Education screenings

Education screenings
Three great new short films and a special behind the scenes look at film production with the filmmakers for 7-11s.
Education screenings

To book for LFF Education Events, please contact festival.education@bfi.org.uk or 0207 815 1344. Alternatively fill out an education online bookings form.

A beautifully restored version of this unique classic of Venezuelan cinema documenting life for families working on a salt marsh.

Education screenings

To book for LFF Education Events, please contact festival.education@bfi.org.uk or 0207 815 1344. Alternatively fill out an education online bookings form.

Hidden behind the Mandela myth, this compelling documentary reveals the story of the 30-year-old power struggle within the ANC.

Education screenings
An example of 'experimental ethnography' shot primarily in Karachi, followed by a discussion on the nature of anthropological 'truth'.
Education screenings
Two friends on a summer break from college discover new possibilities where they least expect it in this gentle and moving US indie.
Education screenings

A rollicking tour of the underground music scene in Tehran, as young Iranians express themselves in everything from rap to rock.

Education screenings

To book for LFF Education Events, please contact festival.education@bfi.org.uk or 0207 815 1344. Alternatively fill out an education online bookings form.

A dramatisation of the events surrounding a college shooting, atmospherically re-created with black and white photography and an eerie soundtrack.

Education screenings

To book for LFF Education Events, please contact festival.education@bfi.org.uk or 0207 815 1344. Alternatively fill out an education online bookings form.

From the harshest of beginnings, the painful and courageous journey to hope for a poor African-American girl from Harlem.

Education screenings

To book for LFF Education Events, please contact festival.education@bfi.org.uk or 0207 815 1344. Alternatively fill out an education online bookings form.

New British drama about teenage friends David and Emily whose plans for the future suddenly take a deeper and darker turn.

Education screenings

To book for LFF Education Events, please contact festival.education@bfi.org.uk or 0207 815 1344. Alternatively fill out an education online bookings form.

Eight-year-old orphan Tomàs explores magic and mystery in his new life next to the sea in the west of Ireland. For 7-11s.

Education screenings
New young British filmmakers on stage to talk about their work as part of a showcase of great new animated and live action shorts.
Education screenings

To book for LFF Education Events, please contact festival.education@bfi.org.uk or 0207 815 1344. Alternatively fill out an education online bookings form.

Faces are put to historical facts in a dynamic dramatisation of the individuals and lives involved in the aftermath of war.

Education screenings
A large bourgeois Catalan family come together for the funeral of the paterfamilias in Mar Coll's impressive debut feature.

Festival News

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.

29 Oct 2009

Awards Ceremony

We announce the winner of the Best Film award, plus we welcome our new BFI Fellows.

29 Oct 2009

In Pictures | Day 15 of the Festival

Behind the scenes at the Awards Ceremony.