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London Film Festival · 2026

London Film Festival 2026

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11 films · 1 review

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Black Church Bay

A school teacher must deal with the aftermath of the disappearance of one of his students.

(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Rhys Marc Jones; Writer: Rhys Marc Jones; Stars: Joe Locke, Tom Cullen, Marli Siu, Rakie Ayola, Ifan Huw Dafydd, Aneirin Hughes, Julian Lewis Jones, Celyn Jones, Iwan Charles, Morfudd Hughes, Gwen Ellis)

The Dreamed Adventure

n the border region between Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, a woman agrees to a deal to help an old acquaintance with dangerous consequences.

(Country: Germany, France, Austria, Bulgaria; Director: Valeska Grisebach; Stars: Syuleyman Alilov Letifo, Yana Radeva, Velko Frandev)

Elephants In The Fog

In a small Nepalese village nestled in the heart of a forest populated by wild elephants, Pirati is the matriarch of a community of transgender women. But when one of her "daughters" disappears, she must choose between love and responsibility to her community.

(Country: Nepal, Germany, Brazil, France, Norway; Director: Abinash Bikram Shah; Writer: Abinash Bikram Shah)

Furies

Amid Lebanon’s real-life, corruption-induced bank crisis – when depositors were and today still are denied access to their own savings – two women scheme a daring all-night heist to get their own money back and pay for a life-saving surgery.

(Country: Lebanon, Brazil; Year: 2026; Director: Rami Kodeih; Writer: Rami Kodeih, Nora Mariana Salim; Stars: Maria Nakouzi, Rym Mroue, Hasan Akil, Issam Bou Khaled)

Heysel 85

Dramatic reconstruction of the tragedy that unfolded during the 1985 European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus at the Brussels stadium.

(Country: Belgium, Romania, Netherlands, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Teodora Ana Mihai; Writer: Teodora Ana Mihai, Lode Desmet, Isabelle Darras; Stars: Matteo Simoni, Violet Braeckman, Josse De Pauw, Ben Segers, Fabrizio Rongione, Bobby Schofield, Jeroen Van der Ven, Dominique Dauwe, Jonathan Sawdon, Emanuela Ponzano, Pieter Verelst, Julian De Backer, Aran Bertetto, Michel de Warzee, Bruno Georis)

Josephine

Review preview for Josephine

De Araújo is particularly good at evoking the emotional turmoil Jo feels.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
After 8-year-old Josephine accidentally witnesses a crime in Golden Gate Park, she acts out in search of a way to regain control of her safety while adults are helpless to console her.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Beth de Araújo; Writer: Beth de Araújo; Stars: Mason Reeves, Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan, Philip Ettinger, Syra McCarthy, Eleanore Pienta, Gretchen Klein, Nate Duncan, Tracy Todd, Grace Kelly Quigley, Malcolm Engel)

Full review See: Beth de Araújo Channing Tatum and others talk about a child's eye view of crime in Josephine

The Liberation

Two young women attempt to extract their mother from a cult, but find themselves susceptible to its mysterious leader.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 20276; Director: Guy Nattiv; Writer: Guy Nattiv, Noa Berman-Herzberg; Stars: Carrie Coon, Lily James, Bella Ramsey, Odessa Young, Tracy Letts, Jaime Ray Newman, Siobhan Williams, Morgan Taylor Campbell, Sharon Taylor, John Cassini, Philip Granger, Nels Lennarson, Maia Rose Michaels, Caitlin Stryker)

The Match

Film about the “hand of God” World Cup quarter final between England and Argentina.

(Year: 2026; Director: Juan Cabral, Santiago Franco)

The Meltdown

A young woman in early 90s Chile befriends a skier staying at her grandparents resort. But then the European goes missing...

(Country: Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Germany, Spain, France, US; Year: 2026; Director: Manuela Martelli; Writer: Manuela Martelli; Stars: Saskia Rosendahl, Jakub Gierszał, Paulina Urrutia, Mauricio Pesutic, Roberto Farías, Maia Domagala, Maya O'Rourke)

Moonglow

Manila-set neo-noir about a police officer-turned-criminal under investigation by her former lover.

(Country: Japan, Philippines, Singapore; Year: 2026; Director: Isabel Sandoval; Writer: Isabel Sandoval; Stars: Isabel Sandoval, Arjo Atayde, Agot Isidro, Carlos Siguion-Reyna, Jhoanna San Juan)

Prince

The stakes are high for a prize-winning show dog, his owner, her butler and their extended family.

(Country: Uruguay, Argentina; Year: 2026; Director: Federico Borgia; Stars: Roberto Suárez, Maitina De Marco, Esteban Bigliardi)