The 68th BFI London Film Festival runs from 9 to 20 October 2024 in London and around the UK.
Fifteen features will world premiere at the 68th LFF, including Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s documentary Endurance.
World premieres include Ben Taylor’s Cunard Gala Joy and main competition titles Darren Thornton’s Irish comedy film Four Mothers, Palestinian filmmaker Laila Abbas’ feature debut, Thank You For Banking With Us and Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard The Extraordinary Miss Flower.
The first feature competition includes five UK-produced features: Sasha Nathwani’s Berlinale premiere Last Swim; Laura Carreira’s Toronto title On Falling; and Cannes premieres Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, Ariane Labed’s September Says and Mahdi Fleifel’s To A Land Unknown.
Unannounced headline galas include a selection of Cannes, Toronto and Venice premieres, including Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice, Sean Baker’s Anora, Andrea Arnold’s Bird, Edward Berger’s Conclave, Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez and Pablo Larraín’s Maria. John Crowley’s San Sebastian closing night film We Live In Time is the Mayor of London’s Gala and Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths is the BFI Patrons’ Gala.
A total of 168 features are set to make-up the programme, including two world premieres that are yet to be announced and the surprise film.
Of the 253 works that make-up the programme, including shorts, series, episodic and immersive pieces, 112 works, or 44%, of the programme are from by female and non-binary filmmakers.
The LFF will include galas, special presentations, awards, thematic series’, shorts, in person and online events, as well as a selection of films available to stream on the BFI player.
For details of the full programme, head to the official LFF website, where you can also purchase tickets.
