACTION (Haghighi) SUMMER WITH HOPE (Foroughi, Irn) SUPER EAGLES '96 (Bamiro, Ngr) * THE SWIMMERS (El Hosaini) ![]() * TORI AND LOKITA (Dardenne/Dardenne) ![]() UNDER THE FIG TREES (Tun) UNICORN WARS (Vasquez) THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Benning, US) UNREST (Swi) ![]() ![]() WHAT ABOUT CHINA? (Trinh) WHERE IS THIS STREET? OR WITH NO BEFORE AND AFTER (Rodrigues, Por) ![]() ![]() THE WOMAN IN THE WHITE CAR ![]() ![]() THE WOODCUTTER STORY THE WORST ONES (Fr) XALE (Absa) ![]() | ||
![]() 6-17 OCTOBER 2021 2 0 2 1 A W A R D S : Best Film: HIT THE ROAD Audience Award: COSTA BRAVA, LEBANON Documentary: BECOMING COUSTEAU First Feature: Laura Wandel (PLAYGROUND) Immersive: EXPANSION BFI Bursary: Harry Wootliff (TRUE THINGS) RICH'S BEST OF THE FEST 2021: | 2 0 2 1 F I L M S | ||
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![]() 7-18 OCTOBER 2020 Opening film: MANGROVE Closing film: AMMONITE 2 0 2 0 A W A R D S : Audience Award: ANOTHER ROUND Audience Award - Doc: THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF BFI Bursary: Cathy Brady (WILDFIRE) RICH'S BEST OF THE FEST 2020: | 2 0 2 0 F I L M S | ||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A DAY-OFF OF KASUMI ARIMURA (Kore-eda, Jpn) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() BAD TALES (D'Innocenzo/D'Innocenzo, It) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() DELIA DERBYSHIRE: THE MYTHS AND LEGENDARY TAPES (Catz, UK) THE DISCIPLE (Tamhane, Ind) ![]() ![]() ![]() GOLD FOR DOGS (Cambet, Fr) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() INDUSTRY (Dunham/Krishnan/Lilly, UK) ![]() ![]() KING OF SANWI (Owusu, Ghn) LEAVE THE EDGES (Akoto, UK) ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() NO GO BACKS (Kahn, US) ![]() ![]() ONE MAN AND HIS SHOES (Bamiro, UK) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() SHADOW COUNTRY (Slama, Cz) ![]() ![]() ![]() SOUND FOR THE FUTURE (Hulse, UK) STRAY (Lo, US) STRIDING INTO THE WIND (Wei, Chn) ![]() THIS IS MY DESIRE (Esiri/Esiri, Nga) ![]() ULTRAVIOLENCE (Fero, UK) ![]() ![]() ![]() ZANKA CONTACT (El Iraki, Fr) * reviews coming | ||
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