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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

The Independent UK

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

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

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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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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

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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

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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‘Matilda’ Leads Celebrity-Filled Lineup at London Film Fest

After a pared down, pandemic-affected edition in 2021, the BFI London Film Festival is back in full swing this year. The annual event kicks off Wednesday evening with the premiere of a new, musical action adaptation of “Matilda” — the first time in a decade that a family-friendly film has…

The Independent UK

'Matilda' leads celebrity-filled lineup at London film fest

After a pared down, pandemic-affected edition in 2021, the BFI London Film Festival is back in full swing

Evening Standard

BFI London Film Festival 2022: When is it, how to get tickets, and what is showing?

Tickets cost from £5 for the annual film festival

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Dozens of premieres for cinemagoers at London Film Festival

The full schedule has been unveiled for this year’s BFI London Film Festival with dozens of premieres over 12 days including films featuring stars such as Carey Mulligan and Emily Blunt.

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What to see at the 66th BFI London Film Festival - our pick of the newly announced programme

It’s back and we couldn’t be more excited

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