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London Film Festival · 2026

London Film Festival 2026

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18 films · 3 reviews

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Ana En Passant

Feeling lost after her beloved grandmother dies, Ana travels from Brazil to Paris to follow in her relative’s footsteps. Animation.

(Country: Portugal, Brazil, France; Year: 2026; Director: Fernanda Salgado; Writer: Fernanda Salgado)

A Bit Of Light (Kami Nour)

After being arrested and having his medical practice shut down, an Iranian doctor loses faith in the future and resolves to end his life - but one final day among his family begins to unsettle his decision.

(Country: Iran, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Turkey; Year: 2026; Director: Ali Asgari; Writer: Ali Asgari, Shadmehr Rastin; Stars: Misagh Zare, Sadaf Asgari, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Ramtin Daghigh, Mina Rahimzadeh)

Clarissa

A modern reimagining of the Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Chuko Esiri, Arie Esiri; Writer: Chuko Esiri; Stars: Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo, India Ria Amarteifio, Ayo Edebiri, Toheeb Jimoh, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Jude Akuwudike, Kehinde Cardoso, Ogranya, Danny Sapani, Fortune Nwafor, Modesinuola Ogundiwin, Joy Sunday, Chioma Omeruah, Joke Silva)

La Derive (La Dérive)

Jacquie, a beautiful 20-year-old, experiences various encounters with men in the south of France, where she returns to her family after leaving Paris.

(Year: 1964; Director: Paula Delsol; Writer: Paula Delsol; Stars: Jacqueline Vandal, Paulette Dubost, Pierre Barouh, André Nader, Noëlle Noblecourt, Anne-Marie Coffinet, Jean-François Calvé, Lucien Barjon)

Everest: The Other Side

Review preview for Everest: The Other Side

While there are undeniably parts built for the big screen spectacle, which are juxtaposed with an emotional weight, the film's rudimentary form is the enemy within.

Paul Risker · 3 out of 5
Follows two mountaineers as they attempt to climb and ski the direct North Face of Mount Everest.

(Year: 2026; Director: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi; Writer: Jimmy Chin, Lindsey Ferrentino, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi)

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Florid

Review preview for Florid

Clear-sighted perspective, coupled with carefully calibrated sound design from Dario Swade, doesn’t make light of what Jamal experiences, but nor does it sensationalise them.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A young man in supported housing tries to juggle his musical aspirations and mental health issues.

(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Billy Lumby; Stars: Jonathan Jules, Saskia Chana, Abdul Basith, Unknown T, Clare Holman, Jennifer Greenidge, Marlon Bravi)

Full review See: Florid director Billy Lumby and his cast on bringing an authentic picture of mental health to the big screen

A Girl Unknown (Wu ming nü hai)

A Chinese girl grows up from the age of 6 to 18 across three families, each giving her a new name and a different life. As she searches for belonging and the possibility of love, she must face the weight of her past and and the uncertainty of her future - until she finds her own way.

(Country: China, France; Year: 2026; Director: Zou Jing; Writer: Zou Jing; Stars: Li Gengxi, Zu Feng, Shen Jiani, Cao Ruofan)

La Gradiva

Review preview for La Gradiva

Pompeii becomes a place where fantasy is tested against historical violence, and where looking too closely can break the story one came to preserve.

Edin Custo · 4 out of 5
A group of French high-school students travel to Naples on a school trip to discover the ruins of Pompeii and the bodies petrified by Vesuvius. There, they are drawn into a dizzying descent.

(Country: France, Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Marine Atlan; Writer: Marine Atlan, Anne Brouillet; Stars: Antonia Buresi, Julie Sokolowski)

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In The Shadows

Biopic of boxer Rama Ali.

(Country: India, UK, US; Year: 2026; Director: Anthony Wonke; Writer: Ursula Rani Sarma; Stars: Jasmine Jobson, Finn Cole, Roda Asha Aden, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Lorraine Tai, Alexandra Afryea, Hodan Yusuf)

Isabel

Isabel, a sommelière in São Paulo, dreams of escaping her boss and opening her own bar. When plans don’t go as expected, she must decide whether to halt everything or take bold steps to uncork her fate on her own terms.

