Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire to close London Film Festival
Brie Larson in Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire The BFI has announced that Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire will close the London Film Festival, with
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A United Kingdom to open London Film Festival 2016
For the second year running, the BFI London Film Festival is opening with a British film directed by a woman. Rosamund Pike and
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Cannes 2016 – The First Sunday
Cannes is ever unpredictable. My first meeting of the day was cancelled, enabling me to take advantage of one of the many informative
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What’s Worth Seeing from LFF 2015
After a preview of upcoming releases at this year’s London Film Festival, here’s our look at What’s Worth Seeing in the weeks ahead.
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Women reign supreme at London Film Festival
BFI Fellow Cate Blanchett The Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett has joined the debate about women’s equality in the film industry – by saying that
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London Film Festival director tells us What’s Worth Seeing
The head of the London Film Festival saves you the effort of studying the brochure, by telling us what’s worth seeing, with five picks that might otherwise get overlooked
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Cate Blanchett to be honoured at London Film Festival
Cate Blanchett stars as the celebrated TV journalist Mary Mapes in Truth The BFI is to bestow its highest honour, a Fellowship, on
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Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs to close LFF 2015
Danny Boyle is to close the London Film Festival for the third time, with his eponymous biopic of the Apple founder, Steve Jobs.
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Suffragette to open London Film Festival 2015
The London Film Festival has announced its opening film – more than four months before the start of the event. Carey Mulligan in
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International politics creeps into LFF Awards
At an unusually political set of awards at the 2014 London Film Festival, it’s almost as if the BFI is trying to solve
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Record LFF ticket sales but who’ll remember 2013?
The BFI has hailed the success of Clare Stewart’s second London Film Festival at the helm, with last year’s record audience attendance being
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Master and pupil honoured by LFF on the same night
Best Film winner Pawel Pawlikowski A visiting tutor at the National Film and Television School in Buckinghamshire has won the top prize at
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BFI Fellowship for Sir Christopher Lee
The BFI has announced that the veteran actor Sir Christopher Lee will be awarded a Fellowship of the British Film Institute at the awards ceremony towards the end of this year’s London Film Festival.
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Record ticket sales for new look shorter festival
New LFF Director Clare Stewart It might have been the 56th BFI London Film Festival, but it was the first under the guidance
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Audiard makes it 2 out of 4 at the LFF Awards
The French director Jacques Audiard has won the top prize at the London Film Festival, for the second time in the four years
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Dustin Hoffman finally gets around to directing with Quartet
Whether it’s the likes of Woody Allen, known as much for directing as acting, or stars such as Clint Eastwood or Ben Affleck,
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BFI honours Burton and Bonham Carter
Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie is the 2012 London Film Festival opener The British Film Institute has used the London Film Festival to bestow Fellowships
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Lynne Ramsay’s Kevin takes top prize at LFF 2011
Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk about Kevin won the top prize at LFF 2011 The London Film Festival has drawn to a
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Fiennes updates Shakespeare’s Rome in Coriolanus
Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave arriving for the London Film Festival screening of Coriolanus Shakespeare is featuring big at this year’s London Film
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New BFI Fellow Danny Boyle ends LFF 2010
The organisers of the London Film Festival say this year’s event had an outstanding British presence – including the opening and closing night
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