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70th London Film Festival

7-18 OCTOBER 2026
at cinemas across the UK


G A L A S   &   A W A R D S
Opening film: ELSINORE
Closing film: THE DEBUT
Surprise film: tbc

Special Presentations:
GONE TO EARTH
14TH
SHAB-NAMEH: WOMEN OF IRAN'S FORGOTTEN LEFT
SWEET MILK LAKE
THE TRIP TO THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
WATER BODY
Gala screenings:
ARTIFICIAL
BEHEMOTH
BEING HEUMANN
THE BELOVED
LA BOLA NEGRA
BUNKER
CLUB KID
FATHERLAND
FJORD
I LOVE BOOSTERS
INK
KLARA AND THE SUN
A LONG WINTER
MINOTAUR
PAPER TIGER
POSSIBLE LOVE
PRIMA FACIE
RAY GUNN
TENDER LOVING CARE
WILD HORSE NINE
WILDWOOD
YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER
2 0 2 6   F I L M S
14TH (DuVernay, US)
7 MILES OUT (Morley, UK)
9 TEMPLES TO HEAVEN (Chidgasornpongse, Tha)
ACT 3 (Molloy/Lawlor, Ire)
ALL ABOUT THE MONEY (O'Shea, US)
ALL OF A SUDDEN (Hamaguchi, Fr)
ANA, EN PASSANT (Salgado, Br)
ANIMOL (Walters, UK)
ARTIFICIAL (Guadagnino, US)
AZ ZEEB (Guendelman, Chl)
BA'S BOOK (Duong, Can)
THE BANNING CURSE (Amiryousefi, Irn)
* BEHEMOTH! (Gilroy, US)
BEING HEUMANN (Heder, US)
THE BELOVED (Sorogoyen, Sp)
BEN'IMANA (Dusabejambo, Rw)
A BIT OF LIGHT (Asgari, Irn)
BLACK CHURCH BAY (Jones, UK)
THE BLOOD Countess (Ottinger, Aut)
LA BOLA NEGRA (Ambrossi/Javier Calvo, Sp)
BUNKER (Zeller, UK)
THE CALF DOLL (Hooda, Ind)
CAMERON WINTER AT CARNEGIE HALL (Anderson, US)
CHRONICLES FROM THE SIEGE (Al-Khatib, Alg)
CHRONOVISOR (Auen/Walker, US)
CLARISSA (Esiri/Esiri, US)
CLUB KID (Firstman, US)
A COMMON STORY (Foglietta, It)
CONCRETE LAND (Bkerat, Jor)
CONCRETE TURNED TO SAND (Johnson/Ermacora, Can)
CONGO BOY (Fariala, CAR)
COWARD (Dhont, Bel)
DAO (Gomis, Fr)
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JO: CHAPTER PHAEDRA (Lentzou, Gr)
THE DEBUT (Eisenberg, US)
DEPENDENCE GRACE (Brighouse, Can)
THE DIFFICULT BRIDE (Hossain, Fr)
THE DREAMED ADVENTURE ( Grisebach, Ger)
THE ECHO CHAMBER (Pallaoro, It)
ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG (Shah, Nep)
ELSINORE (Stone, UK)
EVEREST: THE OTHER SIDE (Vasarhelyi/Chin, US)
EVERYTIME (Wollner, Aut)
THE FACE OF HORROR (Biller, UK FATHERLAND (Pawlikowski, Pol)
FILIPINANA (Manuel, Ph)
FIRE FLOWER (Vaz, Fr)
FJORD (Mungiu, Nor)
FLIES (Eimbcke, Mex)
FOREST HIGH (Coubia, Bel)
THE FOX (Russo, Aus)
FRANK AND PERCY (Mathias, UK)
FRUIT GATHERING (Phyoe, Mmr)
FURIES (Kodeih, Leb)
GENTLE MONSTER (Kreutzer, Aut)
GLAXO (Naishtat, Br)
* GODZILLA MINUS ZERO (Yamazaki, Jpn)
A GOOD LITTLE SOLDIER (Brize, Fr)
LA GRADIVA (Atlan, Fr)
HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY! (Wladyka, US)
THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE (Wilson, US)
HOT SPOT (Smoczynska, Pol)
HOT WATER (Bashour, US)
HOUSE OF THE WIND (Yanghu, Cam)
I LOVE BOOSTERS (Riley, US)
I SEE BUILDINGS FALL LIKE LIGHTNING (Barnard, UK)
THE IDIOT(S) (Szumowska/Englert, UK)
IMPERIUM (Loznitsa, Ger)

