BFI London Film Festival

69^th Edition

where:	Londra
when:	October 8^th - 19^th, 2025
address:	BFI Southbank Belvedere Road SE1 8XT London United Kingdom
tel:	+44 207 815 1435
website:	whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp
deadline:	The Festival does not accept unsolicited submissions for International films.

Every year the BFI London Film Festival presents a selection of the best in world cinema, presenting audiences in London, and across the UK, with a wide array of films, representing a thrilling variety of languages, genres and filmmaking styles.
We are proud to champion British talent alongside international work, and the programme spans features, shorts, fiction, documentary, artists moving image, restorations, animation, and films for families, alongside titles destined for awards-season glory.
Seeking films for selection, our programmers view a vast number of films, attending other festivals, following alumni filmmakers’ work and researching the films in production from UK distributors and international partners.

participations

2024	Aicha by Mehdi Barsaoui: Thrill April by Dea Kulumbegashvili: Competition Diciannove by Giovanni Tortorici: Dare The End by Joshua Oppenheimer: Journey Grand Tour by Miguel Gomes: Love Maria by Pablo Larraín: Galas Queer by Luca Guadagnino: Special Presentations Vermiglio by Maura Delpero: Competition Weightless by Sara Fgaier: Love
2023	Behind the mountains by Mohamed Ben Attia: Dare Kidnapped by Marco Bellocchio: Debate Levitate by Iván Argote: Experimenta Lubo by Giorgio Diritti: Thrill Paradise is burning by Mika Gustafson: First Feature Competition Priscilla by Sofia Coppola: Special Presentations Shoshana by Michael Winterbottom: Debate
2022	Alcarràs by Carla Simon: Journey The Dependent Variables by Lorenzo Tardella: Shorts EO by Jerzy Skolimowski: Dare Exterior Night by Marco Bellocchio: Debate The girl from tomorrow by Marta Savina: Journey Leonora addio by Paolo Taviani: Create The Store by Hanna Sköld: Debate Tria – Del sentimento del tradire by Giulia Grandinetti: Shorts
2021	Il buco by Michelangelo Frammartino: Official Competition The Hand of God by Paolo Sorrentino: Official Competition Hide and seek by Victoria Fiore: Documentary Competition Marx Can Wait by Marco Bellocchio: Create Small Body by Laura Samani: Competition First Feature - Sutherland Award Jury Special Commendation
2020	Bad Tales by Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo: Dare Honeymood by Talya Lavie: Laugh Notturno by Gianfranco Rosi: Journey Siberia by Abel Ferrara: Dare
2019	The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily by Lorenzo Mattotti: Family The disappearance of my mother by Beniamino Barrese: Love Martin Eden by Pietro Marcello: Debate Maternal by Maura Delpero: Love Piranhas by Claudio Giovannesi: Thrill That Which Is to Come Is Just a Promise by Flatform: What Remains The Traitor by Marco Bellocchio: Thrill The Valley by Nuno Escudeiro: Debate Waiting for the Barbarians by Ciro Guerra: Debate
2018	Daughter of Mine by Laura Bispuri: Love Dogman by Matteo Garrone: Dare Happy as Lazzaro by Alice Rohrwacher: Competition Monelle by Diego Marcon: Experimenta Suspiria by Luca Guadagnino: Gala Twin Flower by Laura Luchetti: Journey the Vice of Hope by Edoardo De Angelis: Debate What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire? by Roberto Minervini: Competition Documentary - Grierson Award
2017	A Ciambra by Jonas Carpignano: Dare Call Me By Your Name by Luca Guadagnino: Mayor's Gala Equilibrium by Vincenzo Marra: Journey Holding Hands by Gianni Amelio: Love Looking for Oum Kulthum by Shirin Neshat: Special Presentations Nico, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli: Create Sicilian Ghost Story by Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia: Dare Three Peaks by Jan Zabeil: Love
2016	Fiore by Claudio Giovannesi: Love Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis: Love Sweet Dreams by Marco Bellocchio: Journey These Days by Giuseppe Piccioni: Journey Worldly Girl by Marco Danieli: Debate