(Country: Brazil, France; Year: 2026; Director: Gabe Klinger; Writer: Gabe Klinger; Stars: Marina Person, Caio Horowicz, John Ortiz, Michelle Ellyse)

No Good Men

A camerawoman at Kabul's main TV station, who is struggling domestically, finds herself swept up in reporting the last days of freedom ahead of the Taliban's return.

(Country: Germany, France, Norway, Denmark, Afghanistan; Year: 2026; Director: Shahrbanoo Sadat; Writer: Shahrbanoo Sadat, Anwar Hashimi; Stars: Shahrbanoo Sadat, Anwar Hashimi, Liam Hussaini, Yasin Negah, Torkan Omari, Fatim Zahra El Hassani, Ahmad Anuar Azizi, Masihullah Tajzai, Laila Mahmudi, Farzad Hamidpadgan, Ali Hussein Assadi, Shahla Noori, Mirza Mohammad Hafezi, Faridoon Ghazanfari Afshar, Bismellah Paymani)

Perfect Road

Documentary portrait of nomadic cyclist Max Schnell’s attempt to complete an extreme journey through some of Europe’s highest mountain passes.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2026; Director: Adam Bonke, Christian Bonke)

La Perra

On a remote southern Chilean island, Silvia, a solitary middle-aged woman with a painful past, rescues an abandoned puppy and names him for the daughter she never had. As their bond deepens, Silvia pours all of herself into trying to set right a destiny she long believed beyond repair.

(Country: Chile, Brazil; Year: 2026; Director: Dominga Sotomayor; Writer: Inés Bortagaray; Stars: Manuela Oyarzún, Selton Mello, Paula Luchsinger, Giannina Fruttero, Paula Dinamarca, David Gaete)

A Place To Heal (15/18)

Lucia, 17, is taken to a child and adolescent psychiatric unit, where she is reunited with old friends Amidst treatment, attentive care, and the tensions of an overwhelmed ward, the group’s fragile balance wavers with the arrival of the mysterious Enzo.

(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Cédric Kahn; Writer: Cédric Kahn; Stars: Zoé Monpart, Malou Khebizi, Kenji Peyran, Raphaël Besson, Patience Munchenbach, Ahleme Sahraoui, Jade Philip, Laeti Vabre, Daoud Gary, Sami Assouane, Ambre Belaidi, Gabriel Pottier, Sophie Guillemin, Maria Cavalier-Bazan, Cédric Kahn)

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

A wealthy household is forced to confront hidden truths from its past.

(Country: Nigeria; Year: 2026; Director: Daniel Emeke Oriahi; Stars: Omowunmi Dada, Bimbo Manuel, Odunlade Adekola, Tina Mba, Bisola Aiyeola, Nkechi Blessing, Bimbo Ademoye, Nancy Isime, Bolaji Ogunmola, Blessing Jessica Obasi-Nze, Mike Ezuruonye, Olarotimi Fakunle, Iyabo Ojo, Uzor Arukwe, Daniel Etim Effiong)

The Station (Al Mahattah)

Layal runs a women-only petrol station in Yemen, a rare safe haven in a war-torn country. There, the rules are simple: no men, no weapons, no politics. When Layal’s younger brother faces enlistment, she reunites with her estranged sister to save the one life they still can.

(Country: Yemen, Jordan, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar; Year: 2026; Director: Sara Ishaq; Writer: Sara Ishaq; Stars: Manal Al-Mulaiki, Abeer Mohammed, Rashad Khaled, Saleh Al-marshahi, Fariha Hassan Amal Esmail, Shorooq Mohammed, Randa Mohammed, Fatima Muthanna)

Tutu

Documentary about the rise of Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Sam Pollard; Stars: Desmond Tutu)

VisionQuest

Marvel TV series.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2025; Director: Christopher J Byrne, Gandja Monteiro, Vincenzo Natali, Terry Matalas; Writer: Terry Matalas, Cindy Appel, Christopher Monfette, Nicole Falsetti, Matthew Okumura; Stars: Paul Bettany, James Spader, Ruaridh Mollica)