BFI London Film Festival

United Kingdom
All genres

Presented by the British Film Institute, this long-running festival with a 45-year history, screens over 300 films in 10 sections. After the 16-day event in London, the festival then tours to seven cities across the United Kingdom.

Only UK feature films are eligible for open submission. Short films are open to international entries.

Awards

2019 - Nominated - Child - Short Film Award

2019 - Nominated - Babyteeth - The Sutherland Award - First Feature Competition

2019 - Nominated - Mystify: Michael Hutchence - The Grierson Award - Documentary Competition

2017 - Nominated - Sweet Country - Official Competition

2015 - Won - Sherpa - Best Documentary

2011 - Nominated - Snowtown - The Sutherland Award - Film on the Square

2009 - Nominated - Balibo - Best Film - Film on the Square

2009 - Nominated - Bright Star - Best Film - Gala & Special Screening

2009 - Nominated - Samson & Delilah - The Sutherland Trophy - Film on the Square

Screenings

2024 - Laugh - Audrey

2024 - Official Competition - Memoir of a Snail

2024 - Cult - Surfer, The

2024 - Official Competition - Wolves Always Come at Night, The

2023 - Special Presentations - Foe

2023 - Official Competition - Royal Hotel, The

2023 - Cult - Late Night with the Devil

2023 - Journey - New Boy, The

2023 - Journey - Shayda

2023 - Create - This Is Going To Be Big

2023 - No Place Called Home - Hafekasi

2022 - Shorts - Animated Shorts for Younger Audiences - Bellysaurus

2022 - Strands - Debate - Blaze

2022 - Strands - Thrill - Stranger, The

2022 - Strands - Cult - You Won't Be Alone

2022 - Shorts - Ritual and Magick - Bucket in the Forest

2021 - American Express Gala - Power of the Dog, The

2021 - Journey - Fires

2021 - Official Competition - Nitram

2020 - Feature Films: Cult - Relic

2020 - Shorts: Kids Will Be Kids - Chicken

2019 - Strand Galas - Dare Gala - Judy & Punch

2019 - First Feature Competition - Babyteeth

2019 - Documentary Competition - Mystify: Michael Hutchence

2019 - Debate - Australian Dream, The

2019 - Debate - Close and Far - Chlorine

2019 - Thrill - Little Monsters

2019 - Short Film Competition Programme 2 - Child

2019 - Debate - Close and Far - Blackwood

2018 - Love - 'I Used to be Normal': A Boyband Fangirl Story

2018 - Stop Making Sense - Sammy the Salmon

2018 - Keep it in the Family - Fitting

2018 - Journey - Celeste

2018 - Lust to Love and In Between - BOYTIME

2017 - Thrill - 1%

2017 - Documentary Competition - Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time

2017 - Create - David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

2017 - Thrill - Mountain

2017 - Love - Roller Dreams

2017 - Official Competition - Sweet Country

2017 - My Loneliness is Killing Me - -everyman

2017 - Gits and Shiggles - Fysh

2016 - Documentary Competition - Chasing Asylum

2016 - Laugh - Down Under

2016 - Official Competition - Goldstone

2016 - American Express® Gala - Lion

2016 - New Kind of Kick - Trespass

2016 - Sound and Vision - Motown

2016 - Sound and Vision - Orchestra, The

2016 - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Highway

2015 - Official Competition - Daughter, The

2015 - Films of Love and Devotion - Ernie Biscuit

2015 - Films of Love and Devotion - Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose

2015 - Debate - Face of Ukraine, The: Casting Oksana Baiul

2015 - Love - Gayby Baby

2015 - Sonic - Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under

2015 - First Feature Competition - Partisan

2015 - Cult - Observance

2015 - Documentary Competition - Sherpa

2015 - Laugh - Ruben Guthrie

2015 - Journey - Slingshot

2015 - Cult - Smut Hounds

2015 - First Feature Competition - Tanna

2014 - Journey - Charlie's Country

2014 - Cult - Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story Of Cannon Films

