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Secondary festival

BFI London Film Festival

Discover the world of cinema with the BFI.

General information

Dates
7–18 October 2026
Location
GB
Submission deadline
Not available
Eligibility
Not available
Subtitles
Not available
Official website
https://www.bfi.org.uk/

News

In search of the locations from Horace Ové’s Pressure, half a century on
23 September 2026
As Horace Ové’s landmark drama Pressure arrives on Blu-ray, we went looking for the exact spots where Ové filmed in Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove, to find out what’s changed five decades later.
Resident Evil: Zach Cregger’s thrilling reboot pares things back to the essentials of survival horror
22 September 2026
The horror auteur has put his own satisfying spin on the Resident Evil movies by largely jettisoning franchise lore for a standalone zombie thriller that captures the maddening experience of playing the games.
BFI welcomes Joanna Scanlan as new Ambassador
22 September 2026
Joanna interviews Olivia Colman and Jessica Gunning on her first mission to raise awareness of National Lottery Good Cause funding for film.
BFI Fellow Olivia Colman discusses the importance of UK independent film with BFI Ambassador Joanna Scanlan
22 September 2026
The Oscar-winning actor talks about her break-out feature film role in Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur, which was part financed with National Lottery Good Cause funding.
Patricio Guzmán obituary: documentary chronicler of Chile’s turbulent political history
21 September 2026
In films such as The Battle of Chile trilogy and Nostalgia for the Light, Guzmán returned again and again to the wounds left by Chile’s 1973 coup, creating a body of work that fused political testimony, personal memory and cosmic reflection into a profound meditation on history and loss.
BFI Ambassador Joanna Scanlan visits Storyhouse Cinema Chester
21 September 2026
Joanna Scanlan hears firsthand about the local impact of BFI National Lottery funding.
BFI Ambassador Joanna Scanlan interviews Jessica Gunning about Pride
19 September 2026
Joanna Scanlan discusses the impact of BFI National Lottery funded film Pride with BAFTA-winning actress Jessica Gunning.
Remake: A heartbreaking exploration of the slippage between documentary and fiction
18 September 2026
Filmmaker Ross McElwee distills his grief over the loss of his child into a powerful memory archive of home movies, clips from previous films, and footage shot by his late son, Adrian.
Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?: Documentary charts the thrilling story of Pulp, with a few forgivable omissions
18 September 2026
Director Garth Jennings’s film splits the difference between a Greatest Hits concert film and a Story Of documentary, putting the spotlight firmly on Jarvis.

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