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Latest revision as of 23:27, 16 October 2025
Annual Film Festival in London
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]
The jury members were as follows:[3]
- Kibwe Tavares, British filmmaker and architect – Jury president
- Anja Fröhner, Head of Programme at Zurich Film Festival
- Nadia Latif, British theatre maker and film director
Documentary Competition (Grierson Award)
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Short Film Competition
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- Ming-Jung Kuo, British festival programmer – Jury president
- Matty Crawford, British-Filipino writer and director
- Lee Ott, animation director
Special Presentations
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Official Competition
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| 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 |
First Feature Competition
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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 | |
| Ish | Imran Perretta | United Kingdom | |
| Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) | Joel Alfonso Vargas | United States | |
| My Father’s Shadow | Akinola Davies Jr. | United Kingdom, Nigeria | |
| One Woman One Bra | Vincho Nchogu | Kenya, Nigeria | |
| Sink | Zain Duraie | Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, France | |
| Songs of Forgotten Trees | Anuparna Roy | India | |
| A Useful Ghost | ผีใช้ได้ค่ะ | Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke | Thailand, France, Singapore, Germany |
Documentary Competition
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The following films will compete for the Grierson Awards, which is awarded to the Best Documentary of the competition.[4]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Always | 从来 | Deming Chen | United States, China |
| The Eyes of Ghana | Ben Proudfoot | United States | |
| Life After | Reid Davenport | United States | |
| Only on Earth | Sólo en la tierra | Robin Petré | Denmark, Spain |
| Seeds | Brittany Shyne | United States | |
| Singing Wings | Hemen Khaledi | Iran, Georgia, Belgium | |
| Super Nature | Ed Sayers | United Kingdom | |
| The Travellers | Les Voyageurs | David Bingong | Cameroon, Spain |
Short Films Competition
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The following films will compete for the Short Film award.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capybaras | Los Carpinchos | Alfredo Soderguit | France, Uruguay, Chile |
| Coyotes | Said Zagha | Palestine, United Kingdom, France, Jordan | |
| Discovery Elephants | Elena Escalante | United Kingdom, Spain | |
| Happiness | Firat Yücel | Netherlands, Turkey | |
| Hope is Lost | Eno Enefiok | United Kingdom, North Macedonia | |
| Ka Ba Ddi: A Breath, a Move, a Game | Alia Syed | United Kingdom | |
| Magid / Zafar | Luís Hindman | United Kingdom | |
| Nostalgie | Kathryn Ferguson | United Kingdom | |
| We Had Fun | Linda Lô | France | |
| Womb | Ira Hetaraka | New Zealand | |
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| & Sons | Pablo Trapero | United Kingdom, Canada | |
| A Sad and Beautiful World | نجوم الأمل و الألم | Cyril Aris | Lebanon, United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChaO | Yasuhiro Aoki | Japan | |


