External links
- BFI London Film Festival 2025 festival brochure
- BFI London Film Festival 2025 accessible festival brochure
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| Opening film | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery |
|---|---|
| Closing film | 100 Nights of Hero |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Founded | 1957 |
| No. of films | 247 |
| Festival date | 8–19 October 2025 |
| Website | whatson |
The 69th BFI London Film Festival will take place from 8 to 19 October 2025. [1] The competition films were announced on 21 August 2025 while the films for the galas and the strands were revealed on 3 September 2025. The festival will showcase 247 film from 79 countries and open with the 2025 American mystery film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery , written and directed by Rian Johnson and close with the 2025 historical fantasy film 100 Nights of Hero written and directed by Julia Jackman. [2]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afterlives | Kevin B. Lee | Germany, Belgium, France | |
| Broken English | Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard | United Kingdom | |
| The Death of Bunny Munro (series; ep. 1–2) | Isabella Eklöf | United Kingdom | |
| Maspalomas | Aitor Arregi, Jose Mari Goenaga | Spain | |
| Now Is When We Are (The Stars) | Andrew Schneider | United States | |
| Sholay (director's cut) | Ramesh Sippy | India | |
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Apples | Jonatan Etzler | United Kingdom | |
| Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story | Yemi Bamiro | United Kingdom, United States | |
| Black Rabbit, White Rabbit | Shahram Mokri | Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates | |
| Hair, Paper, Water... | Tóc, giấy và nước... | Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý | Belgium, France, Vietnam |
| Hedda | Nia DaCosta | United States | |
| Landmarks | Nuestra tierra | Lucrecia Martel | Argentina, United States, Mexico, France, Netherlands |
| Rose of Nevada | Mark Jenkin | United Kingdom | |
| The Testament of Ann Lee | Mona Fastvold | United Kingdom | |
| The Voice of Hind Rajab | صوت هند رجب | Kaouther Ben Hania | Tunisia, France |
| The World of Love | 세계의 주인 | Yoon Ga-eun | South Korea |
The following films competed for the Sutherland Award, which is awarded to a directorial debut:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Becoming Human | Chiet Chea Manusa | Polen Ly | Cambodia, United States |
| Diamonds in the Sand | 孤獨大叔出走中 | Janus Victoria | Japan, Malaysia, Philippines |
| Dreamers | Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor | United Kingdom | |
The following films will compete for the Grierson Awards, which is awarded to the Best Documentary of the competition. [3]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Only on Earth | Sólo en la tierra | Robin Petré | Argentina, United Kingdom |
| Singing Wings | Hemen Khaledi | Iran, Georgia, Belgium | |
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| & Sons | Pablo Trapero | United Kingdom, Canada | |
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover-Up | Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus | United States | |
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fwends | Sophie Somerville | Australia | |
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | Julia Ducournau | France, Belgium | |
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the Place of Ghosts | Sk+te’kmujue’katik | Bretten Hannam | Canada, Belgium |
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChaO | Yasuhiro Aoki | Japan | |
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