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London Film Festival's 68th edition will open with Steve McQueen's Blitz on October 9 and run until October 20. Among the film's screening is Cannes Grand Prix winner All We Imagine As Light.

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I'm Your Venus
Documentary considering the unsolved murder of Paris Is Burning star Venus Xtravaganza.
When Autumn Falls
Michelle, a model grandmother, is enjoying peaceful retirement in a Burgundy village, close to her best friend Marie-Claude. On All Saints' Day, her daughter Valérie arrives to drop off her grandson Lucas for the school holiday week. But nothing will go to plan.
Sister Midnight
Black comedy about a woman trying to navigate a newly arranged marriage.
The Surfer
Humiliated in front of his son by a surf gang, a man gets drawn into an escalating conflict.
On Falling
Trapped between the confines of her workplace and the solitude of her flat-share, a Portuguese warehouse picker in Scotland seeks to resist the loneliness, alienation and ensuing small talk which begin to threaten her sense of self.
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
Maria
Dramatisation of the life of the opera singer Maria Callas.
A Real Pain
Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
We Live In Time
Almut and Tobias are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives.
Sebastian
Max, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel.
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London Film Festival Features

Taking the plunge as 'angel and devil'
French actor Félix Kysyl on his first lead role in Misericordia
'There is a bit of me in lots of the characters I create'
Misericordia director Guiraudie on his tale of the unexpected
The outlaw
Karan Kandhari on artistic inspirations and Sister Midnight
'She's a character who is almost experiencing performance anxiety'
Laura Carreira on buidling character with her cast and cinematographer in On Falling
'There's a certain pleasure to cinematic artifice'
Matthew Rankin on world-building and catharsis in Universal Language
Looking back
RaMell Ross on basketball, filmmaking, overcoming objectification and Nickel Boys
Peering into the heart of darkness
Jeremy Strong on playing Roy Cohn in The Apprentice
Going for gold
Sebastian Stan on playing Donald Trump in The Apprentice
Beautiful and difficult
Sandhya Suri on semi-urban outposts, moral ambiguity and Santosh
'I think there is a wisdom to children that adults lose sight of'
Matthew Rankin on liminal spaces and child's play in Universal Language
A little unpredictability
Payal Kapadia on cinematic inspirations and All We Imagine As Light
Reflections of a cat
Gints Zilbalodis on Hayao Miyazaki, fairy tales and Latvia’s Oscar submission, Flow
'I’m still enjoying the process of talking about Julie and advocating for her silence'
Leonardo van Dijl on Belgian Oscar nominee Julie Keeps Quiet
Leaning to darkness
Aislinn Clarke on the Na Sidhe, Ireland's troubled history, and Fréwaka
Well seasoned
François Ozon, Hélène Vincent and Josiane Balasko on creating characters of a certain age in When Fall Is Coming
Art, friendship and nature
Tilda Swinton on dressing for Pedro Almodóvar, and The Room Next Door
'I always thought that losing my mother also was discovering her'
Sylvia Le Fanu on bringing her own experience of grief to My Eternal Summer
'It is impossible to escape memory'
Director Fabrice du Welz on the lingering trauma of the real case behind Maldoror and the questions he hopes to provoke
Last minute London Film Festival highlights
Films to catch that still have tickets available
'Our life is defined by work. I think it's consuming us'
Laura Carreira on the gig economy and loneliness in her Silver Shell-winner On Falling
Concrete ideas
Alessandro Nivola on Costantino Nivola, Le Corbusier, and The Brutalist
Breaking the mould
Memoir Of A Snail director Adam Elliot on creating textured underdogs and emotional conflict
Audiard on a crazy musical spree in Mexico
Director on changing identity, democracy and drug cartels
At last Maddin makes mischief in Cannes
G7 satire star power for Rumours filmmaker
Arnold reveals the naked truth
Cannes award-winning director of Bird on how images spark imagination
'I couldn't stay indifferent'
Ilyas Yourish on his motivations for making documentary Kamay
Contemplating change
Cécile Embleton and Alys Tomlinson on filmmaking and life choices in Mother Vera
'I start working from a very intellectual perspective, but then it's a lot of intuition'
Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias on experimentation and storytelling in Pepe

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