IN A WHISPER (Bouzid, Fr)
INHERIT (Pisanthanakun, Tha)
INK (Boyle, UK)
IRON Boy (Clichy, Fr)
IT WILL HAPPEN TONIGHT (Moretti, It)
IVAN & HADOUM (de la Rosa, Sp)
JOSEPHINE (de Araujo, US)
JOY OF JOYS (Glazer, UK)
JULIAN (Bagnall, Ire)
KETTICE (Tortorici, It)
KLARA AND THE SUN (Waititi, US)
KOSCHKA (Sahling, Ger)
LADY (Nwosu, UK)
LALI (Khoosat, Pak)
THE LAST DAY (Rose, US)
LEMONADE (Bartley, Ire)
THE LIBERATION (Nattiv, UK)
A LONG WINTER (Haigh, UK)
LOOK BACK (Koreeda, Jpn)
THE MAN I LOVE (Sachs, US)
A MAN OF HIS TIME (Marre, Bel)
MARY MAGDALENE (Geneus, Hai)
MASC (Nilsson, UK)
THE MATCH (Cabral/Franco, Arg)
A MIGHTY ADVENTURE (Yuen, Chn)
MINOTAUR (Zvyagintsev, Fr)
MISTY GREEN (Rock, US)
MOONGLOW (Sandoval, Ph)
MOUSE (O'Sullivan, US)
MUSK (Gibney, UK)
MY FRIEND THE SUN (Gonzalez, Mex)
MY NOTES ON MARS (Horvat, Hun)
MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS PART II - EXILE (Loktev, US)
MY WIFE CRIES (Schanelec, Ger)
NIGHTBORN (Bergholm, Fin)
NO GOOD MEN (Sadat ,Ger)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM (Greaves/Greaves, US)
OUR SHARE OF SAND (Adnani, Ind)
PAKEEZAH (Amrohi, Ind)
PAPER TIGER (Gray, US)
LA PERRA (Sotomayor, Chl)
PETROLHEADS (Langballe, Den)
A PLACE TO HEAL (Kahn, Fr)
POSSIBLE LOVE (Lee, Kor)
PRIMA FACIE (White, UK)
PRIMETIME (Oppenheim, US)
QUEER EDWARD II (Rollason, UK)
* RAY GUNN (Bird, US)
ROGUE TROOPER (Jones, UK)
ROSE (Schleinzer, Aut)
SHAB-NAMEH: WOMEN OF IRAN'S FORGOTTEN LEFT (Tafakory, Irn)
THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH (Fleit, Ire)
THE STATION (Ishaq, Yem)
SUMO: SPIRIT WEIGHS NOTHING (Shirai, Jpn)
SUPPORTING ROLE (Urushadze, Geo)
SWEET MILK LAKE (Zielinski, Aus)
TENDER LOVING CARE (Leigh, UK)
TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN (Tutorov/Glomazic, Ser)
THE TRIP TO THE NORTHERN LIGHTS (Winterbottom, UK)
TROPICAL FRACTALS (Pirondi, Por)
THE UNKNOWN (Harari, Fr)
VARIATIONS ON A THEME! (Delmar/Jacobs, SA)
* WATER BODY (Steel/Ersin/McNicholas, UK)
WICKER (Wilson/Fischer, US)
WILD HORSE NINE (McDonagh, UK)
* WILDWOOD (Knight, US)
WOMAN UNKNOWN (el-Toukhy, Den)
YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER (Tariq, US)

