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![]() Run annually by the British Film Institute Rich Cline has covered the festival every year since 1996 | |||
![]() 65th London Film Festival 6-17 OCTOBER 2021
| 2 0 2 1 G A L A S & A W A R D S | ||
![]() Closing film: THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH Surprise film: C'MON C'MON Gala screenings: BELFAST BENEDETTA THE FRENCH DISPATCH KING RICHARD LAST NIGHT IN SOHO THE LOST DAUGHTER MOTHERING SUNDAY THE POWER OF THE DOG RON'S GONE WRONG THE SOUVENIR: PART II SPENCER Special Presentations: ALI & AVA BENEDICTION DRIVE MY CAR FLEE GREAT FREEDOM MEMORIA NEPTUNE FROST PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN SUCCESSION TITANE THE VELVET UNDERGROUND |
![]() 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:
ALI & AVA. MOTHERING SUNDAY. LUZZU. BELLE. THE SOUVENIR: PART II. DASHCAM. COP SECRET. THE FEAST. BELFAST. | ||
2 0 2 1 F I L M S | |||
![]() ![]() 8 BAR: THE EVOLUTION OF GRIME (Spencer, UK) LA ABUELA (Plaza) THE AFTERLIGHT (Shackleton, UK) AHED'S KNEE (Lapid) ![]() ALL ABOUT MY SISTERS (Wang) ALL IS VANITY (Mereles) ![]() ALL THESE SONS (Liu/Altman) THE ALLEYS (Ghandour) ANACHRONIC CHRONICLES (Araki/Pan) AS IN HEAVEN (Lindeburg) ![]() BABI YAR. CONTEXT (Loznitsa) ![]() A BANQUET (Paxton) BANTU MAMA (Herrera) BECOMING COUSTEAU (Garbus) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() THE BOX (Vigas) BROTHER'S KEEPER (Karahan) ![]() ![]() BURN IT DOWN! (Hawkins/Aniskovich) CANNON ARM AND THE ARCADE QUEST(Hedegaard) CITIZEN ASHE (Miller/Pollard) CLARA SOLA (Mesen) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() THE CROSSING (Miailhe) CURSE OF THE CHIPPENDALES (Vile) THE DANCE (Collins) ![]() ![]() DOPESICK (Levinson) ![]() EAR FOR EYE (Green) EARWIG (Hadzihalilovic) ![]() LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES (Cupur) EYE CUT (Pucill) ![]() FAYA DAYI (Beshir) ![]() FIRES (Aus) THE FIRST WAVE (Heineman) ![]() FREDA (Geneus) ![]() ![]() THE GRAVEDIGGER'S WIFE (Ahmed) ![]() ![]() ![]() HELLBOUND (Yeon) ![]() HIDE AND SEEK (Fiore) HINTERLAND (Ruzowitzky) HISTORYA NI HA (Diaz) ![]() THE HOLE IN THE FENCE (del Paso) HOLGUT (De Ceulaer) HUMIDITY ALERT (Ko) ![]() INVISIBLE DEMONS (Jain) JUJU STORIES (Makama/Obasi/Omonua) ![]() LAGO GATUN (Everson) ![]() |
![]() LANGUAGE LESSONS (Morales) ![]() LEAVE NO TRACES (Matuszynski) LINGUI, THE SACRED BONDS (Haroun, Chd) LITTLE PALESTINE, DIARY OF A SIEGE (Al-Khatib) ![]() ![]() MARX CAN WAIT (Bellocchio) ![]() THE MEDIUM (Na) ![]() MEMORY BOX (Hadjithomas/Joreige) MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON (Amirpour) ![]() ![]() MOTHERS OF THE REVOLUTION (March) MR BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS (Speth) ![]() ![]() ![]() THE NEUTRAL GROUND (Hunt) ![]() NUDO MIXTECO (Cruz) THE ODD-JOB MEN (Ballus) OMAR AMIRALAY: SORROW, TIME, SILENCE (Alabdalla) OUR MEN (Lang) THE OUTLAWS (Dahlsbakken) ![]() ![]() PEDRO (Hegde) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN (Huezo) QUANT (Frost) QUEEN OF GLORY (Mensah) ![]() ![]() REHANA (Saad) RIDE THE WAVE (Robertson) RIPPLES OF LIFE (Wei) A RIVER RUNS, TURNS, ERASES, REPLACES (Zhu) ![]() THE ROPE (Rocher/Forestier) THE SEA AHEAD (Dagher) SEDIMENTS (Silvestre) SEE FOR ME (Okita) SHE WILL (Colbert) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() THE STORMS OF JEREMY THOMAS (Cousins, UK) THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION (Cousins, UK) ![]() SUNDOWN (Franco, Mex) THE TAKING (Philippe) A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE (Bouzid) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() THE TSUGUA DIARIES (Gomes/Fazendeiro) TWO FRIENDS(Chatterjee) USERS (Almada) ![]() WE (Diop) WELCOME TO SPAIN (Moreno) WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY? (Koberidze) WHAT WE SHARED (Kuc) ![]() WHEN A FARM GOES AFLAME (Akinleminu) WHITE BUILDING (Neang) ![]() THE WOLF SUIT (Firth) WOOD AND WATER (Bak) ![]() | ||
![]() 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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