London Film Festival 2020 articles
Telling Black stories: Kemp Powers on the universality of Soul and One Night in Miami
The writer and co-director behind Pixar’s Soul and the screenplay for One Night in Miami, Kemp Powers, joined the BFI London Film Festival to give his perspective on why we need more Black stories on screen. Kofi Oteng, one of the critics on this year’s LFF Critics Mentorship Scheme, was there to report.
By Kofi Oteng
Why Pixar’s Soul is a watershed moment for Black animation
By Whelan Barzey
What to watch at LFF: Possessor, Brandon Cronenberg’s dazzling and brutal sci-fi
By Paul Ridd
What to watch at LFF: Siberia, Abel Ferrara’s dazzling trip into existential angst
By Paul Ridd
What to watch at LFF: Shorts to see – the programmers’ picks
By Nellie Alston, Philip Ilson and others
What to watch at LFF: Joining the dots between David Byrne, Delia Derbyshire and a dive bar in Las Vegas
By Sophie Brown
What to watch at LFF: Why this is the year to try our Experimenta programme
By Helen DeWitt
What to watch at LFF: Stray, The Reason I Jump and the new era of immersive documentaries
By Lynn Nwokorie
What to watch at LFF: Almodóvar and the best of Spanish-language cinema
By Maria Delgado
What to watch at LFF: The Disciple, an alluring puzzle about the quest for musical excellence
By Jonathan Romney
What to watch at LFF: 4 experimental tales of youth gone wild
By Sarah Perks
What to watch at LFF: Notturno, a vast Middle Eastern canvas from one of the world’s great documentary-makers
By Adrian Wootton
What to watch at LFF: Mads Mikkelsen drinks and dances in Another Round
By Sarah Lutton
What to watch at LFF: New extreme cinema
By Paul Ridd
What to watch at LFF: How 3 pioneering Australian sisters made a silent gem
By Bryony Dixon
What to watch at LFF: How Shadow Country sounds a warning from history
By Peter Hames
What to watch at LFF: Never Gonna Snow Again, Malgorzata Szumowska’s enigmatic social satire
By Geoff Andrew