London Film Festival 2024

In addition to these mid-range films and features, this strand features a number of short film showcases.

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Direct Action (Country: France, Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell)
Documents the everyday lives of one of the most high-profile militant activist communities in France and asks whether the success of a radical protest movement can offer a path through the climate crisis.
A Fidai Film (Country: Germany, Qatar, Brazil, France; Year: 2024; Director: Kamal Aljafari; Writer: Kamal Aljafari, Ghassan Kanafani)
Composed of archival fragments, A Fidai Film reconstructs the visual memory of Palestine.
A Night We Held Between (Country: Palestine; Year: 2024; Director: Noor Abed)
Myth, ritual and longing at Palestinian sites intertwine with archival songs and photos.
No Exorcism Film (Country: Thailand; Year: 2024; Director: Komtouch Napattaloong)
A dialogue between unseen enigmatic entities considers reality’s construction and cosmological entanglements.
Small Hours Of The Night (Country: Singapore; Year: 2024; Director: Daniel Hui)
Drama drawing together some key moments of political resistance in Singapore.
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