Programme for Friday 16 October

morning
Education screenings
Fri 16 |
10:00 |
Rich Mix (Screen 2)
Three great new short films and a special behind the scenes look at film production with the filmmakers for 7-11s.
afternoon
Film on the Square
Fri 16 |
13:15 |
Vue Screen 7
An audacious experiment in the hallucinatory power of cinema: non-linear and immersive.
 
Film on the Square
Fri 16 |
13:30 |
Vue Screen 6
An insightful and beautifully filmed study of one of France's foremost cultural institutions from one of the world's finest documentary makers.
 
Cinema Europa
Fri 16 |
13:45 |
Vue Screen 9
A compelling portrait of a child's memories of her relationship with her mother in a film directing debut by award-winning dramatist Vassily Sigarev.
 
World Cinema
Fri 16 |
16:00 |
NFT2
An intense drama of loss, solitude, love and hope.
 
Cinema Europa
Fri 16 |
16:15 |
NFT1
Drama, drink and divorce. An inspiring take on the devastating nature of addiction and the long road back to normality.
 
Short Cuts & Animation
Fri 16 |
16:15 |
NFT3
Eight short films examining personal relationships from the briefest encounter to undying love from beyond the grave.
evening
Cinema Europa
Fri 16 |
18:30 |
ICA 1
Marc Recha's latest feature is a contemporary fable of a teenager caught between a dying way of life in the country and the possibilities offered by the laws and social conventions of a more wily city existence.
 
NFTS and The Script Factory Masterclasses
Fri 16 |
18:30 |
NFT1
The uncompromising auteur discusses his desire to offend, provoke and affect the audience in a primal way.
 
Treasures from the Archives
Fri 16 |
18:30 |
NFT3
Rediscovery of Venezuelan director Margot Benacerraf's visually stunning portrait of salt miners and fishermen in a remote corner of the Caribbean.

Festival News

18 Mar 2010

London Film Day

Attend the World Public Premiere of Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

12 Feb 2010

Submit your film for 2010

Submissions are now open for the BFI 54th London Film Festival.

30 Oct 2009

In Pictures | Day 16 of the Festival

We wave goodbye to the Festival at the Gala screening of Sam Taylor-Wood's Nowhere Boy.

30 Oct 2009

Sight & Sound Young Journalist Winners

We tally the entries and present the winners.