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WEDNESDAY 4 OCTOBER THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER 18:30 AVA BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 A bold and inventive coming of age tale with a difference. ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE 18:00 JABBERWOCKY Restored by the BFI from the original camera negative, 19:00 BREATHE 11:30 BREATHE 21:10 FIVE FINGERS FOR MARSEILLES A wildly thrilling and deftly constructed Western genre-inspired Terry Gilliam’s first film as a solo director is a beautifully crazed This year’s Opening Night Gala is a moving true story of courage This year’s Opening Night Gala is a moving true story of courage drama set across a boundless African landscape. landmark in British cinema. under profound difficulties, by first time director and acclaimed under profound difficulties, by first time director and acclaimed British actor Andy Serkis. British actor Andy Serkis. 20:50 GOOD TIME EMPIRE HAYMARKET Robert Pattinson stars as a scuzzy bank robber in this 14:30 BRIGSBY BEAR nerve-jangling heist thriller. EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA Abducted as a baby, a young man is freed from his isolated 12:30 THE SUMMIT Bringing together some of Latin-America’s most eminent acting 20:30 BREATHE bunker and strives to remake the only kids TV show he’s talents, Argentine filmmaker Santiago Mitre crafts an elegant This year’s Opening Night Gala is a moving true story of courage ever watched. BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 political thriller with an unnerving psychological twist. under profound difficulties, by first time director and acclaimed 19:15 MUDBOUND 13:15 CASTING British actor Andy Serkis. Tensions and rivalries on the set of a Fassbinder remake fuel Director Dee Rees (Pariah) delivers a searing racial drama 15:15 FILMWORKER A fascinating account of working alongside Stanley Kubrick – by this sharp observation on truth and performance in about two families – one white, one black - set in the Deep one of his closest collaborators. Nicolas Wackerbarth’s probing drama. VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 7 South in the 1940s. 18:00 RACER AND THE JAILBIRD 17:50 WRATH OF SILENCE 15:30 ADRIANA’S PACT Adèle Exarchopoulos and Matthias Schoenaerts are lovers EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA A Touch of Sin meets Spaghetti Western in this contemporary A Chilean doc filmmaker plunges into the family darkest secret, entangled in a world of crime in this tough, twisty thriller- Chinese arthouse thriller following a mute man's search for his with irreversible consequences. 11:30 MILDRED PIERCE romance from Bullhead director Michaël R. Roskam. missing son. The golden age of Hollywood was never more dazzling – 18:20 AZMAISH: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE SUBCONTINENT 21:05 BRIGSBY BEAR the great Joan Crawford stars in the role of her career in this 20:45 SPOOR A rare and incisive female centric documentary into the political Abducted as a baby, a young man is freed from his isolated flawless noir-melodrama. Set against the forest landscape of the Polish-Czech borders, and cultural landscape of contemporary Pakistan and India, bunker and strives to remake the only kids TV show he’s ever Agnieszka Holland’s ‘feminist black comedy’ is also a thriller 70 years after they divided. 14:15 RACER AND THE JAILBIRD watched. examining a sequence of bizarre murders. Adèle Exarchopoulos and Matthias Schoenaerts are lovers 20:45 POP AYE entangled in a world of crime in this tough, twisty thriller- A disaffected middle-aged Thai architect is reunited with an VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 5 romance from Bullhead director Michaël R. Roskam. CURZON SOHO elephant from his childhood in this gently surrealistic and boldly 18:30 THE MÆRSK OPERA visual debut from Kirsten Tan. 18:00 WONDERSTRUCK 18:15 THE THRILL OF THE CHASE An operatic interpretation of the building of Copenhagen’s The chase is a staple of action cinema. These films break tense Part children’s coming of age tale, part homage to silent cinema, famous performance space, one of Europe’s most controversial scenarios down to bitesize chunks, giving an adrenaline shot to entirely wonderful. BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 buildings. put us on the edge of our seats. 20:45 LEAN ON PETE 13:15 THE MÆRSK OPERA An operatic interpretation of the building of Copenhagen’s 20:40 FILMWORKER Andrew Haigh’s ravishing and mournful fourth feature sees a boy 21:00 SHEIKH JACKSON A fascinating account of working alongside Stanley Kubrick – Sheikh Jackson follows a hardline Islamist preacher who yearns famous performance space, one of Europe’s most and a horse embark on a Huckleberry Finn-esque journey by one of his closest collaborators. to moonwalk again after the death of singer Michael Jackson. controversial buildings. across America in search of home. BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 15:15 BIRDS ARE SINGING IN KIGALI VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 7 PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL In this visually striking and perceptive analysis of trauma, 18:10 MILDRED PIERCE Anna and Claudine return to Poland after experiencing the 14:45 BEAUTY AND THE DOGS 18:15 STRONGER The golden age of Hollywood was never more dazzling – the A rousing story of strength and survival from acclaimed Rwandan massacres. A night transforms into a nightmare as one woman attempts to great Joan Crawford stars in the role of her career in this flawless filmmaker David Gordon Green. seek justice but discovers her helplessness in the face of noir-melodrama. 