London Film Festival Articles

Alexei Popogrebsky’s drama How I Ended This Summer was named the Best Film at the 54th BFI London Film Festival at a ceremony hosted by journalist and broadcaster Sue Perkins at London’s LSO St Luke’s this evening. On behalf of the jury, Chair Patricia Clarkson declared: “With elemental themes of isolation, alienation and the power of misunderstanding, How I Ended This Summer is a visceral [...]

The British Film Institute has announced that the new initiative London Film Day will feature the World Public Premiere of Susanna White’s Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, starring Emma Thompson (who also wrote the screenplay adaptation), Ralph Fiennes, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith, and Daniel Mays. This BFI London Film Festival and Film London partnership will offer 15 simultaneous public premieres across London [...]

Veteran actress and London Film Festival jury member Charlotte Rampling, the star of Night Porter, The Verdict, and Swimming Pool, arrives for the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony at Inner Temple on October 28. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) Venice Film Festival 2009 best director winner Shirin Neshat arrives for the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony. (Photo by Gareth [...]

Malinese filmmaker Souleymane Cissé and guest arrive for the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony at Inner Temple on October 28. Cissé and actor John Hurt were given BFI Fellowships at the awards ceremony. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) Actor and award presenter Dominic Cooper, one of the stars of Mamma Mia!, arrives at the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony. [...]