Programme changes

Updated: 4 December

December Programme

Fallen Leaves
From Fri 1 Dec p13
This film has been given a 12A certificate.

Tish
Fri 1 Dec 18:00 NFT1 p16
We are delighted to announce that director Paul Sng, contributor Ella Murtha and producer Jen Corcoran will join the Q&A.
This film has been given a 15 certificate.

Black Narcissus
Mon 4 Dec 18:10 NFT1 p29
Please note this additional screening.

Library Talk: The Glass Pearls
Mon 4 Dec 18:30 BFI Reuben Library p27
Due to a change in the work schedule of one of the speakers, this talk will now take place on Tue 19 Dec at the later time of 19:30. Ticketholders will be contacted by the box office. We apologise for any inconvenience.

A Matter of Life and Death
Mon 4 Dec 20:35 NFT1 p29
Please note this additional screening.

TV Preview: The Kemps: All Gold + Q&A with Gary and Martin Kemp
Tue 5 Dec 18:10 NFT1 p6
We are very pleased to announce that director Rhys Thomas will also join the Q&A.

TV Preview: Truelove + Q&A with Lindsay Duncan, Clarke Peters, writer Iain Weatherby, co-creator Charlie Covell and director Chloë Wicks
Wed 6 Dec 18:15 NFT1 p7
We are delighted to announce that actor Sue Johnston will also join us for the Q&A.

I Know Where I'm Going! p18 Oct/Nov guide
Remaining playdate: Wed 6 Dec 18:30 Studio
All screenings will be preceded by a pre-recorded, subtitled, introduction by Martin Scorsese. All screenings have Audio Description available.

Queendom
Thu 7 Dec 14:40 Studio p14
This matinee will now take place in NFT2 and the seating will be unallocated. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Queendom
Thu 7 Dec 14:40 NFT2 and Thu 7 Dec 18:30 NFT3 p14
We are pleased to announce that these screenings will be followed by a 15min pre-recorded Q&A with director Agnila Galdanova and the film’s subject, Gena Marvin.

The Muppet Christmas Carol
Thu 7 Dec 18:25 NFT1 p39 Please note this additional screening.

Peeping Tom p24
Thu 7 Dec 20:45 NFT1 + intro, Sat 9 Dec 15:00 NFT1 + discussion, Fri 15 Dec 20:50 NFT1, Mon 18 Dec 20:45 NFT1, Thu 21 Dec 18:00 NFT3, Sat 23 Dec 18:00 NFT2, Fri 29 Dec 18:15 NFT2
We are pleased to announce that all screenings will have Audio Description available.
We are delighted to announce that the screening on Thu 7 Dec will be introduced by Kiri Bloom Walden, author of Peeping Tom (Devil's Advocates).

The Red Shoes
From Fri 8 Dec p19
We are pleased to announce that Audio Description will be available at all performances and the screenings on Sat 9 Dec 12:00 NFT2, Wed 13 Dec 14:20 NFT2, Sun 17 Dec 12:20 NFT2 and Wed 20 Dec 18:00 NFT3 will be presented with subtitles including descriptions of non-dialogue audio.

Please note these additional screenings:
Fallen Leaves p13
Fri 8 Dec 14:40 Studio & 20:45 Studio; Sat 9 Dec 15:30 Studio (DS); Thu 14 Dec 14:40 Studio
Audio Description will be available at all screenings. The screening on Sat 9 Dec 15:30 Studio will be presented with additional Descriptive Subtitles of non-dialogue audio.

