BFI London Film Festival
Discover the world’s best new films, series and immersive storytelling, in London and around the UK – 7 to 18 October 2026.
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Four screens open seven days a week for the widest choice of great films.
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Experience IMAX 70mm screenings of The Odyssey on the UK’s biggest screen.
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The Greatest Films of All Time issue
Once a decade the magazine asks critics to select the best films ever made. Explore the results in a special edition.
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Andrew Scott on Hamlet, Elsinore and his career in film: “Shakespeare was thinking of me the whole time”
At his LFF Screen Talk, the acclaimed actor reflected on fame, craft and queer representation as he discussed Elsinore, his deeply personal new film about the late Hamlet star Ian Charleson.
By Baneet Sarai
Sofia Coppola on Making Marie Antoinette and her career in film
By Josh Slater-Williams
UK Global Screen Fund announces over £1.7m of support in latest awards
UK Global Screen Fund announces over £1.7m of support in latest awardsThe Uprising: A murky retelling of the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt
By Henry K Miller
“My one political film”: Ken Russell on The Devils
By Ken Russell
Queer Edward II: New Derek Jarman documentary captures a vital piece of cinematic history
By Travis Jeppesen
“We’re being asked to check our humanity at the door”: Cate Blanchett and Shahrbanoo Sadat on cinema’s power to reconnect us
By Lou Thomas
Events
Mike Leigh discusses Bleak Moments at BFI Southbank, his powerful debut film about loneliness, routine and the search for connection.
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Our Screen Culture 2033 strategy for the BFI and ten-year National Lottery funding strategy from 2023 to 2033.
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