London Film Festival listing

It's the moment you've all been waiting for, the London Film Festival listing is out. Check out the action packed excitement you could be watching October 13 all the way through to October 28. Get ready for a very long list.

As well as the starring cast from the films you can expect to see Julianne Moore, Colin Firth, Hilary Swank, Natalie Portman, Helena Bonham Carter, Naomie Harris, Julian Schnabel, Lisa Cholodenko, Pablo Trapero, Gillian Wearing, Kim Longinotto, Joanna Hogg, Ferzan Ozpetek, Richard Ayoade, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Christy Turlington Burns.

Wednesday 13 October opening night gala Never Let Me Go 19:00 Odeon Leicester Square.

Thu 14 Oct
VUE 5
17:45 Dhobi Ghat
Four people’s lives interconnect in a tale of unrequited love in modern Mumbai.
20:15 Let Me In
A shy young boy realises his new friend might not be the innocent she first appears in this atmospheric and ultramodern vampire tale.
VUE 7
8:00 Self Made
Debut feature from artist Gillian Wearing, merging real and imaginary lives.
20:30 Let Me In
A shy young boy realises his new friend might not be the innocent she first appears in this atmospheric and ultramodern vampire tale.
VUE 6
15:15 Chongqing Blues
Wang Xiaoshuai’s absorbing drama follows a father trawling the back-alleys of Chongqing for truths about his son, shot dead by police in a hostage siege.
18:15 Revolución
Ten Mexican directors provide a wonderfully diverse group of shorts on the legacy of the Revolution that so shaped their country one hundred years on.
20:45 Chongqing Blues
Wang Xiaoshuai’s absorbing drama follows a father trawling the back-alleys of Chongqing for truths about his son, shot dead by police in a hostage siege.
VUE 3
18:30 A Family
A moving, well observed modern family melodrama from a female point of view.
21:00 Silent Souls
Aleksei Fedorchenko’s film is a mystic requiem that combines a funeral journey, a forgotten culture, and
an evolving relationship.
NFT1
13:15 I Am Sindhutai Sapkal
An Indian village woman overcomes terrible odds, but through good deeds becomes a saint-like
inspiration to many.
15:45 Blessed Events
Emotionally honest and insightful account of a surprise pregnancy and its even more unexpected consequences by a leading light of Berlin’s recent cinematic renaissance.
18:00 Pandora’s Box
Brand-new restoration of G W Pabst’s silent erotic masterpiece based on Wedekind’s Lulu, which
transformed its star, Louise Brooks, into a movie icon.
21:00 Mark Romanek (Screen Talk)
The director of our Opening Night Film joins us to discuss his stunning music video work and his thought provoking feature films.
NFT2
13:45 International Animation Programme 1
A selection of the best from international animation festivals and new films exploring how we experience
and engage (or not) with the world around us.
16:15 Maria and I
A deeply moving and refreshingly honest documentary capturing the day to day holiday adventures of cartoonst Miguel Gallardo and his autistic daughter Maria.
18:15 New African Cinema
A trio of contrasting shorts films made through the Africa First mentoring scheme: an important initiative
that seeks to identify emerging talent from Africa.
20:30 The Lips
A strange, haunting Argentine road movie that juxtaposes the adventures of three medics against the
stories of the community they have come to work with.
NFT3
16:00 Pretty Girls Make Graves
This selection of short films veers from the surreal and dream-like, to more powerful drama, to lighter
observations on the female psyche.
18:30 Plans for Tomorrow
Juana Macías’s accomplished feature directing debut revolves around interwoven tales focusing on the
difficult decisions faced by three women over a twenty-four hour period.
20:45 Ruhr
James Benning brings his rigorous perspective to bear on the heavily industrialised Ruhr region in Germany.
BAFTA
Princess Anne Theatre
18:15 Randall Poster’s Film School of Rock
The most sought-after music supervisor in the industry joins us to talk about the eclectic range of films on which he has worked.
Fri 15 Oct
VUE 5
12:15 Revolución
Ten Mexican directors provide a wonderfully diverse group of shorts on the legacy of the Revolution that so shaped their country one hundred years on.
14:45 Self Made
Debut feature from artist Gillian Wearing, merging real and imaginary lives.
17:45 Waste Land
An uplifting portrait of the garbage pickers in Rio who participated in a project with artist Vik Muniz.
20:30 Conviction
Based on real events, Hilary Swank stars in this uplifting story of one woman’s persistence to overturn a miscarriage of justice.
VUE 7
12:30 Let Me In
A shy young boy realises his new friend might not be the innocent she first appears in this atmospheric and ultramodern vampire tale.
15:00 Everything Must Go
Will Ferrell takes on a serious role in this accomplished interpretation of a Raymond Carver story.
18:00 Blue Valentine
An intelligent, sometimes painful look at the ebb and flow of love in a young couple’s marriage.
20:45 Conviction
Based on real events, Hilary Swank stars in this uplifting story of one woman’s persistence to overturn a miscarriage of justice.
VUE 6
12:45 Never Let Me Go
A haunting story of love and loss based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s best-selling novel.
15:15 The Light Thief
A visually ravishing political allegory about the economic situation in Kyrgyzstan that manages to be warm, witty and utterly charming.
18:15 In Our Name
A testament to the number of British soldiers returning from wars with mental problems, Brian Welsh has made an urgent and provocative film.
20:15 Smash His Camera
Is pap photographer Ron Galella upholding the first amendment, or is he the price to be paid for it?
VUE 3
13:00 Silent Souls
Aleksei Fedorchenko’s film is a mystic requiem that combines a funeral journey, a forgotten culture, and an evolving relationship.
15:30 A Family
A moving, well observed modern family melodrama from a female point of view.
18:30 3 Seasons in Hell
A young poet and his liberated girlfriend face a new reality when the Communists take power in Prague in the late 1940s.
21:00 Amigo
John Sayles’ typically pertinent tale of invasion and resistance, betrayal and brutality set in and around a farming village during the Philippine-American War.
NFT1
13:30 Word Is Out
Iconic and hugely influential 70s documentary breaking the silence of lesbian and gay Americans as part of the emerging gay rights movement.
16:15 I Am Kalam
In India, a working boy sets about creating his own destiny when he swaps identities with a young prince.
18:30 Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
A decade of in the life of Stephin Merritt, one of the most precious and significant figures in contemporary pop.
20:45 The Arbor
An imaginative exploration of the life and legacy of Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.
NFT2
13:45 New African Cinema
A trio of contrasting shorts films made through the Africa First mentoring scheme: an important initiative that seeks to identify emerging talent from Africa.
16:00 The Lips
A strange, haunting Argentine road movie that juxtaposes the adventures of three medics against the stories of the community they have come to work with.
18:15 I Am Sindhutai Sapkal
An Indian village woman overcomes terrible odds, but through good deeds becomes a saint-like inspiration to many.
21:00 Maria and I
A deeply moving and refreshingly honest documentary capturing the day to day holiday adventures of cartoonst Miguel Gallardo and his autistic daughter Maria.
NFT3
14:00 Plans for Tomorrow
Juana Macías’s accomplished feature directing debut revolves around interwoven tales focusing
on the difficult decisions faced by three women over a twenty-four hour period.
16:15 Under Pressure
From a harassed cycle courier to a nerd facing an evil monster, these shorts present a diverse cast of characters trying to overcome adversity and do the right thing.
18:45 Circo
A beautiful and enigmatic documentary about a struggling circus travelling the landscapes of rural Mexico.
21:00 Orion
Zamani Esmati’s guerrilla-shot drama is a searing indictment of the treatment of women in certain sections of Iranian society.
THE STUDIO
19:00 Ruhr
James Benning brings his rigorous perspective to bear on the heavily industrialised Ruhr region in Germany.
ICA
14:00 The Mosquito Net
The multiple neuroses that afflict a bourgeois Catalan family are coldly dissected in this unsettling tale from Agustí Villa.
16:15 Chongqing Blues
Wang Xiaoshuai’s absorbing drama follows a father trawling the back-alleys of Chongqing for truths about his son, shot dead by police in a hostage siege.
18:45 Sandcastle
A young man learns truths about his late father which change his view of himself, his mother and the modern history of Singapore in Boo Junfeng’s accomplished debut.
21:00 Manila Skies
A desperate labourer becomes first a criminal, then the world’s most improbable aircraft hijacker, in Raymond Red’s oddly beautiful and dreamlike drama.
CURZON MAY FAIR
16:00 Love Like Poison
Small-town life, love and religion: a familiar formula given a tender, distinctive treatment in this award-winning debut from young French director Katell Quillévéré.
18:30 Blessed Events
Emotionally honest and insightful account of a surprise pregnancy and its even more unexpected consequences by a leading light of Berlin’s recent cinematic renaissance.