We are delighted to announce the following:
Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera in Conversation about Barbie
Fri 8 Dec 15:00 NFT1
Barbie cast Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera join us at BFI Southbank to share their experiences of working on the wholly original film. Hear how producer Robbie turned to writer/director Greta Gerwig to conceive of Barbie's hilarious, heartfelt and human journey and bring it - and multiple Barbies and Kens - to the big screen. All three actors reveal how they prepared for their iconic roles as Barbie, Ken and Gloria, and provide insights into the gorgeous and intricately crafted production, from Barbie Land to the Real World to the Kendom and everything in between. Don't miss your opportunity to go behind-the-scenes of the cultural phenomenon of the year, and feel the Kenergy!
TRT 60min
Tickets £20, concs £16 (non-Members pay £2 more)
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are unable to go on sale with this event at present. We hope to be able to update you soon with new on-sale times. We apologise for the inconvenience and appreciate this may be disappointing. Please refrain from contacting our box office team and await further updates and information.

We are pleased to add this new addition to the programme.
Earth Mama
Screenings: Fri 8 Dec 18:15 Studio; Sat 9 Dec 20:50 Studio; Sun 10 Dec 15:30 Studio (DS); Tue 12 Dec 14:40 Studio; Wed 13 Dec 20:50 Studio; Thu 14 Dec 18:15 Studio (DS)
USA-UK 2023. Director-Screenwriter Savanah Leaf. With Tia Nomore, Erika Alexander, Doechii. 101min. Digital. Courtesy of We Are Parable
What to do when you're caught in a system that doesn't want you to win? This is the battle facing Gia (a soulful performance from Tia Nomore) at the heart of Earth Mama - a film that's both a fierce indictment against the foster-care system's treatment of young Black mothers and a captivating portrait of a woman yearning for more.
Grace Barber-Plentie Film Programmer, Festivals Audio Description will be available at all screenings. The screenings on Sun 10 Dec 15:30 Studio and Thu 14 Dec 18:15 Studio will be presented with subtitles, including descriptions of non-dialogue audio.
Content warning: Contains drug use.
Tickets on sale Mon 4 Dec from 11:30 to BFI Champions and Patrons, to BFI Members Tue 5 Dec from 11:30 and on general sale from 16:00.

The Red Shoes in the Spotlight
Fri 8 Dec 18:00 NFT1 p29
We are delighted to announce that filmmaker Sally Potter, dance writer and critic Judith Mackrell and curator Helen Persson Swain will join the panel discussion. Hosted by Pamela Hutchinson, author of The Red Shoes (BFI Film Classics).

The Red Shoes
Sat 9 Dec 12:00 NFT1 p19
This screening will now take place in NFT2. We apologise for any inconvenience.

We are delighted to announce the following event ahead of our 35mm previews of Priscilla later in December:
Sofia Coppola in Conversation
Sat 9 Dec 12:15 NFT1
Sofia Coppola joins us to discuss her career, including her latest film Priscilla and new book Sofia Coppola Archive.
From her feature debut The Virgin Suicides through to latest film Priscilla, Sofia Coppola has established herself as one of the most distinctive voices in American cinema, with a compelling exquisite style. Through atmospheric filmmaking, sumptuous dreamlike visuals, and her honest and genuine explorations of themes of human connections, girlhood and youth culture, the Academy Award®-winning filmmaker has drawn us into a range of different intimate worlds across her filmography. In this Conversation event, Coppola will talk about her craft and impressive body of work so far with writer/director, Richard Curtis.
Tickets £20, concs £16 (non-Members pay £2 more) on sale Fri 17 Dec to BFI Patrons and Champions from 11:30, to BFI Members from 12:30 and on general sale from 16:00.

The Bishop's Wife
Sat 9 Dec 12:45 NFT2 p41
This screening is cancelled. We apologise for any disappointment.

Crown v. Stevens + Behind the Mask
Sat 9 Dec 12:30 NFT3 p26
This screening will now take place at the slightly later time of 12:40 in the Studio. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Peeping Tom + Doesn’t Exist Magazine Launch + panel discussion
Sat 9 Dec 15:00 NFT1 p24
We’re pleased to confirm that Victor Fraga will be joined by film historian Ian Christie, filmmaker Carol Morley and fashion editor John Foley for the panel discussion.