2015	Arianna by Carlo Lavagna: Debate A bigger splash by Luca Guadagnino: Gala - Love Blood of my Blood by Marco Bellocchio: Dare Hand Gestures by Francesco Clerici: Love Invisible Boy by Gabriele Salvatores: Family Latin lover by Cristina Comencini: Laugh Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano: Debate Sworn Virgin by Laura Bispuri: Journey The Wait by Piero Messina: Competition - Sutherland Youth by Paolo Sorrentino: Journey
2014	6 Desires: DH Lawrence and Sardinia by Mark Cousins: Journey 9x10 novanta by Marco Bonfanti, Claudio Giovannesi, Alina Marazzi, Pietro Marcello, Sara Fgaier, Giovanni Piperno, Costanza Quatriglio, Paola Randi, Alice Rohrwacher, Roland Sejko Black Souls by Francesco Munzi: Thrill The Dinner by Ivano De Matteo: Dare Hungry Hearts by Saverio Costanzo: Love I can quit whenever I want by Sydney Sibilia: Laugh Leopardi by Mario Martone: Love A New Family by Simone Manetti: Let's talk about sex No more lonely nights by Fabio Scacchioli, Vincenzo Core: Experimenta Pasolini by Abel Ferrara: Dare La sapienza by Eugène Green: Dare The Wonders by Alice Rohrwacher: Journey
2013	Bertolucci on Bertolucci by Luca Guadagnino, Walter Fasano: Love Intrepido - A lonely hero by Gianni Amelio: Journey Miele by Valeria Golino: Debate My Class by Daniele Gaglianone: Journey Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi: Journey Salvo by Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia: First Feature Competition Stop the Pounding Heart by Roberto Minervini: Love A street in Palermo by Emma Dante: Laugh Those Happy Years by Daniele Luchetti: Love
2012	Bergman & Magnani: the War of Volcanoes by Francesco Patierno: Treasures Caesar Must Die by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani: Thrill Dormant Beauty by Marco Bellocchio: Debate The Interval by Leonardo Di Costanzo: Journey It Was the Son by Daniele Ciprì: Official Competition Reality by Matteo Garrone: Debate The Red and the Blue by Giuseppe Piccioni: Journey
2011	Drifters by Matteo Rovere: Cinema Europa Habemus Papam by Nanni Moretti: Galas & Special Screenings Heavenly Body by Alice Rohrwacher: Cinema Europa the Jewel by Andrea Molaioli: Cinema Europa Seven Acts of Mercy by Gianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De Serio: Cinema Europa Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre: Cinema Europa Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese: Cinema Europa This must be the place by Paolo Sorrentino: Film on the Square When the Night by Cristina Comencini: Film on the Square The Wholly Family by Terry Gilliam: The School of Life
2010	Afraid of the Dark by Massimo Coppola: Cinema Europa The Call by Stefano Pasetto: Cinema Europa Dark Love by Antonio Capuano: Cinema Europa Draquila - L'Italia che trema by Sabina Guzzanti: Cinema Europa The House by the Medlar tree by Pasquale Scimeca: Cinema Europa Loose Cannons by Ferzan Ozpetek: Film on the Square La nostra vita by Daniele Luchetti: Cinema Europa Le quattro volte by Michelangelo Frammartino: Film on the Square
2009	As God Commands by Gabriele Salvatores: Cinema Europa The Big Dream by Michele Placido: Cinema Europa The Double Hour by Giuseppe Capotondi: Cinema Europa Giulia doesn’t date at night by Giuseppe Piccioni: Cinema Europa The Man Who Will Come by Giorgio Diritti: Cinema Europa The Time That Remains by Elia Suleiman: Film on the Square Vincere by Marco Bellocchio: Film on the Square What Do You Know About Me by Valerio Ialongo: Cinema Europa The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke: Gala & Special Screenings The White Space by Francesca Comencini: Cinema Europa
2008	Black Sea by Federico Bondi: Cinema Europa Il divo by Paolo Sorrentino: Film on the Square Le genou d’Artémide by Jean-Marie Straub: Experimenta I Am Alive by Dino Gentili, Filippo Gentili: Cinema Europa Lorna's Silence by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne: Film on the Square Mia and the Migoo by Jacques-Rémy Girerd: French Revolutions Mid-August Lunch by Gianni di Gregorio: Cinema Europa - Satyajit Ray Award Miracle at St. Anna by Spike Lee: Film on the Square The Past Is a Foreign Land by Daniele Vicari: Cinema Europa A Perfect Day by Ferzan Ozpetek: Film on the Square Quiet chaos by Antonello Grimaldi: Film on the Square Three Monkeys by Nuri Bilge Ceylan: Film on the Square