21:00 Our Life
Emotive story of blue collar builder, trying to buck the odds and become a success, whilst beset by corruption and compromise.
SAT 16 Oct
VUE 5
12:00 Carlos
Olivier Assayas takes on the life and crimes of notorious 70s terrorist and headline-grabber Carlos
(aka ‘the Jackal’) in a fast-paced modern epic.
20:15 The American
George Clooney perfectly cast as a lone hit-man in Anton Corbin’s stylish thriller.
VUE 7
12:30 Conviction
Based on real events, Hilary Swank stars in this uplifting story of one woman’s persistence to overturn a miscarriage of justice.
15:00 Waste Land
An uplifting portrait of the garbage pickers in Rio who participated in a project with artist Vik Muniz.
18:00 Tabloid
Errol Morris presents his ‘first love story since Gates of Heaven’, the story of Joyce McKinney and the case of the manacled Mormon.
20:30 The American
George Clooney perfectly cast as a lone hit-man in Anton Corbin’s stylish thriller.
VUE 6
12:45 Let Me In
A shy young boy realises his new friend might not be the innocent she first appears in this atmospheric and ultramodern vampire tale.
15:15 I Am Kalam
In India, a working boy sets about creating his own destiny when he swaps identities with a young prince.
18:15 The Call
Argentinean and Patagonian set drama about the brief relationship between two women that changes both of their lives forever.
20:45 The Temptation of St Tony
Veiko Õunpuu’s dazzling, hypnotic feature is the kind of film from which cults are born.
VUE 3
13:00 Amigo
John Sayles’ typically pertinent tale of invasion and resistance, betrayal and brutality set in and around a farming village during the Philippine-American War.
15:30 3 Seasons in Hell
A young poet and his liberated girlfriend face a new reality when the Communists take power in Prague in the late 1940s.
18:30 Happy Few
Elodie Bouchez and Roschdy Zem are among the partners in a Parisian sexual quartet, in this mature, intelligent and very intimate drama from up-and-coming director Antony Cordier.
21:00 Leap Year
A bold, minimalist study of urban alienation, this outstanding debut feature from Mark Rowe earned him the Camera D’Or at Cannes this year.
NFT1
13:15 Rite of Spring
The Passion of Christ brought beautifully to life by Portuguese villagers in the 1960s, filmed by the great
Manoel de Oliveira and now gloriously restored.
16:00 Picnic
Handsome William Holden seduces restless Kim Novak in Joshua Logan’s sweeping, colourful portrayal of smalltown 50s Americana.
18:30 The Nine Muses
John Akomfrah’s sophisticated, lyrical re-telling of the history of mass migration to postwar Britain.
21:00 The Ballad of Mott the Hoople
‘The rock’n’roll circus is in town…’.
NFT2
12:45 The Magic Tree
A magic chair grants wishes to those who sit on it in this funny, action adventure from Poland.
15:15 Vapor Trail (Clark)
A moving and epic exploration of the impact of the US military’s largest overseas base on the people and landscapes of the Philippines.
20:45 Cold Weather
A crime film that refuses to be recognised as one. Cold Weather rarely takes an expected turn.
NFT3
13:00 I Am Sindhutai Sapkal
An Indian village woman overcomes terrible odds, but through good deeds becomes a saint-like inspiration to many.
16:15 Orion
Zamani Esmati’s guerrilla-shot drama is a searing indictment of the treatment of women in certain sections of Iranian society.
18:30 Mars
An inventive slice of slacker sci-fi packed with wit and ideas.
20:30 Word Is Out
Iconic and hugely influential 70s documentary breaking the silence of lesbian and gay Americans as part of the emerging gay rights movement.
THE STUDIO
19:00 Circo
A beautiful and enigmatic documentary about a struggling circus travelling the landscapes of rural Mexico.
ICA
13:30 The Lips
A strange, haunting Argentine road movie that juxtaposes the adventures of three medics against the stories of the community they have come to work with.
16:00 Ruhr
James Benning brings his rigorous perspective to bear on the heavily industrialised Ruhr region in Germany.
18:45 Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
A decade of in the life of Stephin Merritt, one of the most precious and significant figures in contemporary pop.
21:00 The Mosquito Net
The multiple neuroses that afflict a bourgeois Catalan family are coldly dissected in this unsettling tale from Agustí Villa.
CURZON MAY FAIR
15:30 Our Life
Emotive story of blue collar builder, trying to buck the odds and become a success, whilst beset by corruption and compromise.
18:00 Little White Lies
Marion Cotillard and François Cluzet head a terrific cast in this acerbic group portrait of the Parisian bourgeoisie on holiday, from Tell No One director Guillaume Canet.
21:00 Of Gods and Men
Lambert Wilson and Michel Lonsdale head a superb cast in Xavier Beauvois’s gripping and provocative drama set in a monastery in North Africa.
DELEGATES CENTRE (In Focus with Time Out)
20:30 Fighting for Identity: Turning Struggle into Cinema (Event)
A discussion around films that focus on characters fighting against oppression to preserve their strong sense of cultural and national identity.
Sun 17 Oct
VUE 5
12:15 Dhobi Ghat
Four people’s lives interconnect in a tale of unrequited love in modern Mumbai.
14:45 The American
George Clooney perfectly cast as a lone hit-man in Anton Corbin’s stylish thriller.
17:45 Everything Must Go
Will Ferrell takes on a serious role in this accomplished interpretation of a Raymond Carver story.
20:15 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Apichatpong’s fabulous Palme d’Or winner uses a gathering of humans and ghosts around a dying man as the springboard for amazing memories and fantasies.
VUE 7
12:30 Never Let Me Go
A haunting story of love and loss based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s best-selling novel.
15:00 Tabloid
Errol Morris presents his ‘first love story since Gates of Heaven’, the story of Joyce McKinney and the case of the manacled Mormon.
18:00 Le Quattro Volte
A playful yet philosophical documentary about daily life in a remote Calabrian village.
20:30 The Princess of Montpensier
A masterful historical drama by Bertrand Tavernier, about love, mores and war in the 16th century, with Mélanie Thierry excelling as a romantic heroine in the grand tradition.
VUE 6
12:45 The Temptation of St Tony
Veiko Õunpuu’s dazzling, hypnotic feature is the kind of film from which cults are born.
16:00 The Autiobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu
The life story of the Romanian dictator, assembled from his own archive footage with commanding narrative assurance and witty sophistication.
20:45 Home by Christmas
Combining documentary and narrative filmmaking techniques with skill and imagination, Gaylene Preston has created a boldly personal film that is both sincere and significant.
VUE 3
13:00 Leap Year
A bold, minimalist study of urban alienation, this outstanding debut feature from Mark Rowe earned him the Camera D’Or at Cannes this year.
15:30 The Call
Argentinean and Patagonian set drama about the brief relationship between two women that changes both of their lives forever.
18:30 Picco
Depicting life in a German youth detention facility, the debut feature from former film critic Philip Koch is uncompromising, brutal and significant.
21:00 Journey’s End
Jean-François Caissy’s poignant, allegorical documentary portrait of an old people’s home and its residents.
NFT1
13:30 Blue Valentine
An intelligent, sometimes painful look at the ebb and flow of love in a young couple’s marriage.
16:15 tbc
18:30 Stray Bullet
A gripping, twisty psychological drama with a devastating emotional sting in the tail.
21:00 The Peddler
A self-taught filmmaker arrives in a sleepy Argentine town to embark on a new project with a group of locals in this hugely enjoyable documentary.
NFT2
13:15 Cold Weather
A crime film that refuses to be recognised as one. Cold Weather rarely takes an expected turn.
15:30 Amigo
John Sayles’ typically pertinent tale of invasion and resistance, betrayal and brutality set in and around a farming village during the Philippine-American War.
18:15 International Animation Programme 1
A selection of the best from international animation festivals and new films exploring how we experience and engage (or not) with the world around us.
20:30 William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Yony Leyser’s riveting and perceptive documentary attempts to get to the heart of Burroughs using the themes that drove him as a starting point; drugs, sexuality and weapons.
NFT3
14:00 Circo
A beautiful and enigmatic documentary about a struggling circus travelling the landscapes of rural Mexico.
15:45 Pretty Girls Make Graves
This selection of short films veers from the surreal and dream-like, to more powerful drama, to lighter observations on the female psyche.
18:30 For 80 Days
A warm and humorous Basque-language drama charting the burgeoning relationship between two women in their seventies who meet again by accident after fifty years.
20:45 Double Tide
A mesmerisingly beautiful study of a female clamdigger working the Maine coastline.
THE STUDIO
19:00 The Nine Muses
John Akomfrah’s sophisticated, lyrical re-telling of the history of mass migration to postwar Britain.
