BFI London Film Festival 2024
by Alexa Dalby253 titles (comprising features, shorts, series and immersive works) hail from 79 countries, and feature 63 languages
112 works are made by female and non-binary filmmakers – 44% of the programme
Returning to its home at the heart of London’s South Bank at BFI Southbank and The Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, the Festival will also run in cinemas and venues across central London plus nine LFF partner cinemas across the UK
A curated programme of free short films will be available digitally across the UK on BFI Player from 9 – 20 October
Lineup includes LFF Expanded,a programme of new Immersive Art and Extended Reality works, presented at Bargehouse at Oxo Tower Wharf, BFI Southbank, BFI IMAX and Outernet London, plus free Games Lounge at Bargehouse
LFF Series, which showcases international work made for television or digital platforms in series form
Screen Talks with Andrea Arnold, Steve McQueen, Mike Leigh, Denis Villeneuve, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, Lupita Nyong’o, Zoe Saldaña and Daniel Kaluuya
LFF for Free will offer audiences a fun and wide-ranging programme of events, short films and filmmaker Q&As, both in-person at BFI Southbank and at gallery@oxo as well as short films online on BFI Player – all completely free of charge
All features and series will screen to UK audiences for the first time, including 39 World Premieres (15 features, 2 series, 19 shorts, 3 immersive), 12 International Premieres (6 features, 4 shorts, 2 immersive) and 21 European Premieres (17 features, 1 series, 3 shorts)
FULL PROGRAMME AVAILABLE AT https://www.bfi.org.uk/lff
Booking dates
Wed 4 Sep – programme revealed
Mon 9 Sep 10:00 – priority booking for BFI Patrons
Tue 10 Sep 10:00 – priority booking for BFI Members
Tue 17 Sep 10:00 – tickets on sale
Thu 3 Oct 10:00 – extra tickets released for some screenings and events
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Galas
Exciting public premieres of some of the most highly anticipated films of the year.
Blitz
Steve McQueen’s Second World War drama is a tale of resilience and humanity in the face of adversity, with the city of London forming the tapestry of the film.
Piece by Piece
Morgan Neville chronicles the life of cultural icon Pharrell Williams through LEGO animation in this unforgettable journey of unbridled joy and creative freedom.
Elton John: Never Too Late
Follow Sir Elton John on his final US live shows in this candid and riveting documentary by R.J. Cutler and David Furnish.
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.
Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases
Be the first to see the BFI’s new restoration of Conan Doyle’s favourite screen Sherlock, with live scores composed by Joanna MacGregor CBE, Neil Brand and Joseph Havlat.
The Wild Robot
From the co-director of How to Train Your Dragon comes an incredible journey of survival, love and selflessness, featuring gorgeous animation and stunning voice performances.
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s latest documentary feature Endurance about the epic search to find the lost ship of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, Sean Baker’s Anora, and Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch starring Amy Adams are among the titles that have been announced within the full lineup of the British Film Institute’s (BFI) 68th London Film Festival. Scroll down for the full list.
Endurance, which Oscar winners Vasarhelyi and Chin have made for National Geographic, will screen as a world premiere.
Running October 9-20, LFF will feature 40 World Premieres (16 features, 2 series, 19 shorts, 3 immersive), 12 International Premieres (6 features, 4 shorts, 2 immersive), and 21 European Premieres (17 features, 1 series, 3 shorts).
Those titles will all screen at the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre as the festival returns to the nearly 3000-seat venue for its headline gala and special presentation screenings. The festival will also run in cinemas and venues across central London alongside nine LFF partner cinemas across the UK.
In its fourth year, the LFF Series strand returns and will screen Alfonso Cuarón’s much-lauded novel adaptation Disclaimer starring Cate Blanchett, Thomas Vinterberg’s first foray into TV with Families Like Ours, and Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s latest series A Thousand Blows starring Stephen Graham.
Overall, 255 titles from 80 countries will screen across the festival. 112 of those works will be made by female and non-binary filmmakers, making up 44% of the programme.