The Red Shoes
Sat 9 Dec 18:00 NFT1 p19
We’re delighted to be screening the following short film at the start of this programme:
Yos Dances The Red Shoes UK 2023. Director Tara Sachdeva. With Yos Clark. 2m. Digital.
Dancer Yos Clark offers a personal interpretation of The Red Shoes to mark the film’s 75th anniversary.

Please note these additional screenings:
The Eternal Daughter
Sat 9 Dec 18:15 Studio; Sun 10 Dec 18:15 Studio (DS)
Audio Description will be available at all screenings. The screening on Sun 10 Dec 18:15 Studio will be presented with subtitles, including descriptions of non-dialogue audio.
This film has been given a 12A certificate.

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Sun 10 Dec 12:00 NFT1 p39
This screening will now take place at the much later time of 13:30 in NFT2. We apologise for any inconvenience.

The Red Shoes
Sun 10 Dec 12:40 NFT2 p19
This screening will now take place in the Studio. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Honeymoon
Sun 10 Dec 13:00 NFT3 p22
This screening will now take place at the later time of 13:25. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Lost Christmas + Q&A with actor Eddie Izzard and director John Hay
Sun 10 Dec 14:30 NFT1 p6
We are delighted to announce that actor Jason Flemyng will now join this Q&A.

The Passenger
Sun 10 Dec 15:30 NFT3 p46
This screening will now take place at the later time of 15:45. We apologise for any inconvenience.

The Small Back Room
Sun 10 Dec 18:30 NFT2 and Fri 22 Dec 18:20 NFT3 p23
At this time we are unable to present these screenings with Descriptive Subtitles. We apologise for any disappointment caused.

Following the cancellation of the screening in July, we are delighted to announce these presentations:

10th Anniversary Screening: The World's End + Q&A with Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
Tue 12 Dec 17:40 NFT1
UK 2013. Director Edgar Wright. With Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Rosamund Pike, Eddie Marsan, Martin Freeman. 109min. Digital. 15
A group of fortysomething friends meet up to reconnect and have one last go at completing a pub crawl they attempted over 20 years earlier. With old wounds still needing to be healed, matters are brought to a head when it becomes clear that an alien invasion is underway and they are all at serious risk. Edgar Wright's hilarious sci-fi comedy is the third part of his Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy which began with Shaun of the Dead and continued with Hot Fuzz.
Ticketholders for the cancelled July screening will be given priority booking and will be contacted by the Box Office.
Tickets £19, concs £15 (non-Members pay £2 more) on sale Tue 14 Nov to BFI Champions, BFI Patrons (and ticketholders from the cancelled July screening) from 11:30, to BFI Members from 13:30 and on general sale from 16:30.

10th Anniversary Screening: The World's End + intro by with Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
Tue 12 Dec 20:40 NFT1
UK 2013. Director Edgar Wright. With Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Rosamund Pike, Eddie Marsan, Martin Freeman. 109min. Digital. 15
A group of fortysomething friends meet up to reconnect and have one last go at completing a pub crawl they attempted over 20 years earlier. With old wounds still needing to be healed, matters are brought to a head when it becomes clear that an alien invasion is underway and they are all at serious risk. Edgar Wright's hilarious sci-fi comedy is the third part of his Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy which began with Shaun of the Dead and continued with Hot Fuzz.
Ticketholders for the cancelled July screening will be given priority booking and will be contacted by the Box Office.
Tickets £19, concs £15 (non-Members pay £2 more) on sale Tue 14 Nov to BFI Champions, BFI Patrons (and ticketholders from the cancelled July screening) from 11:30, to BFI Members from 13:30 and on general sale from 16:30.

The Red Shoes
Tue 12 Dec 17:40 NFT2 p19
Please note this screening will now start at the later time of 18:15. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Queering Powell + Pressburger
Tue 12 Dec 18:00 NFT3 p21
We are delighted to announce that Zorian Clayton (Curator of Prints at V&A and BFI Flare Programmer), Sarah Street (Professor of Film at University of Bristol) and Emma Smart (Director of Collections, Learning & Engagement at BFI) will join this discussion hosted by Andrew Moor (Reader in Cinema History at Manchester Metropolitan University).

