2023 BFI London Film Festival
The 67th BFI London Film Festival is a film festival took place from 4–15 October 2023.[2] The competition films were announced on 29 August 2023 while the films for the galas and the strands were revealed on 31 August 2023.[3][4] The juries for the various sections of the festival were announced on 19 September 2023.[5]
 Official artwork for the 2023 BFI London Film Festival.[1] | |
| Opening film | Saltburn |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Kitchen |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Festival date | 4–15 October 2023 |
| Website | whatson |
The festival opened with Saltburn, directed by Emerald Fennell,[6] and closed with The Kitchen, directed by Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya.[7]
Juries
Main Competition
- Amat Escalante, Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter
- Kate Taylor, programme director of the 2023 Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Niven Govinden, British novelist
First Feature Competition (Sutherland Award)
- Raine Allen-Miller, British film director
- Vanja Kaludjercic, festival director of International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Barry Adamson, British musician, composer, filmmaker and photographer
Documentary Competition
- Rubika Shah, British writer and director
- Jeanie Finlay, British documentary filmmaker
- Paul Tonta, general manager theatrical acquisitions and film festivals at Madman Entertainment
Short Film Competition
- Charlotte Regan, British writer and director
- Francesca Tomlinson, BFI Film Academy Young Programmer
- Rina Yang, cinematographer
Venues
The partner venues for the festival include:[8]
London cinemas
- BFI Southbank
- Curzon Soho
- Curzon Mayfair
- Institute of Contemporary Arts
- Vue West End
- Prince Charles Cinema
- Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall
- Odeon Luxe Leicester Square - Press and industry screenings
- Picturehouse Central - Press and industry screenings
Expanded venues
- Bargehouse at Oxo Tower Wharf
Official Selection
Galas
The following films were selected for the Galas section, which screens world, European, and British premieres of the most anticipated films.
| English Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|
| Opening Night Gala | ||
| Saltburn | Emerald Fennell | United Kingdom |
| Closing Night Gala | ||
| The Kitchen | Kibwe Tavares, Daniel Kaluuya | United Kingdom |
| American Express Gala | ||
| One Life | James Hawes | United Kingdom |
| Mayor of London Gala | ||
| Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Sam Fell | United Kingdom, United States, France |
| Cunard Gala | ||
| The Holdovers | Alexander Payne | United States |
| Headline Gala | ||
| All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh | United Kingdom |
| The Bikeriders | Jeff Nichols | United States |
| The Book of Clarence | Jeymes Samuel | |
| The Killer | David Fincher | |
| Killers of the Flower Moon | Martin Scorsese | |
| Maestro | Bradley Cooper | |
| May December | Todd Haynes | |
| Nyad | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin | |
| Poor Things | Yorgos Lanthimos | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
Special Presentations
The following films were selected for the Special Presentations section.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Boy and the Heron | 君たちはどう生きるか | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
| Cobweb | 거미집 | Kim Jee-woon | South Korea |
| The End We Start From | Mahalia Belo | United Kingdom | |
| Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland |
| Foe | Garth Davis | Australia, United States | |
| Grime Kids | Abdou Cisse | United Kingdom | |
| Hit Man | Richard Linklater | United States | |
| Housekeeping for Beginners | Goran Stolevski | North Macedonia, Poland, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, Australia, United States | |
| Les Indésirables | Bâtiment 5 | Ladj Ly | France, Belgium |
| Memory | Michel Franco | Mexico, United States, Chile | |
| Occupied City | Steve McQueen | United Kingdom, Netherlands | |
| Priscilla | Sofia Coppola | United States, Italy | |
| The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom, United States, Poland | |
In Competition
There were five competition sections, each with a different selection of films and different juries.
