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London Film Festival · 2026

London Film Festival 2026

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8 films · 3 reviews

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Beware Boiúna

Deep in the Amazon, a medical mission spirals into a fight for survival when Boiúna, a colossal ancient predator, awakens to reclaim her domain. In the jungle where nature holds absolute power, she decides who lives and who dies.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Mike P Nelson)

The Devils

Review preview for The Devils

It’s a frenetic ride, but one that builds to a sombre climax.

Jeff Robson · 4.5 out of 5
A rebellious priest in 17th-century France is falsely accused of witchcraft.

(Country: UK; Year: 1971; Director: Ken Russell; Writer: Aldous Huxley, Ken Russell, John Whiting; Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Gemma Jones, Murray Melvin, Michael Gothard, Georgina Hale, Brian Murphy, Christopher Logue)

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The Face Of Horror

A vain knight, an inconvenient wife, and a marriage built on murder. Anna Biller’s gloriously lurid ghost story proves that killing your wife may only be the beginning of your problems.

(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Anna Biller; Writer: Anna Biller; Stars: Jonah Hauer-King, Kristine Frøseth, Ellie Bamber, Leo Suter, Ben Radcliffe, Bella Heathcote)

Godzilla Minus Zero

Review preview for Godzilla Minus Zero

The first Japanese production to be shot specifically for IMAX, there's plenty big on that big big screen.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
Japan, 1949. Pilot Kōichi, his wife Noriko and adoptive daughter Akiko are attempting to recover from Godzilla’s recent attacks. But just as everything seems settled, a new danger emerges.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Takashi Yamazaki; Writer: Takashi Yamazaki; Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Miou Tanaka, Sae Nagatani, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Sakura Ando, Min Tanaka, Wes Wing)

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Hot Spot

In the late 21st Century, an investigator and a member of a feared religious sect are brought together by a murder in a refugee camp.

(Country: Poland, Greece, Sweden, Norway; Year: 2026; Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska; Writer: Robert Bolesto; Stars: Noomi Rapace, Filippa Kaye, Reika Kirishima, Andrzej Konopka, George Aurimas Cris, Yiannos Mpahas)

Nightborn (Yön Lapsi)

Review preview for Nightborn

Writer/director Hanna Bergholm walks the line with skill.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
In Finnish forest, Saga and her husband Jon embark on a new chapter as parents. But Saga's joy is overshadowed by a chilling suspicion about their newborn, unbeknownst to Jon, causing a rift as she alone grapples with the disturbing truth.

(Country: Finland, France, UK, Lithuania; Year: 2026; Director: Hanna Bergholm; Writer: Hanna Bergholm, Ilja Rautsi; Stars: Seidi Haarla, Rupert Grint, Pamela Tola, Pirkko SaiSio, Rebecca Lacey, John Thomson)

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Rogue Trooper

An adaptation of the influential British comic book following a clone soldier bred for an interstellar forever-war and his fallen comrades whose personalities live on within his gun, helmet, and backpack.

(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Duncan Jones; Writer: Duncan Jones; Stars: Aneurin Barnard, Jack Lowden, Daryl McCormack, Reece Shearsmith, Matt Berry, Jemaine Clement, Diane Morgan, Hayley Atwell, Sean Bean)

The Unknown (L'inconnue)

Fantasy based on a graphic novel that sees a photographer wake up in the body of a stranger.

(Country: France, Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Arthur Harari; Writer: Arthur Harari, Vincent Poymiro, Lucas Harari, Justine Triet; Stars: Léa Seydoux, Niels Schneider, Victoire du Bois, Lilith Grasmug, Valérie Dréville, Shanti Masud, Alexandre Pallu)