The 69th BFI London Film Festival has officially unveiled its full lineup for 2025, and it’s one of the most ambitious programs in years. Running October 8th–19th, the festival will showcase 247 titles from 79 countries, including features, shorts, episodic storytelling, and immersive works. With a mix of highly anticipated world premieres, buzzy international festival hits, and some of the year’s biggest awards contenders, this year’s LFF reaffirms itself as a crucial stop on the road to awards season. Please take a look at the full lineup below and check out more information about the festival here.
Opening Night Gala – WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Director-Screenwriter Rian Johnson, USA)
Closing Night Gala – 100 NIGHTS OF HERO (Director-Screenwriter Julia Jackman, UK)
American Express Gala – RENTAL FAMILY (Director Hikari, USA)
AFTER THE HUNT (Director Luca Guadagnino, USA)
BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER (Director Edward Berger, UK)
BLUE MOON (Director Richard Linklater, USA-Ireland)
BUGONIA (Director Yorgos Lanthimos, UK)
THE CHORAL (Director Nicholas Hytner, UK)
DIE MY LOVE (Director Lynne Ramsay, Canada)
FRANKENSTEIN (Director-Screenwriter Guillermo del Toro, USA)
H IS FOR HAWK (Director Philippa Lowthorpe, UK)
HAMNET (Director Chloé Zhao, UK)
THE HISTORY OF SOUND (Director Oliver Hermanus, USA-UK-Italy)
IS THIS THING ON? (Director Bradley Cooper, USA)
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (Director-Screenwriter Jafar Panahi, Iran-FranceLuxembourg)
JAY KELLY (Director Noah Baumbach, USA-UK-Italy)
THE MASTERMIND (Director-Screenwriter Kelly Reichardt, USA)
NO OTHER CHOICE (Director Park Chan-wook, South Korea)
NOUVELLE VAGUE (Director Richard Linklater, France)
PILLION (Director-Screenwriter Harry Lighton, UK)
ROOFMAN (Director Derek Cianfrance, USA)
SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Director Joachim Trier, Norway-France-Germany- Denmark)
SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Director-Screenwriter Scott Cooper, USA)
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
AFTERLIVES (Director-Screenwriter Kevin B. Lee, Germany-Belgium-France)
BROKEN ENGLISH (Directors Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard, UK)
THE DEATH OF BUNNY MUNRO EPISODES 1 AND 2 (Director Isabella Eklöf, UK)
MASPALOMAS (Directors Aitor Arregi, Jose Mari Goenaga, Spain)
N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (THE STARS) (Director Andrew Schneider, USA)
SHOLAY – DIRECTOR’S CUT (Director Ramesh Sippy, India)
LFF AWARDS
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
BAD APPLES (Director Jonatan Etzler, UK)
BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL: THE KWAME BRATHWAITE STORY (Director Yemi Bamiro, UK-USA)
BLACK RABBIT, WHITE RABBIT (Director Shahram Mokri, Tajikistan-United Arab Emirates)
HAIR, PAPER, WATER (Directors Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý, Belgium-France-Vietnam)
HEDDA (Director-Screenwriter Nia DaCosta, USA)
LANDMARKS (Director Lucrecia Martel, Argentina-USA-Mexico-France-Netherlands)
ROSE OF NEVADA (Director-Screenwriter Mark Jenkin, UK)
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (Director Mona Fastvold, UK)
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (Director-Screenwriter Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisia-France)
THE WORLD OF LOVE (Director-Screenwriter Yoon Ga-eun, South Korea)
FIRST FEATURE COMPETITION
BECOMING HUMAN (Director-Screenwriter Polen Ly, Cambodia)
DIAMONDS IN THE SAND (Director-Screenwriter Janus Victoria, Philippines)
DREAMERS (Director-Screenwriter Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor)