2014 - Debate - Ghost Train

2014 - Thrill - Kill Me Three Times

2014 - Laugh - Little Death, The

2014 - Laugh - Mule, The

2014 - Official Competition - Son of a Gun

2014 - Documentary Competition - Tender

2014 - Journey - Lost Aviator, The

2013 - Galas - Mystery Road

2013 - Official Competition - Tracks

2013 - Documentary Competition - Ukraine is Not a Brothel

2013 - Love - Adoration

2013 - Love - Last Impresario, The

2013 - Laugh - Aboriginal HeArt

2013 - Journey - Rocket, The

2012 - Debate - Underground - The Julian Assange Story

2012 - Nintendo Gala screening - Sapphires, The

2012 - Journey - Dead Europe

2012 - Official Competition - Lore

2012 - Laugh - Save Your Legs!

2012 - Thrill - Wish You Were Here

2012 - Shorts - Missing Key, The

2012 - Shorts - Strange Face

2012 - Shorts - Bino

2012 - Shorts - Faraways

2011 - Film on the Square - Snowtown

2011 - Short Cuts and Animation - Bear

2011 - Short Cuts and Animation - Father, The

2010 - Short Cuts and Animation - Lost Thing, The

2010 - Short Cuts and Animation - Bit

2010 - Short Cuts and Animation - Muscles

2010 - Short Cuts and Animation - Via Gori

2009 - Gala & Special Screening - Boys are Back, The

2009 - Gala & Special Screening - Bright Star

2009 - Film on the Square - Balibo

2009 - Film on the Square - Samson & Delilah

2009 - World Cinema - Blessed

2009 - Short Cuts and Animation - Hawker

2009 - Short Cuts and Animation - Cicada

2008 - Short Cuts & Animation - Lakemba

2008 - Short Cuts & Animation - Advantage

2008 - Short Cuts & Animation - My Rabbit Hoppy

2008 - Short Cuts & Animation - I Love Sarah Jane

2008 - International Animation Panorama - Chainsaw

2008 - Short Cuts & Animation - One Shoe Short

2008 - Short Cuts & Animation - Jerrycan

2006 - Film on the Square - Candy

2006 - Short Cuts and Animation - Sexy Thing

2006 - Short Cuts and Animation - Goggles

2005 - MTV Special (Gala) Screening - Proposition, The

2005 - World Cinema - Stranded

2005 - World Cinema - Green Bush

2005 - Short Cuts - Small Stories - Pirate

2005 - Short Cuts - Short and Strange - Mechanicals, The

2004 - London Film Festival - Soar

2004 - London Film Festival - Birthday Boy

2004 - London Film Festival - Marco Solo

2004 - London Film Festival - Lucky For Some

2003 - London Film Festival - Excursion

2003 - London Film Festival - Japanese Story

2003 - London Film Festival - Rotting Woman, The

2003 - London Film Festival - Ward 13

2002 - Shorts: Work & Play - Pitch, The

2002 - Shorts: Crime & Punishment - They Shoot Hostages, Don't They?

