Category BFI London Film Festival

Affecting and thought provoking, OUR TIME WILL COME is an acute spy thriller about family and sacrifice

Following LOVE IN A FALLEN CITY (1984) and THE GOLDEN ERA (2014), director Ann Hui returns once again to the Sino-Japanese War for the setting of her latest film OUR TIME WILL COME, an acute spy thriller about a young woman drawn into Hong Kong’s underground resistance movement.

Set in 1941 in Japan-occupied Hong Kong, OUR TIME WILL COME tells the story of quiet schoolteacher Fang Lan (Xun ...

Rich, tense and documented with extraordinary intimacy, THE FINAL YEAR offers a unique insight into Barack Obama’s final year in office

It’s hard not to watch Greg Barker’s fly-on-the-wall documentary about Barack Obama’s final year in office without feeling a twinge of nostalgia. Since Donald Trump took office, the President has backed out of the Paris climate accord, decimated the State Department and reintroduced a trade embargo against Cuba – and that’s just in his first 100 days...

LAST FLAG FLYING is a sombre meditation on the friendship, loss and futility of war

Richard Linklater’s ruminative comedy LAST FLAG FLYING heads to the BFI London Film Festival following its world premiere at the New York Film Festival last month.

LAST FLAG FLYING tells the story of three Vietnam veterans as they travel from Virginia to Portsmouth...

Fascinating, controversial and quietly brutal, APOSTASY is remarkably assured and understated piece of filmmaking

British director Daniel Kokotajlo turns the spotlight on Jehovah’s Witnesses in his directorial debut APOSTASY, a gripping story about a family torn between their devotion to one another or to their faith.

Written and directed by Kokotajlo, himself a former Jehovah’s Witness, APOSTASY tells the story of 18 year-old Alex (Molly Wright), her elder sister Luisa (Sacha Parkinson) and ...

Dark, moody and incredibly intense, DARK RIVER is a troubled tale of a family ripped apart by demons of the past

Following THE SELFISH GIANT (2013) and THE ARBOR (2010), Clio Barnard makes a welcome return to the big screen with DARK RIVER, a tense tale of a sibling resentment and a troubled past.

Inspired by Rose Tremain’s novel TRESPASS, DARK RIVER follows estranged siblings Alice (Ruth Wilson) and Joe (Mark Stanley) as they struggle to come to terms with their inheritance following the deat...

Powerful and affecting, BREATHE is an inspiring tale of love and courage in the face of adversity

After winning over audiences with his incredible performances in LORD OF THE RINGS (2001-2003), KING KONG (2005) and PLANET OF THE APES (2011–2017) celebrated actor Andy Serkis takes his talent behind the camera with BREATHE, a moving new drama about courage under profound difficulties.

Based on an inspiring true story, BREATHE tells the tale of Robin (Andrew Garfield) and Diana Cavendish (Claire...

Frank, harrowing and incredibly heartbreaking, GLEASON tells the story of former football player Steve Gleason and his battle with ALS

Following its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, GLEASON makes its UK premiere at the 60th BFI London Film Festival.

GLEASON tells the story of former New Orleans Saints football player Steve Gleason and his battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a rare and incurable degenerative disease that slowly robs him of his motor functions inc...

Denis Villeneuve delivers his biggest and best work to date with ARRIVAL

Following the superior SICARIO (2015), Denis Villeneuve returns to the big screen with his latest feature film ARRIVAL, marking his biggest and best work to date.

Based on Ted Chiang’s short story STORIES OF YOUR LIFE, ARRIVAL tells the story of linguistics professor Dr. Louise Banks (Amy Adams) who is recruited by the US military led by Colonel Weber (Forest Whitaker) to assist in translating alien communications...

Walt Disney Pictures brings together an extraordinary cast for QUEEN OF KATWE, a remarkable true story about one girl’s grace and steely determination to create a better life for herself and her family.

Based on Tim Crothers’ book THE QUEEN OF KATWE: ONE GIRL’S TRIUMPHANT PATH TO BECOMING A CHESS CHAMPION and inspired by a true story, QUEEN OF KATWE tells the story of Phiona Mutesi, an illiterate girl from Uganda who pursues her dream of becoming a chess champion.

The story begins in 2007 w...

Entertaining and likeable, TROLLS is a fairytale explosion of glitter, colour and trippy beats

Following the mediocre performance of KUNG FU PANDA 3, HOME and PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR (especially when you compare it to the box office success of Disney’s FROZEN or Universal’s DESPICABLE ME), DreamWorks Animation take a big-screen gamble on the candy coloured, crazy hair toy sensation of the 1960s in their latest family-friendly animated comedy.

TROLLS follows the story of two shock-headed tro...