ICA
14:00 Plans for Tomorrow
Juana Macías’s accomplished feature directing debut revolves around interwoven tales focusing on the difficult decisions faced by three women over a twenty-four hour period.
16:15 Sandcastle
A young man learns truths about his late father which change his view of himself, his mother and the modern history of Singapore in Boo Junfeng’s accomplished debut.
18:45 Smash His Camera
Is pap photographer Ron Galella upholding the first amendment, or is he the price to be paid for it?
21:00 Maria and I
A deeply moving and refreshingly honest documentary capturing the day to day holiday adventures of cartoonst Miguel Gallardo and his autistic daughter Maria.
CURZON MAY FAIR
15:30 Of Gods and Men
Lambert Wilson and Michel Lonsdale head a superb cast in Xavier Beauvois’s gripping and provocative drama set in a monastery in North Africa.
18:30 In Our Name
A testament to the number of British soldiers returning from wars with mental problems, Brian Welsh has made an urgent and provocative film.
21:00 Love Like Poison
Small-town life, love and religion: a familiar formula given a tender, distinctive treatment in this award-winning debut from young French director Katell Quillévéré.
ODEON WEST END 2
15:00 Africa United
An inspiring trek through the continent as a group of children try to reach South Africa in time for the World Cup.
17:00 The Bridge on the River Kwai
Guinness & co return to the CinemaScope screen in a spectacular 4K resolution digital restoration of David Lean’s epic allegory about the madness of war.
RIO CINEMA
13:00 Silent Souls
Aleksei Fedorchenko’s film is a mystic requiem that combines a funeral journey, a forgotten culture, and an evolving relationshi.
15:00 Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man
Constantin Popescu follows his contribution to the Romanian new wave portmanteau film tales From the Golden Age with a daringly ambitious debut feature of epic scale.
Mon 18 Oct
VUE 5
12:15 Everything Must Go
Will Ferrell takes on a serious role in this accomplished interpretation of a Raymond Carver story.
14:45 Conviction
Based on real events, Hilary Swank stars in this uplifting story of one woman’s persistence to overturn a miscarriage of justice.
17:45 Fire in Babylon
Revisiting the golden age of West Indian cricket.
20:15 Miral
A richly textured look at one woman’s experience of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict .
VUE 7
12:00 Little White Lies
Marion Cotillard and François Cluzet head a terrific cast in this acerbic group portrait of the Parisian bourgeoisie on holiday, from Tell No One director Guillaume Canet.
15:00 The Princess of Montpensier
A masterful historical drama by Bertrand Tavernier, about love, mores and war in the 16th century, with Mélanie Thierry excelling as a romantic heroine in the grand tradition.
18:00 Meek’s Cutoff
An absorbing and beautifully composed western, set on the Oregon trail in the 1840s.
20:30 Miral
A richly textured look at one woman’s experience of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict .
VUE 6
12:45 Picco
Depicting life in a German youth detention facility, the debut feature from former film critic Philip Koch is uncompromising, brutal and significant.
15:15 Happy Few
Elodie Bouchez and Roschdy Zem are among the partners in a Parisian sexual quartet, in this mature, intelligent and very intimate drama from up-and-coming director Antony Cordier.
18:15 The Light Thief
A visually ravishing political allegory about the economic situation in Kyrgyzstan that manages to be warm, witty and utterly charming.
20:45 I Wish I Knew
Jia Zhangke’s emotionally overwhelming essay explores the history and character of Shanghai: from soldiers and gangsters to cineastes and bloggers.
VUE 3
13:00 Journey’s End
Jean-François Caissy’s poignant, allegorical documentary portrait of an old people’s home and its residents.
15:30 Our Life
Emotive story of blue collar builder, trying to buck the odds and become a success, whilst beset by corruption and compromise.
18:30 Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man
Constantin Popescu follows his contribution to the Romanian new wave portmanteau film Tales From the Golden Age with a daringly ambitious debut feature of epic scale.
21:00 Loose Cannons
Inspiring, satirical comedy about two gay brothers, both trying to come out at the same time to their traditional pasta company owning family.
NFT1
13:15 The Arbor
An imaginative exploration of the life and legacy of Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.
15:30 The Ballad of Mott the Hoople
‘The rock’n’roll circus is in town…’.
18:15 Gunnar Hedes Saga
Mauritz Stiller’s resurrected silent masterpiece about a romantic young man obsessed with love, music and reindeer.
21:00 Two Gates of Sleep
This small wonder of a film marks the arrival of Alistair Banks Griffin as an urgent and welcome new voice in American independent cinema.
NFT2
13:45 William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Yony Leyser’s riveting and perceptive documentary attempts to get to the heart of Burroughs using the themes that drove him as a starting point; drugs, sexuality and weapons.
16:00 For 80 Days
A warm and humorous Basque-language drama charting the burgeoning relationship between two women in their seventies who meet again by accident after fifty years.
18:15 Under Pressure
From a harassed cycle courier to a nerd facing an evil monster, these shorts present a diverse cast of characters trying to overcome adversity and do the right thing.
20:30 Shungu: The Resilience of a People
A glimpse of the challenges faced by a cross section of Zimbabweans at the height of political turmoil and economic meltdown.
NFT3
13:30 Mars
An inventive slice of slacker sci-fi packed with wit and ideas.
15:45 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Apichatpong’s fabulous Palme d’Or winner uses a gathering of humans and ghosts around a dying man as the springboard for amazing memories and fantasies.
18:30 In the Hands of Fate (Event)
We bring together some LFF filmmakers to discuss the existential themes in their work.
20:45 Microphone
An adrenaline-fuelled, infectiously dirty homage to Egypt’s irrepressible and uncertain future.
ICA
13:00 Vapor Trail (Clark)
A moving and epic exploration of the impact of the US military’s largest overseas base on the people and landscapes of the Philippines.
18:45 The Nine Muses
John Akomfrah’s sophisticated, lyrical re-telling of the history of mass migration to postwar Britain.
21:00 Cold Weather
A crime film that refuses to be recognised as one. Cold Weather rarely takes an expected turn.
ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE
19.00 Another Year
A virtuoso, London set exploration of family and friendship from Mike Leigh.
GREENWICH PICTUREH OUSE
18:15 A Family
A moving, well observed modern family melodrama from a female point of view.
20:45 Revolución
Ten Mexican directors provide a wonderfully diverse group of shorts on the legacy of the Revolution that so shaped their country one hundred years on.
Tue 19 Oct
VUE 5
12:00 The Princess of Montpensier
A masterful historical drama by Bertrand Tavernier, about love, mores and war in the 16th century, with Mélanie Thierry excelling as a romantic heroine in the grand tradition.
14:45 Meek’s Cutoff
An absorbing and beautifully composed western, set on the Oregon trail in the 1840s.
17:45 Robinson in Ruins
Invigorating essay film making in which an enigmatic scholar makes a series of journeys through the South of England.
20:30 West is West
The funny and poignant sequel to East is East, in which the family return to their roots in Pakistan.
VUE 7
12:30 Miral
A richly textured look at one woman’s experience of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict .
15:00 Loose Cannons
Inspiring, satirical comedy about two gay brothers, both trying to come out at the same time to their traditional pasta company owning family.
18:15 It’s Kind of a Funny Story
A funny, astute and authentic look at the sometimes difficult process of growing up.
20:45 West is West
The funny and poignant sequel to East is East, in which the family return to their roots in Pakistan.
VUE 6
12:45 The American
George Clooney perfectly cast as a lone hit-man in Anton Corbin’s stylish thriller.
15:15 I Wish I Knew
Jia Zhangke’s emotionally overwhelming essay explores the history and character of Shanghai: from soldiers and gangsters to cineastes and bloggers.
18:00 Dark Love
The aftermath of a rape seen through the parallel lives of the assailant and victim as they try to respectively redeem and rebuild their lives.
20:15 At Ellen’s Age
When Ellen discovers her lover’s infidelity, her life goes into tail spin taking her into places and politics she never thought she’d go.
VUE 3
13:00 Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man
Constantin Popescu follows his contribution to the Romanian new wave portmanteau film Tales From the Golden Age with a daringly ambitious debut feature of epic scale.
15:30 Home by Christmas
Combining documentary and narrative filmmaking techniques with skill and imagination, Gaylene Preston has created a boldly personal film that is both sincere and significant.
18:30 Autumn
A troubled teenager tries to come to terms with life in a conflict torn Kashmiri town.
21:00 Southern District
A blisteringly perceptive interrogation of the class schisms in Bolivian society shot with bold panache by Juan Carlos Valdivia.
NFT1
14:00 Two Gates of Sleep
This small wonder of a film marks the arrival of Alistair Banks Griffin as an urgent and welcome new voice in American independent cinema.
