LFF on tour

The festival isn’t exclusive to London. Once again, our fabulous partner cinemas will bring audiences around the UK a thrilling line-up of BFI London Film Festival films – including this year’s Opening Night Gala Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.

Films screening around the UK

Bugonia

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone are reunited for a fourth time in this gripping, darkly funny and satirical environmental comedy-thriller.

The Choral

Ralph Fiennes leads an excellent ensemble of new and established talent in this funny and moving First World War drama by beloved writer Alan Bennett.

Frankenstein

Jacob Elordi, Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz shine in Guillermo del Toro’s imaginative and elemental retelling of Mary Shelley’s groundbreaking novel.

Giant

Amir El-Masry and Pierce Brosnan star in the thrilling real-life story of world champion boxer Prince Naseem ‘Naz’ Hamed and his trainer Brendan Ingle.

The Mayor of London’s Gala

Hamnet

Academy Award-winning director Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel features mesmerising performances by Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal.

It Was Just an Accident

Jafar Panahi’s critically acclaimed and deserving Palme d’Or winner is a muscular thriller and an engaging morality tale for our times.

Love+War

From the directors of Free Solo comes this blistering profile of Pulitzer Prize-winning conflict photographer Lynsey Addario, a woman balancing two callings: career and motherhood.

The Mastermind

Josh O’Connor is superb as a rudderless everyman out of step with his immediate environs and the country at large, in Kelly Reichardt’s funny, shaggy heist film.

My Father’s Shadow

Akinola Davies Jr’s intimate and resplendent film chronicles two brothers spending a rare day with their father in Lagos.

Pillion

A shy young man finds his place in the world as the submissive to a handsome biker, in Harry Lighton’s charming, sexy and tender debut.

American Express Gala

Rental Family

After his Oscar success with The Whale, Brendan Fraser returns to LFF, starring in HIKARI’s rich and heartwarming tale of a struggling American actor searching for a connection in Tokyo.

Opening Night Gala

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Contemporary cinema’s favourite detective Benoit Blanc returns in Rian Johnson’s sharply penned and devilishly fun reinvention of the classic whodunit.

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