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London Film Festival

5 October – 16 October 2022

The 66th edition of LFF will frun from October 5 to 16. It will open with the world premiere of Matilda: The Musical and close with Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.

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  • Aisha
    Review preview for Aisha

    Wright’s performance is among the very best of the year to date.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland flounders in a maze of social services and bureaucracy as her situation becomes increasingly dire.
  • Nezouh
    Review preview for Nezouh

    If Kaadan doesn't quite get the dramatic weight to land solidly, she nevertheless has a fine eye for a poetic image.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    As a man refuses to flee war-torn Damascus, his wife and daughter face a choice.
  • Bobi Wine: The People's President
    Review preview for Bobi Wine: The People's President

    Though we spend a good part of the film inside offices or private homes, there is also a lot of footage from the streets, where passions run high.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A documentary about how Ugandan opposition leader, activist and musical star Bobi Wine took on the regime led by Yoweri Museveni, the person who led the country for 35 years.
  • Piaffe
    Review preview for Piaffe

    Full of beautifully observed details, it’s as sensual as it is provocative, and makes room for its characters to unfurl naturally.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    An introverted foley artist, Eva struggles to create sounds for a commercial featuring a horse. Empowered by a horsetail growing out of her body, she lures a botanist into an affair, through a game of submission.
  • The Damned Don't Cry
    Review preview for The Damned Don't Cry

    As with Boulifa’s first film, much here is built not upon what a specific character does but on another character’s reaction to that.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Selim follows his mother from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she's been caught up in. When they arrive in Tangier, new opportunities will give them a shot at the legitimacy they each crave – but not without threatening their fragile love for one another.
  • Pretty Red Dress
    Review preview for Pretty Red Dress

    Resisting familiar narrative routes, Dionne Edwards’ film gets up close and personal with a family in a state of flux.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Trouble brews for a man on his release from jail and only worsens after he buys his girlfriend a dream dress.
  • Medusa Deluxe
    Review preview for Medusa Deluxe

    While the choreography of all this is audacious, Hardiman is equally interested in dialogue. He loves an intricately worked sentence as much as a finely coiffed barnet.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing competition.
  • My Imaginary Country
    Review preview for My Imaginary Country

    Guzmán doesn’t need to hunt for symbolism as the protesters are often supplying their own.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Protests that exploded onto the streets of Chile's capital of Santiago in 2019 as the population demanded more democracy and social equality around education, healthcare and job opportunities.
  • Linoleum
    Review preview for Linoleum

    By the time that West is ready to show his hand directly, most viewers will be so wrapped up in Linoleum that that details will scarcely matter.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    When a satellite falls from orbit and crashes into the suburban home of a dysfunctional family in Ohio, the father seizes the opportunity to fulfil his dream of becoming an astronaut by re-building it into his own rocket ship. While his wife and daughter believe he's experiencing a midlife crisis, surreal events begin to unfold around him.
  • Blue Bag Life
    Review preview for Blue Bag Life

    There's a poignant sense of poetry underlying some of her interactions, while at other times she simply conveys pure rawness of feeling.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Documentary portrait of a life touched by addiction.

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