18:30 TONSLER PARK institutionalised patriarchy. 21:00 THE CAKEMAKER The functioning, or malfunctioning, of US democracy on Election 20:45 THE SUMMIT A gay German baker and an Israeli widow find comfort in their Day 2016 as seen through the operations of polling stations in 18:00 GHOST STORIES Bringing together some of Latin-America’s most eminent acting shared grief, in this tale of loneliness, complex desire, and lots Charlottesville, Virginia. You say you don’t believe in ghosts? Well, think again… talents, Argentine filmmaker Santiago Mitre crafts an elegant of cakes. political thriller with an unnerving psychological twist. 20:45 GITS & SHIGGLES 21:00 FRANTZ FANON: BLACK SKIN WHITE MASK World premiere of the new digitally-remastered 2K version of From a relatable smile to big belly laughs. Dark, dry, witty PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA Isaac Julien and Mark Nash’s celebrated experimental ICA on-screen humour in its short form. 18:30 HAVE A NICE DAY documentary about the Afro-Caribbean psychiatrist and 18:20 9 FINGERS Multi-strand Pulp Fiction-style gangster narrative meets bold, revolutionary. VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 5 Full steam ahead for Nowhereland, in this surreal, beautifully shot frequently hilarious social satire, in this thrilling Chinese black-and-white dream voyage from French cult maverick F.J. 12:30 FAITHFULL animation. CINÉ LUMIÈRE Ossang. Actor and director Sandrine Bonnaire paints an intimate and tender portrait of cultural icon Marianne Faithfull’s burning 20:45 TIGER GIRL 18:15 TENEREZZA – HOLDING HANDS There’s an anti-capitalist vigilante on the streets of Berlin and Meaty moving drama from Italian maestro Gianni Amelio 20:45 BEAUTY AND THE DOGS creativity and incredible life story. A night transforms into a nightmare as one woman attempts to she’s looking for a protégé in this witty, ultra-violent, female- about an old man forced to confront his life's mistakes when seek justice but discovers her helplessness in the face of 15:30 9 FINGERS focused fight-fest. tragedy strikes. institutionalised patriarchy. Full steam ahead for Nowhereland, in this surreal, beautifully shot black-and-white dream voyage from French cult 20:45 RAZZIA Five separate tales intertwine to tell the story of Moroccan maverick F.J. Ossang. society past and present. | 2

CURZON MAYFAIR 18:00 JOURNEY’S END 18:30 APRIL’S DAUGHTER BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 RC Sheriff’s acclaimed First World War drama reaches The mother of all thrillers. 18:15 WORD OF GOD the screen in this all-star adaptation, directed by Saul Dibb 12:30 EQUILIBRIUM When your dad (also known as ‘God’) is weighing up whether to Tough, gripping drama about a committed, principled priest (Bullet Boy). 21:15 KING OF PEKING call his autobiography 'Mein Kampf' you know things have got Genial comedy about a Chinese film projectionist who starts a taking on the Mafia and risking his life in a poverty-stricken pretty f***ed up. 21:30 A FANTASTIC WOMAN bootleg DVD operation with his movie-obsessed son. parish in Naples. A transwoman's quest for a little respect gives us one of 2017's 21:00 EQUILIBRIUM standout performances in this invigorating Chilean drama from 14:45 WRATH OF SILENCE Tough, gripping drama about a committed, principled priest EMPIRE HAYMARKET A Touch of Sin meets Spaghetti Western in this contemporary Sebastian Lelio (Gloria). taking on the Mafia and risking his life in a poverty-stricken 12:45 THE CAKEMAKER Chinese arthouse thriller following a mute man's search for his parish in Naples. A gay German baker and an Israeli widow find comfort in their missing son. EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA shared grief, in this tale of loneliness, complex desire, and lots of cakes. 18:00 MANIFESTO HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE 11:00 WONDERSTRUCK Cate Blanchett gives a tour-de-force performance in this Part children’s coming of age tale, part homage to silent cinema, kaleidoscopic trip through the art manifestos of the 20th Century. 18:30 1% entirely wonderful. 15:30 GHOST STORIES When the violent leader of an Australian motorcycle gang You say you don’t believe in ghosts? Well, think again… 21:00 LFF CONNECTS: JULIAN ROSEFELDT gets out of prison, his deputy has to choose between loyalty 14:00 LEAN ON PETE and family. Andrew Haigh’s ravishing and mournful fourth feature sees a boy 18:30 ROLLER DREAMS AND CATE BLANCHETT The trailblazers of Venice Beach’s roller-dancing scene give an Oscar-winning actor Cate Blanchett talks with internationally and a horse embark on a Huckleberry Finn-esque journey exhilarating glimpse into a stone-cold awesome moment in acclaimed artist Julian Rosefeldt about art, film and ideas, 21:00 ROLLER DREAMS across America in search of home. The trailblazers of Venice Beach’s roller-dancing scene give an history, and the system attempting to crush it. expanding on their collaboration in Manifesto. exhilarating glimpse into a stone-cold awesome moment in 17:30 THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW AND SELECTED) history, and the system attempting to crush it. Master of the urban comedy drama, Noah Baumbach presents 21:00 GOLDEN EXITS Chloë Sevigny, Adam Horovitz and Jason Schwartzman head BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 a study of a dysfunctional family par excellence, ruled over by the cast of Alex Ross Perry's finely tuned drama with a sting in Dustin Hoffman’s shambolic patriarch. 