BFI London Film Festival 2021
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Wings of desire: 3 films from the future at the LFF
From Afrofuturism to Cantonese opera: a trio of this year’s Experimenta offerings use hybrid forms and speculative fictions to propose liberating, non-conformist futures, says programme advisor Sarah Perks.
By Sarah Perks
All My Friends Hate Me to be released by the BFI in UK and Ireland
All My Friends Hate Me to be released by the BFI in UK and Ireland6 African films not to miss at the LFF
By Chrystel Oloukoï
Mike Leigh: the naked truth
By Andy Medhurst
Post-lockdown laughs: comedies in the age of COVID
By Leigh Singer
The Harder They Fall: a brilliantly over the top revenge tale
By Leila Latif
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