The full LFF lineup:
HEADLINE GALAS
Opening Night Gala – BLITZ (Director-Screenwriter Steve McQueen, UK)
Closing Night Gala – PIECE BY PIECE (Director Morgan Neville, USA)
American Express Gala – ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE (Directors R.J. Cutler, David Furnish, USA)
ANORA (Director-Screenwriter Sean Baker, USA)
THE APPRENTICE (Director Ali Abbasi, Canada-Denmark-Ireland)
BIRD (Director-Screenwriter Andrea Arnold, UK)
CONCLAVE (Director Edward Berger, UK-USA)
EMILIA PÉREZ (Director-Screenwriter Jacques Audiard, France)
BFI Patrons’ Gala – HARD TRUTHS (Director-Screenwriter Mike Leigh, UK-Spain)
Cunard Gala – JOY (Director Ben Taylor, UK)
MARIA (Director Pablo Larraín, Italy-Germany-USA)
NIGHTBITCH (Director-Screenwriter Marielle Heller, USA)
Family Gala – THAT CHRISTMAS (Director Simon Otto, UK)
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Director-Screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
The Mayor of London’s Gala – WE LIVE IN TIME (Director John Crowley, UK-France)
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (Director-Screenwriter Payal Kapadia, France-India-Netherlands-Luxembourg)
Experimenta Special Presentation – THE BALLAD OF SUZANNE CÉSAIRE (Director Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, USA)
Documentary Special Presentation – DAHOMEY (Director-Screenwriter Mati Diop, France-Senegal-Benin)
ENDURANCE (Directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Natalie Hewit, UK-USA)
HARVEST (Director Athina Rachel Tsangari, UK-Germany-Greece-France-USA)
I’M STILL HERE (Director Walter Salles, Brazil-France 2024)
BFI Flare Special Presentation – A NICE INDIAN BOY (Director Roshan Sethi, USA-Canada)
NICKEL BOYS (Director RaMell Ross, USA)
THE PIANO LESSON (Director Malcolm Washington, USA)
QUEER (Director Luca Guadagnino, Italy-USA)
A REAL PAIN (Director-Screenwriter Jesse Eisenberg, USA-Poland)
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Director-Screenwriter Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran-Germany-France)
Treasures Special Presentation – SILENT SHERLOCK (Directors Maurice Elvey, George Ridgwell, UK)
THE WILD ROBOT (Director-Screenwriter Chris Sanders, USA)
LFF AWARDS
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
APRIL (Director-Screenwriter Dea Kulumbegashvili, France-Italy-Georgia)
BRING THEM DOWN (Director-Screenwriter Christopher Andrews, Ireland-UK-Belgium)
THE EXTRAORDINARY MISS FLOWER (Directors Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard, UK)
FOUR MOTHERS (Director Darren Thornton, Ireland-UK)
LIVING IN TWO WORLDS (Director Mipo O, Japan)
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (Director-Screenwriter Adam Elliot, Australia)
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL (Director-Screenwriter Rungano Nyoni, Zambia-UK-Ireland)
THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US (Director-Screenwriter Laila Abbas, Palestine-Germany)
UNDER THE VOLCANO (Director Damian Kocur, Poland)
VERMIGLIO (Director-Screenwriter Maura Delpero, Italy-France-Belgium)
THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT (Director Gabrielle Brady, Australia-Mongolia-Germany)
FIRST FEATURE COMPETITION
CROCODILE TEARS (Director-Screenwriter Tumpal Tampubolon, Indonesia-France-Singapore-Germany) Hanami (Director Denise Fernandes, Switzerland-Portugal-Cape Verde)
HAPPYEND (Director-Screenwriter Neo Sora, Japan-USA)
LAST SWIM (Director Sasha Nathwani, UK)
MY ETERNAL SUMMER (Director Sylvia Le Fanu, Denmark)
OLIVIA & THE CLOUDS (Director-Screenwriter Tomás Pichardo Espaillat, Dominican Republic)