13:00 BEAUTY AND THE DOGS ICA its tail. A night transforms into a nightmare as one woman attempts to 18:30 DISTANT CONSTELLATION 20:30 LOVELESS seek justice but discovers her helplessness in the face of Residents of a retirement home in Istanbul share their memories Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return, Leviathan) takes a caustic look CURZON SOHO institutionalised patriarchy. in this arresting and artful documentary. at contemporary Russian values as a couple going through a divorce deal with their son’s disappearance 18:10 BIRDS ARE SINGING IN KIGALI 15:30 DOLORES 20:50 BOBBI JENE In this visually striking and perceptive analysis of trauma, The life and achievements of little-known but indomitable civil A fascinating doc about contemporary dancer Bobbi Jene Anna and Claudine return to Poland after experiencing the rights activist Dolores Huerta are celebrated in Peter Bratt’s whose ambition and physicality will at turn impress VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 7 Rwandan massacres. inspiring and intimate documentary. and mesmerise. 12:00 BOBBI JENE A fascinating doc about contemporary dancer Bobbi Jene 20:50 A MOMENT IN THE REEDS 18:10 RAZZIA The worlds troubles recede, at least for a moment, in this Five separate tales intertwine to tell the story of Moroccan whose ambition and physicality will at turn impress RICH MIX intimate drama about an affair between a Finnish man and a society past and present. and mesmerise. 18:15 DOLORES Syrian immigrant. The life and achievements of little-known but indomitable civil 20:50 THE THRILL OF THE CHASE 14:30 JABBERWOCKY The chase is a staple of action cinema. These films break tense rights activist Dolores Huerta are celebrated in Peter Bratt’s Restored by the BFI from the original camera negative, PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL scenarios down to bitesize chunks, giving an adrenaline shot to inspiring and intimate documentary. Terry Gilliam’s first film as a solo director is a beautifully crazed put us on the edge of our seats. landmark in British cinema. 18:30 BEACH RATS 20:25 RIFT Coney-Islander Frankie juggles his dangerous double life: A haunting tale of the ghosts of relationships past. 18:00 COLUMBUS showing off his heteronormative masculine prowess with friends BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 A young librarian with a thing for Modernist architecture expands by day, cruising for gay hook-ups at night. her horizons when a Korean lawyer (John Cho) comes to town, 13:15 SPELL REEL IMAX Filipa César’s documentary following the rediscovery of the in this impeccable debut. 21:00 SUSPIRIA 18:00 TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON As the tagline promised - "The only thing more terrifying than the revolutionary cinema of Guinea-Bissau and its role in reclaiming A cinematic treat exploring the life and career of Laird Hamilton, 20:45 THE CLIMB last 12 minutes of this film are the first 92." national memory. a pioneer in big waves surfing. Leave your fear of heights at home, before venturing to this exhilarating doc where six women take part in some vertiginous 15:45 A BLEMISHED CODE PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA Experimental documentary considering the life and work of direct action. FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER 18:30 HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES pioneering holographer Margaret Benyon. ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE Nicole Kidman is punk svengali Queen Boadicea and Elle VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 5 Fanning is an intergalactic megababe in this cosmic Neil Gaiman 18:30 HEMLOCK FOREST Inspired by the work of Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman, 11:00 MUDBOUND adaptation directed by John Cameron Mitchell. 12:45 HAVE A NICE DAY this personal essay film reflects on the value of a life lived versus Director Dee Rees (Pariah) delivers a searing racial drama about Multi-strand Pulp Fiction-style gangster narrative meets a life recorded. two families – one white, one black - set in the Deep South bold, frequently hilarious social satire, in this thrilling 21:00 HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES Nicole Kidman is punk svengali Queen Boadicea and Elle in the 1940s. Chinese animation. Fanning is an intergalactic megababe in this cosmic Neil Gaiman 20:45 TRIPOLI CANCELLED The modern migrant experience as expressed through one man’s 14:15 STRONGER adaptation directed by John Cameron Mitchell. 15:15 1% struggle to survive, trapped in an abandoned airport for a decade. A rousing story of strength and survival from acclaimed When the violent leader of an Australian motorcycle gang filmmaker David Gordon Green. gets out of prison, his deputy has to choose between loyalty and family. | 3

