Programme for Thursday 22 October

Morning | Afternoon | Evening

Galas & Special Screenings

The White Ribbon

Thu 22 |

12:30 |

Vue Screen 7

PRIORITY BOOKING

Michael Haneke's latest, mesmerising work surveys the life of a rural Protestant village in northern Germany over several months from 1913 to 1914, ending, tellingly, on the eve of World War One.

Galas & Special Screenings

An Education

Thu 22 |

13:00 |

Vue Screen 5

PRIORITY BOOKING

A lively and witty adaptation of Lynne Barber's memoir of a London schoolgirl seduced by the lifestyle of an older man.

World Cinema

At the End of Daybreak

Thu 22 |

13:45 |

NFT2

PRIORITY BOOKING

Inspired by a tabloid news story, Ho Yuhang's tale of the illicit affair between a confused 23-year-old and an underage high-school girl is a kind of modern Malaysian film noir.

Film on the Square

Balibo

Thu 22 |

13:45 |

Vue Screen 9

PRIORITY BOOKING

A dramatised account seen of the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists killed while covering Indonesia's military campaign in the border regions of East Timor.

World Cinema

Adrift

Thu 22 |

14:00 |

ICA 1

FULLY BOOKED

Almost a Vietnamese Les Liaisons dangereuses, Bui Thac Chuyen's elegant film about convoluted sexual relationships is a very grown-up song of innocence and experience.

Cinema Europa

My Only Sunshine

Thu 22 |

14:00 |

NFT3

PRIORITY BOOKING

Reha Erdem follows the celebrated Times and Winds with a poetic, bold and rewarding feature, daring in both form and content.

Galas & Special Screenings

The Boys Are Back

Thu 22 |

15:30 |

Vue Screen 5

FULLY BOOKED

A funny, anarchic and moving confessional drama about modern family life in the aftermath of tragedy.

Cinema Europa

The Big Dream

Thu 22 |

16:00 |

Vue Screen 6

FULLY BOOKED

Exciting, romantic autobiographical story of a cop come actor, who infiltrates the student protest groups in Rome, during the height of the 1968 demonstrations.

Experimenta

They All Lie

Thu 22 |

16:15 |

ICA 1

FULLY BOOKED

An inventive post-modern thriller from Argentina's new avant-garde wave weaves together a series of intricate plotlines in a tale of historical intrigue, forgery, political legacies and sexual liaisons where we can never be sure of who or what to believe.

World Cinema

Visitors

Thu 22 |

16:15 |

NFT3

PRIORITY BOOKING

A triptych of digitally-shot stories from East Asian directors, linked by the motif of the home-coming outsider. Hong Sang-Soo, Naomi Kawase and Lav Diaz contribute funny, touching and surreal episodes, respectively.

Film on the Square

About Elly

Thu 22 |

16:15 |

Vue Screen 9

PRIORITY BOOKING

A supremely sophisticated Iranian drama, where tragedy strikes a group of friends while they're at a getaway on the banks of the Caspian Sea.

Film on the Square

Mother

Thu 22 |

18:00 |

Vue Screen 5

PRIORITY BOOKING

A quack herbalist and acupuncturist turns 'detective' to prove her son's innocence when he's charged with murder in Bong Joon-Ho's stunningly original account of maternal feelings in all their terrifying intensity.

Screen Talks

Clive Owen

Thu 22 |

18:30 |

NFT1

FULLY BOOKED

Held in the highest regard by everyone he's worked with, Coventry's favourite son joins us for a discussion about his career with Jason Solomons.

Outdoor Screening in Trafalgar Square

London Moves Me

Thu 22 |

18:30 |

Trafalgar Square

NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE

Under the watchful gaze of Horatio Nelson, the London Film Festival's annual free screening of short films from the BFI National Archive and London's Screen Archives once again takes place in Trafalgar Square.

World Cinema

Shirley Adams

Thu 22 |

19:00 |

STUDIO

FULLY BOOKED

This intense social-realist drama, set in Cape Town, follows a mother as she struggles to rehabilitate her son, a victim of gun violence.

Education Talks and Workshops

Education Event: Case Study of a new British film

Thu 22 |

19:30 |

BFI Southbank (Delegate Centre)

NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE

We're on the road to nowhere... A case-study of Bunny and the Bull, a road movie set entirely in a flat. With a panel discussion featuring key cast and crew.

World Cinema

Adrift

Thu 22 |

21:00 |

ICA 1

FULLY BOOKED

Almost a Vietnamese Les Liaisons dangereuses, Bui Thac Chuyen's elegant film about convoluted sexual relationships is a very grown-up song of innocence and experience.