Official Competition
The following films competed for the Best Film Award.[9]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
| Dear Jassi | Tarsem Singh Dhandwar | India | |
| Europa | Sudabeh Mortezai | Austria, United Kingdom | |
| Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| Fingernails | Christos Nikou | United States | |
| Gasoline Rainbow | Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross | ||
| I Am Sirat | Deepa Mehta, Sirat Taneja | Canada | |
| The Royal Hotel | Kitty Green | Australia | |
| Self Portrait: 47 Km 2020 | Zhang Mengqi | China | |
| Starve Acre | Daniel Kokotajlo | United Kingdom | |
| Together 99 | Tillsammans 99 | Lukas Moodysson | Sweden, Denmark |
First Feature Competition
The following films competed for the Sutherland Award, which is awarded to a directorial debut.[10]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Dog | George Jaques | United Kingdom | |
| Earth Mama | Savanah Leaf | United States, United Kingdom | |
| Hoard | Luna Carmoon | United Kingdom | |
| In Camera | Naqqash Khalid | United Kingdom | |
| Mambar Pierrette | Rosine Mbakam | Belgium, Cameroon | |
| Paradise Is Burning | Mika Gustafson | Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Finland | |
| Penal Cordillera | Felipe Carmona | Chile, Brazil | |
| The Queen of My Dreams | Fawzia Mirza | Canada | |
| Sky Peals | Moin Hussain | United Kingdom | |
| Tiger Stripes | Amanda Nell Eu | Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar | |
| Tuesday | Daina O. Pusić | United Kingdom, United States | |
Documentary Competition
The following films competed for the Grierson Award, which is awarded to a feature-length documentary.[11]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bye Bye Tiberias | Lina Soualem | France, Palenstine, Belgium, Qatar | |
| Celluloid Underground | Ehsan Khoshbakht | United Kingdom, Iran | |
| Chasing Chasing Amy | Sav Rodgers | United States | |
| A Common Sequence | Mary Helena Clark, Mike Gibisser | United States, Mexico | |
| Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano | على حافة البركان | Cyril Aris | Germany, Lebanon |
| The Klezmer Project | Adentro mía estoy bailando | Leandro Koch, Paloma Schahmann | Austria, Argentina |
| Queendom | Agniia Galdanova | France, United States | |
| The Taste of Mango | Chloe Abrahams | United Kingdom, United States | |
Short Film Competition
The following films competed for the Short Film Award.[12]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Archive: Queer Nigerians | Simisolaoluwa Akande | United Kingdom | |
| Area Boy | Iggy London | ||
| Boat People | Thao Lam, Kjell Boersma | Canada | |
| Essex Girls | Yero Timi-Biu | United Kingdom | |
| The Goose's Excuse | Mahdy Abo Bahat, Abdo Zin Eldin | Egypt, United Kingdom | |
| Khabur | Nafis Fathollahzadeh | Germany, Iran | |
| Onset | Anna Engelhardt, Mark Cinkevich | United Kingdom, Poland | |
| The Singer | Cora Bissett | United Kingdom | |
| The Walk | Michael Jobling | ||
| Wells of Despair | Sata Taas | Netherlands | |
Strands
Most of the out-of-competition films have been organised into strands, each based on a different mood or emotion.
Love
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20,000 Species of Bees | 20.000 especies de abejas | Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | Spain |
| Àma Gloria | Marie Amachoukeli | France | |
| Banel & Adama | Banel et Adama | Ramata-Toulaye Sy | France, Senegal, Mali |
| Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | Elene Naveriani | Switzerland, Germany, Georgia | |
| The Eternal Memory | La memoria infinita | Maite Alberdi | Chile |
| Fancy Dance | Erica Tremblay | United States | |
| Girl | Adura Onashile | United Kingdom | |
| Goodbye Julia | وداعا جوليا | Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan, Egypt, Germany, France, Saudi Arabia, Sweden |
| Monster | 怪物 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
| Our Body | Notre Corps | Claire Simon | France |
| Perfect Days | Wim Wenders | Japan | |
| Robot Dreams | Pablo Berger | Spain, France | |
| Silver Haze | Sacha Polak | Netherlands, United Kingdom | |
| Slow | Marija Kavtaradze | Lithuania, Spain, Sweden | |
| Tótem | Lila Avilés | Mexico, Denmark, France | |
| Unicorns | Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd | United Kingdom | |
Debate
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allensworth | James Benning | United Kingdom | |
| Fire Through Dry Grass | Alexis Neophytides, Andres "Jay" Molina | United States | |