16:15 The Peddler
A self-taught filmmaker arrives in a sleepy Argentine town to embark on a new project with a group of locals in this hugely enjoyable documentary.
18:30 Boudu Saved from Drowning
The great French comic actor Michel Simon stars in Jean Renoir’s classic tale of a free-spirited vagrant who seduces his benefactor’s wife and maid.
21:00 Womb
Eva Green and Matt Smith star in an usual love story, exquisitely designed and photographed.
NFT2
13:45 Shungu: The Resilience of a People
A glimpse of the challenges faced by a cross section of Zimbabweans at the height of political turmoil and economic meltdown.
16:00 Manila Skies
A desperate labourer becomes first a criminal, then the world’s most improbable aircraft hijacker, in Raymond Red’s oddly beautiful and dreamlike drama.
18:15 We’re the Kids from Suburbia
Growing up in the sticks is hard to do. This selection of short films is both a hard-hitting and light-hearted look at the lives of suburban youngsters.
20:30 The Parking Lot Movie
A corner parking lot in Charlottesville, Virginia proves itself an ideal location to provide an insight into the modern American psyche.
NFT3
13:30 Le Quattro Volte
A playful yet philosophical documentary about daily life in a remote Calabrian village.
15:45 Microphone
An adrenaline-fuelled, infectiously dirty homage to Egypt’s irrepressible and uncertain future.
18:30 Joy
The story of one girl’s search for the mother who abandoned her, impressively filmed throughout Amsterdam’s high-rises and shelters.
20:45 The Match King
Warners’ vivid, fact-based, pre-Code melodrama of financial corruption from 1932 is as real as today’s headlines.
THE STUDIO
19:00 The Ballad of Mott the Hoople
‘The rock’n’roll circus is in town…’.
ICA
14:00 Double Tide
A mesmerisingly beautiful study of a female clamdigger working the Maine coastline.
16:15 Mars
An inventive slice of slacker sci-fi packed with wit and ideas.
18:45 William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Yony Leyser’s riveting and perceptive documentary attempts to get to the heart of Burroughs using the themes that drove him as a starting point; drugs, sexuality and weapons.
21:00 Taipei Exchanges
An ordinary coffee-shop becomes an exchange mart and a field of dreams in Hsiao Ya-Chuan’s gently comic reverie about female (and male) desires.
Wed 20 Oct
VUE 5
12:15 Miral
A richly textured look at one woman’s experience of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict .
14:45 Another Year
A virtuoso, London set exploration of family and friendship from Mike Leigh.
17:45 Mammuth
Gérard Depardieu teams up with subversive farceurs Delépine and de Kervern for a trouble-making road comedy about an old biker heading back to his past.
20:15 Neds
Peter Mullan’s third feature as a writer and director is set in the 1970s Glasgow of his youth, although he stresses it is ‘personal but not autobiographical’.
VUE 7
12:30 It’s Kind of a Funny Story
A funny, astute and authentic look at the sometimes difficult process of growing up.
15:00 Africa United
An inspiring trek through the continent as a group of children try to reach South Africa in time for the World Cup.
18:00 A Screaming Man
A father betrays his son in this quietly moving drama set in war-torn Chad.
20:30 Neds
Peter Mullan’s third feature as a writer and director is set in the 1970s Glasgow of his youth, although he stresses it is ‘personal but not autobiographical’.
VUE 6
12:45 At Ellen’s Age
When Ellen discovers her lover’s infidelity, her life goes into tail spin taking her into places and politics she never thought she’d go.
15:15 Dark Love
The aftermath of a rape seen through the parallel lives of the assailant and victim as they try to respectively redeem and rebuild their lives.
18:15 Nothing’s All Bad
Brave debut feature which unflinchingly explores loneliness, desire and sexuality amongst four lonely souls with sensitivity and wit.
20:45 Young Girls in Black
A stylish, enigmatic study of teenage ennui.
VUE 3
13:00 Southern District
A blisteringly perceptive interrogation of the class schisms in Bolivian society shot with bold panache by Juan Carlos Valdivia.
15:30 Autumn
A troubled teenager tries to come to terms with life in a conflict torn Kashmiri town.
18:30 The Tillman Story
The latest film from Amir Bar-Lev questions simplistic notions of heroism, emerging as being about far more than the one man at its centre.
21:00 Armadillo
An intense and controversial documentary on a group of Danish army recruits, stationed in Afghanistan.
NFT1
12:45 I Wish I Knew
Jia Zhangke’s emotionally overwhelming essay explores the history and character of Shanghai: from soldiers and gangsters to cineastes and bloggers.
15:30 Womb
Eva Green and Matt Smith star in an usual love story, exquisitely designed and photographed.
18:00 British Cinema: Breaking with Convention
We bring together some British filmmakers who are using their work to challenge the conventional notion of narrative and documentary form.
21:00 Pink Saris
Kim Longinotto’s latest film celebrates Sampat Pal, a woman fighting social injustices in Northern India.
NFT2
13:45 International Animation Programme 2
More of the best in recent international animation.
16:00 The Parking Lot Movie
A corner parking lot in Charlottesville, Virginia proves itself an ideal location to provide an insight into the modern American psyche.
18:15 Relentless
A story about love and self-discovery, set in Sierra Leone, one of Africa’s unforgiving countries.
20:30 Imani
This assured first feature from one of East Africa’s most talented women filmmakers deals with three parallel stories in the course of a single day in Kampala.
NFT3
14:00 Joy
The story of one girl’s search for the mother who abandoned her, impressively filmed throughout Amsterdam’s high-rises and shelters.
16:15 We’re the Kids from Suburbia
Growing up in the sticks is hard to do. This selection of short films is both a hard-hitting and light-hearted look at the lives of suburban youngsters.
18:30 Father
A haunting contemplative essay that moves between that which we see and that which we imagine.
20:45 Elisa K
A sensitive beautifully realised study of the traumas of child abuse from Catalan directors Judith Colell and Jordi Cadena.
THE STUDIO
19:00 Manila Skies
A desperate labourer becomes first a criminal, then the world’s most improbable aircraft hijacker, in Raymond Red’s oddly beautiful and dreamlike drama.
ICA
14:00 Taipei Exchanges
An ordinary coffee-shop becomes an exchange mart and a field of dreams in Hsiao Ya-Chuan’s gently comic reverie about female (and male) desires.
16:15 Microphone
An adrenaline-fuelled, infectiously dirty homage to Egypt’s irrepressible and uncertain future.
18:45 The Peddler
A self-taught filmmaker arrives in a sleepy Argentine town to embark on a new project with a group of locals in this hugely enjoyable documentary.
21:00 Two Gates of Sleep
This small wonder of a film marks the arrival of Alistair Banks Griffin as an urgent and welcome new voice in American independent cinema.
ODEON WEST END 2
19:30 The Great White Silence
The official record of Captain Scott’s legendary expedition to the South Pole restored by the BFI, with live musical performance from Simon Fisher Turner.
DAVID LEAN CINEMA
18:15 The Call
Argentinean and Patagonian set drama about the brief relationship between two women that changes both of their lives forever.
20:15 Happy Few
Elodie Bouchez and Roschdy Zem are among the partners in a Parisian sexual quartet, in this mature, intelligent and very intimate drama from up-and-coming director Antony Cordier.
Thu 21 Oct
VUE 5
12:15 West is West
The funny and poignant sequel to East is East, in which the family return to their roots in Pakistan.
14:45 It’s Kind of a Funny Story
A funny, astute and authentic look at the sometimes difficult process of growing up.
17:45 Heartbeats
A lively, engaging drama of a youthful ménage-a-trois, Quebecois style.
20:15 Poetry
Cannes winner Lee Changdong shows scenes from the life of an ageing woman who joins a poetry class – and then learns that her grandson is implicated in a terrible crime.
VUE 7
12:30 Nothing’s All Bad
Brave debut feature which unflinchingly explores loneliness, desire and sexuality amongst four lonely souls with sensitivity and wit.
15:00 Fire in Babylon
Revisiting the golden age of West Indian cricket.
18:15 Benda Bilili!
Staff Benda Bilili are a band of homeless, disabled Congolese and street children playing both conventional and improvised instruments, and rise from desperate circumstances to international acclaim.
20:30 Boxing Gym
Renowned documentary maker Frederick Wiseman’s beautifully observed study of a Texas gym.
VUE 6
12:45 Young Girls in Black
A stylish, enigmatic study of teenage ennui.
15:15 Another Year
A virtuoso, London set exploration of family and friendship from Mike Leigh.
18:00 Patagonia
The cultural and linguistic connection between Patagonia and Wales are explored through the stories of two women in the latest film from Marc Evans.
