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BFI London Film Festival announces 2026 award winners

The 70th BFI London Film Festival runs from October 7 to October 18

Evening Standard · Oct 18

Gemma Chan Turns to Dries Van Noten for the 'Josephine' London Screening

Gemma Chan wears a painterly Dries Van Noten dress with Cartier earrings to the Josephine screening at the 2026 BFI London Film Festival.

Fashion Times · Oct 16

Carey Mulligan Styles a Silver Plissé Celine Look for the London Film Festival

Carey Mulligan wears a metallic silver Celine Spring 2027 look with Triomphe sunglasses and Jessica McCormack earrings at the BFI London Film Festival.

Fashion Times · Oct 15

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Penélope Cruz Revisits Ralph Lauren's Spring 2014 Collection in London

Penélope Cruz wears an archival Ralph Lauren Spring 2014 pantsuit with plaid details and a black beret at the 2026 BFI London Film Festival.

Fashion Times · Oct 14

Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial announced as BFI London Film Festival Gala

The biographical comedy drama film stars Andrew Garfield as OpenAI chief executive officer Sam Altman.

Evening Standard · Sep 1

London Film Festival: a hit year for human dramas – the films to look out for in 2026

It was a classic year at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, which took place earlier this month. If there was any observable shift, it was the number of filmmakers who turned to smaller-scale dramas of human connection, with action, fantasy and, to some degree, politics less prominent than usual.

The Conversation · Oct 23, 2025

Sydney Sweeney got ‘a few concussions’ filming boxer Christy Martin’s biopic

Sydney Sweeney sustained "a few concussions" while filming the Christy Martin biopic, the film’s producer Kerry Kohansky-Roberts revealed at the BFI London Film Festival premiere at the Royal Festival Hall.

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2025

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The best dressed stars on the London Film Festival red carpet (and the weirdest outfits)

With London’s biggest week in film in full swing, we round up the best and most bizarre looks on the red carpet, from Paul Mescal to Mia Goth

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2025

Daniel Craig ‘incredibly proud’ to open BFI London Film Festival with Knives Out

Craig reprises his role as the famed private detective, Benoit Blanc, in the third instalment of the Knives Out series, titled, Wake Up, Dead Man.

Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2025

Daniel Craig joins Mila Kunis and Kerry Washington at Knives Out 3 premiere as London Film Festival 2025 opens

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery launched the 69th BFI London Film Festival, with stars including Andrew Scott and Daryl McCormack walking the red carpet

Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2025

Daniel Day-Lewis, Bradley Cooper and more set for BFI London Film Festival 2025

The Evening Standard are partners on what looks like being one of the most exciting LFF’s ever

Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2025

BFI London Film Festival to open with premiere of third Knives Out film

Daniel Craig reprises his role as Benoit Blanc in Wake Up Dead Mean: A Knives Out Mystery.

Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025

Angelina Jolie Shows Off Midriff in Elevated All-Black Suit

The actress attended the 68th BFI London Film Festival in a three-piece Dolce & Gabbana suit that defied gender stereotypes.

Marie Claire · Oct 19, 2024

BFI London Film Festival 2024: What to watch, from award contenders to hidden foreign gems

The 68th BFI London Film Festival runs from between October 9 and October 20 in London and other major UK cities

Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2024

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The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2024

London Film Festival 2024 line-up announced with Nightbitch, Anora, Conclave and many more set to screen

New films by Steve McQueen, Marielle Heller and Andrea Arnold will also screen

Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2024

Steve McQueen's Blitz to open the 68th BFI London Film Festival with world premiere

Blitz’s world premiere marks a return to the LFF by McQueen, who has opened the festival twice before with Widows in 2018 and Mangrove in 2020

Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2023

Foe at the BFI London Film Festival: low-key sci-fi provides Paul Mescal with his first real dud

Neither the actor nor his co-star Saoirse Ronan can lift this ploddingly predictable dystopian yarn

Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2023

BFI London Film Festival unveils 2023 free programme with Marvel and Chicken Run events

Tickets for the free events run out quickly, so get booking from 10am on Monday

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Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023

BFI London Film Festival 2023: when is it, what’s on and how to get tickets?

This year’s line-up also boasts 252 titles from 92 countries

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023

BFI London Film Festival line-up includes new Martin Scorsese, Hayao Miyazaki and Sofia Coppola films

David Fincher, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emerald Fennell will also screen new movies at UK event

Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2023

Killers of the Flower Moon leads the way in bumper 2023 BFI London Film Festival schedule

The 12-day festival, centred around the BFI theatre on South Bank but also featuring cinemas across London and the UK, kicks off on Ocotber 4

Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2023

BFI London Film Festival unveils films selected to screen in competition

The BFI London Film Festival has unveiled the films that will screen in competition for the Best Film Award at this year’s festival.

Evening Standard · Aug 23, 2023

Chicken Run sequel ‘Dawn of the Nugget’ set for world premiere at BFI London Film Festival

This year’s BFI London Film Festival is swapping the red carpet for a chicken run with the world premiere of Aardman’s sequel to the much-loved classic.

Evening Standard · Aug 17, 2023

The Kitchen: Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares’s dystopian thriller gets a brand new trailer

The film, which has been in the works for over a decade, explores inequality, gentrification and resilience

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2022

The BFI London Film Festival was a joy, as ever — I wish it lasted the whole month

I love October. I’m not one of those loons who goes nuts for Halloween, I don’t own any cat ears and I haven’t worn fishnets since I was about 23 - no, for me, October’s joy is the BFI London Film Festival. It’s not even as if I have time…

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