ISH (Director Imran Perretta, UK)
MAD BILLS TO PAY (Director-Screenwriter Joel Alfonso Vargas, USA)
MY FATHER’S SHADOW (Director Akinola Davies Jr, UK-Nigeria)
SINK (Director-Screenwriter Zain Duraie, Jordan-Saudi Arabia-Qatar-France)
ONE WOMAN ONE BRA (Director-Screenwriter Vincho Nchogu, Kenya-Nigeria)
SONGS OF FORGOTTEN TREES (Director-Screenwriter Anuparna Roy, India)
A USEFUL GHOST (Director-Screenwriter Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, Thailand-France-Singapore)
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
ALWAYS (Director Deming Chen, USA-China-France-Taiwan)
THE EYES OF GHANA (Director Ben Proudfoot, USA)
LIFE AFTER (Director Reid Davenport, USA)
ONLY ON EARTH (Director Robin Petré, Denmark-Spain)
SEEDS (Director Brittany Shyne, USA)
SINGING WINGS (Director-Screenwriter Hemen Khaledi, Iran-Georgia-Belgium)
SUPER NATURE (Director Ed Sayers, UK 2025)
THE TRAVELERS (Director-Screenwriter David Bingong, Cameroon-Spain 2025)
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
CAPYBARAS (Director -Screenwriter Alfredo Soderguit, France-Uruguay-Chile)
COYOTES (Director-Screenwriter Said Zagha, Palestine-UK-France-Jordan)
ELEPHANT FAMILIES (Director-Screenwriter Elena Escalante, UK-Spain)
HAPPINESS (Director Firat Yücel), Netherlands-Turkey)
HOPE IS LOST (Director-Screenwriter Eno Enefiok. UK-Macedonia)
KA BA DDI: A BREATH, A MOVE, A GAME (Director Alia Syed, UK)
MAGID/ZAFAR (Director Luís Hindman, UK)
NOSTALGIE (Director Kathyrn Ferguson, UK)
WE HAD FUN (Director-Screenwriter Linda Lô, France)
WOMB (Director-Screenwriter Ira Hetaraka, New Zealand)
THEMATIC STRANDS
LOVE
& SONS (Director Pablo Trapero, UK-Canada)
CALLE MALAGA (Director Maryam Touzani, Morocco-France-Spain-Germany-Belgium)
D IS FOR DISTANCE (Directors Christopher Petit, Emma Matthews, Finland)
ENDLESS COOKIE (Director-Screenwriter Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver, Canada)
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER (Director-Screenwriter Jim Jarmusch, USA-Ireland-France)
THE GIRLS (Director-Screenwriter Sumitra Peries, Sri Lanka)
HUMAN RESOURCE (Director-Screenwriter Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Thailand)
KIM NOVAK’S VERTIGO (Director Alexandre O. Philippe, USA)
LEFT-HANDED GIRL (Director Shih-Ching Tsou, Taiwan)
LOVE, BROOKLYN (Director Rachael Abigail Holder, USA)
LOVE ME TENDER (Director-Screenwriter Anna Cazenave Cambet, France)
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS (Director-Screenwriter Hlynur Pálmason, Iceland)
RESURRECTION (Director Bi Gan, China-France 2025)
ROMERIA (Director-Screenwriter Carla Simón, Spain-Germany)
A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD (Director Cyril Aris, Lebanon-USA-Germany-Saudi Arabia-Qatar)
THE THING WITH FEATHERS (Director-Screenwriter Dylan Southern, UK)
DEBATE
TRAIN DREAMS (Director Clint Bentley, USA)
COVER-UP (Directors Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, USA)
THE DEAL EPISODES 1 AND 2 (Director Jean-Stéphane Bron, Switzerland-France-Luxembourg-Belgium)
ISLAND OF THE WINDS (Director Hsu Ya-Ting, Taiwan-Japan-France)
JOHN LILLY AND THE EARTH COINCIDENCE CONTROL OFFICE (Directors-Screenwriters Michael Almereyda, Courtney Stephens, USA)
KONTINENTAL ’25 (Director-Screenwriter Radu Jude, Romania-Switzerland-Luxembourg-Brazil-UK)
LOVE+WAR (Directors Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, USA-UK)
MOTHER (Director Teona Strugar Mitevska, Belgium- North Macedonia-Sweden-Denmark)
ORWELL: 2+2=5 (Director-Screenwriter Raoul Peck, France-USA)
LA PAGA (Director-Screenwriter Bahram Beyzaïe, Iran)