20:45 Sensation
Sensation is a refreshing and rare film, a disarmingly subtle sex comedy that ‘s funny, smart and touching.
VUE 3
13:00 Armadillo
An intense and controversial documentary on a group of Danish army recruits, stationed in Afghanistan.
15:30 The Tillman Story
The latest film from Amir Bar-Lev questions simplistic notions of heroism, emerging as being about far more than the one man at its centre.
18:30 Oki’s Movie
In a typically inventive piece of storytelling, Hong Sangsoo wryly chronicles a young woman’s reactions to dating two very different men.
21:00 Home for Christmas
A wryly funny Christmas tale with just the right level of eccentricity from the director of O’Horten and  Kitchen Stories.
NFT1
14:00 Elisa K
A sensitive beautifully realised study of the traumas of child abuse from Catalan directors Judith Colell and Jordi Cadena.
15:45 Pink Saris
Kim Longinotto’s latest film celebrates Sampat Pal, a woman fighting social injustices in Northern India.
18:30 Peter Mullan (Masterclass)
The highly driven actor, director, writer and producer, offers an insight into his fascinating career.
21:00 Treacle Jr
Jamie Thraves returns to the familiar London environs of his feature debut, The Low Down, and to the freewheeling, low budget aesthetic that made that film such an engaging delight.
NFT2
13:45 Robinson in Ruins
Invigorating essay film making in which an enigmatic scholar makes a series of journeys through the South of England.
16:00 Relentless
A story about love and self-discovery, set in Sierra Leone, one of Africa’s unforgiving countries.
18:15 Cold Water of the Sea
The arresting debut feature from L Paz Fábrega is set in a place of idyllic beauty, but there is trouble in paradise.
20:30 It’s Your Fault
An exhausted mother finds herself accused of child abuse in this arresting, tense drama from Argentine director Anahi Berneri.
NFT3
14:00 People Going Nowhere
Characters caught between the real world and the cinematic representation of it. Includes films by Geiser, Rivers and Tscherkassky.
16:15 Lewis Klahr Presents Prolix Satori
Klahr draws on the sounds and images of pop culture to craft intricate collage animations.
18:30 Close Friends and Family Only
A programme of short films that examine close relationships ranging from undying friendship to profound love to intense hatred.
20:45 The Mayor of Hell
Rousing pre-Code Cagney melo from Warners, with ex-con Jimmy put in charge of a reform school full of tough kids.
THE STUDIO
10:00-17:00 Lewis Klahr Workshop: Narrative Collage
American artist Lewis Klahr leads a one-day workshop exploring collage, animation processes and narrative construction.
19:00 Imani
This assured first feature from one of East Africa’s most talented women filmmakers deals with three parallel stories in the course of a single day in Kampala.
ICA
13:30 End of Animal
Maybe the most striking debut in Korean film history, this pocket-sized apocalypse shows the day when electricity disappears and the road becomes a dog-eat-dog world.
16:15 Joy
The story of one girl’s search for the mother who abandoned her, impressively filmed throughout Amsterdam’s high-rises and shelters.
18:30 End of Animal
Maybe the most striking debut in Korean film history, this pocket-sized apocalypse shows the day when electricity disappears and the road becomes a dog-eat-dog world.
21:00 The Parking Lot Movie
A corner parking lot in Charlottesville, Virginia proves itself an ideal location to provide an insight into the modern American psyche.
ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE
19:00 The King’s Speech
The fascinating story of the relationship between King George VI and an unconventional Australian speech therapist.
Fri 22 Oct
VUE 5
12:15 Patagonia
The cultural and linguistic connection between Patagonia and Wales are explored through the stories of two women in the latest film from Marc Evans.
14:45 Poetry
Cannes winner Lee Changdong shows scenes from the life of an ageing woman who joins a poetry class – and then learns that her grandson is implicated in a terrible crime.
17:45 Film Socialisme
Enigmatic as ever, but provocative and visually vibrant, Jean-Luc Godard’s latest film takes to the Mediterranean, with Patti Smith briefly glimpsed on board.
20:30 Black Swan
A sophisticated psychological thriller set in the milieu of the New York Ballet.
VUE 7
12:30 The King’s Speech
The fascinating story of the relationship between King George VI and an unconventional Australian speech therapist.
15:00 Heartbeats
A lively, engaging drama of a youthful ménage-a-trois, Quebecois style.
18:00 Archipelago
Joanna Hogg’s follow up to Unrelated serves as a worthy companion piece to her brilliant and acclaimed debut.
20:45 Black Swan
A sophisticated psychological thriller set in the milieu of the New York Ballet.
VUE 6
12:45 Benda Bilili!
Staff Benda Bilili are a band of homeless, disabled Congolese and street children playing both conventional and improvised instruments, and rise from desperate circumstances to international acclaim.
15:15 Neds
Peter Mullan’s third feature as a writer and director is set in the 1970s Glasgow of his youth, although he stresses it is ‘personal but not autobiographical’.
18:15 Winter Vacation
Top prize-winner in festivals in Locarno and Seoul, Li Hongqi’s sardonic, deadpan comedy charts the languorous last day of winter holidays and the first day of school.
20:15 Submarine
The debut feature from Richard Ayoade is an affecting coming of age comedy that feels genuinely original, made by someone who’s clearly in love with cinema.
VUE 3
13:00 Oki’s Movie
In a typically inventive piece of storytelling, Hong Sangsoo wryly chronicles a young woman’s reactions to dating two very different men.
15:30 Home for Christmas
A wryly funny Christmas tale with just the right level of eccentricity from the director of O’Horten and Kitchen Stories.
18:30 Paan Singh Tomar
Based on a true story about an acclaimed Indian athlete who looses his lands and ends up a feared bandit.
21:00 Submarine
The debut feature from Richard Ayoade is an affecting coming of age comedy that feels genuinely original, made by someone who’s clearly in love with cinema.
NFT1
13:30 Treacle Jr
Jamie Thraves returns to the familiar London environs of his feature debut, The Low Down, and to the freewheeling, low budget aesthetic that made that film such an engaging delight.
15:45 Cold Water of the Sea
The arresting debut feature from L Paz Fábrega is set in a place of idyllic beauty, but there is trouble in paradise.
18:00 Turnabout
Fantasy screwball comedy adapted from Thorne Smith (Topper), daring for its day, about a husband and wife who magically switch personalities.
21:00 The Taqwacores
The Taqwacores may have a provocative, insurrectionary swagger about it, yet emerges as a heartfelt, spirited and positive blast of indie cinema.
NFT2
13:45 Father
A haunting contemplative essay that moves between that which we see and that which we imagine.
16:00 Stray Bullet
A gripping, twisty psychological drama with a devastating emotional sting in the tail.
18:15 The Pipe
Risteard Ó Domhnaill’s compelling and deeply moving documentary follows a campaign trying to prevent Shell lay a pipeline in county Mayo.
20:45 Guilty Pleasures
Exposing the world of romance novel enthusiasts.
NFT3
13:00 Close Friends and Family Only
A programme of short films that examine close relationships ranging from undying friendship to profound love to intense hatred.
16:15 Sublime Passages
Navigating routes through life, light and landscapes. Includes work by Gatten, Hansen, Meyers and more.
18:30 Truce
A young truck driver returns to his home town in search of a bride in an unusual and award winning take on life in provincial Russia.
20:45 Hunting & Sons
The disturbing tale of a young couple whose marriage disintegrates when they become pregnant.
THE STUDIO
19:00 Treacle Jr
Jamie Thraves returns to the familiar London environs of his feature debut, The Low Down, and to the freewheeling, low budget aesthetic that made that film such an engaging delight.
CINÉ LUMIÈRE
13:30 Mammuth
Gérard Depardieu teams up with subversive farceurs Delépine and de Kervern for a trouble-making road comedy about an old biker heading back to his past.
16:00 A Screaming Man
A father betrays his son in this quietly moving drama set in war-torn Chad.
18:30 Hands Up
Tender, engaging, bracingly militant drama from director Romain Goupil: a story of youth, solidarity and contemporary France, with Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi and a terrific child cast.
21:00 Deep in the Woods
Dark passions and feral revolt in nineteenth-century France: Isild le Besco stars in a stormy, provocative rural drama from director Benoît Jacquot.
RITZY
14:00 Armadillo
An intense and controversial documentary on a group of Danish army recruits, stationed in Afghanistan.
16:30 It’s Your Fault
An exhausted mother finds herself accused of child abuse in this arresting, tense drama from Argentine director Anahi Berneri.
18:45 Imani
This assured first feature from one of East Africa’s most talented women filmmakers deals with three parallel stories in the course of a single day in Kampala.