ON FALLING (Director-Screenwriter Laura Carreira, UK-Portugal)
SANTOSH (Director-Screenwriter Sandhya Suri, UK-France-Germany)
SEPTEMBER SAYS (Director-Screenwriter Ariane Labed, Ireland-UK-Germany)
TO A LAND UNKNOWN (Director Mahdi Fleifel, UK-Palestine-France-Greece-Netherlands-Germany-Qatar-Saudi Arabia)
WHO DO I BELONG TO (Director-Screenwriter Meryam Joobeur, France-Canada-Tunisia)
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
COLLECTIVE MONOLOGUE (Director-Screenwriter Jessica Sarah Rinland, Argentina-UK)
HOLLOWAY (Directors Sophie Compton, Daisy-May Hudson, UK)
KAMAY (Directors Ilyas Yourish, Shahrokh Bikaran, Afghanistan-Belgium-France-Germany)
MOTHER VERA (Directors Cécile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson, UK)
RISING UP AT NIGHT (Director-Screenwriter Nelson Makengo, Democratic Republic of Congo-Belgium-Germany-Burkina Faso-Qatar)
SEEKING MAVIS BEACON (Director Jazmin Jones, USA)
THE SHADOW SCHOLARS (Director Eloise King, UK)
WITCHES (Director-Screenwriter Elizabeth Sankey, UK)
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
ADURA BABA MI (Director-Screenwriter Juliana Kasumu, UK)
COLD SNAP (Director-Screenwriter Ellen Evans, UK)
DRAGFOX (Director Lisa Ott, UK)
I DON’T WANT TO BE JUST A MEMORY (Director Sarnt Utamachote, Germany)
MAGIC CANDIES (Director Nishio Daisuke, Japan)
MOTHER’S DAY (Director-Screenwriter Emily Burnett, UK)
SEE IT, SAY IT (Director-Screenwriter Nez Khammal, UK)
STOMACH BUG (Director-Screenwriter Matty Crawford, UK)
TWO REFUSALS (WOULD WE RECOGNIZE OURSELVES UNBROKEN?) (Director Suneil Sanzgiri, USA)
VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA (Director-Screenwriter Rehab Nazzal, Palestine-Canada)
LOVE
ALL OF YOU (Director William Bridges, UK)
ALL SHALL BE WELL (Director-Screenwriter Ray Yeung, Hong Kong (S.A.R of China))
AT AVERROES & ROSA PARKS (Director Nicolas Philibert, France)
GRAND TOUR (Director Miguel Gomes, Portugal-Italy-France)
I’M YOUR VENUS (Director Kimberly Reed, USA)
MOTHERBOARD (Director-Screenwriter Victoria Mapplebeck, UK)
PATRICE: THE MOVIE (Director Ted Passon, USA)
PAVEMENTS (Director-Screenwriter Alex Ross Perry, USA)
QUEENS OF DRAMA (Director Alexis Langlois, France-Belgium)
SEX (Director-Screenwriter Dag Johan Haugerud, Norway)
TARIKA (Director Milko Lazarov, Bulgaria-Germany-Luxembourg)
WEIGHTLESS (Director Sara Fgaier, Italy)
WHEN FALL IS COMING (Director François Ozon, France)
WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS (Director-Screenwriter Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland-Netherlands-Croatia-France)
DEBATE
2073 (Director Asif Kapadia, UK)
BLACK BOX DIARIES (Director Shiori It?, Japan-USA-UK)
THE CATS OF GOKOGU SHRINE (Director Kazuhiro Soda, Japan-USA)
FAMILIES LIKE OURS (Series Creator-Director Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark-France-Sweden-Czechia-Belgium-Norway-Germany)
I AM NEVENKA (Director Icíar Bollaín, Spain-Italy)
THE INVASION (Director-Screenwriter Sergei Loznitsa, Netherlands-France-USA)
ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958-1989 (Director-Screenwriter Göran Hugo Olsson, Sweden-Finland-Denmark)
JULIE KEEPS QUIET (Director Leonardo Van Dijl, Belgium-Sweden)
THE LISTENERS (Series Creator-Screenwriter Jordan Tannahill, UK)
THREE KILOMETRES TO THE END OF THE WORLD (Director Emanuel Pârvu, Romania)
YOUTH (Homecoming) (Director Wang Bing, France-Luxembourg-Netherlands)
LAUGH
AUDREY (Director Natalie Bailey, Australia)
THE GUTTER (Directors Isaiah Lester, Yassir Lester, USA)
THE OTHER WAY AROUND (Director Jonás Trueba, Spain-France)
