London Film Week

London Film Week is an international film festival taking place in the very heart of London during the first half of December. The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote the various aspects of international cinema in all its forms. From avant-garde independents to more established filmmakers, the festival gathers filmmakers, industry professionals, and cinephiles worldwide for screenings, discussions, and networking events.

Past Screenings

London Film Week presents: The Girl with the Needle (London premiere) 18

London Premiere: Loosely based on fact, Magnus van Horn’s fictionalised true crime nightmare will leave you with a shiver of pure… Read More
Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Magnus von Horn, 2024, 115m.
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London Film Week and Cine Brazil present: Pictures of Ghosts (preview) 18

Cine Brazil and London Film Week present a preview screening of Pictures of Ghosts. Pictures of Ghosts is a journey through time, the architecture… Read More
Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil, 2023, 93m.
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London Film Week presents: Youth (Hard Times) (preview) 18

London Film Week - Preview Screening: Continuing the observational nonfiction saga that began with Youth (Spring), Wang Bing returns to the Chinese… Read More
Wang Bing, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, 2024, 227m.
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London Film Week presents: Youth (Homecoming) (preview) 18

London Film Week - Preview Screening: Wang Bing concludes his monumental Youth trilogy in expansive fashion, giving ever wider scope to the lives… Read More
France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Wang Bing, 2024, 152m.
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London Film Week presents: La Cocina (preview) 18

London Film Week presents a Preview screening ahead of the UK release in March 2025, don’t miss out! New York’s hospitality industry—and… Read More
Alonso Ruizpalacios, Mexco, USA, 2024, 139m.
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London Film Week presents: Satu: Year of the Rabbit (preview) 18

A boy searching for his long-lost mother through Laos in this appealing debut from UK director Joshua Trigg. London Film Week presents… Read More
Joshua Trigg, 2024, UK, India, Laos, 93m.
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London Film Week presents: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (preview) 12A

London Film Week proudly presents the Preview of the new film from acclaimed, BAFTA-winning director Rungano Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch).… Read More
Zambia, Ireland, UK, USA, Rungano Nyoni, 2024, 95m.
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London Film Week presents: Grey Matter + Q&A (preview screening) 18

London Film Week presents the European premiere of Grey Matter. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Arabella Burfitt-Dons… Read More
Arabella Burfitt-Dons, UK, 2023, 100m.
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London Film Week presents: Monster (preview screening) 18

When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher… Read More
Hirokazu Kore-Eda, 2023, Japan, 126m.
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London Film Week presents:Shorts Programme + Q&A 18

Join us for a cinematic journey like no other! Experience the magic of storytelling in bite-sized brilliance with our Shorts Programme,… Read More
Various, Various, 2023, 73m.
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London Film Week presents: Last Summer (preview screening) 18

One of the world’s most consistently provocative filmmakers for nearly 50 years, Catherine Breillat proves with her incendiary, compelling new drama… Read More
Catherine Breillat, France, 2023, 104m.
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London Film Week presents: Youth (Spring) - preview screening 18

The harsh, almost dystopian life of workers in Chinese textile factories. Filmed by the greatest documentary filmmaker of his generation, Wang… Read More
Wang Bing, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, 2023, 215m.
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London Film Week presents: Omen (preview screening) 18

Following Koffi’s return to his birthplace after he has been ostracised by his family, Omen explore the weight of beliefs on… Read More
Baloji, Belgium, Netherlands, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2023, 90m.
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London Film Week presents: Out of Breath + Q&A 18

London Film Week, in partnership with Cine Brazil, present Out of Breath. The sceening will be followed by a Q&A with… Read More
Ana Petta, Brazil, 2022, 81m.
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Close 12A

Winner of the Grand Prix award at Cannes 2022 and selected as the Belgian entry for the 2023 Academy Awards, Close is… Read More
Lukas Dhont, Belgium, France, Netherlands, 2022, 105m.
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Holy Spider 18

Denmark’s Official Submission to the 2023 Academy Awards, Holy Spider is a gripping and darkly atmospheric crime thriller inspired by the true… Read More
Ali Abbasi, Denmark/France/Germany/Sweden, 2022, 117m.
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Too Close to the Sun (Le soleil de trop près) 18

London Film Week presents the UK premiere of Too Close to the Sun (Le soleil de trop près)   After his… Read More
Brieuc Carnaille, France, 2022, 105m.
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Winter Boy (Le Lycéen) 18

London Film Week presents a Preview Screening of Winter Boy (Le Lycéen)   Lucas is 17 when his teenage world is… Read More
Christophe Honoré, France , 2022, 128m.
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Love is not an Orange (documentary) 18

London Film Week presents the UK Premiere of Love is not an Orange   In the early 90’s, women left Moldova… Read More
Otilia Babara, Belgium, Moldova, Netherlands, 2022, 90m.
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Magnetic Fields 18

London Film Week presents the UK premiere of Magnetic Fields.   Having met by chance on the way to an island,… Read More
Giorgos Goussis, Greece, 2021, 90m.
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Uyra: The Rising Forest (documentary) 18

London Film Week presents a preview screening of Uyra: The Rising Forest (documentary).   Uýra, a trans-indigenous artist travels through the… Read More
Juliana Curi, Brazil, 2022, 91m.
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