Strand Galas
Red carpet galas from our themed strands: Love, Debate, Laugh, Dare, Thrill, Cult, Journey, Create, Family, and Treasures.
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Dare Gala
Amant Double
Dir-Scr François Ozon | France-Belgium
François Ozon has done the maths. Double the danger = double the fun.
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Family Gala
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales
Dir Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert | France
This hilarious trio of farmyard tales features some of the wisest cracking animals that you ever could hope to meet.
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Thrill Gala
Blade of the Immortal
Dir Takashi Miike | Japan-UK
Cult favourite Takashi Miike slices and slashes his way through this stunning swordplay adventure, the 100th title in the director’s extraordinary body of work.
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Festival Gala
The Florida Project
Dir Sean Baker | USA
Sean Baker follows his incredible Tangerine with another visionary take on the wild ups and dangerous downs of life in America’s underbelly.
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Debate Gala
Foxtrot
Dir-Scr Samuel Maoz | Germany-Israel-France
Expanding from the claustrophobic confines of his award-winning Lebanon, Samuel Maoz presents a provocative portrait of the mind-set of generations subject to Israeli military conscription.
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Laugh Gala
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Dir-Scr Noah Baumbach | USA
Master of the urban comedy drama, Noah Baumbach presents a study of a dysfunctional family par excellence, ruled over by Dustin Hoffman’s shambolic patriarch.
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Create Gala
Redoubtable
Dir-Scr Michel Hazanavicius | France
From the Oscar-winning director of The Artist, a brilliantly realised portrait of France’s maestro director Jean-Luc Godard spiralling into philosophical and romantic crisis.
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Archive Gala
Shiraz: A Romance of India
Dir Franz Osten | UK-Germany-India
The world premiere of Anoushka Shankar’s new score for Shiraz, a spectacular silent film romance, filmed entirely in India.
Please note that tickets are now available to book through the Barbican website.
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Cult Gala
Thelma
Dir Joachim Trier | Norway-France-Denmark-Sweden
A teenage girl taps into some long-dormant powers, in this chiller from Joachim Trier (Oslo, August 31st).
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Journey Gala
Wonderstruck
Dir Todd Haynes | USA
Part children’s coming-of-age tale, part homage to silent cinema, entirely wonderful.
Festival calendar
2018 Festival submissions
2018 BFI London Film Festival submissions are now open.