SAIPAN (Directors Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn, Ireland)
SILENT FRIEND (Director-Screenwriter Ildikó Enyedi, Germany-Hungary-France)
LAUGH
FWENDS (Director Sophie Somerville, Australia)
THE KIDNAPPING OF ARABELLA (Director-Screenwriter Carolina Cavalli, Italy)
MORE LIFE (Director-Screenwriter Bradley Banton, Denmark-UK)
OLMO (Director Fernando Eimbcke, USA-Mexico)
SHE’S THE HE (Director-Screenwriter Siobhan McCarthy, USA)
TWINLESS (Director-Screenwriter James Sweeney, USA)
UNTAMEABLE (Director-Screenwriter Thomas Ngijol, France)
WHAT MARIELLE KNOWS (Director-Screenwriter Frédéric Hambalek, Germany)
DARE
ALPHA (Director-Screenwriter Julia Ducournau, France-Belgium)
ANEMONE (Director Ronan Day-Lewis, USA-UK)
THE ASSISTANT (Director Wilhelm Sasnal, Poland-UK)
BLUE HERON (Director-Screenwriter Sophy Romvari, Canada Hungary)
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER (Director-Screenwriter Kristen Stewart, USA-France-Latvia)
THE DEVIL SMOKES (AND SAVES THE BURNT MATCHES IN THE SAME BOX) (Director Ernesto Martínez Bucio, Mexico)
DREAMS (Director-Screenwriter Michel Franco, Mexico-USA)
DRY LEAF (Director-Screenwriter Alexandre Koberidze, Germany-Georgia)
GOOD BOY (Director Jan Komasa, Poland-UK)
HAMLET (Director Aneil Karia, UK)
THE ICE TOWER (Director Lucile Hadžihalilović, France-Germany)
MAGELLAN (Director-Screenwriter Lav Diaz, Portugal-Spain)
MEMORY OF PRINCESS MUMBI (Director-Screenwriter Damien Hauser, Kenya-Switzerland-Saudi Arabia)
SHORT SUMMER (Director Nastia Korkia, Germany-France-Serbia)
SIRÂT (Director Oliver Laxe, Spain-France)
SOUND OF FALLING (Director Mascha Schilinski, Germany)
STRAIGHT CIRCLE (Director-Screenwriter Oscar Hudson, UK)
THRILL
AT THE PLACE OF GHOSTS (Director-Screenwriter Bretten Hannam, Canada-Belgium)
BALEARIC (Director Ion De Sosa, Spain-France)
GIANT (Director-Screenwriter Rowan Athale, UK)
IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU (Director-Screenwriter Mary Bronstein, USA)
LURKER (Director-Screenwriter Alex Russell, USA-Italy)
MIROIRS NO.3 (Director-Screenwriter Christian Petzold, Germany)
A PRIVATE LIFE (Director Rebecca Zlotowski, France)
RETREAT (Director-Screenwriter Ted Evans, UK)
THE SECRET AGENT (Director-Screenwriter Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil-France- Germany-Netherlands)
ULTRAS (Director-Screenwriter Ragnhild Ekner, Sweden-Denmark-Finland)
WASTEMAN (Director Cal McMau, UK)
CULT
CHAO (Director Yasuhiro Aoki, Japan)
DECORADO (Director Alberto Vázquez, Spain)
EXIT 8 (Director, Genki Kawamura)
FUCKTOYS (Director-Screenwriter Annapurna Sriram, USA)
THE HOLY BOY (Director Paolo Strippoli, Italy-Slovenia)
HONEY BUNCH (Directors-Screenwriters Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Canada)
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND (Directors-Screenwriters Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, Belgium- Luxembourg-Italy-France)
THE VILE (Director Majid Al Ansari, United Arab Emirates-USA)
JOURNEY
BELOW THE CLOUDS (Director-Screenwriter Gianfranco Rosi, Italy)
THE BLUE TRAIL (Director Gabriel Mascaro, Brazil-Mexico-Chile-Netherlands)
ENZO (Director Robin Campillo, France-Belgium-Italy)
HIGH WIRE (Director Calif Chong, UK)
LUCKY LU (Director-Screenwriter Lloyd Lee Choi, USA-Canada)
MORTU NEGA (Director Flora Gomes, Guinea-Bissau)
ORPHAN (Director László Nemes, Hungary, UK, Germany, France)
A PALE VIEW OF HILLS (Director-Screenwriter Kei Ishikawa, Japan-UK-Poland)
PALESTINE 36 (Director-Screenwriter Annemarie Jacir, Palestine-UK-France)
PORTOBELLO: THE FALL OF ENZO TORTORA (Director Marco Bellocchio, Italy)
THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE (Director-Screenwriter Hasan Hadi, Iraq-USA-Qatar)
PROMISED SKY (Director Erige Sehiri, Sweden-Denmark-Netherlands-Poland-Finland)
THE SON AND THE SEA (Director Stroma Cairns, UK)
TÊTES BRÛLÉES (Director-Screenwriters Maja Ajmia, Yde Zellama, Belgium)
TWO PROSECUTORS (Director-Screenwriter Sergei Loznitsa, France-Germany-Netherlands-Latvia-Romania-Lithuania)
WEIGHTLESS (Director Emilie Thalund, Denmark)
CREATE
ARIEL (Director-Screenwriter Lois Patiño, Spain-Portugal)
BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS (Director Kahlil Joseph, USA)
DJ AHMET (Director-Screenwriter Georgi M Unkovski, North Macedonia-Czechia-Serbia-Croatia)
DUSE (Director Pietro Marcello, Italy-France)
FUTURE BOTANICA (Directors Marcel van Brakel, Hazal Ertürkan, Netherlands)
KHARTOUM (Directors Rawia AlHag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Anas Saeed, Timeea M Ahmed, Phil Cox, UKSudan-Germany-Qatar)
MARE’S NEST (Director-Screenwriter Ben Rivers, UK-France-Canada)
MOSS & FREUD (Director-Screenwriter James Lucas, UK-New Zealand)
PETER HUJAR’S DAY (Director-Screenwriter Ira Sachs, USA-Germany)
THE STRANGER (Director-Screenwriter François Ozon, France)
WILD STYLE (Director Charlie Ahearn, USA)
EXPERIMENTA
HOTEL LONDON (Director-Screenwriter Ahmed Alauddin Jamal, UK)
THE MEMORY OF BUTTERFLIES (Director-Screenwriter Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski, Peru-Portugal)
WITH HASAN IN GAZA (Director-Screenwriter Kamal Aljafari, Palestine-Germany-France-Qatar)
THE HOUSE WAS THERE BEFORE ME (Director Elian Mikkola, Canada)
FUGUE NOTES (Director-Screenwriter Selina Ershadi, New Zealand)
RADIUS CATASTROPHE (Director-Screenwriter Jad Youssef, Lebanon)
BORDER AS INTERFACE (Director-Screenwriter Petra Szemán, UK-Japan)
NSALA (Director-Screenwriter Mickael-sltan Mbanza, Congo)
THE CONJURED ONES (Director-Screenwriter Humberto González Bustillo, Venezuela-Argentina)
TERROR ELEMENT (Directors Anna Engelhardt, Mark Cinkevich, UK-Netherlands)
HAPPINESS (Director Firat Yücel, Netherlands-Turkey)
DARIA’S NIGHT FLOWERS (Director-Screenwriter Maryam Tafakory, Iran-UK-France)
NEW TERRITORIES (SPECTACLE IS KING) (Director-Screenwriter Rhea Storr, UK)
TUKTUIT: CARIBOU (Director-Screenwriter Lindsay McIntyre, Canada)
ANOTHER OTHER (Director-Screenwriter Bex Oluwatoyin Thompson, USA)
MORNING CIRCLE (Director-Screenwriter Basma al-Sharif, Germany-Canada-UAE)
THE EARLY SUN, RED AS A HUNTER’S MOON (Director Adam Piron, USA)
SHE’S WAITING FOR THE SUNSET (Director-Screenwriter Martyna Ratnik, Lithuania)
KA BA DDI: A BREATH, A MOVE, A GAM (Director Alia Syed, UK)
NOTHING OUT OF THE ISLAND: BRIDGES (Director-Screenwriter Dalissa Montes de Oca Mosquea, Dominican Republic-USA)
HALF MEMORY (Director Ufuoma Essi, UK-USA-France)
PRIMATE VISIONS; MACAQUE MACABRE (Director-Screenwriter Natasha Tontey, Indonesia-Switzerland)
HEDGEHOG CAKES: SWEET WEAPON OF TERROR (Director Zhenia Stepanenko, Ukraine)
FRAGMENTS FOR VENUS (Director-Screenwriter Alice Diop, Italy-France)
RESURRECT ME AS A PARASITE (Directors-Screenwriters Gabi Dao, Lou Lou Sainsbury, UK-NetherlandsCanada)
SHORTS
LITTLE MONSTERS (Director-Screenwriter Pablo Léridon, France)
CANDY BAR (Director Nash Edgerton, Australia)
MOTHER GOOSE (Director Joanna Vymeris, UK)
THE WASP OR THE SHEER BEAUTY OF ACCEPTING YOURSELF (Director Cass Virde, UK)
PARTY ANIMAL (Director-Screenwriter Ali Gill, UK)
END OF PLAY (Director-Screenwriter Edem Wornoo, UK)
WHITCH (Director-Screenwriter Hoku Uchiyama, USA)
ELEPHANT FAMILIES (Director-Screenwriter Elena Escalante, UK-Spain)
ACKEE AND SALTFISH (Director-Screenwriter Jasmin Nunes, UK)
