London Film Festival 2021 articles

The here and now in new dimensions: the LFF’s virtual reality programme

The view from South Asia: the best films from the subcontinent at this year’s LFF

Wings of desire: 3 films from the future at the LFF

6 African films not to miss at the LFF

Post-lockdown laughs: comedies in the age of COVID

BFI London Film Festival trail

Shorts to see: recommendations from our programmers

Culinary delights: festival films for big appetites

Perception diving: 3 films about changing the way we think

Lost souls: faith and the occult in the Cult strand at LFF

Reflections on history and magic: the best Eastern European films at LFF

Urgent upheavals: artist films that call for new understandings of complex times

Northern highlights: the best Nordic films at this year’s LFF

Lebanese stories: 3 defiant films from a nation rocked by crisis

Where to begin with Sarah Maldoror

On the streets, on the tennis courts, at the arcade: 3 documentaries about forging your own path

The best Spanish and Latin American films at LFF 2021

Telling Black stories: Kemp Powers on the universality of Soul and One Night in Miami

Why Pixar’s Soul is a watershed moment for Black animation

What to watch at LFF: Possessor, Brandon Cronenberg’s dazzling and brutal sci-fi

What to watch at LFF: Siberia, Abel Ferrara’s dazzling trip into existential angst

What to watch at LFF: Shorts to see – the programmers’ picks

What to watch at LFF: Joining the dots between David Byrne, Delia Derbyshire and a dive bar in Las Vegas

What to watch at LFF: Why this is the year to try our Experimenta programme

Where to begin with Miranda July

What to watch at LFF: Stray, The Reason I Jump and the new era of immersive documentaries

A beginner’s guide to virtual reality

What to watch at LFF: Almodóvar and the best of Spanish-language cinema