21:00 West is West
The funny and poignant sequel to East is East, in which the family return to their roots in Pakistan.
DELEGATES CENTRE (In Focus with Time Out)
20:30 Settling the Score: Composing for Film (Event)
We bring together a group of composers from some of the standout films of the LFF programme to discuss their work.
Sat 23 Oct
VUE 5
12:00 Just Another Love Story
A gay Delhi filmmaker learns many self-truths while filming the story of a once famous female impersonator.
14:45 Pudana: Last of the Line
Pudana leaves her family in the Yamal Peninsula and is forced to attend a Soviet school in the 1980’s.
17:45 How I Ended This Summer
A taut psychological drama set against a striking polar landscape.
20:30 Route Irish
The latest from Ken Loach, an intricately plotted thriller about the privatisation of the war in Iraq.
VUE 7
12:30 Boxing Gym
Renowned documentary maker Frederick Wiseman’s beautifully observed study of a Texas gym.
15:00 The King’s Speech
The fascinating story of the relationship between King George VI and an unconventional Australian speech therapist.
18:15 Upside Down: The Creation Records Story
Alan McGee puts his side of the Creation Recods story in Danny O’Connor’s brilliant, passionate and significant documentary.
20:45 Route Irish
The latest from Ken Loach, an intricately plotted thriller about the privatisation of the war in Iraq.
VUE 6
12:45 Archipelago
Joanna Hogg’s follow up to Unrelated serves as a worthy companion piece to her brilliant and acclaimed debut.
15:15 Winter Vacation
Top prize-winner in festivals in Locarno and Seoul, Li Hongqi’s sardonic, deadpan comedy charts the languorous last day of winter holidays and the first day of school.
18:00 13 Assassins
Takashi’s Miike’s slam-bang period drama plays like a cross between Seven Samurai and King Hu’s A Touch of Zen; stars Koji Yakusho and Yusuke Iseya.
21:00 Spork
A young high-schooler attempts to win the annual talent show in this wonderfully surprising and subversive teen movie.
VUE 3
13:00 Sensation
Sensation is a refreshing and rare film, a disarmingly subtle sex comedy that ‘s funny, smart and touching.
15:30 Submarine
The debut feature from Richard Ayoade is an affecting coming of age comedy that feels genuinely original, made by someone who’s clearly in love with cinema.
18:30 Even the Rain
Social unrest brings chaos for a film crew in Icíar Bollaín’s thoughtful Bolivian-set political drama, directed from a screenplay by Ken Loach regular Paul Laverty.
21:15 Catfish
A provocative and unsettling documentary about the impact of social media.
NFT1
13:00 Brightwide Presents: No Woman, No Cry (Event)
Brightwide, the online home for the best social and political cinema hosts model Christy Turlington Burns, following her directorial debut No Woman, No Cry.
16:00 Darren Aronofsky (Screen Talk)
One of the most thought-provoking directors of his generation joins us to talk about his brilliant work.
18:30 Man with a Movie Camera
Russian genius Dziga Vertov’s silent film classic, a dazzling experiment in montage and special effects employing a dynamic urban backdrop.
21:00 Lemmy
An outstanding documentary portrait of the Greatest Living Englishman.
NFT2
12:00 Animated Shorts for Younger Audiences
A selection of short animated films from around the world.
16:00 Guilty Pleasures
Exposing the world of romance novel enthusiasts.
18:15 International Animation Programme 2
More of the best in recent international animation.
20:30 Thomas Mao
A wonderful surprise from novelist Zhu Wen: the misadventures of a Chinese shepherd and his
western visitor mirror an extraordinary real-life East-West relationship.
NFT3
14:00 Reading Between the Lines
Films by Comerford, Smith and Pennell each explore lives lived along contemporary or historical borders, in Chicago, Cyprus and Afghanistan.
16:00 Sublime Passages
Navigating routes through life, light and landscapes. Includes work by Gatten, Hansen, Meyers and more.
19:00 Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry
Live animation performance by Daniel Barrow recounts a bizarre story of inadequacy, intrigue and murder.
21:00 Hit the Road
Duncan Campbell and Thom Andersen steer documentaries about the futuristic DeLorean car, and LA’s roadside signs.
THE STUDIO
12:00-19:00 The Futurist
An homage to 35mm and the architecture of the cinema. Continuous Projection.
19:30 The Pipe
Risteard Ó Domhnaill’s compelling and deeply moving documentary follows a campaign trying to prevent Shell lay a pipeline in county Mayo.
CINÉ LUMIÈRE
12:00 Mysteries of Lisbon
Sprawling, fantastical narrative of 19th-century secrets and crimes – an epic entertainment from visionary master Raul Ruiz.
18:30 Memory Lane
The events of an ordinary summer in the Paris suburbs, but given a melancholy, dream-like eeriness in this superb ensemble piece by new director Mikhaël Hers.
21:00 In Your Hands
Another unmissable performance from Kristin Scott Thomas, in Lola Doillon’s taut psychological thriller about a woman in a tight corner.
RITZY
13:30 Patagonia
The cultural and linguistic connection between Patagonia and Wales are explored through the stories of two women in the latest film from Marc Evans.
16:15 Pink Saris
Kim Longinotto’s latest film celebrates Sampat Pal, a woman fighting social injustices in Northern India.
18:30 Southern District
A blisteringly perceptive interrogation of the class schisms in Bolivian society shot with bold panache by Juan Carlos Valdivia.
21:00 The Tillman Story
The latest film from Amir Bar-Lev questions simplistic notions of heroism, emerging as being about far more than the one man at its centre.
Sun 24 Oct
VUE 5
12:15 The Book of Masters
Disney’s Russian production comes complete with a fairytale princess, a magic stone and some sinister dark riders.
14:45 Black Swan
A sophisticated psychological thriller set in the milieu of the New York Ballet.
17:45 Carancho
Urban thriller and soulful romance collide in Argentine drama about an ambulance-chasing lawyer who falls for an emergency medic.
20.45 Surprise Film
The hottest ticket of the festival, kept under wraps until the very last moment!
VUE 7
12:30 Route Irish
The latest from Ken Loach, an intricately plotted thriller about the privatisation of the war in Iraq.
16:00 Aurora
Romanian director Christi Puiu study of a day in the life of an embittered, middle-aged divorcee is a disturbing and darkly comic portrait of male angst.
20:30 Surprise Film
The hottest ticket of the festival, kept under wraps until the very last moment!
VUE 6
12:45 Upside Down: The Creation Records Story
Alan McGee puts his side of the Creation Recods story in Danny O’Connor’s brilliant, passionate and significant documentary.
15:15 13 Assassins
Takashi’s Miike’s slam-bang period drama plays like a cross between Seven Samurai and King Hu’s A Touch of Zen; stars Koji Yakusho and Yusuke Iseya.
18:15 My Joy
A chance encounter leads to a nightmare journey into a Russian heart of darkness.
21:00 Submarino
A powerful story of two brother’s attempts to escape a childhood of neglect.
VUE 3
13:00 Deep in the Woods
Dark passions and feral revolt in nineteenth-century France: Isild le Besco stars in a stormy, provocative rural drama from director Benoît Jacquot.
15:30 The Taqwacores
The Taqwacores may have a provocative, insurrectionary swagger about it, yet emerges as a heartfelt, spirited and positive blast of indie cinema.
18:30 Afraid of the Dark (Bruises)
A young woman travels to Italy from Romania to search for her mother and is taken in by a local family, in this sparky feature film debut.
21:15 October
The paths of a moneylender, a baby, a pious neighbour and a homeless pensioner and his hospitalised girlfriend all cross in this droll Peruvian feature.
NFT1
12:00 A Brighter Summer Day
Epic Taiwanese portrait by Edward Yang of 1960s youth, immersed in US culture, struggling to find their identity.
17:00 Olivier Assayas (Masterclass)
One of the most original French writer-directors of his generation joins us to discuss his remarkable career.
19:00 Mandelson: The Real PM?
An intimate portrait of one of the most controversial figures in British politics.
21:00 Edge
Filmed at a striking location, Edge is a smart and sincere character driven drama from filmmaker Carol Morley.
NFT2
13:45 Hands Up
Tender, engaging, bracingly militant drama from director Romain Goupil: a story of youth, solidarity and contemporary France, with Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi and a terrific child cast.
16:00 Super Brother
Anton wishes that his brother could help him against the bullies at school but hadn’t reckoned on him become a super hero over night.
18:15 What I Love the Most
The friendship between two friends is tested in this confident and beautifully performed debut feature by Argentine director Delfina Castagnino.
20:30 Don’t Be Afraid, Bi!
Six-year-old Bi doesn’t understand his father’s philandering or his aunt’s crush on a teenage boy; a Vietnamese mixture of muscular poetry and sexual candour.
