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London Film Festival · 2026

London Film Festival 2026

Debate

Programme

11 films · 4 reviews

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All About The Money

A son of one of America’s wealthiest families creates a communist revolutionary base in rural Massachusetts as a means of disrupting the capitalist system he grew up in, but has now come to despise. It’s the starting point of an astonishing journey.

(Country: Ireland, Denmark; Year: 2026; Director: Sinéad O'Shea; Writer: Sinéad O'Shea)

Amazomania

Re-examining 'white saviour' footage of a Swedish journalist's documentation of an isolated tribe, showing the repercussions.

(Country: Sweden, Denmark, France; Year: 2026; Director: Nathan Grossman)

Gentle Monster

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Seydoux takes us into the maelstrom with Lucy, determined and doubtful, angry and grief-stricken, fearful and belligerent all at the same time.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A woman struggles with her feelings after discovering her husband's grim secret.

(Country: France, Finland, Germany, Austria; Year: 2026; Director: Marie Kreutzer; Writer: Marie Kreutzer; Stars: Léa Seydoux, Catherine Deneuve, Jella Haase, Laurence Rupp, Sylvester Groth, Katharina Lorenz, Regina Fritsch, Raphael Nicholas, Anton Rubtsov, Nils Strunk)

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A Good Little Soldier

A successful business executive tasked with promoting employee wellbeing while still meeting performance goals finds herself pushed to breaking point.

(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Stéphane Brizé; Writer: Stéphane Brizé, Coralie Amédéo, Olivier Gorce; Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Vincent Lindon, Sharif Andoura, David Talbot)

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

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Comes at you like a pint of lager with a Jäger bomb chaser and a packet of crisps – strong, energising, salty and sharp, you feel the headiness and the kick.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
Childhood friends Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli, and Conor played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of the lives they would have one day. Now they’re thirty, and the future they imagined is slipping quietly out of reach.

(Country: UK, France, US; Year: 2025; Director: Clio Barnard; Writer: Enda Walsh; Stars: Joe Cole, Anthony Boyle, Lola Petticrew, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack, Millie Brady, Lucie Shorthouse, James Eeles)

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Mariinka

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Its jagged edges serve to illustrate the unpredictability of living – and in his case, working – in a warzone.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Documentary focused on young adult residents of a town on the frontline of the Russian/Ukraine conflict, shot over a decade.

(Country: Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Pieter-Jan De Pue)

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Musk

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In endeavouring to provide real insights about the man, Gibney has to dig through a weight of illusion and affectation

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A detailed look at the tech billionnaire.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Alex Gibney; Stars: Elon Musk)

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My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile

Following the Russian independent journalists who fled Russia in Last Air In Moscow as they continue their lives in exile.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Julia Loktev; Writer: Julia Loktev)

Panelstory, Or How A Housing Development Is Born (Panelstory aneb Jak se rodí sídliště, Panelstory Or Birth Of A Community)

A single day in a colossal unfinished housing estate on the fringes of Prague becomes a corrosive social satire.

(Country: Czechoslovakia; Year: 1981; Director: Věra Chytilová; Writer: Eva Kačírková, Věra Chytilová; Stars: Lukáš Bech, Antonín Vaňha, Eva Kačírková, Alena Rýcová, Bronislav Poloczek, Dagmar Slivinská, Miloslav Homola, Michal Nesvadba, Ladislav Krečmer, Věra Uzelacová, Miluše Šplechtová, Oldřich Navrátil, Daniela Šrajerová, Květoslava Vonešová, Helena Pokorná)

Rebellion

In 1981, 12 young Asian men stood trial on terrorism charges for defending Bradford from an imminent racist attack. Their fight for their city – and their freedom – became international news, awakening public consciousness to the rise of fascism and the far-right. This film charts the story.

(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Ken Fero, Tariq Mehmood)

The Whisper Of Sunlight

Observes patients and their families during their final days as they grapple with the difficult questions surrounding access to a costly experimental drug that may offer them a last hope.

(Country: Hong Kong; Year: 2026; Director: Siu-pong Wong)