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69th London Film Festival

8-19 OCTOBER 2025
at cinemas across the UK


Opening film: WAKE UP DEAD MAN
Closing film: 100 NIGHTS OF HERO
Surprise film: TUNER
A W A R D S :
Best Film: LANDMARKS
Audience Award: HAMNET
Documentary: THE TRAVELERS
First Feature:
Vincho Nchogu (ONE WOMAN ONE BRA)
Jury prize: ALWAYS
Audience Award - Discovery:
BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL
RICH'S BEST OF THE FEST 2025:
  1. SIRAT
  2. IS THIS THING ON?
  3. HAMNET
  4. RENTAL FAMILY
  5. SENTIMENTAL VALUE
  6. SOUND OF FALLING
  7. BROKEN ENGLISH
  8. LA GRAZIA
  9. THE SECRET AGENT
  10. WAKE UP DEAD MAN
2 0 2 5   F I L M S
& SONS (Trapero, UK)
100 NIGHTS OF HERO (Jackman, UK)
AFTER THE HUNT (Guadagnino, UK)
AFTERLIVES (Lee, Ger)
ALPHA (Ducournau, Fr)
ALWAYS (Chen, US)
ANEMONE (Day-Lewis, UK)
ANIMAL FARM (Serkis, UK)
ANOTHER OTHER (Thompson, US)
ARIEL (Patino, Sp)
THE ASSISTANT (Sasnal, Pol)
AT THE PLACE OF GHOSTS (Hannam, Can)
BAD APPLES (Etzler, UK)
BALEARIC (De Sosa, Sp)
BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER (Berger, UK)
BECOMING HUMAN (Ly, Cam)
BELOW THE CLOUDS (Rosi, It)
THE BIG BAD WOLF (Wright, UK)
BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL: THE KWAME BRATHWAITE STORY (Bamiro, UK)
BLACK RABBIT, WHITE RABBIT (Mokri, Taj)
BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS (Joseph, US)
BLUE HERON (Romvari, Can)
BLUE MOON (Linklater, US)
THE BLUE TRAIL (Mascaro, Br)
BORDER AS INTERFACE (Szeman, UK)
BROKEN ENGLISH (Forsyth/Pollard, UK)
BUGONIA (Lanthimos, US)
CALLE MALAGA (Touzani, Mor)
CAPYBARAS (Soderguit, Uru)
CARDBOARD (Vine, UK)
CHAO (Aoki, Jpn)
THE CHORAL (Hytner, UK)
CHRISTY (Michod, US)
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER (Stewart, US)
THE CONJURED ONES (Bustillo, Ven)
COVER-UP (Poitras/Obenhaus, US)
D IS FOR DISTANCE (Petit/Matthews, Fin)
DARIA'S NIGHT FLOWERS (Tafakory, Irn)
THE DEAL (Bron, Swi)
THE DEATH OF BUNNY MUNRO (Eklof, UK)
