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Things to do at the LFF that won’t cost you a penny
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This year’s BFI London Film Festival will kick off on Wednesday October 4 with Emerald Fennell’s new thriller ‘Saltburn’ at the Royal Festival Hall.
From there, the UK’s primo film festival will continue its post-pandemic revival in fine style with 11 days and nights of galas, screenings, events, shindigs and film-related happenings around London and other cities around the UK. It’s the most democratic of the world’s big film festivals, with tickets readily available to the public and simultaneous screenings taking its galas out to movielovers nationwide.
Now in its 67th year, the London Film Festival is the UKs biggest film fest – an annual showcase for the best in premieres, new movies, restored works from the BFI archives, short films, virtual reality XR experiences, talks, panels and parties.
This year’s LFF runs from Wednesday October 4 to Sunday October 15.
The London Film Festival’s permanent base is on London’s Southbank at the Royal Festival Hall and BFI Southbank, with screenings also taking place in cinemas across London and around the UK.
The full programme has been announced, with the latest films by Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Yorgos Lanthimos, Sofia Coppola and Catherine Breillat among the 230 or so works on the festival’s slate.
Tickets go onsale to the general public on September 12. Head to the official festival site for all pricing info.
Things to do at the LFF that won’t cost you a penny
Talks, DJ nights, podcasts, MCU screenings and robot building
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Catch Jonathan Glazer, Sofia Coppola and Martin Scorsese’s latest in October
Emerald Fennell’s sexy, sunkissed thriller ‘Saltburn’ gets the fest underway
Mark your diary for Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed in ‘Fingernails’
Hit a VR dance floor, catch a movie star in conversation or get cosmic with some immersive art
Miss Trunchbull is putting London’s moviegoers into detention
Daniel Craig and Janelle Monáe are coming to town for a whodunnit
The James Bond director is back with a seaside ‘Cinema Paradiso’
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Joel Coen’s tragedy stars Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand
It’s goodbye Odeon Leicester Square, hello Southbank
It’s a western starring Idris Elba, Jonathan Majors and Regina King
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