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Director Steven McQueen at the Premier of the BFI London Film Festival 2024 red carpet

Five local stories to watch at the London Film Festival 2024

Local stories feature heavily with the BFI’s 68th London Film Festival now underway. Running from October 9 until October 20,

People sat in a cinema, they are looking at the screen that displays BFI London film festival 2023.

The Boy and the Heron review – BFI London Film Festival

The BFI London Film Festival, which ran from 4th-15th October, concluded last Sunday with the premiere of Hayao Miyazaki’s final

People sat in a cinema, they are looking at the screen that displays BFI London film festival 2023.

Celebrating the BFI London Film Festival

The annual BFI London Film Festival is entering its final few days for this year. The BFI is the biggest

The riverfront of the BFI Southbank

Saltburn to open the BFI London Film Festival 2023

‍The 67th BFI London Film Festival is set to open with the highly anticipated thriller, Saltburn, directed by Academy Award-winning

An empty cinema

What’s next for London’s cinemas? A data analysis of the state of the film industry

In March 2020, cinemas across the capital closed their doors and the British film industry came to a grinding halt.

Welcome to BFI Flare: tickets to London's biggest queer film festival go live on Friday 24 February.

BFI Flare: What to watch at London’s LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2023

This March brings one of the world’s most significant and long-standing queer film events in the LGBTQIA+ calendar to London’s

James Bond film poster. Credit: TNS Sofres

Be ‘Shaken and Stirred’ at special James Bond weekend

The 60th birthday of Britain’s favourite secret agent, James Bond, gifts fans an array of films, Q&As and martini-glasses full

Bond helps UK box office rebound to biggest October since 2012

The UK box office saw a huge Bond boost, with the biggest October since 2012 and weekend earnings almost 50%

Underwire festival returns to Southbank to celebrate women filmmakers

The UK’s only film festival celebrating female filmmakers returns this evening with sold out opening at London’s BFI Southbank. Underwire

Lambeth-born film director Amma Asante casts her vote for Oscar winners in move to increase diversity

A Lambeth-born director’s vote will help decide the winners at Sunday’s Oscars, as part of a move to improve diversity.

First black female opens BFI London Film Festival — SWL reviews ‘A United Kingdom’

Lambeth-born Amma Asante ‘arrived’ in the capital this month with her newest film A United Kingdom – making her the

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