The 69th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) unveiled the full program line-up of 247 features, shorts, series and immersive works from 79 countries playing over twelve days from October 8 – 19, 2025.
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69th BFI London Film Festival Unveils Full Lineup
Good Boy by Jan Komasa (courtesy BFI LFF)
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First Trailer for Tomás Corredor’s ‘November’ Revisits Colombia’s Palace of Justice Siege
November (Noviembre), the feature debut from Colombian filmmaker Tomás Corredor, revisits one of the darkest chapters in Colombia’s recent history – the 1985 Raid on the Palace of Justice.
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Father Mother Sister Brother and The Voice of Hind Rajab Win Top Prizes at Venice Festival
Father Mother Sister Brother (Mubi) Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch has won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival. The anthology film starring Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, consists of three stories on relationships between adult children, their parents and each other.
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John Candy: I Like Me Trailer Features Bill Murray, Steve Martin and More Remembering the Beloved Actor
Prime Video debuted the official trailer for John Candy: I Like Me, a moving documentary directed by Colin Hanks and produced by Ryan Reynolds, of the life, career, and loss of the beloved actor.
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First Trailer for ‘Julian’ Cato Kusters’ Love Story Film Premiering at TIFF
Ahead of the World Premiere today at Toronto Film Festival, here is the first trailer for Julian, Cato Kusters’ love story drama starring Nina Meurisse and Laurence Roothooft.
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100 Nights of Hero Starring Emma Corrin, Charli XCX, Felicity Jones to Close BFI London Film Festival
Julia Jackman’s 100 Nights of Hero starring Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, Maika Monroe, Amir El-Masry, Charli XCX, Richard E. Grant and Felicity Jones will make its UK Premiere as this year’s Closing Night Gala of the 69th BFI London Film Festival taking place October 8th-19th , 2025.
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Sony Pictures Classics to Release Scarlet, Animated Film by Mamoru Hosoda
Scarlet (Studio Chizu) Sony Pictures Classics will release Scarlet, the animated feature film directed by Mamoru Hosoda. It tells the story of a princess who transcends time and space.
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Japan Selects Kokuho for Oscar for Best International Feature Film
Kokuho (National Treasure) by Lee Sang-il (Yoshida Shuichi / Asahi Shimbun “Kokuho” Film Partners) Japan has selected Lee Sang-il’s epic kabuki drama Kokuho (National Treasure) as its submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards.
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‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo’ wins LGBT Sebastiane Latino Award
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (La misteriosa mirada del flamenco) by Diego Céspedes The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (La misteriosa mirada del flamenco), the debut feature film from Chilean moviemaker Diego Céspedes, has won the Sebastiane Award given by Gehitu, the Basque Association of Gays, Lesbians, Transsexuals and Bisexuals, and presented at the upcoming San Sebastian Festival.
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Francis Ford Coppola to Honor Werner Herzog at Venice Film Festival
Francis Ford Coppola receiving the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 1992 at the 49th Venice Film Festival. (courtesy Venice Film Festival) 
Werner Herzog (courtesy of Lena Herzog) Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Megalopolis) will honor director Werner Herzog with the “Laudatio” speech at the special ceremony where he will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the Opening Ceremony of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia.
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Satisfied Trailer – Hamilton Star Renée Elise Goldsberry Shares Personal Battles in Revealing Documentary
Here is the official trailer for Satisfied, an intimate documentary on the dual journey of Renée Elise Goldsberry, Tony and Grammy-winning star of Hamilton, as she battles the rigors of Broadway fame while striving to build a family. The film explores her life-changing experience originating the role of Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton, while simultaneously navigating her path to motherhood and balancing the competing demands of career and family.
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