RUMOURS (Directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Canada-Germany)
SOFA, SO GOOD (Director-Screenwriters Kyle Thiele, Eli Thiele, Cole Thiele, USA)
A TRAVELER’S NEEDS (Director-Screenwriter Hong Sangsoo, South Korea)
TRIUMPH (Directors Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Bulgaria-Greece)
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (Director Matthew Rankin, Canada)
DARE
BIONICO’S BACHATA (Director Yoel Morales, Dominican Republic)
CAUGHT BY THE TIDES (Director Jia Zhangke, China)
CIDADE; CAMPO (Director-Screenwriter Juliana Rojas, Brazil-Germany-France)
DON’T CRY, BUTTERFLY (Director-Screenwriter D??ng Di?u Linh, Vietnam-Singapore-Philippines-Indonesia)
EIGHT POSTCARDS FROM UTOPIA (Director-Screenwriters Radu Jude, Christian Ferencz-Flatz, Romania)
FAMILIAR TOUCH (Director-Screenwriter Sarah Friedland, USA)
MY STOLEN PLANET (Director-Screenwriter Farahnaz Sharifi, Germany-Iran)
THE NIGHTS STILL SMELL OF GUNPOWDER (Director-Screenwriter Inadelso Cossa, Mozambique-France-Germany-Portugal-Netherlands-Norway)
PEPE (Director-Screenwriter Nelson Carlos De los Santos Arias, Dominican Republic-Namibia-Germany-France)
PRAIA FORMOSA (Director Julia de Simone, Portugal-Brazil)
SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS (Director-Screenwriters Quay Brothers, UK-Poland-Germany)
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ÊTAT (Director-Screenwriter Johan Grimonprez, Belgium-France-Netherlands)
SUGAR ISLAND (Director-Screenwriter Johanné Gómez Terrero, Dominican Republic-Spain)
VIÊT AND NAM (Director-Screenwriter Tr??ng Minh Quý, Philippines-France-Singapore-Netherlands-Italy-Germany-Vietnam)
THRILL
AÏCHA (Director-Screenwriter Mehdi M. Barsaoui, Tunisia-France-Italy-Saudi Arabia-Qatar)
ARCHITECTON (Director-Screenwriter Victor Kossakovsky, Germany-France)
LA COCINA (Director-Screenwriter Alonso Ruizpalacios, Mexico-USA)
EAT THE NIGHT (Directors Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel, France)
GHOST TRAIL (Director Jonathan Millet, France-Germany-Belgium)
MALDOROR (Director Fabrice du Welz, Belgium-France)
MARCO, THE INVENTED TRUTH (Directors Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, Spain)
MISERICORDIA (Director-Screenwriter Alain Guiraudie, France-Spain-Portugal)
SKINCARE (Director Austin Peters, USA-Italy)
STRANGER EYES (Director-Screenwriter Yeo Siew Hua, Singapore-Taiwan-France-USA)
A THOUSAND BLOWS (Series Creator-Screenwriter Steven Knight, UK)
CULT
THE BALCONETTES (Director Noémie Merlant, France)
CHAIN REACTIONS (Director-Screenwriter Alexandre O. Philippe, USA)
FRÉWAKA (Director-Screenwriter Aislinn Clarke, Ireland)
SISTER MIDNIGHT (Director-Screenwriter Karan Kandhari, UK)
THE SURFER (Director Lorcan Finnegan, Australia-Ireland)
THE WAILING (Director Pedro Martín-Calero, Spain-Argentina-France)
THE WEEKEND (Director Daniel Oriahi, Nigeria)
JOURNEY
AFTER THE LONG RAINS (Director-Screenwriter Damien Hauser, Kenya-Switzerland)
BABY (Director Marcelo Caetano, Brazil)
EEPHUS (Director Carson Lund, USA-France)
FLOW (Director Gints Zilbalodis, Latvia-France-Belgium)
GOOD ONE (Director-Screenwriter India Donaldson, USA)
LAYLA (Director-Screenwriter Amrou Al-Kadhi, UK)
LOOK INTO MY EYES (Director Lana Wilson, USA)
MY EVERYTHING (Director-Screenwriter Anne-Sophie Bailly, France)
SEBASTIAN (Director-Screenwriter Mikko Mäkelä, UK-Belgium-Finland)
SHAMBHALA (Director-Screenwriter Min Bahadur Bham, Nepal-France-Norway-Turkey-Hong Kong (S.A.R of China)-Taiwan-USA-Qatar)
SUJO (Director-Screenwriters Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez, Mexico-France-USA)
SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY (Directors Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, UK-USA)
TREADING WATER (Director-Screenwriter Gino Evans, UK)
THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE (Director-Screenwriter Mo Harawe, Austria-France-Germany-Somalia)
CREATE
ABIDING NOWHERE (Director Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan-USA)
ERNEST COLE: LOST & FOUND (Director-Screenwriter Raoul Peck, France-USA)
GRAND THEFT HAMLET (Director-Screenwriters Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, UK)
IT’S NOT ME (Director-Screenwriter Leos Carax, France)
ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO (Directors Kevin Macdonald, Sam Rice-Edwards, UK)
PAULINE BLACK: A 2-TONE STORY (Director Jane Mingay, UK)
THE STIMMING POOL (The Neurocultures Collective (Sam Chown Ahern, Georgia Bradburn, Benjamin Brown, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Lucy Walker), Steven Eastwood, UK)
SUPERBOYS OF MALEGAON (Director Reema Kagti, India)
TWIGGY (Director Sadie Frost, UK)
TWO STRANGERS TRYING NOT TO KILL EACH OTHER (Director Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet, UK-Denmark-USA)
THE WAY WE TALK (Director Adam Wong Sau-Ping, Hong Kong (S.A.R of China))
EXPERIMENTA
THE TREASURY OF HUMAN INHERITANCE (Director-Screenwriter Alexis Kyle Mitchell, Canada-UK)
I DON’T WANT TO BE JUST A MEMORY (Director Sarnt Utamachote, Germany)
FORMS OF CIRCULATION #1 (Director-Screenwriters Paul Stewart, Sarah Perks, UK)
THE RIVER THAT NEVER ENDS (Director-Screenwriter JT Trinidad, Philippines)
NOTES: REMEMBERED AND FOUND (Director-Screenwriter Maria Anastassiou, UK-Cyprus)
TWO REFUSALS (WOULD WE RECOGNIZE OURSELVES UNBROKEN?) (Director Suneil Sanzgiri, USA)
FILE NO. 2304 (Director-Screenwriter A.S.M. Kobayashi, Canada-USA)
AT THE VERGE OF WORDLESSNESS (Director-Screenwriter Alaa Abu Asad, Netherlands)
AVANT SERIANA (Director-Screenwriter Samy Benammar, Canada-Algeria)
NIDO DE CROCODILO (Director-Screenwriter Jazmin Rojas Forero, Colombia-Germany)
NON/LIVING (Director-Screenwriter Müge Yildiz, Turkey-Finland)
TWO STONES (Director Noel Meek, Aotearoa New Zealand)
HEXHAM HEADS (Director-Screenwriters Chloë Delanghe, Mattijs Driesen, Belgium)
THE FLESH OF LANGUAGE (Director-Screenwriter Amanda Rice, Ireland)
HEMEL (Director Danielle Dean, UK)
OUR LADY WHO BURNS (Director-Screenwriter Alice dos Reis, Portugal)
DIRECT ACTION (Directors Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell, Germany, France)
A FIDAI FILM (Director Kamal Aljafari, Palestine)
UNDR (Director Kamal Aljafari, Palestine)
GARANTI 100% KREOL (Director-Screenwriter Laurent Pantaléon, Réunion)
A NIGHT WE HELD BETWEEN (Director-Screenwriter Noor Abed, Palestine)
NO EXORCISM FILM (Director-Screenwriter Komtouch Napattaloong, Thailand)
SMALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT (Director-Screenwriter Daniel Hui, Singapore)
Experimenta Works in Progress:
15 IRANIAN YEARS (Adonia Bouchehri)
CTRL+Z (Parwana Haydar)
THE KRUEGER INSTITUTE (Mahenderpal Sorya)
I AM A DALE (Edd Carr)
SHORTS
TROUBLE (Director Sarah Blok, UK)
PIGS (Director Julia Jackman, UK)
COLD SNAP (Director-Screenwriter Ellen Evans, UK)
US FOUR (Director Alex Peake, UK)
MOTHER’S DAY (Director-Screenwriter Emily Burnett, UK)
SPACE(S) (Director-Screenwriter Luke ‘Frsh’ Fannin, UK)
TWO MINUTES (Director-Screenwriter Jamie Benyon, UK)
MIDNIGHT RISING (Director Aileen Ye, UK-Netherlands)
IRANIAN YELLOW PAGES (Director Anna Snowball, UK)
IRPINIA (Director Jameisha Prescod, UK)
