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London Film Festival

8 October – 19 September 2014

The Imitation Game will open the festival
The Imitation Game will open the festival

The full programme for the 58th edition of the festival has been announced. It opened on October 8 with The Imitation Game and closed on October 19 with Fury.

This year's festival will feature 16 world premieres, nine international premieres, 38 European premieres and 19 archive films including two restoration world premieres. The Best Film Award will again be handed out in Official Competition, the Sutherland Award in the First Feature Competition and the Grierson Award in Documentary Competition. There is also an award for Best British Newcomer.

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  • The Falling
    Review preview for The Falling

    A difficult film, and a film about difficult women.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A fainting sickness hits a girls school in the Sixties.
  • My Friend Victoria
    Review preview for My Friend Victoria

    Only in France can a film of such delicate sensibility be made

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The story of two young Parisiennes and their different destinies
  • Cub
    Review preview for Cub

    There is no safety net for characters here.

    Luke Shaw · 3 out of 5
    A young boy heads to scout camp, certain he will encounter a monster - and he's right.
  • The Wonders
    Review preview for The Wonders

    Wisdom is quiet and the future a mystery

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Nothing will be the same at the end of this summer for Gelsomina and her three younger sisters.
  • Li'l Quinquin
    Review preview for Li'l Quinquin

    Dumont - for all the outlandishness of the film in other aspects - prioritises a messy realism over straightforward likeability in relation to his protagonists.

    Rebecca Naughten · 4 out of 5
    A blackly comic murder mystery develops in a small town in northern France.
  • Song Of The Sea
    Review preview for Song Of The Sea

    The flowing feel of the sea runs through Moore's animation, just as illuminated manuscript ran through Kells.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A brother and sister find themselves on a magical adventure.
  • Second Coming
    Review preview for Second Coming

    Nadine Marshall delivers a performance of quiet intensity.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A family is shaken by an unexplained pregnancy.
  • Queen And Country
    Review preview for Queen And Country

    Anchoring the audience with a perennial fence-sitter allows more room for the inevitable impact of the characters' stories, without the weight of an absolute ideological argument.

    Luke Shaw · 4 out of 5
    An Englishman signs up to fight in the Korean War.
  • The Dead Lands
    Review preview for The Dead Lands

    A corking action film.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A young Maori man sets out to avenge the death of his father.
  • Tokyo Tribe
    Review preview for Tokyo Tribe

    Like rap without rhythm, Tokyo Tribes is missing something vital: plot and characters.

    Donald Munro · 1.5 out of 5
    Hybrid of Yakuza gang action and hip-hop musical.

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