BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2024 in partnership with American Express
The 12 days of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) are jam-packed with the world’s best new films, series and immersive storytelling – and you don’t have to work in film to be a part of it.
This is your chance to delight in the undiscovered, as all feature films and series are being shown in the UK for the first (and sometimes the only) time.
Tickets start from £10 for all screenings and events in London, with concessions available for many screenings.
Tickets go on sale for everyone on Tuesday 17 September.
Some screenings and events sell out very quickly, so make sure you plan ahead and book early. Become a BFI Member to unlock priority booking from Tuesday 10 September.
Extra tickets for some screenings go on sale on Thursday 3 October.
Go to the Festival's website to see the full programme
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Skincare
Beauty is a cutthroat business in this delightfully bonkers thriller, with Elizabeth Banks as an LA aesthetician fighting to maintain her business and reputation.
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A Real Pain
Jesse Eisenberg cements his reputation as a gifted filmmaker with this witty and heartfelt portrait of two estranged cousins honouring their roots.
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Sebastian
In Mikko Mäkelä’s involving feature, a 25-year-old London-based writer begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel.
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Grand Theft Hamlet
A version of Hamlet produced exclusively within the video game Grand Theft Auto – it’s an unlikely combo that is, by turns, singularly funny and deeply affecting.
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Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story
This fascinating portrait of the pioneering two-tone stalwart also reflects on historical and contemporary British racial politics.
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Dahomey
This Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear winner is an otherworldly account of the return of looted treasures to Africa, where their homecoming is hotly debated.
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Flow
A group of animals must work together to survive in this perilous, sea faring animated adventure, which demonstrates the endless possibilities of animation.
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UNDER THE VOLCANO
A Ukrainian family on their sunny beach holiday navigate a seismic political shift, with the outbreak of war immediately making them refugees.
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CROCODILE TEARS
Mixing genres with abandon, writer-director Tumpal Tampubolon’s atmospheric and eerie debut is the latest example of South East Asia’s vibrant cinema culture.
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HANAMI
Debut director Denise Fernandes highlights the beauty of her West African home, the Cape Verde islands, in this magical coming-of-age drama.
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Olivia & the Clouds
A visual and sonic wonder, Tomás Pichardo Espaillat’s gorgeously produced animation navigates the ghosts of one woman’s relationship.
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Who Do I Belong To
Meryam Joobeur builds on her Oscar-nominated short, Brotherhood, to explore themes of family conflict and extremism, in this compelling and atmospheric feature debut.
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Kamay
An intimate documentary portrait of a family seeking justice and a sister remembering her sibling, who died under mysterious circumstances on the campus of Kabul University.
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Mother Vera
A visually striking documentary about a young Orthodox nun who must confront her past as she faces her desires and an uncertain future.
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Tarika
A father’s protective instincts towards his daughter clash with his town’s bigoted and reactionary beliefs, in this beautifully shot drama with supernatural touches.
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Julie Keeps Quiet
Leonardo Van Dijl’s impressive feature debut is an affecting study of abuse and repression within a prestigious tennis academy.
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Sofa, So Good
Two cousins’ attempts to move a second-hand sofa across Dayton, Ohio, turns into an absurdist odyssey in this boldly original, delightfully weird US indie comedy.
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BLITZ
Steve McQueen’s visually dazzling tour de force is a moving and expansive tapestry of British life during the decisive moments of the Second World War.
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JOY
The true story of three British pioneers who challenged societal norms and defied the odds to realise the world’s first IVF baby.
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harvest
Athina Rachel Tsangari’s (Attenberg, Chevalier) striking adaptation of Jim Crace’s acclaimed novel finds an idyllic rural community coming under threat from outsiders.
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The Piano Lesson
Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler star in Malcolm Washington’s involving adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
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We Live in Time
The latest film from John Crowley is a poignant British romantic drama, strikingly led by Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.
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One to One: John & Yoko
An essential record of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s move to New York in the early 1970s and of the former Beatle’s only full-length performances after leaving the band.
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Nickel Boys
Hale County This Morning, This Evening director RaMell Ross vividly brings Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winner to life with this masterclass in adaptation.
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All We Imagine As Light
The lives of three women intersect and overlap in a haunting drama that sees the city of Mumbai play a central role.
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2073
Inspired by Chris Marker’s La Jetée and with overtones of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker, Asif Kapadia delivers an unsettling commentary on the state of the world today… and tomorrow.
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Iran’s Mohammad Rasoulof delivers a gripping dissident drama, about an official whose ambitions bring him into conflict with his family and the system he serves.
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A Nice Indian Boy
It’s impossible not to say ‘I do’ to Roshan Sethi’s delightful romantic comedy, starring Karan Soni and Jonathan Groff.
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The Wolves Always Come at Night
The hybrid documentary is taken to new levels with this stunningly crafted and fascinating portrait of life for one family in rural Mongolia.
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Santosh
In this taut, north India-set thriller, a housewife-turned-cop is sucked into a high-profile case that has polarised the local community.
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All Shall Be Well
Isabelle Huppert is reunited with Korean maestro Hong Sangsoo in an irresistibly enigmatic comic vignette about language, poetry, exile and the art of communication.
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The Cats of Gokogu Shrine
The feline population of a Japanese town and its human inhabitants are the focus of this immersive meditation on community and the cycle of life.
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The Invasion
Sergei Loznitsa’s multiple-perspective portrait of Ukraine under Russian attack is all the more powerful for its focus on everyday life.
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Misericordia
French provocateur Alain Guiraudie returns with a typically uncategorisable entertainment – a rural homecoming story mixing passion, crime, mushrooms and bedroom farce to dizzily involving effect.
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My Everything
Laure Calamy scores another triumph with this tender but tough French feature about a woman and her disabled son confronting a turn in their relationship.
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Ernest Cole: Lost & Found
An intimate documentary portrait of Ernest Cole, a photographer who paid the price for revealing to the world the true horrors of apartheid in South Africa.
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