NFT3
14:00 3 Films by Nathaniel Dorsky
Dorsky’s illuminated epiphanies celebrate the commonplace, creating film poetry from daily life.
16:00 Lewis Klahr Presents Prolix Satori
Klahr draws on the sounds and images of pop culture to craft intricate collage animations.
19:00 Break on Through
Six perspectives on transience and transformation. Featuring work by Jordan, Rebello, Solomon and others.
21:00 People Going Nowhere
Characters caught between the real world and the cinematic representation of it. Includes films by Geiser, Rivers and Tscherkassky.
THE STUDIO
12:00-19:00 Shadow Cuts
Mickey and Pluto locked in an eternal embrace. Continuous Projection.
19:30 Guilty Pleasures
Exposing the world of romance novel enthusiasts.
TRICYCLE CINEMA
14:00 3 Seasons in Hell
A young poet and his liberated girlfriend face a new reality when the Communists take power in Prague in the late 1940s.
16:30 Sensation
Sensation is a refreshing and rare film, a disarmingly subtle sex comedy that ‘s funny, smart and touching.
CINÉ LU MIÈRE
13:30 Home for Christmas
A wryly funny Christmas tale with just the right level of eccentricity from the director of O’Horten and Kitchen Stories.
16:00 In Your Hands
Another unmissable performance from Kristin Scott Thomas, in Lola Doillon’s taut psychological thriller about a woman in a tight corner.
18:30 Heartbeats
A lively, engaging drama of a youthful ménage-a-trois, Quebecois style.
21:00 Copacabana
Isabelle Huppert plays a free-spirited mother getting to grips with the working life (and the Belgian seaside) in this brisk, intelligent comedy.
RITZY
14:15 Elisa K
A sensitive beautifully realised study of the traumas of child abuse from Catalan directors Judith Colell and Jordi Cadena.
16:30 Cold Water of the Sea
The arresting debut feature from L Paz Fábrega is set in a place of idyllic beauty, but there is trouble in paradise.
18:30 Treacle Jr
Jamie Thraves returns to the familiar London environs of his feature debut, The Low Down, and to the freewheeling, low budget aesthetic that made that film such an engaging delight.
21:00 Imani
This assured first feature from one of East Africa’s most talented women filmmakers deals with three parallel stories in the course of a single day in Kampala.
WATER MANS ART CENTRE
14:00 Just Another Love Story
A gay Delhi filmmaker learns many self-truths while filming the story of a once famous female impersonator.
16:45 Paan Singh Tomar
Based on a true story about an acclaimed Indian athlete who looses his lands and ends up a feared bandit.
DELEGATES CENTRE (In Focus with Time Out)
20:30 I’m with the Band: Filmmakers and Fans (Event)
A panel discussion focussing on documentaries about bands, made by filmmakers who are also their fans.
Mon 25 Oct
VUE 5
12:15 Lemmy
An outstanding documentary portrait of the Greatest Living Englishman.
14:45 Carancho
Urban thriller and soulful romance collide in Argentine drama about an ambulance-chasing lawyer who falls for an emergency medic.
17:45 Abel
A small boy reacts badly to his father’s departure from the family home in Diego Luna’s engaging feature directing debut.
20.15 The Kids Are All Right
Julianne Moore and Annette Benning star is a smart and funny story of modern family life.
VUE 7
12:30 Black Swan
A sophisticated psychological thriller set in the milieu of the New York Ballet.
15:00 Route Irish
The latest from Ken Loach, an intricately plotted thriller about the privatisation of the war in Iraq.
18:00 The Sleeping Beauty
Catherine Breillat offers a dazzling, subversive exploration of fairy tales, dream and the mysteries of the female imagination.
20:30 The Kids Are All Right
Julianne Moore and Annette Benning star is a smart and funny story of modern family life.
VUE 6
12:45 My Joy
A chance encounter leads to a nightmare journey into a Russian heart of darkness.
15:15 October
The paths of a moneylender, a baby, a pious neighbour and a homeless pensioner and his hospitalised girlfriend all cross in this droll Peruvian feature.
18:15 Surviving Life
Eugene prefers a life of dreams to everyday reality in surrealist animator Jan Švankmajer’s witty extension of one of his own dreams.
20:45 Puzzle
A put-upon housewife finds jigsaws are the road to self-liberation in this quirky debut feature from Argentina.
VUE 3
13:00 Afraid of the Dark (Bruises)
A young woman travels to Italy from Romania to search for her mother and is taken in by a local family, in this sparky feature film debut.
15:30 Catfish
A provocative and unsettling documentary about the impact of social media.
18:30 Draquila – Italy Trembles
Arresting documentary indictment of the Italian government, focusing on the aftermath of the terrible earthquake in Aquila in 2009.
21:00 Adrienn Pál
A remarkable visual account of the inner world of a nurse as she searches for her childhood friend.
NFT1
14:00 Thomas Mao
A wonderful surprise from novelist Zhu Wen: the misadventures of a Chinese shepherd and his western visitor mirror an extraordinary real-life East-West relationship.
16:15 Spork
A young high-schooler attempts to win the annual talent show in this wonderfully surprising and subversive teen movie.
21:00 London Calling
A selection of recent shorts from some of the capital’s most exciting new filmmakers.
NFT2
13:15 The Pipe
Risteard Ó Domhnaill’s compelling and deeply moving documentary follows a campaign trying to prevent Shell lay a pipeline in county Mayo.
15:30 How I Ended This Summer
A taut psychological drama set against a striking polar landscape.
18:15 A Novel Idea (Event)
A range of screenwriters and directors from films within the LFF programme come together to discuss adapting novels for the screen.
20:45 When Love Comes
Observed with a warmth worthy of the late Edward Yang, Chang Tso-Chi’s film explores a family dominated by women – who are concealing a big secret.
NFT3
14:00 Reading Between the Lines
Films by Comerford, Smith and Pennell each explore lives lived along contemporary or historical borders, in Chicago, Cyprus and Afghanistan.
16:15 Hunting & Sons
The disturbing tale of a young couple whose marriage disintegrates when they become pregnant.
18:30 Wild River
A stubborn old woman takes on the Tennessee Valley Authority, which wants to build a dam on her land, in Elia Kazan’s compassionate social drama.
21:00 Living on Love Alone
Isabelle Czajka’s tough, acidic drama about the working life – and leaving it behind – with up-and-coming star Anaïs Demoustier.
PHOENIX CINEMA
19:00 Bow Bells and Waterloo Sunsets
Three documentaries featuring the sights and sounds of a vanished post-war London.
Tue 26 Oct
VUE 5
12:15 Submarino
A powerful story of two brother’s attempts to escape a childhood of neglect.
14:45 Surviving Life
Eugene prefers a life of dreams to everyday reality in surrealist animator Jan Švankmajer’s witty extension of one of his own dreams.
17:45 Outside the Law
After Days of Glory, another dynamic North African-themed political epic from Rachid Bouchareb, about three brothers caught up in the Algerian struggle for independence.
21:00 Biutiful
A powerful contemporary drama set in Barcelona’s underworld, with an award winning performance from Javier Bardem.
VUE 7
12:30 The Kids Are All Right
Julianne Moore and Annette Benning star is a smart and funny story of modern family life.
15:00 Abel
A small boy reacts badly to his father’s departure from the family home in Diego Luna’s engaging feature directing debut.
18:00 Howl
An imaginative interpretation of Allen Ginsberg’s poem, and the battle for artistic freedom it provoked.
20:45 Biutiful
A powerful contemporary drama set in Barcelona’s underworld, with an award winning performance from Javier Bardem.
VUE 6
12:45 Even the Rain
Social unrest brings chaos for a film crew in Icíar Bollaín’s thoughtful Bolivian-set political drama, directed from a screenplay by Ken Loach regular Paul Laverty.
15:15 Copacabana
Isabelle Huppert plays a free-spirited mother getting to grips with the working life (and the Belgian seaside) in this brisk, intelligent comedy.
18:15 Essential Killing
Vincent Gallo stars as a member of the Taliban on the run in Jerzy Skolimowski’s compelling chase thriller.
20:15 Life, Above All
A powerful drama about a courageous young girl fighting prejudice in her African village.
VUE 3
13:00 Draquila – Italy Trembles
Arresting documentary indictment of the Italian government, focusing on the aftermath of the terrible earthquake in Aquila in 2009.
15:30 Adrienn Pál
A remarkable visual account of the inner world of a nurse as she searches for her childhood friend.
18:30 Malavoglia
Life affirming story of the troubles of a fishing family on the coast of Sicily, based on the novel, The House by the Medlar Tree by Giovanni Verga.