| Four Daughters | بنات ألفة | Kaouther Ben Hania | France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia |
| The Goldman Case | Le Procès Goldman | Cédric Kahn | France |
| High & Low — John Galliano | Kevin Macdonald | France, United States, United Kingdom | |
| Kidnapped | Rapito | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Germany |
| The Mission | Jesse Moss, Amanda Mcbaine | United States | |
| On the Adamant | Sur l'Adamant | Nicolas Philibert | France, Japan |
| The Pigeon Tunnel | Errol Morris | United Kingdom | |
| The Rye Horn | O corno | Jaione Camborda | Spain, Portugal, Belgium |
| Shoshana | Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom, Italy | |
| Wilding | David Allen | United Kingdom | |
| Youth (Spring) | 青春 | Wang Bing | China, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
Laugh
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asog | Seán Devlin | Philippines, Canada | |
| Bonus Track | Julia Jackman | United Kingdom | |
| The Book of Solutions | Le Livre des solutions | Michel Gondry | France |
| Daaaaaali! | Quentin Dupieux | ||
| The Hypnosis | Hypnosen | Ernst De Geer | Sweden, Norway, France |
| Molli and Max in the Future | Michael Lukk Litwak | United States | |
| The Nature of Love | Simple comme Sylvain | Monia Chokri | Canada, France |
| The Practice | La práctica | Martín Rejtman | Argentina, Chile, Portugal |
| Poolman | Chris Pine | United States | |
| Shortcomings | Randall Park | ||
| Terrestrial Verses | آیههای زمینی | Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami | Iran |
Dare
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animalia | Parmi nous | Sofia Alaoui | France, Morocco, Qatar |
| Behind the Mountains | Oura el Jbel | Mohamed Ben Attia | Tunisia, France, Belgium, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
| Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World | Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii | Radu Jude | Romania, Luxembourg, France, Croatia |
| Eileen | William Oldroyd | United States | |
| Foremost by Night | Sobre todo de noche | Víctor Iriarte | Spain, Portugal, France |
| Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell | Bên trong vỏ kén vàng | Thien An Pham | Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain |
| Last Summer | L'Été dernier | Catherine Breillat | France |
| Little Girl Blue | Mona Achache | France, Belgium | |
| Music | Angela Schanelec | Germany, France, Serbia | |
| Omen | Baloji | Belgium, Netherlands, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, South Africa | |
| The Peasants | Chłopi | DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman | Poland, Serbia, Lithuania |
| Power Alley | Levante | Lillah Halla | Brazil, France, Uruguay |
| A Prince | Un prince | Pierre Creton | France |
| Red Island | L'Île rouge | Robin Campillo | France, Belgium, Madagascar |
| Samsara | Lois Patiño | Spain | |
Thrill
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Animal Kingdom | Le Règne animal | Thomas Cailley | France |
| The Buckingham Murders | Hansal Mehta | India, United Kingdom | |
| Copa '71 | Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine | United Kingdom | |
| Culprits | J Blakeson | ||
| Gassed Up | George Amponsah | ||
| Lost in the Night | Perdidos en la noche | Amat Escalante | Mexico, Germany, Netherlands |
| Lubo | Giorgio Diritti | Italy, Switzerland | |
| Only the River Flows | 河边的错误 | Shujun Wei | China |
| Shame on Dry Land | Axel Petersén | Sweden, Malta | |
| Stolen | Karan Tejpal | India | |
| Unmoored | Caroline Ingvarsson | United Kingdom, Poland, Sweden | |
Cult
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Beast | La Bête | Bertrand Bonello | France, Canada |
| Birth/Rebirth | Laura Moss | United States | |
| Late Night with the Devil | Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes | Australia | |
| Nightwatch – Demons Are Forever | Nattevagten - Dæmoner går i arv | Ole Bornedal | Denmark |
| Red Rooms | Les chambres rouges | Pascal Plante | Canada |
| Scala!!! | Jane Giles, Ali Catterall | United Kingdom | |
| Stopmotion | Robert Morgan | ||
| Vincent Must Die | Vincent doit mourir | Stéphan Castang | France, Belgium |
Journey
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt | Raven Jackson | United States | |
| The Bride | Myriam U. Birara | Rwanda | |
| The Delinquents | Los delincuentes | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina |
| The Echo | El eco | Tatiana Huezo | Mexico, Germany |
| Expats | Lulu Wang | United States, Hong Kong | |
| Haar | Ben Hecking | United Kingdom | |