DECORADO (Vazquez, Sp)
THE DEVIL SMOKES (AND SAVES THE BURNT MATCHES IN THE SAME BOX) (Bucio, Mexico)
DIAMONDS IN THE SAND (Victoria, Ph)
DIE MY LOVE (Ramsay, Can)
DJ AHMET (Unkovski, Mac)
DREAMERS (Gharoro-Akpojotor, UK)
DREAMS (Franco, Mex)
DRY LEAF (Koberidze, Ger)
DUSE (Marcello, It)
THE EARLY SUN, RED AS A HUNTER'S MOON (Piron, US)
ENDLESS COOKIE (Scriver/Scriver, Can)
ENZO (Campillo, Fr)
EXIT 8 (Kawamura, Jpn)
THE EYES OF GHANA (Proudfoot, US)
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER (Jarmusch, US)
THE FENCE (Denis, Fr)
FINDING OPTEL (Brown/Brown, SA)
FOREVERGREEN (Engelhardt/Spears, US)
FRAGMENTS FOR VENUS (Diop, It)
FRANKENSTEIN (del Toro, UK)
F*CKTOYS (Sriram, US)
FUGUE NOTES (Ershadi, NZ)
FUTURE BOTANICA (van Brakel/Erturkan, Ned)
FWENDS (Somerville, Aus)
GIANT (Athale, UK)
THE GIRLS (Peries, Sri)
THE GOOD BOY (Komasa, UK)
LA GRAZIA (Sorrentino, It)
H IS FOR HAWK (Lowthorpe, UK)
HAIR, PAPER, WATER (Graux/Quy, Bel)
HALF MEMORY (Essi, UK)
HAMLET (Karia, UK)
HAMNET (Zhao, UK)
HAPPINESS (Yucel, Ned)
HEDDA (DaCosta, UK)
HEDGEHOG CAKES: SWEET WEAPON OF TERROR (Stepanenko, Ukr)
HIGH WIRE (Chong, UK)
THE HISTORY OF SOUND (Hermanus, US)
THE HOLY BOY (Strippoli, It)
HONEY BUNCH (Sims-Fewer, Can)
HOTEL LONDON (Alauddin Jamal, UK)
HOUSE TRAP (Hampshire, Ned)
THE HOUSE WAS THERE BEFORE ME (Mikkola, Can)
HUMAN RESOURCE (Thamrongrattanarit, Tha)
THE ICE TOWER (Hadzihalilovic, Fr)
IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU (Bronstein, US)
IS THIS THING ON? (Cooper, US)
ISH (Perretta, UK)
ISLAND OF THE WINDS (Hsu, Tai)
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (Panahi, Irn)
JAY KELLY (Baumbach, US)
JOHN LILLY AND THE EARTH COINCIDENCE CONTROL OFFICE (Almereyda/Stephens, US)
KA BA DDI: A BREATH, A MOVE, A GAM (Alia Syed, UK)
KHARTOUM (AlHag/Snoopy/Saeed/etc, Qat)
THE KIDNAPPING OF ARABELLA (Cavalli, It)
KIM NOVAK'S VERTIGO (Philippe, US)
KONTINENTAL '25 (Jude, Rom)
LADY (Abrahams, UK)
LANDMARKS (Martel, Arg)
LEFT-HANDED GIRL (Tsou, Tai)