20:30 Special Treatment
Isabelle Huppert at her shape-shifting best in Jeanne Labrune’s brittle comedy about prostitution, psychoanalysis and role-playing.
NFT1
13:00 When Love Comes
Observed with a warmth worthy of the late Edward Yang, Chang Tso-Chi’s film explores a family dominated by women – who are concealing a big secret.
15:15 Memory Lane
The events of an ordinary summer in the Paris suburbs, but given a melancholy, dream-like eeriness in this superb ensemble piece by new director Mikhaël Hers.
21:00 tbc
NFT2
13:45 Don’t Be Afraid, Bi!
Six-year-old Bi doesn’t understand his father’s philandering or his aunt’s crush on a teenage boy; a Vietnamese mixture of muscular poetry and sexual candour.
16:00 Living on Love Alone
Isabelle Czajka’s tough, acidic drama about the working life – and leaving it behind – with up-and-coming star Anaïs Demoustier.
18:00 Sunny Side Up
Endearing and tuneful backstage musical from 1929, starring Hollywood’s favourite screen sweethearts of the day, Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.
20:30 Sawako Decides
Yuya Ishii’s new film is a joyous, nuanced, comic drama: Sawako tries to save her father’s ailing clam-packing business, but it’s an uphill struggle.
NFT3
14:00 Hit the Road
Duncan Campbell and Thom Andersen steer documentaries about the futuristic DeLorean car, and LA’s roadside signs.
16:15 Break on Through
Six perspectives on transience and transformation. Featuring work by Jordan, Rebello, Solomon and others.
18:30 A Working Class Hero Is Something To Be
This selection of short films highlights characters whose lives are at their lowest ebbs, as they try their hardest to escape. These heroes prove that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
20:45 Let Each One Go Where He May
A monumental achievement in experimental filmmaking that deconstructs the ethnographic documentary with mesmerising effect.
THE STUDIO
19:00 Spork
A young high-schooler attempts to win the annual talent show in this wonderfully surprising and subversive teen movie.
GENESIS CINEMA
18:15 Archipelago
Joanna Hogg’s follow up to Unrelated serves as a worthy companion piece to her brilliant and acclaimed debut.
20:45 Edge
Filmed at a striking location, Edge is a smart and sincere character driven drama from filmmaker Carol Morley.
ODEON WEST END 2
19:00 The First Grader
The inspiring story of an 84 year old Kenyan man’s fight for education and equality.
Wed 27 Oct
VUE 5
12:15 Howl
An imaginative interpretation of Allen Ginsberg’s poem, and the battle for artistic freedom it provoked.
14:45 Outside the Law
After Days of Glory, another dynamic North African-themed political epic from Rachid Bouchareb, about three brothers caught up in the Algerian struggle for independence.
17:45 Udaan
An expelled youth has to come to terms with a new life with his estranged and authoritarian father in an Indian industrial town.
21:00 Kaboom
An ‘old school Gregg Araki movie’, Kaboom is smart, sexy and so much fun.
VUE 7
12:30 Essential Killing
Vincent Gallo stars as a member of the Taliban on the run in Jerzy Skolimowski’s compelling chase thriller.
15:00 Biutiful
A powerful contemporary drama set in Barcelona’s underworld, with an award winning performance from Javier Bardem.
18:00 Illegal
Olivier Masset-Depasse’s award-winning film is based on actual events and vividly depicts a grim reality for those retained in Belgium’s detention centres.
20:45 A Somewhat Gentle Man
Stellan Skarsgard stars in this droll, dark comedy about an ex-convinct’s return to his hometown.
VUE 6
12:45 Life, Above All
A powerful drama about a courageous young girl fighting prejudice in her African village.
15:15 The Kids Are All Right
Julianne Moore and Annette Benning star is a smart and funny story of modern family life.
18:15 tbc
20:15 tbc
VUE 3
13:00 Special Treatment
Isabelle Huppert at her shape-shifting best in Jeanne Labrune’s brittle comedy about prostitution, psychoanalysis and role-playing.
15:30 The First Grader
The inspiring story of an 84 year old Kenyan man’s fight for education and equality.
18:30 Cold Fish
Sion Sono’s outrageously splattery thriller, allegedly based on fact, shows an innocent tropical-fish seller caught up in serial murders and corpse disposals.
21:15 tbc
NFT1
13:30 Mandelson: The Real PM?
An intimate portrait of one of the most controversial figures in British politics.
15:45 The Sleeping Beauty
Catherine Breillat offers a dazzling, subversive exploration of fairy tales, dream and the mysteries of the female imagination.
21:00 Bow Bells and Waterloo Sunsets
Three documentaries featuring the sights and sounds of a vanished post-war London.
NFT2
13:15 Sawako Decides
Yuya Ishii’s new film is a joyous, nuanced, comic drama: Sawako tries to save her father’s ailing clam-packing business, but it’s an uphill struggle.
15:30 A Working Class Hero Is Something To Be
This selection of short films highlights characters whose lives are at their lowest ebbs, as they try their hardest to escape. These heroes prove that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
18:15 Infiltration
Dover Kosashvili adapts one of Israeli literature’s most celebrated novels – by Yehoshua Kenaz – in this multicharacter, multi-tonal look at a platoon of aspiring Israeli soldiers, set in 1956.
20:30 tbc
NFT3
14:00 Truce
A young truck driver returns to his home town in search of a bride in an unusual and award winning take on life in provincial Russia.
16:15 What I Love the Most
The friendship between two friends is tested in this confident and beautifully performed debut feature by Argentine director Delfina Castagnino.
18:30 Right Place, Wrong Time
The characters in these seven short films all encounter varying degrees of misfortune.
20:45 Dear Doctor
Woman director Miwa Nishikawa tells the unpredictable story of a Japanese mountain village whose much-loved doctor is actually a conman with no qualifications.
THE STUDIO
19:00 Lemmy
An outstanding documentary portrait of the Greatest Living Englishman.
RICH MIX
18:15 Submarine
The debut feature from Richard Ayoade is an affecting coming of age comedy that feels genuinely original, made by someone who’s clearly in love with cinema.
20:45 The Taqwacores
The Taqwacores may have a provocative, insurrectionary swagger about it, yet emerges as a heartfelt, spirited and positive blast of indie cinema.
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
14:30 David Gatten’s Journal and Remarks
David Gatten discusses his voyage to the Galapagos and the film he made there based on texts by Darwin and Leonardo.
Thu 28 Oct
VUE 5
12:15 Kaboom
An ‘old school Gregg Araki movie’, Kaboom is smart, sexy and so much fun.
14:45 Udaan
An expelled youth has to come to terms with a new life with his estranged and authoritarian father in an Indian industrial town.
17:45 tbc
20:15 tbc
VUE 7
12:30 A Somewhat Gentle Man
Stellan Skarsgard stars in this droll, dark comedy about an ex-convinct’s return to his hometown.
15:00 Cold Fish
Sion Sono’s outrageously splattery thriller, allegedly based on fact, shows an innocent tropical-fish seller caught up in serial murders and corpse disposals.
18:00 tbc
20:30 tbc
VUE 6
12:45 Illegal
Olivier Masset-Depasse’s award-winning film is based on actual events and vividly depicts a grim reality for those retained in Belgium’s detention centres.
15:15 Malavoglia
Life affirming story of the troubles of a fishing family on the coast of Sicily, based on the novel, The House by the Medlar Tree by Giovanni Verga.
18:15 tbc
20:45 tbc
VUE 3
13:00 tbc
15:30 tbc
18:30 tbc
21:00 tbc
NFT1
13:30 Dear Doctor
Woman director Miwa Nishikawa tells the unpredictable story of a Japanese mountain village whose much-loved doctor is actually a conman with no qualifications.
16:15 Wild River
A stubborn old woman takes on the Tennessee Valley Authority, which wants to build a dam on her land, in Elia Kazan’s compassionate social drama.
18:30 tbc
21:00 tbc
NFT2
13:15 Right Place, Wrong Time
The characters in these seven short films all encounter varying degrees of misfortune.
15:45 Infiltration
Dover Kosashvili adapts one of Israeli literature’s most celebrated novels – by Yehoshua Kenaz – in this multicharacter, multi-tonal look at a platoon of aspiring Israeli soldiers, set in 1956.
18:15 tbc
20:30 tbc
NFT3
13:00 Let Each One Go Where He May
A monumental achievement in experimental filmmaking that deconstructs the ethnographic documentary with mesmerising effect.
16:15 tbc
18:30 tbc
20:45 tbc
THE STUDIO
19:00 Surviving Life
Eugene prefers a life of dreams to everyday reality in surrealist animator Jan Švankmajer’s witty extension of one of his own dreams.

Thursday 28 October closing night gala 127 Hours 19:00 Odeon Leicester Square.

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