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BFI London Film Festival Dates The BFI London Film Festival has confirmed the dates for the festival's 65th edition, which will take place from October 6-17, 2021. Last year’s hybrid edition combined in-cinema experiences at partner venues UK-wide and an online edition for audiences at home via BFI Player. According…

The 2020 BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its virtual audience award winners, with Thomas Vinterberg's Mads Mikkelsen-starring Danish comedy Another Round scooping Best Film. The awards replaced the typical jury-voted prizes, which didn't happen this year due to the pandemic forcing the majority of the fest…

Ava DuVernay has said film and TV industry gatekeepers should be taking action on racial inequality with the motivation of being "excellent", calling the current state of the biz "mediocre". The trailblazing filmmaker of 13th and Selma was speaking at an industry event during the BFI London Film Festival. She said…

UPDATED 10.25AM: Sky series A Discovery Of Witches has resumed filming after a brief delay due to a positive COVID test, Deadline has confirmed. The show paused production on October 8 and has since got up and running again, with affected crew self-isolating. A Sky spokesperson said: “A Discovery Of Witches S3…

EXCLUSIVE: Below, you can watch the first trailer for Eyimofe (This Is My Desire), Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri’s Nigerian drama. The film is set to have its UK premiere on October 11 at the BFI London Film Festival, marking the 60th anniversary of Nigerian independence. It will celebrate its U.S. premiere at AFI Fest…

London Film Festival Lineup Revealed The LFF has revealed its industry program, with speakers including Ava DuVernay, Jane Tranter, Ted Hope and Sundance director Tabitha Jackson. James Schamus will be take part in a panel discussion as part of the production finance market and there will also be spotlights on first…

The London Film Festival’s Screen Talks and events program will include speakers Riz Ahmed, Letitia Wright, Michel Franco, Miranda July, Tsai Ming-liang, Christian Petzold, David Byrne and artist Es Devlin, who will each talk about their most recent work. Anna Bogutskaya, co-founder of horror film collective The Final…

The BFI London Film Festival has set Francis Lee's Ammonite as its closing film. Starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan, the film is set in the 1840s, following palaeontologist Mary Anning when she encounters a young woman recuperating from a personal tragedy, It is world premiering at Toronto and also took part in…

The BFI London Film Festival’s (Oct 7 – 18) opening film will be Steve McQueen’s race drama Mangrove, starring Letitia Wright, Shaun Parkes and Malachi Kirby. The film will get its European premiere on Wednesday 7 October as part of the festival’s 12-day hybrid physical and online program. Marking 50 years since the…

As coronavirus continues to reshape the festival calendar, the London Film Film has revealed its altered plans for 2020. The upcoming edition of the festival (October 7-18) will feature live and digital screenings with 50 virtual premieres. It will be an online-heavy edition with a streamlined film selection and only…

The BFI London Film Festival (Oct 7 – 18) is adding TV series and AR/VR strands and growing its industry program. For the first time this year, in step with many other leading festivals, the event will host new series from broadcasters and streamers. A gala event will headline the strand of approximately 30 new…

Cannes Film Festival chiefs Pierre Lescure and Thierry Fremaux have named the six titles that will comprise its inaugural 'Film Week' at Hong Kong's K11 Musea in November (12-17). They include three from this year’s Cannes competition: Young Ahmed, which won best director, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, which took best…