2002 - Shorts: Modern Life - Roundabout

2002 - Shorts: Future Shock - Placement

2002 - Film on the Square - Black and White

2002 - Shorts: Modern Life - Mr Wasinski's Song

2001 - Evening Standard Film on Square - La Spagnola

2001 - Short Cuts and Animation - Inja

2001 - London Film Festival - In Search of Mike

2001 - Evening Standard Film on Square - Bank, The

2000 - Short Cuts and Animation - Triple Word Score

2000 - Short Cuts and Animation - Stop

2000 - World Cinema - better than sex

2000 - World Cinema - Diplomat, The

2000 - Film on the Square - Dish, The

2000 - World Cinema - Goddess of 1967, The

1999 - London Film Festival - Tears

1999 - London Film Festival - Tulip

1999 - London Film Festival - My Journey, My Islam

1999 - London Film Festival - Feeling Sexy

1999 - London Film Festival - Two Hands

1999 - London Film Festival - Flower Girl

1999 - London Film Festival - Paradise

1999 - London Film Festival - Bangers

1998 - World Cinema - Dead Letter Office

1998 - World Cinema - In The Winter Dark

1998 - Short Cuts - I Want You

1998 - London Film Festival - Tangerine Dream

1998 - World Cinema - Interview, The

1998 - World Cinema - Radiance

1998 - Short Cuts - Picture Woman, The

1998 - World Cinema - Dance Me to My Song

1998 - Short Cuts - Second Thoughts

1998 - Short Cuts - Fetch

1998 - World Cinema - Welcome to Woop Woop

1997 - Short Cuts - Urban Fairytale

1997 - Short Cuts - Christmas Cake, The

1997 - Short Cuts - Freestyle

1997 - Short Cuts - Cabbie of the Year

1997 - Short Cuts - Stupid Piano, The

1997 - Short Cuts - At Sea

1997 - London Film Festival - Sapphire Room

1997 - Film on the Square - Doing Time for Patsy Cline

1997 - World Cinema - Kiss or Kill

1997 - Film on the Square - Castle, The

1997 - World Cinema - Heaven's Burning

1996 - Short Film Showcase - This Film is a Dog

1996 - World Cinema - Life

1996 - World Cinema - Miniskirted Dynamo, The

1996 - World Cinema - Dead Heart

1996 - World Cinema - River Street

1996 - Film on the Square - Cosi

1996 - Film on the Square - Shine

1996 - World Cinema - Century of Cinema: 40,000 Years of Dreaming, The

1996 - Short Film Showcase - Web, The: Spider - Amazon

1996 - World Cinema - Fistful of Flies

1996 - Short Film Showcase - Film Noir

1996 - Film on the Square - Love and Other Catastrophes

1996 - World Cinema - Quiet Room, The

1996 - World Cinema - Floating Life

1996 - London Film Festival - Mr Reliable

1996 - Film on the Square - Love Serenade

1995 - Short Film Showcase - Hayride to Hell

1995 - Short Film Showcase - Writer's Block

1995 - Short Film Showcase - Despondent Divorcee

1995 - Short Film Showcase - Great Moments in Science - Falling Cats

1995 - Film on the Square - Babe

1994 - International Screen - That Eye, The Sky

1994 - International Screen - Spider and Rose

1994 - International Screen - Dallas Doll

1994 - Film on the Square - Muriel's Wedding

1994 - International Screen - Lucky Break

1994 - International Screen - Talk

1994 - International Screen - Only The Brave

1994 - Short Film Showcase - Universal Appliance Co.

1994 - Short Film Showcase - Michelle's Third Novel

1994 - Short Film Showcase - Electricity

1994 - Short Film Showcase - Total Recession

1993 - Experimenta - Pale Black

1993 - London Film Festival - Memories and Dreams

1993 - London Film Festival - Say a Little Prayer

1993 - London Film Festival - Secrets of the City

1993 - London Film Festival - Just Desserts

1993 - London Film Festival - In Loving Memory

1993 - London Film Festival - Rocky Star

1993 - London Film Festival - Body Melt

1993 - London Film Festival - Bedevil

1993 - London Film Festival - Journey, The

1993 - London Film Festival - Excursion To The Bridge Of Friendship

1993 - London Film Festival - Black River

1993 - London Film Festival - Bad Boy Bubby

1993 - London Film Festival - His Master's Voice

1993 - London Film Festival - Exchange Lifeguards

1993 - London Film Festival - Gross Misconduct

1993 - London Film Festival - Sunday

1993 - London Film Festival - Range Of Experience

1993 - London Film Festival - Amelia Rose Towers

1993 - Experimental - Illustrated Auschwitz, The

1993 - London Film Festival - Bilderbuch Fur Ernst Will: A Euro Rebus

1992 - Short before Feature - Jam

1992 - Short before Feature - Cat's Cradle

1992 - International Frame - Last Days Of Chez Nous, The

1992 - International Frame - Romper Stomper

1992 - Short before Feature - Serendipity

1992 - London Film Festival - Collectors

1992 - International Frame - Nun and the Bandit, The

1992 - International Frame - Greenkeeping

1992 - International Frame - Redheads

1992 - Electronic Image - Ambient Alphabet (C of Meaning)