| How to Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker | United Kingdom, Greece | |
| If Only I Could Hibernate | Баавгай болохсон | Zoljargal Purevdash | Mongolia, France, Switzerland, Qatar |
| Inshallah a Boy | Amjad Al Rasheed | Jordan, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt | |
| The Lost Boys | Le Paradis | Zeno Graton | Belgium, France |
| The New Boy | Warwick Thornton | Australia | |
| Ramona | Victoria Linares Villegas | Dominican Republic, United Kingdom | |
| The Settlers | Los colonos | Felipe Gálvez Haberle | Chile, Argentina, France, Denmark, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Sweden, Germany |
| Shayda | Noora Niasari | Australia | |
| The Spectre of Boko Haram | Le spectre de Boko Haram | Cyrielle Raingou | Cameroon, France |
| The Sweet East | Sean Price Williams | United States | |
| That They May Face the Rising Sun | Pat Collins | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
Create
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anita | Alexis Bloom, Svetlana Zill | United States | |
| Anselm | Anselm – Das Rauschen der Zeit | Wim Wenders | Germany |
| Apolonia, Apolonia | Lea Glob | Denmark, Poland, France | |
| Close Your Eyes | Cerrar los ojos | Víctor Erice | Spain, Argentina |
| The Daughters of Fire | As Filhas do Fogo | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
| Croma Kid | Pablo Chea | Dominican Republic | |
| Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster | United States | |
| In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon | Alex Gibney | ||
| Menu-Plaisirs Les Troisgros | Frederick Wiseman | France, United States | |
| The Pot-au-Feu | La Passion de Dodin Bouffant | Tran Anh Hung | France |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus | Neo Sora | Japan | |
| Swan Song | Chelsea McMullan | Canada | |
| They Shot the Piano Player | Dispararon al pianista | Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal | Spain, France, Netherlands |
| This Is Going to Be Big | Thomas Charles Hyland | Australia | |
| You Can Call Me Bill | Alexandre O. Philippe | United States | |
Experimenta
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lost Art of the Future | Theo Cuthand | Canada | |
| A Radical Duet | Onyeka Igwe | United Kingdom | |
| Speech for a Melting Statue | Collectif Faire-Part | Belgium, Democratic Republic of Congo | |
| Wells of Despair | Sata Taas | Netherlands | |
| The Archive: Queer Nigerians | Simisolaoluwa Akande | United Kingdom | |
| Everything Worthwhile Is Done with Other People | Rehana Zaman | ||
| Night Fishing with Ancestors | Elizabeth Povinelli | Australia | |
| Minevissam (I Am Writing) | Niki Kohandel | United Kingdom | |
| Notes from Gog Magog | Riar Rizaldi | Indonesia | |
| Coders | Anastasia Sosunova | Lithuania | |
| Platform Ghosts – Turker, Farmer, Bot | Aarti Sunder | India | |
| Onset | Anna Engelhardt, Mark Cinkevich | United Kingdom, Poland | |
| Gush | Fox Maxy | United States | |
| Pacific Club | Valentin Noujaïm | France, Qatar | |
| It Can't Be That Nothing That Can Be Returned | Dana Kavelina | Ukraine | |
| Timekeepers of the Anthropocene | Federico Cuatlacuatl | Mexico, United States | |
| Tristxtotl | Mădălina Zaharia | United Kingdom | |
| Mangosteen | Tulapop Saenjaroen | Thailand | |
| The Goose's Excuse | Mahdy Abo Bahat, Abdo Zin Eldin | Egypt, United Kingdom | |
| Room in a Crowd | John Torres | Philippines | |
| Tempo | Yu Araki | Japan | |
| All the Days of May | Miryam Charles | Canada | |
| Wood for the Trees | Rob Crosse | Germany | |
| Sunflower Siege Engine | Sky Hopinka | United States | |
| A Throwing Forth | Xiao Zhang | United States, China | |
| Levitate | Iván Argote | Italy, Spain, France | |
| Desert Dreaming | Abdul Halik Azeez | Sri Lanka | |
| Khabur | Nafis Fathollahzadeh | Germany, Iran | |
Family
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dancing Queen | Aurora Gossé | Norway | |
| Deep Sea (3D) | Xiaopeng Tian | China | |
| Kensuke's Kingdom | Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle | United Kingdom, Luxembourg, France | |
| The Sacred Cave | Daniel Minlo | Cameroon, Burkina Faso, France | |
Treasures
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Black Pirate | Albert Parker | United States | |
| The Dupes | المخدوعون | Tewfik Saleh | Syria |
| Macario | Roberto Gavaldón | Mexico | |
| Peeping Tom | Michael Powell | United Kingdom | |
| Pressure | Horace Ové | ||
| The Stranger and the Fog | غریبه و مه | Bahram Beyzaie | Iran |
Shorts
The short film programme was divided into the following nine sections.