2007	Andres and Me by Andrea Adriatico: Cinema Europa Days and Clouds by Silvio Soldini: Cinema Europa Don't Think About It by Gianni Zanasi: Cinema Europa Don't Touch The Axe by Jacques Rivette: Film on the Square In Memory of Myself by Saverio Costanzo: Cinema Europa The Match by Ursula Ferrara My Brother is an Only Child by Daniele Luchetti: Film on the Square News by Ursula Ferrara One Hundred Nails by Ermanno Olmi: Cinema Europa Saturn in Opposition by Ferzan Ozpetek: Cinema Europa Vogliamo anche le rose by Alina Marazzi: Cinema Europa The Waltz by Salvatore Maira: Cinema Europa
2006	Along the Ridge by Kim Rossi Stuart: Cinema Europa As the Shadow by Marina Spada: Cinema Europa Babooska by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel: Cinema Europa The Caiman by Nanni Moretti: Film on the Square Crime Novel by Michele Placido: Film on the Square The family friend by Paolo Sorrentino: Film on the Square The missing star by Gianni Amelio: Cinema Europa Primo Levi’s Journey by Davide Ferrario: Cinema Europa Salty Air by Alessandro Angelini: Cinema Europa Ten Canoes by Rolf de Heer: Film on the Square The Wedding Director by Marco Bellocchio: Cinema Europa
2005	Don't tell by Cristina Comencini: Cinema Europa Enfer by Denis Tanovic: Film on the Square Hidden by Michael Haneke: French Revolutions Mario's War by Antonio Capuano: Cinema Europa Once you're born you can no longer hide by Marco Tullio Giordana: Cinema Europa Quo Vadis, Baby? by Gabriele Salvatores: Cinema Europa Sacred Heart by Ferzan Ozpetek: Cinema Europa The shoes by Andrea Rovetta: Short Cuts and Animations The wind blows round by Giorgio Diritti: Cinema Europa
2004	2046 by Wong Kar-Wai: Centrepiece Screening The age of fire by Mauro Calvone: Short Competition, Section: Strange Days Caterina in the big city by Paolo Virzì: Cinema Europa The Consequences of Love by Paolo Sorrentino: Sky Movies Film on the Square Il giorno del falco by Rodolfo Bisatti: Cinema Europa The Holy Girl by Lucrecia Martel: Sky Movies Film on the Square The house keys by Gianni Amelio: Cinema Europa I like to work (mobbing) by Francesca Comencini: Cinema Europa Tropical malady by Apichatpong Weerasethakul: World Cinema The weeping meadow by Theo Angelopoulos: Sky Movies Film on the Square
2003	The best of youth by Marco Tullio Giordana: Cinema Europa The Dreamers by Bernardo Bertolucci: Gala FIlms Facing window by Ferzan Ozpetek: Cinema Europa Good morning, night by Marco Bellocchio: Orange Film on the Square I'm not scared by Gabriele Salvatores: Orange Film on the Square It's easier for a camel... by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi: French Revolutions The last customer by Nanni Moretti: Short Cuts: Finale Now or never by Lucio Pellegrini: Cinema Europa Remember me by Gabriele Muccino: Cinema Europa The return of Cagliostro by Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco: Cinema Europa
2002	Across the border by Rolando Colla: Cinema Europa Burning in the wind by Silvio Soldini: Cinema Europa Carlo Giuliani, a boy by Francesca Comencini: Cinema Europa Don Vitaliano by Paolo Pisanelli The embalmer by Matteo Garrone: Cinema Europa Grazia's Island by Emanuele Crialese: Cinema Europa A Journey Called Love by Michele Placido: Cinema Europa Kedma by Amos Gitai: Orange Film on the Square Lettere al vento by Edmond Budina: Cinema Europa A Lucky Day by Sandra Gugliotta: World Cinema Monday morning by Otar Iosseliani: Orange Film on the Square My mother's smile by Marco Bellocchio: Orange Film on the Square The Three Marias by Aluizio Abranches: World Cinema
2001	Domenica by Wilma Labate: Cinema Europa Hotel by Mike Figgis: Evening Standard Film on the Square How Harry became a tree by Goran Paskaljevic: Cinema Europa Ignorant fairies by Ferzan Ozpetek: Cinema Europa Imperfect love by Giovanni Davide Maderna: Cinema Europa The Last Kiss by Gabriele Muccino: Cinema Europa Light of my eyes by Giuseppe Piccioni: Cinema Europa My voyage in Italy by Martin Scorsese: Treasures from the Archives Off to the revolution by a 2cv by Maurizio Sciarra: Cinema Europa Secret ballot by Babak Payami: World Cinema The son's room by Nanni Moretti: Evening Standard Film on the Square This is my chocky message by Elisabetta Sgarbi, Paolo Mosca: Short Tomorrow by Francesca Archibugi: Cinema Europa
2000	The impure glance by Giuseppe Rocca: Panorama

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