ADURA BABA MI (Director-Screenwriter Juliana Kasumu, UK)
TRAVELLING HOME (Director-Screenwriter Juliet Klottrup, UK)
ROOTS THAT REACH TOWARD THE SKY (Director Jess X. Snow, USA-Canada)
RED SOIL (Director Joshua Ighodaro, UK)
SALONE LOVE (Director Tajana Tokyo, UK)
NOT SURGERY HOURS (Director Tia Salisbury, UK)
THE NOBODY (Director Razan Madhoon, UK)
HAPPY MEAT (Director-Screenwriter Matt Green, UK)
GENDER REVEAL (Director-Screenwriter Mo Matton, Canada)
DRAGFOX (Director Lisa Ott, UK)
BOB’S FUNERAL (Director-Screenwriter Jack Dunphy, USA)
THE REAL THING (Director-Screenwriter Charlie Fink, UK)
SYLVIA (Director-Screenwriter Tárá Ayeni, UK)
MOSQUITO LADY (Director-Screenwriter Kristine Gerolaga, USA)
THE AWAKENING (Director Al Campbell, UK)
OUTSIDE NOISE (Director Ethan Evans, UK)
STOMACH BUG (Director-Screenwriter Matty Crawford, UK)
DREAM CREEP (Director-Screenwriter Carlos A.F. Lopez, USA)
HERMIT (Director Daniel Raggett, UK)
KARAVIDHE (Director-Screenwriter Eoin Doran, UK)
RHODA (Director Alex Lawther, UK)
FIERCE-ISH GRACE (Director Amaya Owen Rowlands, UK)
IN HEAT (Director-Screenwriter Rory Fleck Byrne, UK)
SEE IT, SAY IT (Director-Screenwriter Nez Khammal, UK)
AND GRANNY WOULD DANCE (Director-Screenwriter Maryam Mohajer, UK)
A SHORT FILM ABOUT KIDS (Director-Screenwriter Ibrahim Handal, Palestine)
DAWN EVERY DAY (Director-Screenwriter Amir Youssef, Egypt)
LIMINAL ROOTS (Director Aliyah Harfoot, UK)
WHAT’S THE FILM ABOUT? (Director-Screenwriter Poorva Bhat, UK)
VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA (Director-Screenwriter Rehab Nazzal, Palestine-Canada)
LFF EXPANDED
IMPULSE: PLAYING WITH REALITY (Lead Artist – Anagram, UK)
ARCADE (Lead Artist – Darkfield, UK)
LAST MINUTE (Lead Artists – Adrien M & Claire B, France)
SUPERRADIANCE. EMBODYING EARTH (Lead Artists – Memo Akten, Katie Peyton Hofstadter, USA)
THE GREAT ENDEAVOUR (Lead Artist – Liam Young, USA)
MAMMARY MOUNTAIN (Lead Artists – Tara Baoth Mooney, Camille Baker, Maf’j Alvarez, UK)
EMPEROR (Lead Artists – Marion Burger, Ilan J. Cohen, France)
SOUL PAINT (Lead Artists – Sarah Ticho, Niki Smit, UK-Netherlands)
STIM CINEMA (Lead Artists – The Neurocultures Collective and Steven Eastwood, UK)
A HIGHLAND SONG (Inkle Studios, UK)
PLAYING KAFKA (Charles Games, Czechia)
PAPER TRAIL (Newfangled Games, UK)
DOME KING CABBAGE (Joe Buchholz, Cobysoft Co., USA)
CLOSER THE DISTANCE (Osmotic Studios, Germany)
FAMILY
BLINK (Directors Edmund Stenson, Daniel Roher, Canada-USA)
THE COLOURS WITHIN (Director Naoko Yamada, Japan)
SAVAGES (Director Claude Barras, Switzerland-France-Belgium)
WATERSHIP DOWN (Director Martin Rosen, UK)
Animated Shorts for Younger Audiences:
COO-RAGE (Director Alina Milkina, Netherlands)
LOVE AT FIRST WAF (Directors Louise Le Toullec, Helene Gouil, France)
WHO’S WRONG? (Directors Stina Wirsén, Linda Hambäck, Sweden)
THE BRAVE LOCOMOTIVE (Director Andrew Chesworth, USA)
THE ODD CARROT (Director Inese Pav?ne, UK)
FREELANCE (Directors Luciano A Muñoz Sessarego, Magnus I. Møller, Peter Smith, Denmark)
THE CHILD OF THE WAVES (Directors Valentine Hilarin, Gaelle Bejjani, Yuhan Wang, Martin Gross, Noam Szwarc, Sofian Pourquery-de-Boisserin, France)
HELLO SUMMER (Directors-Screenwriters Martin Smatana, Veronika Zacharová, Slovakia-Czechia-France)
MAGIC CANDIES (Director Nishio Daisuke, Japan)
TREASURES
THE CHURNING (Director Shyam Benegal, India)
MANJI (Director Yasuzô Masumura, Japan)
MARÍA CANDELARIA (Director Emilio Fernández, Mexico)
THE SEALED SOIL (Director Marva Nabili, Iran)
THE TALK OF THE TOWN (Director George Stevens, USA)
BFI London Film Festival 9–20 October 2024,