LIFE AFTER (Davenport, US)
LITTLE AMELIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN (Vallade/Han, Fr)
LOVE+WAR (Vasarhelyi/Chin, US)
LOVE ME TENDER (Cambet, Fr)
LOVE, BROOKLYN (Holder, US)
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS (Palmason, Ice)
LUCKY LU (Lloyd Lee Choi, US)
LURKER (Russell, US)
MAD BILLS TO PAY (Vargas, US)
MAGELLAN (Diaz, Ph)
MARE'S NEST (Rivers, UK-Fr)
MASPALOMAS (Arregi/Goenaga, Sp)
THE MASTERMIND (Reichardt, US)
THE MEMORY OF BUTTERFLIES (Sadowski, Per)
MEMORY OF PRINCESS MUMBI (Hauser, Ken)
MIRRORS NO 3 (Petzold, Ger)
MORE LIFE (Banton, Den)
MORNING CIRCLE (al-Sharif, Ger)
MORTU NEGA (Gomes, GnB)
MOSS & FREUD (Lucas, UK)
MOTHER (Mitevska, Mac)
MUSHROOM'S LIFE (Lacis, Lat)
MY FATHER'S SHADOW (Davies, Ngr)
THE NAUGHTY SEAT (Johnson, UK)
NEW TERRITORIES: SPECTACLE IS KING (Storr, UK)
NO OTHER CHOICE (Park, Kor)
NOTHING OUT OF THE ISLAND: BRIDGES (Mosquea, DR)
NOUVELLE VAGUE (Linklater, Fr)
N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (THE STARS) (Schneider, US)
NSALA (Mbanza, Con)
OLMO (Eimbcke, US)
ONE WOMAN ONE BRA (Nchogu, Ken)
ONLY ON EARTH (Petre, Den)
ORPHAN (Nemes, Hun)
ORWELL: 2+2=5 (Peck, Fr)
LA PAGA (Beyzaie, Irn)
A PALE VIEW OF HILLS (Ishikawa, Jpn)
PALESTINE 36 (Jacir, Pal)
PETER HUJAR'S DAY (Sachs, US)
PILLION (Lighton, UK)
PORTOBELLO: THE FALL OF ENZO TORTORA (Bellocchio, It)
THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE (Hadi, Irq)
PRIMATE VISIONS; MACAQUE MACABRE (Tontey, Ina)
A PRIVATE LIFE (Zlotowski, Fr)
PROMISED SKY (Sehiri, Swe)
RADIUS CATASTROPHE (Youssef, Lebn)
REDOUBT (Skoog, Swe)
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND (Cattet/Forzani, Bel)
RENTAL FAMILY (Hikari, Jpn)
RESURRECT ME AS A PARASITE (Dao/Sainsbury, UK)
RESURRECTION (Bi, Chn)
RETREAT (Evans, UK)
ROMERIA (Simon, Sp)
ROOFMAN (Cianfrance, US)
ROSE OF NEVADA (Jenkin, UK)
A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD (Aris, Leb)
SAIPAN (D'Sa/Leyburn, Ire)
THE SECRET AGENT (Mendonca, Br)
SEEDS (Shyne, US)
SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Trier, Nor)
SHE'S THE HE (McCarthy, US)
SHE'S WAITING FOR THE SUNSET (Ratnik, Lit)
SHOLAY: DIRECTOR'S CUT (Sippy, Ind)
SHORT SUMMER (Korkia, Ger)
SILENT FRIEND (Enyedi, Ger)
SINGING WINGS (Khaledi, Irn)
SINK (Duraie, Jor)
SIRAT (Laxe, Fr)
SNOW BEAR (Blaise, US)
THE SON AND THE SEA (Cairns, UK)
THE SONGBIRD'S SECRET (Lanciaux, Fr)
SONGS OF FORGOTTEN TREES (Roy, Ind)
THE SOUFFLEUR (Solnicki, Aut)
SOUND OF FALLING (Schilinski, Ger)
SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE(Cooper, US)
STRAIGHT CIRCLE (Hudson, UK)
THE STRANGER (Ozon, Fr)
SUPER NATURE (Sayers, UK)
TERROR ELEMENT (Engelhardt/Cinkevich, UK)
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (Fastvold, UK)
TETES BRULEES (Ajmia/Zellama, Bel)
THE THING WITH FEATHERS (Southern, UK)
TRAIN DREAMS (Bentley, US)
THE TRAVELERS (Bingong, Cmr)
TUKTUIT: CARIBOU (McIntyre, Can)
TUNER (Roher, US)
TWINLESS (Sweeney, US)
TWO PROSECUTORS (Loznitsa, Fr)
ULTRAS (Ekner, Swe)
UNTAMEABLE (Ngijol, Fr)
A USEFUL GHOST (Boonbunchachoke, Tha)
THE VILE (Ansari, UAE)
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (Hania, Tun)
WAKE UP DEAD MAN (Johnson, US)
WASTEMAN (McMau, UK)
WEIGHTLESS (Thalund, Den)
WHAT MARIELLE KNOWS (Hambalek, Ger)
WHISPERS IN THE WOODS (Munier, Fr)
WILD STYLE (Ahearn, US)
WITH HASAN IN GAZA (Aljafari, Pal)
THE WORLD OF LOVE (Yoon, Kor)