Dialogues Between Past, Present and Future
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Archive: Queer Nigerians | Simisolaoluwa Akande | United Kingdom | |
| The Lost Art of the Future | Theo Cuthand | Canada | |
| A Radical Duet | Onyeka Igwe | United Kingdom | |
| Speech for a Melting Statue | Collectif Faire-Part | Belgium, Democratic Republic of Congo | |
| Wells of Despair | Sata Taas | Netherlands | |
Stories We Tell
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| All the Lights Still Burning | Dominic Leclerc | United Kingdom | |
| Essex Girls | Yero Timi-Biu | ||
| Festival of Slaps | Abdou Cissé | ||
| Only Yourself to Blame | Noomi Yates | ||
| The Scottish Play | James Soldan | ||
| The Singer | Cora Bissett | ||
| Smoking Dolphins | Sean Lyons | ||
What Makes Us
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area Boy | Iggy London | United Kingdom | |
| Blood | Vathana Suganya Suppiah | United Kingdom, Australia | |
| Gorka | Joe Weiland | United Kingdom | |
| Making Babies | Faire un enfant | Éric K. Boulianne | Canada |
| Mother of Mine | Jesse Lewis Reece | United Kingdom | |
| Sound & Colour | Emma Foley | Ireland | |
Right Here, Right Now
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boat People | Thao Lam, Kjell Boersma | Canada | |
| Graveyard of Horses | Xiao Xuan Jiang | China | |
| I Am More Dangerous Dead | Majiye Uchibeke | United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom | |
| Waking Up in Silence | Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi | Ukraine, Germany | |
| The Walk | Michael Jobling | United Kingdom | |
| Wildmen of the Greater Toronto Area | Solmund MacPherson | Canada | |
For the Haunted and Possessed
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coders | Anastasia Sosunova | Lithuania | |
| Notes from Gog Magog | Riar Rizaldi | Indonesia | |
| Onset | Anna Engelhardt, Mark Cinkevich | United Kingdom, Poland | |
| Platform Ghosts – Turker, Farmer, Bot | Aarti Sunder | India | |
The Creeps
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doris | Edem Dotse | Ghana, United States | |
| Foreigners Only | Nuhash Humayun | Bangladesh, United States | |
| The Garden of Heart | Olivér Hegyi | Hungary, Slovakia | |
| Predators | Jack King | United Kingdom | |
| Pu Ekaw Tnod | Rebecca Culverhouse | ||
| Strangers | Rob Price | ||
| The Test | Olivia Marie Valdez | United States | |
| Yummy Mummy | Gabriela Staniszewska | United Kingdom | |
No Place Called Home
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hafekasi | Annelise Hickey | Australia | |
| Now and Then | Harris Alvi | United Kingdom | |
| Rizoo | Azadeh Navai | Iran, United States | |
| South Facing | Reneque Samuels | United Kingdom | |
| Torn | Jahfar Muataz | Denmark, Sweden | |
The Land is the Living Witness
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Dreaming | Abdul Halik Azeez | Sri Lanka | |
| Khabur | Nafis Fathollahzadeh | Germany, Iran | |
| Levitate | Iván Argote | Italy, Spain, France | |
| Sunflower Siege Engine | Sky Hopinka | United States | |
| A Throwing Forth | Xiao Zhang | United States, China | |
Animated Shorts for Young Audiences
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pond | Lena Von Döhren, Eva Rust | Switzerland | |
