BFI Distribution and Warner Bros. Clockwork unveil a 30 October 2026 cinema release and a major BFI Southbank retrospective celebrating Ken Russell’s work in summer 2027.

As this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival gets under way, we pick out 10 recommendations from a programme that embraces the thrill of the new with a stack of world premieres from early-career directors.

From BAFTA wins and major festival premieres to international development opportunities and feature debuts, BFI NETWORK alumni continue to make their mark on the global screen industry, demonstrating ...

The LFF Closing Night Gala is hosted at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on 18 October with screenings around the UK.

The LFF Industry Forum runs from 8 to 15 October at Picturehouse Central, with accreditation for industry and press delegates now open.

From its roots in Luton to acclaim on the international festival circuit, Imran Perretta’s debut demonstrates how National Lottery funding helps bring underrepresented stories and distinctively ...

Ten films will compete for Best Film at the 2026 BFI London Film Festival Awards, with the winner to be chosen by the LFF Awards Jury and revealed on Sunday 18 October. The 70th BFI London Film ...

Saluting six decades of prize-giving at the London Film Festival, we tell the evolving story of the festival’s awards and competitions – including a rollcall of past winners, from Yasujiro Ozu to ...

David Lean’s classic 1945 film of Noël Coward’s stage play sticks quite closely to the original. But then, since Coward himself was producing, Lean didn’t really have much choice. (By all accounts, he ...

Screenwriter Jesse Armstrong described Yorgos Lanthimos best. In the current cinematic landscape, the Greek filmmaker holds the position of “surpriser, unsettler in chief”. Despite the clinical, ...

Ever since the first attempts to realise extinct animals on film – Winsor McCay’s Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) and Willis H. O’Brien’s The Dinosaur and the Missing Link (1915) – the trick has not just ...

Edgar Wright’s faithful adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 novel about a deadly cross-country chase TV gameshow is crammed with skilful action sequences, winking gags and a surprisingly topical strand ...