After Life
Tue 12 Dec 20:40 Studio p47
This screening will now start at the much earlier time of 17:15. We apologise for any inconvenience.

The Red Shoes
Tue 12 Dec 20:25 NFT2 p19
Please note this screening will now take place in the Studio at the earlier time of 19:40. We apologise for any inconvenience.

My Night With Maud
Thu 14 Dec 20:50 NFT2 p45
This screening will now take place in the Studio and the seating will be unallocated. We apologise for any inconvenience.

TV Preview: Malory Towers Series 5 + Q&A
Sat 16 Dec 12:00 NFT1 p55
We are pleased to announce that actors Ella Bright (Darrell), Danya Griver (Gwendoline), Edesiri Okpenerho (June), Amy Roerig (Clarissa) and Emily Costtrici (Josephine Jones) will attend the Q&A.

Harry Belafonte in Concert and Conversation
Sat 16 Dec 15:00 NFT3 p37
We are pleased to announce that there will be a brief introduction to the screening from broadcaster and author Kevin Le Gendre (Don’t Stop the Carnival: Black Music in Britain and Hear My Train a Comin’: The Songs of Jimi Hendrix).

Funday TV Preview: Mog's Christmas + Q&A with producers Ruth Fielding and Camilla Deakin, director Robin Shaw, composer David Arnold and voice actors Charlie Higson, Amelie Law and Teddy Skelton
Sun 17 Dec 11:40 NFT1 p55
We are delighted to announce the guests for this preview, as above.

Seniors' paid matinee: The Red Shoes
Tue 19 Dec 14:00 NFT1 p19
We are pleased to welcome film historian Adrian Garvey for an intro and Q&A at this screening.

Meet Me in St Louis
Sat 23 Dec 11:50 NFT1 p45
This screening will now take place in NFT3 and the seating will be unallocated. We apologise for any inconvenience.

The Muppet Christmas Carol
Sat 23 Dec 12:00 NFT3 p39
This screening will now take place in NFT1 and the seating will be unallocated. We apologise for any inconvenience.

The Boy and the Heron
From Wed 27 Dec p17
This film has been given a 12A certificate.

The Boy and the Heron (English dubbed version)
Wed 27 Dec 14:30 NFT2 p17
This screening will now take place in NFT1 and the seating will be unallocated.

The Boy and the Heron (English subtitled version)
Thu 28 Dec 14:30 NFT3 p17
This screening will now take place in NFT1 and the seating will be unallocated.

The Boy and the Heron (English dubbed version)
Fri 29 Dec 14:30 Studio p17
This screening will now take place in NFT3 and the seating will be unallocated.

January Programme

Preview: The End We Start From + Q&A
Mon 15 Jan 20:30 NFT1 p5
We are very pleased to announce that director Mahalia Belo will join the Q&A.

West Indies + intro and Q&A
Sat 20 Jan 16:30 NFT3 p46
Please note, tickets for this African Odysseys programme are £6.50.
Also, please note that the film has English subtitles.

LSFF Competition (Prog 1): This Must be the Place
Sat 20 Jan 20:45 NFT1 p44
Full details of the films screening in this programme can now be found on the website.

LSFF Competition (Prog 2): There Are New Suns
Wed 24 Jan 20:30 NFT1 p44
Full details of the films screening in this programme can now be found on the website.

LSSFF in Competition (Prog 3): Growing Up in Public
Thu 25 Jan 20:45 NFT1 p44
Please note, this programme starts at 20:45, not 20:50 as per the calendar.
Full details of the films screening in this programme can now be found on the website.

LSFF Competition (Prog 4): A Trick of the Light
Sat 27 Jan 20:40 NFT1 p44
Full details of the films screening in this programme can now be found on the website.