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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Flow
Flow
An animated adventure about a group of animals who must work together to survive a catastrophe in a post-human world.
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Never-before-seen home movies and extraordinary personal archives reveal how Christopher Reeve went from unknown actor to iconic movie star as the ultimate screen superhero. He learned the true meaning of heroism as an activist after suffering a tragic accident that left him quadriplegic and dependent on a ventilator to breathe.
Anora
Anora
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch.
Black Box Diaries
Black Box Diaries
Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country’s outdated judicial and societal systems.
The Apprentice
The Apprentice
A dive into the underbelly of the American empire. It charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.
The Room Next Door
The Room Next Door
When Ingrid finds out that her old friend Martha is seriously ill, they reunite and embark on a journey of discoveries.
Hard Truths
Hard Truths
Life's a constant struggle for Pansy. Racked with physical and mental pain, her dealings with the world are channeled through anger and confrontation - only her sister understands and is able to help her.
Familiar Touch
Familiar Touch
Follows an octogenarian woman’s transition to life in assisted living as she contends with her conflicting relationship to herself and her caregivers amidst her shifting memory, age identity, and desires.
I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here
Brazil, 1971: a country in the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence.
The End
The End
After the sudden arrival of a stranger, Girl, threatens Mother and Father's family’s luxurious compound deep underground, Son begins to question their seemingly perfect existence.
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London Film Festival Features

'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
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

London Film Festival News

Memoir Of A Snail takes top prize in London
On Falling and Mother Vera among winners
LFF to screen restored Sherlock Holmes silents
Trio of films to be accompanied by Royal Academy of Music ensemble
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