CINÉ LUMIÈRE CURZON CHELSEA VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 5 21:00 INGRID GOES WEST An emotionally unstable young woman moves to California to 18:15 A SEASON IN FRANCE 18:30 AMANT DOUBLE 12:30 DARLING stalk her social media idol and insinuates herself into her Mahmet Saleh Haroun’s compassionate and sincere film François Ozon has done the maths. Double the danger = double ‘Fame costs’. That old cliché is often so painfully true. Testament picture-perfect life. observes a troubled soul struggling to survive in an the fun. to this is prima ballerina Darling. How much is she willing to apathetic world. sacrifice for her art? PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA 20:45 THE SONG OF SCORPIONS SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER 15:15 TENEREZZA – HOLDING HANDS Golshifteh Farahani and Irrfan Khan star in this revenge fantasy Meaty moving drama from Italian maestro Gianni Amelio 13:00 BAMSEOM PIRATES SEOUL INFERNO ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE “Grandma our roof is leaking / Don’t worry son, Twitter will save about a camel driver falling in love with a strong-minded young about an old man forced to confront his life's mistakes us!” Korean punks Bamseom Pirates take on the world in this woman who can heal scorpion bites. 11:00 JOURNEY’S END when tragedy strikes. RC Sheriff’s acclaimed First World War drama reaches anarchic documentary. the screen in this all-star adaptation, directed by 18:45 SATURDAY CHURCH CURZON MAYFAIR New York queer and trans teens of colour find love, music and 15:45 COLUMBUS Saul Dibb (Bullet Boy). A young librarian with a thing for Modernist architecture expands happiness in Damon Cardasis’ heart-warming lo-fi musical. 18:15 DARLING her horizons when a Korean lawyer (John Cho) comes to town, ‘Fame costs’. That old cliché is often so painfully true. Testament 18:00 BATTLE OF THE SEXES in this impeccable debut. to this is prima ballerina Darling. How much is she willing to Emma Stone and Steve Carell star in this playful true story of the 21:15 POP AYE A disaffected middle-aged Thai architect is reunited with an sacrifice for her art? 1970s gender wars played out on the tennis pitch, while the elephant from his childhood in this gently surrealistic and boldly 18:20 MY FRIEND DAHMER world watches. Ever wondered what it would be like to meet a serial killer in visual debut from Kirsten Tan. 21:00 FAITHFULL the making? Actor and director Sandrine Bonnaire paints an intimate and 21:30 DARK RIVER tender portrait of cultural icon Marianne Faithfull’s burning Clio Barnard (The Arbor, The Selfish Giant) adapts Rose EMPIRE HAYMARKET 21:00 JAILBREAK creativity and incredible life story. Tremain’s Trespass, relocating the action to Yorkshire, A bone-crunching martial arts extravaganza from Cambodia set where two siblings come into conflict over a family inheritance. 12:30 HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES to delight fans of The Raid. Nicole Kidman is punk svengali Queen Boadicea and HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE Elle Fanning is an intergalactic megababe in this cosmic EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 18:15 CASTING Neil Gaiman adaptation directed by John Cameron Mitchell. Tensions and rivalries on the set of a Fassbinder remake 11:30 THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW AND SELECTED) 12:30 FROM JEALOUS DOLLS TO BRUTISH BULLDOGS fuel this sharp observation on truth and performance in Master of the urban comedy drama, Noah Baumbach presents 15:15 APRIL’S DAUGHTER Take another look at British animation with this genre-hopping, The mother of all thrillers. Nicolas Wackerbarth’s probing drama. a study of a dysfunctional family par excellence, ruled over by whistle-stop tour of an animated century of surprises. Dustin Hoffman’s shambolic patriarch. 20:45 THE SONG OF SCORPIONS 20:45 THE LIGHT OF THE MOON Golshifteh Farahani and Irrfan Khan star in this revenge fantasy 15:15 WORD OF GOD Stephanie Beatriz stars in this powerful and involving portrait of 14:00 120 BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) When your dad (also known as ‘God’) is weighing up whether to about a camel driver falling in love with a strong-minded young a confident New Yorker trying to regain control of her life after a A riveting and invigorating account of Aids activist organisation call his autobiography 'Mein Kampf' you know things have got woman who can heal scorpion bites sexual assault. ACT UP-Paris. pretty f***ed up. 17:30 REDOUBTABLE CURZON SOHO 18:20 LOOKING FOR OUM KULTHUM ICA From the Oscar winning director of The Artist, a brilliantly realised An exiled Iranian woman begins making a film about ‘the voice of portrait of France’s maestro director Jean-Luc Godard spiralling 13:00 BEACH RATS Egypt’, Oum Kulthum, who was loved by the people and 13:00 AZMAISH: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE SUBCONTINENT Coney-Islander Frankie juggles his dangerous double life: A rare and incisive female centric documentary into the political into philosophical and romantic crisis. manipulated by politicians. showing off his heteronormative masculine prowess with friends and cultural landscape of contemporary Pakistan and India, 20:15 THE GUARDIANS by day, cruising for gay hook-ups at night. 70 years after they divided. 20:45 KINGDOM OF US A superbly involving French rural drama from Xavier Beauvois, A powerful documentary exploring the collective recovery of with Nathalie Baye magnificent as a matriarch struggling to run 15:30 LIYANA family following their father’s suicide. 