SEVENTEEN (Director Ajuan Isaac-George, UK)
I SAW THE FACE OF GOD IN THE JET WASH (Director-Screenwriter Mark Jenkin, UK)
UNDER THE WAVE OFF LITTLE DRAGON (Director-Screenwriter Luo Jian, UK)
HOPE IS LOST (Director-Screenwriter Eno Enefiok, UK-Macedonia)
COYOTES (Director-Screenwriter Said Zagha, Palestine-UK-France-Jordan)
FORGOTTEN ROUTES (Director Varta Arutiunian, UK)
MY BLOOD IS PALESTINIAN ANA DAMMI FALASTINI (Directors-Screenwriters Jay Scanlan-Oumow, Omar Ismail, UK)
BABY (Director Simisolaoluwa Akande, UK)
ORIGINAL SIN (Director-Screenwriter Amrou Al-Kadhi, UK)
HIGHWAY TO THE MOON (Director-Screenwriter Letitia Wright, UK)
CHIMERA (Director-Screenwriter Eamonn Hearns, UK)
FLOCK (Director Mac Nixon, UK)
SPEAK WITH THE DEAD (Director-Screenwriter Stephanie Paris, USA)
NOSTALGIE (Director Kathryn Ferguson, UK) SHINY PRECIOUS THINGS (Director Villő Krisztics, UK)
GOD IS SHY (Director-Screenwriter Jocelyn Charles, France)
GRANDMA IS THIRSTY (Director-Screenwriter Kris Carr, UK)
YOU CAN CALL ME LOU (Director-Screenwriter Georgia Zeta Gkoka, UK-Greece)
MAGID / ZAFAR (Director Luís Hindman, UK)
WE HAD FUN (Director-Screenwriter Linda Lô, France)
BEYOND THE RUSH (Director-Screenwriter NIYADRE, UK)
CHIKHA (Directors Zahoua Raji, Ayoub Layoussifi, France-Morocco)
DUST TO DREAMS (Director-Screenwriter Idris Elba, Nigeria)
THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE (Director-Screenwriter Sharon Hakim, France)
22+1 (Director Pippa Bennett-Warner, UK)
RED EGG & GINGER (Director Olivia Owyeung, UK)
WOMB (Director-Screenwriter Ira Hetaraka, UK)
SWEET TALKIN’ GUY (Directors-Screenwriters Dylan Wardwell, Spencer Wardwell, USA)
CRUSTS (Director-Screenwriter India Sleem, UK)
DARK SKIN BRUISES DIFFERENTLY (Director-Screenwriter Susan Wokoma, UK)
LFF EXPANDED
N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars) (Lead Artist – Andrew Schneider, USA)
FUTURE BOTANICA (Lead Artists – Polymorf, Netherlands)
BLUE PRINCE (Lead Studio – Byebyesama, France)
DESPELOTE (Lead Artists – Julián Cordero & Sebastián Valbuena, Ecuador)
DEATH OF THE REPROBATE (Lead Studio – Joe Richardson, UK)
SONGS OF TRAVEL (Lead Artist – Silverstring Media, Canada)
SOME GOODBYES WE MADE (Lead Artist – Tadas Migauskas, Lithuania)
THE DOLLHOUSE (Lead Artist – Sophie Dubé, Canada)
PLAY LIFE (Lead Artist – Algis Kriščiūnas, Lithuania)
8 PM AND THE CAT (Lead Artist – Jeong Dahee, South Korea)
MIRROR (Lead Artist – Wu De-Chuen, Taiwan)
FAMILY
ANIMAL FARM (Director Andy Serkis, UK)
FINDING OPTEL (Directors Jesse Brown, Mikayla Joy Brown, South Africa)
LITTLE AMÉLIE (Directors Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, France)
THE SONGBIRD’S SECRET (Director Antoine Lanciaux, France)
WHISPERS IN THE WOODS (Director Vincent Munier, France)
MUSHROOM’S LIFE (Director-Screenwriter Ēvalds Lācis, Latvia)
CARDBOARD (Director-Screenwriter J.P. Vine, UK)
SNOW BEAR (Director Aaron Blaise, USA)
THE NAUGHTY SEAT (Director-Screenwriter David Johnson, UK)
HOUSE TRAP (Director-Screenwriter George Hampshire, Netherlands)
THE BIG BAD WOLF (Director-Screenwriter Leo Wright, UK)
CAPYBARAS (Director-Screenwriter Alfredo Soderguit, France-Uruguay-Chile)
FOREVERGREEN (Directors-Screenwriters Nathan Engelhardt, Jeremy Spears, USA)
With 27 world premieres, 11 international premieres, and 20 European premieres, the 2025 LFF lineup reflects both the richness of global cinema and the urgency of stories shaping today’s world. From star-driven Oscar hopefuls to bold international discoveries, this year’s festival is once again set to be one of the defining moments of the fall season.
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