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68th London Film Festival

9-20 OCTOBER 2024
at cinemas across the UK


Opening film: BLITZ
Closing film: PIECE BY PIECE
Surprise film: SATURDAY NIGHT
A W A R D S :
Best Film: MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
Documentary: MOTHER VERA
First Feature:
Laura Carreira (ON FALLING)
Jury prize:
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL
Audience Award: FOUR MOTHERS
Audience Award - Doc: HOLLOWAY

RICH'S BEST OF THE FEST 2024:
  1. THE WILD ROBOT
  2. WE LIVE IN TIME
  3. EMILIA PEREZ
  4. ANORA
  5. I'M STILL HERE
  6. MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
  7. THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
  8. BIRD
  9. HARD TRUTHS
  10. NICKEL BOYS
2 0 2 4   F I L M S
2073 (Kapadia, UK)
ALL OF YOU (Bridges, UK)
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (Kapadia, Fr)
ANORA (Baker, US)
THE APPRENTICE (Abbasi, Can)
APRIL (Kulumbegashvili, Geo)
BABY (Caetano, Br)
BIRD (Arnold, UK)
BLITZ (McQueen, UK)
THE COLOURS WITHIN (Yamada, Jpn)
CONCLAVE (Berger, UK)
DAHOMEY (Diop, Fr)
ELLIS PARK (Kurzel, Aus)
EMILIA PEREZ (Audiard, Fr)
THE END (Oppenheimer, Den)
ERNEST COLE: LOST AND FOUND (Peck, Fr)
THE EXTRAORDINARY MISS FLOWER (Forsyth/Pollard, UK)
FLOW (Zilbalodis, Lat)
FOUR MOTHERS (Thornton, Ire)
GHOST TRAIL (Millet, Fr)
GOOD ONE (Donaldson, US)
GRAND THEFT HAMLET (Grylls/Crane, UK)
GRAND TOUR (Gomes, Por)
HAPPYEND (Sora, Jpn)
HARD TRUTHS (Leigh, UK)
HARVEST (Tsangari, UK)
I'M STILL HERE (Salles, Br)
JOY (Taylor, UK)
JULIE KEEPS QUIET (van Dijl, Bel)
LAYLA (Al-Kadhi, UK)
MARIA (Larrain, It)
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (Elliot, Aus)
MISERICORDIA (Guiraudie, Fr)

A NICE INDIAN BOY (Sethi, US)
NICKEL BOYS (Ross, US)
NIGHTBITCH (Heller, US)
ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO (Macdonald, UK)
THE OTHER WAY AROUND (Trueba, Sp)
THE PIANO LESSON (Washington, US)
PIECE BY PIECE (Neville, US)
QUEER (Guadagnino, It)
A REAL PAIN (Eisenberg, US)
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Almodovar, Sp)
RUMOURS (Maddin/Johnson/Johnson, Can)
SANTOSH (Suri, Ind)
SATURDAY NIGHT (Reitman, US)
SEBASTIAN (Makela, UK)
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Rasoulof, Irn)
SEX (Haugerud, Nor)
SKINCARE (Peters, US)
THE SUMMER BOOK (McDowell, Fin)
SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY (Bonhote/Ettedgui, UK)
SUPERBOYS OF MALEGAON (Kagti, Ind)
THE SURFER (Finnegan, Aus)
THAT CHRISTMAS (Otto, UK)
TO A LAND UNKNOWN (Fleifel, Gr)
A TRAVELER'S NEEDS (Hong, Kor)
TREADING WATER (Evans, UK)
VERMIGLIO (Delpero, It)
VIET AND NAM (Truong, Vie)
WE LIVE IN TIME (Crowley, UK)
WHEN AUTUMN FALLS (Ozon, Fr)
THE WILD ROBOT (Sanders, US)