15:30 POP AYE Vividly beautiful animation brings to life a story created by group A disaffected middle-aged Thai architect is reunited with an the land when war breaks out. of orphans in Swaziland, in this doc hybrid executive produced elephant from his childhood in this gently surrealistic and boldly by Thandie Newton. BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 visual debut from Kirsten Tan. VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 7 12:45 LOTS OF KIDS, A MONKEY AND A CASTLE 12:00 THE LIGHT OF THE MOON 18:15 ABRACADABRA From actor Gustavo Salmerón comes a documentary portrait of 18:15 ADRIANA’S PACT From the director of Blancanieves comes a wacky women’s A Chilean doc filmmaker plunges into the family darkest secret, Stephanie Beatriz stars in this powerful and involving portrait of a his wickedly funny septuagenarian mother Julia and her melodrama with some absurdist supernatural digressions and a with irreversible consequences. confident New Yorker trying to regain control of her life after a gloriously idiosyncratic approach to life. sexual assault. fabulous central performance from Maribel Verdú. 20:45 BAMSEOM PIRATES SEOUL INFERNO 15:00 CLOUDBOY “Grandma our roof is leaking / Don’t worry son, Twitter will save 14:45 LFF CONNECTS: NITIN SAWHNEY 21:00 ISLAND An exciting family adventure story featuring a perilous mission to A haunting, deeply moving documentary set among terminally ill us!” Korean punks Bamseom Pirates take on the world in this One of the most distinctive contemporary musical voices and rescue a reindeer in Swedish Lapland. cancer patients. anarchic documentary. the composer of the Festival’s Opening Night Gala Breathe, discusses his career across a diverse selection of disciplines. 18:15 RESURRECTING HASSAN PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL A family of blind buskers in Montreal attempt to come to RICH MIX 18:00 BEAST terms with the loss of a loved one in this poignant The hunt for a Jersey serial killer sparks a dangerous awakening 18:15 THE HUNGRY award-winning documentary. 18:30 DISTANT CONSTELLATION This UK-India co-production employs Shakespeare’s Residents of a retirement home in Istanbul share their memories in a young woman, in this astonishing psycho-sexual thriller that Titus Andronicus as the source of its story about a ruthless in this arresting and artful documentary. sets all the senses aflame. 20:45 DISTILLED IDENTITIES businessman whose world is threatened by an evil act. Tales from a fearful world seem to circulate constantly as we 21:00 JAILBREAK 20:45 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER face an ever-changing climate of war and terror. Yet there is A bone-crunching martial arts extravaganza from Cambodia This 1977 restored classic centres around John Travolta playing hope when fear evaporates and unity prevails. set to delight fans of The Raid. Tony Manero – the role that made him a superstar. | 4

BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 21:00 GOLDEN EXITS 17:30 ON CHESIL BEACH CURZON SOHO Chloë Sevigny, Adam Horovitz and Jason Schwartzman head the Be warned – this film will break your heart. 13:00 OM-DAR-B-DAR cast of Alex Ross Perry's finely tuned drama with a sting in its tail. 12:30 WALLAY An underground Indian classic reaches the UK screen almost 20:15 BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL A heart-felt coming of age tale set in Burkina Faso exploring 30 years after it was made. Cult favourite Takashi Miike slices and slashes his way through mixed cultural identity and finding one’s place in the world. ICA this stunning swordplay adventure, the 100th title in the director’s C 15:40 NO TRACE OF ACCELERATOR extraordinary body of work. 15:45 LFF CONNECTS: IAN M EWAN A compelling investigation into collective fear. 13:00 BAD LUCKY GOAT The great British writer joins us to talk about writing for the page A Colombian coming-of-age comedy set on a gloriously and for the screen, and the enduring appeal of his work. 18:30 SONG OF GRANITE eccentric Caribbean island where two squabbling siblings must VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 7 A formally audacious account of the life and times of traditional cover their tracks after an unforeseen accident. 18:30 ARCADIA Irish folk singer Joe Heaney, combining ‘fictional’ drama, 12:00 WESTERN Paul Wright (For Those in Peril) constructs a beautiful paean to Masculine tensions reaching boiling point in this sizzling, documentary footage and musical sequences. 15:15 LEBANON FACTORY the land, set to a soundtrack by Will Gregory and Adrian Utley. A portmanteau feature that is an often laugh out loud portrait of brilliantly observed western, where migrant German constructions 21:00 DAVID STRATTON: A CINEMATIC LIFE Lebanon and all its myriad charms and idiosyncrasies. workers are pitched against villagers in remotest Bulgaria. 20:45 HAGAZUSSA – A HEATHEN’S CURSE A galaxy of Aussie stars pay tribute to Australia’s leading film This dark tale will put you under its spell. critic, as David Stratton takes us on a journey through the 18:30 GRAY HOUSE 15:00 DAVID STRATTON: A CINEMATIC LIFE A spell-binding exploration of the human experience, visually A galaxy of Aussie stars pay tribute to Australia’s leading film nation’s cinema. dazzling, combining documentary and video art. critic, as David Stratton takes us on a journey through the PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL nation’s cinema. 18:00 APOSTASY CINÉ LUMIÈRE 20:45 LIFE GUIDANCE Written and directed by a former Jehovah’s Witness, this Happiness is an emotion shared by all in this world, but when 17:45 CHAUKA, PLEASE TELL US THE TIME gripping debut depicts a family struggling with a cruel choice: 13:00 IVAN TSAREVITCH AND THE CHANGING PRINCESS one man questions his existence, the penalty can be deadly. An urgent and compelling account of life inside a detention These exquisite animated tales feature monsters, golden fruit devotion to one another or to their faith? centre for asylum seekers trying to reach Australia. and pirates. Each one is enchanting and features witty dialogue and crafted visuals. RICH MIX 20:45 MANIFESTO 20:45 STRONGER Cate Blanchett gives a tour-de-force performance in this A rousing story of strength and survival from acclaimed 13:00 AVA kaleidoscopic trip through the art manifestos of the 20th Century. 