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London Film Festival · 2026

London Film Festival 2026

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8 films · 2 reviews

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The Banning Curse (Nefrin-e Toghif)

Iranian director Mohsen Amiryousefi discusses his eventful career with the Angel of Death.

(Country: Iran; Year: 2026; Director: Mohsen Amiryousefi; Stars: Mohsen Amiryousefi)

The Fox

The affable heir to a wealthy rural landowner discovers that his fiancée is cheating on him and wants nothing more than to just fix the problem. One night, he captures a rogue Fox, and she offers him a trade-off: if Nick lets her live, the Fox will help him save his relationship.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2025; Director: Dario Russo; Writer: Dario Russo; Stars: Jai Courtney, Emily Browning, Damon Herriman, Claudia Doumit, Sam Neill, Miranda Otto, Olivia Colman)

The History Of Concrete

After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: John Wilson)

Hot Water

Review preview for Hot Water

It’s not that the journey is unpleasant but the stakes are very low and the lack of tension leads it to feel overstretched as a result.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
After he’s kicked out of his Indiana high school, an American kid and his Lebanese mom hit the road west.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Ramzi Bashour; Writer: Ramzi Bashour; Stars: Lubna Azabal, Daniel Zolghadri, Tedd Taskey, Charlotte Hacke)

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It Gets Worse

TV series about young Londoners.

(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Mounia Akl; Writer: Leo Reich)

Lali

Review preview for Lali

Lali brings a breath of fresh air by flipping the tired “monster-in-law” trope on its head

Edin Custo · 3 out of 5
Darkly comic tale of two people bound by an inherited union.

(Country: Pakistan; Year: 2026; Director: Sarmad Sultan Khoosat; Writer: Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, Sundus Hashmi; Stars: Rasti Farooq, Channan Hanif, Juggan Kazim, Mamya Shajaffar)

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Too Many Beasts

Wild boars lead to a clash between farmers and the members of a hunting club and a disappearance... but when a police officer comes to investigate, he is pushed to the edge.

(Country: Germany, France; Year: 2026; Director: Sarah Arnold; Writer: Sarah Arnold, Olivier Séror, Jérémie Dubois; Stars: Alexis Manenti, Ella Rumpf, Vincent Dedienne, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Xavier de Guillebon, Pascal Rénéric, Bertrand Belin, Thierry Godard, Jacques Develay)

See: Interview with Alexis Manenti about Flesh And Fuel and Too Many Beasts

Wicker

A fisherwoman asks a basketmaker to weave her a husband.

(Country: United Kingdom, US; Year: 2026; Director: Eleanor Wilson, Alex Huston Fischer; Writer: Eleanor Wilson, Alex Huston Fischer; Stars: Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki, Marli Siu, Nabhaan Rizwan)