1991 - International Frame - Good Woman Of Bangkok, The

1991 - International Frame - Stan and George's New Life

1991 - Experimenta: New Films and Videos from Australia - Ancestor Worship

1991 - International Frame - Deadly

1991 - International Shorts` - Kafka's Sister's Castle

1991 - Film on the Square - Till There Was You

1991 - International Frame - Dead to the World

1991 - International Frame - Woman's Tale, A

1991 - International Frame - Proof

1991 - International Shorts - Resonance

1991 - International Frame - Waiting

1991 - International Shorts - Bad Day

1991 - International Frame - Breathing Under Water

1991 - International Shorts - Flitters

1991 - Film on the Square - Spotswood

1991 - International Shorts - Horse With Stripes, A

1991 - International Shorts - Dusty Hearts

1991 - Electronic Image: Electric Screen and Video Art from Australia - Techno/Dumb/Show

1990 - British Cinema - Last Crop, The

1990 - Short before Feature - Space Between the Door and the Floor, The

1990 - Junior Film Festival - What the Moon Saw

1990 - Short before Feature - Night Cries - A Rural Tragedy

1990 - World Panorama - Golden Braid

1990 - World Panorama - Struck by Lightning

1990 - World Panorama - Blood Oath

1990 - World Panorama - Big Steal, The

1990 - London Film Festival - Aya

1990 - World Panorama - Death in Brunswick

1990 - Short before Feature - Let Me Rescue You Before Someone Else Does

1989 - Panorama - Mull

1989 - Panorama - Celia

1989 - Junior - Devil's Hill

1989 - Panorama - Island

1989 - Junior - Captain Johnno

1989 - Panorama - Sweetie

1989 - Panorama - Malpractice

1989 - Shorts - Sex Rules

1989 - Shorts- Panorama - Shadow Panic

1989 - Shorts - Panorama - Bonza

1989 - London Film Festival - Dead Calm

1988 - London Film Festival - Ghosts...of the Civil Dead

1988 - London Film Festival - Year My Voice Broke, The

1988 - London Film Festival - Shame

1988 - London Film Festival - Rabbit On The Moon

1988 - London Film Festival - Phobia

1988 - London Film Festival - Rikky and Pete

1988 - London Film Festival - Navigator, The: A Medieval Odyssey

1988 - London Film Festival - High Tide

1987 - London Film Festival - Frog Dreaming

1987 - London Film Festival - Place at the Coast, The

1987 - London Film Festival - High Tide

1987 - Features - Backlash

1987 - London Film Festival - More Things Change, The

1987 - London Film Festival - Malcolm

1987 - London Film Festival - Malcolm

1987 - London Film Festival - Cactus

1987 - London Film Festival - Kangaroo

1987 - London Film Festival - Pieta

1987 - London Film Festival - Devil in the Flesh

1987 - London Film Festival - Tale of Ruby Rose, The

1987 - London Film Festival - Two Friends

1987 - London Film Festival - Friends And Enemies

1985 - London Film Festival - Fran

1985 - London Film Festival - Bliss

1985 - London Film Festival - Half Life

1985 - London Film Festival - Don't Call Me Girlie

1985 - London Film Festival - Unfinished Business

1985 - London Film Festival - Red Matildas

1985 - London Film Festival - Street to Die, A

1985 - London Film Festival - Boy Who Had Everything, The