14:45 RACER AND THE JAILBIRD A bold and inventive coming of age tale with a difference. filmmaker David Gordon Green. Adèle Exarchopoulos and Matthias Schoenaerts are lovers entangled in a world of crime in this tough, twisty 15:30 FIVE FINGERS FOR MARSEILLES PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA thriller-romance from Bullhead director Michaël R. Roskam. A wildly thrilling and deftly constructed Western genre-inspired VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 5 drama set across a boundless African landscape. 13:00 BAD LUCKY GOAT 12:30 KINGDOM OF US A Colombian coming-of-age comedy set on a gloriously 17:45 WESTERN A powerful documentary exploring the collective recovery of Masculine tensions reaching boiling point in this sizzling, brilliantly eccentric Caribbean island where two squabbling siblings must 18:30 WALLAY family following their father’s suicide. observed western, where migrant German constructions workers A heart-felt coming of age tale set in Burkina Faso exploring cover their tracks after an unforeseen accident. are pitched against villagers in remotest Bulgaria. mixed cultural identity and finding one’s place in the world. 15:30 MY LONELINESS IS KILLING ME Existential crisis and dread features in these short films that dare 15:15 TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON 20:30 SPOOR A cinematic treat exploring the life and career of Laird Hamilton, 21:00 GITS & SHIGGLES to ask questions about our place in the world. Set against the forest landscape of the Polish-Czech borders, A heart-felt coming of age tale set in Burkina Faso exploring a pioneer in big waves surfing. Agnieszka Holland’s ‘feminist black comedy’ is also a thriller mixed cultural identity and finding one’s place in the world. 18:15 OUR TIME WILL COME examining a sequence of bizarre murders. A woman is drawn into Hong Kong's underground resistance 18:15 MUTAFUKAZ Move to France. Put all your favourite genres in a blender. Get the movement, in Ann Hui's emotionally acute spy thriller. CURZON MAYFAIR SUNDAY 8 OCTOBER hip hop blasting. Then hook up with a Japanese animation studio. ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE 21:15 RAVENS 12:15 SHEIKH JACKSON For young Klas, rural life is inexorably grand, but hopefully just a 20:45 SATURDAY CHURCH New York queer and trans teens of colour find love, music and Sheikh Jackson follows a hardline Islamist preacher who yearns 11:45 GOOD TIME step towards bigger things, in this arresting adaptation of Tomas happiness in Damon Cardasis’ heart-warming lo-fi musical. to moonwalk again after the death of singer Michael Jackson Robert Pattinson stars as a scuzzy bank robber in this Bannerhed’s celebrated novel The Ravens. nerve-jangling heist thriller. 14:45 RIFT BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 A haunting tale of the ghosts of relationships past. 14:30 THE FINAL YEAR EMPIRE HAYMARKET Greg Barker’s excellent observational documentary examines, 12:00 ANIMATED SHORTS FOR YOUNGER AUDIENCES 15:15 THE VENERABLE W. The best family animation from around the world in HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE with great intimacy, the final year in Obama’s foreign policy Barbet Schroeder’s documentary about a Buddhist monk administration as an election looms. one programme. 12:45 A MOMENT IN THE REEDS espousing anti-Muslim hatred is a frighteningly resonant account The worlds troubles recede, at least for a moment, in this 18:00 LAST FLAG FLYING of racist and nationalist rhetoric leading to horrendous violence. 14:30 BIG FISH AND BEGONIA intimate drama about an affair between a Finnish man and a Richard Linklater’s ruminative comedy finds three men accepting Exceptional animated fantasy about a girl who takes the form of 18:00 GEMINI a dolphin to visit the human world. Syrian immigrant. that life isn’t quite what it used to be. Los Angeles gleams in this neo-Noir about a personal assistant (Lola Kirke) who turns amateur detective when tragedy strikes 17:15 THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI 15:15 A SEASON IN FRANCE EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA Mahmet Saleh Haroun’s compassionate and sincere film her Hollywood starlet boss (Zoë Kravitz). Female filmmaking pioneer Lois Weber presents a grand opera observes a troubled soul struggling to survive in an 11:00 LOVELESS adapted for silent film, starring the divine Anna Pavlova in her 20:45 ABRACADABRA only feature film role. apathetic world. Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return, Leviathan) takes a caustic look From the director of Blancanieves comes a wacky women’s at contemporary Russian values as a couple going through a melodrama with some absurdist supernatural digressions and a 20:30 PICKUPS 17:50 MUDBOUND divorce deal with their son’s disappearance. Director Dee Rees (Pariah) delivers a searing racial drama about fabulous central performance from Maribel Verdú. Aidan Gillen stars – as not-quite-himself – in a playful comedy two families – one white, one black - set in the Deep South 14:15 THE BREADWINNER about an actor struggling to keep things real after his divorce. in the 1940s. This exceptional animated film about a girl’s struggles in Afghanistan is based on the bestselling novel by Deborah Ellis. | 5

BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 15:10 AMANT DOUBLE 18:15 CHÂTEAU VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 7 François Ozon has done the maths. Double the danger = Bustling with African hair salons, this is a sprightly-paced drama 13:15 KING OF PEKING double the fun. set in the working-class area of Paris, around the Chateau d’Eau 12:00 GOLDEN EXITS Genial comedy about a Chinese film projectionist who starts a Chloë Sevigny, Adam Horovitz and Jason Schwartzman metro station. bootleg DVD operation with his movie-obsessed son. 18:15 LITTLE CRUSADER head the cast of Alex Ross Perry's finely tuned drama with a In southern Italy, a knight searches for his son who has joined 20:45 THE HUNGRY sting in its tail. 15:45 GRAY HOUSE the Children’s Crusade in this unusual, visually evocative take on This UK-India co-production employs Shakespeare’s A spell-binding exploration of the human experience, visually the Middle Ages. Titus Andronicus as the source of its story about a ruthless 14:45 THE GROWN-UPS dazzling, combining documentary and video art. Love and sex are movingly explored in this tender doc about businessman whose world is threatened by an evil act. 20:45 JEUNE FEMME older adults with Down's Syndrome in Chile, longing for 18:15 THE GROWN-UPS In southern Italy, a knight searches for his son who has joined more independence. Love and sex are movingly explored in this tender doc the Children’s Crusade in this unusual, visually evocative take on CURZON CHELSEA about older adults with Down's Syndrome in Chile, longing the Middle Ages. 18:00 FUNNY COW for more independence. 15:30 MY GENERATION In 1970s and ‘80s Northern England, a woman rises above The Swinging sixties narrated and presented by Michael Caine abusive relationships and crass sexist audiences to become a himself and featuring an era-defining soundtrack. 20:45 TIGER GIRL HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE female stand-up comedian. There’s an anti-capitalist vigilante on the streets of Berlin and she’s looking for a protégé in this witty, ultra-violent, female- 12:30 WONDERSTRUCK Part children’s coming of age tale, part homage to silent cinema, STUDIO 20:45 GIANT focused fight-fest. From the Basque directors of Loreak (LFF2014) comes an entirely wonderful. 14:00 FRANTZ FANON: BLACK SKIN WHITE MASK unsettling tale of sibling rivalry based on the true story of the World premiere of the new digitally-remastered 2K version of world’s tallest man. BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 15:30 BEAST Isaac Julien and Mark Nash’s celebrated experimental The hunt for a Jersey serial killer sparks a dangerous awakening documentary about the Afro-Caribbean psychiatrist 12:15 RIFT in a young woman, in this astonishing psycho-sexual thriller that A haunting tale of the ghosts of relationships past. and revolutionary. VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 5 sets all the senses aflame. 12:30 JEUNE FEMME 15:15 EXCAVATING LOSS Paula is a one-woman riot of tangled emotion and self- Landscape and architecture bear witness to melancholia, decay 18:10 MY FRIEND DAHMER MONDAY 9 OCTOBER Ever wondered what it would be like to meet a serial killer in destructive tendencies. Paris is a city for lovers. The cat of and desire. From politics to folklore, these films map out a the making? ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE divorce is in a cardboard box. collision of tradition and modernity. 20:45 9 FINGERS 11:45 LAST FLAG FLYING 15:15 RAVENS 17:45 LE FORT DES FOUS Full steam ahead for Nowhereland, in this surreal, beautifully Richard Linklater’s ruminative comedy finds three men accepting For young Klas, rural life is inexorably grand, but hopefully just a A powerful meditation on colonial power and its legacy, shot black-and-white dream voyage from French cult maverick that life isn’t quite what it used to be. step towards bigger things, in this arresting adaptation of from Algerian filmmaker Narimane Mari. F.J. Ossang. 14:20 BATTLE OF THE SEXES Tomas Bannerhed’s celebrated novel The Ravens. 17:45 SPITE YOUR FACE Emma Stone and Steve Carell star in this playful true story of the Rachel Maclean’s captivating baroque reworking of Pinocchio 18:30 FUNNY COW ICA 1970S gender wars played out on the tennis pitch, while the From the Basque directors of Loreak (LFF2014) comes an that exposes modern greed through phallic mockery, plus world watches. unsettling tale of sibling rivalry based on the true story of the Gabriel Abrantes’ playful artificial intelligence comedy. 12:45 SONG OF GRANITE A formally audacious account of the life and times of traditional 19:15 CALL ME BY YOUR NAME world’s tallest man. Irish folk singer Joe Heaney, combining ‘fictional’ drama, A rapturous study in passion and desire from the director of I Am CINÉ LUMIÈRE documentary footage and musical sequences. 21:15 LET THE CORPSES TAN Love and A Bigger Splash. Gun-toting showdowns have rarely looked so beautiful. 13:00 LEBANON FACTORY A portmanteau feature that is an often laugh out loud portrait of 15:15 EL MAR LA MAR A visually striking and experimental anthropological essay about EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA Lebanon and all its myriad charms and idiosyncrasies. EMPIRE HAYMARKET border crossings in the Sonoran Desert. 