lff site 67th London Film Festival

4-15 OCTOBER 2023
at cinemas across the UK


Opening film: SALTBURN
Closing film: THE KITCHEN
Surprise film: FERRARI
A W A R D S :
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:
  1. ALL OF US STRANGERS
  2. POOR THINGS
  3. THE ZONE OF INTEREST
  4. THE ETERNAL MEMORY
  5. ROBOT DREAMS
  6. IN RESTLESS DREAMS: THE MUSIC OF PAUL SIMON
  7. MAY DECEMBER
  8. IN CAMERA
  9. SALTBURN
  10. TIGER STRIPES
2 0 2 3   F I L M S
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES (Urresola, Sp)
ALL OF US STRANGERS (Haigh, UK)
AMA GLORIA (Amachoukeli, Fr)
ANSELM (Wenders, Ger)
THE BEAST (Bonello, Fr)
THE BIKERIDERS (Nichols, US)
BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY (Naveriani, Geo)
BONUS TRACK (Jackman, UK)
THE BOOK OF CLARENCE (Samuel, US)
THE BOY AND THE HERON (Miyazaki, Jpn)
CHASING CHASING AMY (Rodgers, US)
CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET (Fell, UK)
CLOSE YOUR EYES (Erice, Sp)
DAAAAAALI! (Dupieux, Fr)
DEEP SEA (Tian, Chn)
THE DELINQUENTS (Moreno, Arg)
DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH OF THE END OF THE WORLD (Jude, Rom)
THE ECHO (Huezo, Mex)
EILEEN (Oldroyd, US)
THE END WE START FROM (Belo, UK)
THE ETERNAL MEMORY (Alberdi, Chl)
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST (Hamaguchi, Jpn)
FALLEN LEAVES (Kaurismaki, Fin)
FERRARI (Mann, It)
FINGERNAILS (Nikou, US)
FOE (Davis, Aus)
GASSED UP (Amponsah, UK)
HAAR (Hecking, UK)
HIGH AND LOW: JOHN GALLIANO (Macdonald, UK)
HIT MAN (Linklater, US)
HOARD (Carmoon, UK)
THE HOLDOVERS (Payne, US)
HOW TO HAVE SEX (Walker, UK)
IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE (Purevdash, Mon)
IN CAMERA (Khalid, UK)
IN RESTLESS DREAMS: THE MUSIC OF PAUL SIMON (Gibney, US)
KENSUKE'S KINGDOM (Hendry/Boyle, UK)
KIDNAPPED (Bellocchio, It)
THE KILLER (Fincher, US)

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Scorsese, US)
THE KITCHEN (Tavares/Kaluuya, UK)
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL (Cairnes/Cairnes, Aus)
THE LOST BOYS (Graton, Bel)
LOST IN THE NIGHT (Escalante, Mex)
MAESTRO (Cooper, US)
MAY DECEMBER (Haynes, US)
MONSTER (Kore-eda, Jpn)
THE NATURE OF LOVE (Chokri, Can)
THE NEW BOY (Thornton, Aus)
NYAD (Vasarhelyi/Chin, US)
OMEN (Baloji, Bel)
ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS (Wei, Chn)
PARADISE IS BURNING (Gustafson, Swe)
THE PEASANTS (Welchman/Welchman, Pol)
PERFECT DAYS (Wenders, Jpn)
POOR THINGS (Lanthimos, UK)
PRISCILLA (Coppola, US)
THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS (Mirza, Can)
RED ISLAND (Fr)
ROBOT DREAMS (Berger, Sp)
THE ROYAL HOTEL (Green, Aus)
SALTBURN (Fennell, UK)
SAMSARA (Patino, Sp)
SCALA!!! (Giles/Catterall, UK)
THE SETTLERS (Galvez, Chl)
SHAYDA (Niasari, Aus)
SHORTCOMINGS (Park, US)
SHOSHANA (Winterbottom, UK)
SILVER HAZE (Polak, UK)
SKY PEALS (Hussain, UK)
STARVE ACRE (Kokotajlo, UK)
THE TASTE OF THINGS (Hung, Fr)
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN (Collins, Ire)
TIGER STRIPES (Eu, Mys)
TOTEM (Aviles, Mex)
TUESDAY (Pusic, UK)
UNICORNS (Hosaini/Floyd, UK)
THE ZONE OF INTEREST (Glazer, Pol)

* reviews coming


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