| Swing to the Moon | Marie Bordessoule, Adriana Bouissie, Nadine De Boer, Elisa Drique, Chloé Lauzu, Vincent Levrero, Solenne Moreau | France | |
| The Day I Became a Bird | Andrew Ruhemann | United Kingdom | |
| The Swineherd | Magnus Igland Møller, Peter Smith | Denmark | |
| Once upon a Studio | Trent Correy, Dan Abraham | United States | |
| Ahru | Leandro Martinez | Argentina | |
| Hooba | Sem Assink | Netherlands | |
| Upside Down | Dace Rīdūze | Latvia | |
LFF for Free: Shorts
The following films were screened during the LFF for Free programme.[13]
Big Little Lives
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The After | Misan Harriman | United Kingdom | |
| Such a Lovely Day | Simon Woods | United Kingdom | |
| Pray | Caleb Azumah Nelson | United Kingdom | |
| A Very Short Film About Longing | Eimear McBride | United Kindom | |
| WOACA | Mackenzie Davis | United Kingdom, New Zealand | |
Star Imagine UK
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Slayers United | Tom Levinge | United Kingdom | |
| Lionhead | Alvin Yu | ||
| Gently | Kevin Morosky | ||
| Sleepyhead | Milly Garnier | ||
| Nights | Laura Jayne Tunbridge | ||
| Space Plug | Marcus Anthony Thomas | ||
London Calling: Brave Faces
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seekers | Josh Feder | United Kingdom | |
| Independence | Karl Jackson | ||
| The Girls' Room | Tracey Lopes | ||
| My Brudda | Ntando Brown | ||
| Snow Falls In The Summer | Ajuán Isaac George | ||
London Calling: Being Seen
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Date | Amy Hodge | United Kingdom | |
| Darwin Story | Natasha Tonkin | ||
| Better | Zoe Hunter Gordon | ||
| Wings | Billy Boyd Cape | ||
| The Call | Riffy Ahmed | ||
Network@LFF Shorts
This year, the Network@LFF short films were split into three programmes.[14]
| English Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|
| Programme 1 | ||
| Up | Greg Francis | United Kingdom |
| Muna | Warda Mohamed | United Kingdom, Somalia |
| VHS | Solène Guichard | United Kingdom |
| The Heritage | Andrew Rutter | France |
| Programme 2 | ||
| Oba | Femi Oladigbolu | United Kingdom |
| High Tide | Johnny Massahi | |
| The Last Days | Dipo Baruwa-Etti | |
| The Mobius Trip | Simone Smith | |
| Seekers | Josh Feder | |
| Programme 3 | ||
| Malcolm | Caleb J. Roberts | United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Doss House | Charlotte James | United Kingdom |
| Alo | Xenia Glen | |
| All The Lights Still Burning | Dominic Leclerc | |
| Salt Water Town | Dan Thorburn | |
4Love
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dope Fiend | Rosanagh Griffiths | United Kingdom | |
| Battery | Ewan Marshall | ||
| Pyramid of Disunion | Ella Glendining, Jessi Gutch | ||
| MO <3 KYRA 4EVA | Debbie Hannan | ||
Surprise Film
Ferrari, dir. Michael Mann
Awards
Competition[15]
- Best Film Award: Evil Does Not Exist, dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Sutherland Award (First Feature): Paradise Is Burning, dir. Mika Gustafson
- Grierson Award (Documentary): Bye Bye Tiberias, dir. Lina Soualem
- Short Film Award: The Archive: Queer Nigerians, dir. Simisolaoluwa Akande
Audience Awards[16] (to be announced)
- Best Feature:
- Best Documentary:
- Best British Film or Work:
- Best XR:
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