11:00 BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL 12:30 MY GENERATION 15:15 SO HELP ME GOD Cult favourite Takashi Miike slices and slashes his way through The Swinging sixties narrated and presented by Michael Caine A darkly funny and unsettling behind the scene glimpse at the 18:00 FÉLICITÉ This Berlin Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner weaves a this stunning swordplay adventure, the 100th title in the director’s himself and featuring an era-defining soundtrack. work of a rather unusual Belgium judge. story around a resilient Kinshasa singer who has to fight for her extraordinary body of work. child’s survival. 15:15 LITTLE CRUSADER 17:45 ANA, MON AMOUR 14:15 THE GUARDIANS In southern Italy, a knight searches for his son who has joined Therapy, dreams and Nietzsche all play into this Romanian 21:00 BEFORE SUMMER ENDS A superbly involving French rural drama from Xavier Beauvois, the Children’s Crusade in this unusual, visually evocative take on drama from the deirector of Child’s Pose, where an intense Three young Iranian men hit the South of France in Maryam with Nathalie Baye magnificent as a matriarch struggling to run the Middle Ages. relationship is put under the microscope. Goormaghtigh’s intimate road movie, mixing documentary and the land when war breaks out. improvised fiction to enjoyable, unpredictable effect. 18:15 LUCKY 20:45 LOTS OF KIDS, A MONKEY AND A CASTLE 18:00 WAJIB Harry Dean Stanton in the performance of a lifetime as an From actor Gustavo Salmerón comes a documentary portrait of An estranged father- son relationship on the backdrop of the irascible nonagenarian maverick in a New Mexican town, his wickedly funny septuagenarian mother Julia and her RICH MIX vibrant city of Nazareth makes up for an immensely entertaining grappling with his mortality. gloriously idiosyncratic approach to life. 13:00 RESURRECTING HASSAN drama by Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir. A family of blind buskers in Montreal attempt to come to 20:40 MEMOIR OF A MURDERER CURZON MAYFAIR terms with the loss of a loved one in this poignant 20:30 THOROUGHBRED To Catch a Thief meets Memento in this twisted Korean tale of Taut, tense and deliciously nasty – my little pony this ain’t. fatherly love and killer instinct. 12:45 INGRID GOES WEST award-winning documentary. An emotionally unstable young woman moves to California to 15:30 LOOKING FOR OUM KULTHUM stalk her social media idol and insinuates herself into her An exiled Iranian woman begins making a film about ‘the voice picture-perfect life. of Egypt’, Oum Kulthum, who was loved by the people and manipulated by politicians. | 6

CURZON SOHO BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 RICH MIX VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 7 18:15 SCREEN TALK: TAKASHI MIIKE 13:30 LIYANA 18:15 A MOMENT IN THE REEDS 12:00 GIANT Having directed an extraordinary 100+ features, the controversial Vividly beautiful animation brings to life a story created by group The worlds troubles recede, at least for a moment, in this Clio Barnard (The Arbor, The Selfish Giant) adapts Rose Japanese director will discuss his incredibly diverse body of work. of orphans in Swaziland, in this doc hybrid executive produced intimate drama about an affair between a Finnish man and Tremain’s Trespass, relocating the action to Yorkshire, where by Thandie Newton. a Syrian immigrant. two siblings come into conflict over a family inheritance. 21:00 MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND Searing social realism with a bold genre twist. 15:45 CHAUKA, PLEASE TELL US THE TIME 21:00 MUTAFUKAZ 14:45 ALPHAGO An urgent and compelling account of life inside a detention Move to France. Put all your favourite genres in a blender. It’s man versus machine in this absorbing documentary PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL centre for asylum seekers trying to reach Australia. Get the hip hop blasting. Then hook up with a Japanese chronicling the epic contest between Google’s DeepMind animation studio. BARBICAN computer AlphaGo and reigning Go world champion Lee Sedol. 18:10 THE WOUND 18:20 LITTLE VERONIKA (INNOCENCE) A tough and complex tale of closeted sexuality in South Africa. A visually sumptuous film of a young girl’s journey to Vienna and 18:00 GOING WEST her encounter with the city’s seamier side. CURZON CHELSEA Mum’s gone. Work’s gone tits up. Dad’s got his dress on. It’s 20:30 ANA, MON AMOUR time to hit the road. Therapy, dreams and Nietzsche all play into this Romanian 18:30 HAPPY END 20:45 HAGAZUSSA – A HEATHEN’S CURSE Michael Haneke’s portrait of a dysfunctional bourgeois Calais drama from the deirector of Child’s Pose, where an intense This dark tale will put you under its spell. family offers a potted summary – and bracingly intelligent, 20:45 THE ENDLESS relationship is put under the microscope. Come with an open mind. And prepare to have it blown. partly satirical update – on themes from his previous films. CINÉ LUMIÈRE PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 5 18:15 REINVENTING MARVIN IMAX 18:10 LIKE A HEART BEAT DRIVES YOU MAD Finnegan Oldfield stars as a young gay man desperate to break 12:30 DARLING Challenging, troubling, uneasy – that’s what love can be. away, in this stirring drama from director Anne Fontaine 18:30 MOUNTAIN ‘Fame costs’. That old cliché is often so painfully true. Testament For mountains lovers and adrenaline junkies alike, this doc is a (The Innocents). to this is prima ballerina Darling. How much is she willing to cinematic feast. 20:45 STRANGLED sacrifice for her art? Seven years after a shocking murder, a killer strikes in the town 21:00 BEFORE SUMMER ENDS of Martfü. Is it a copycat? Or is the wrong man in jail? Three young Iranian men hit the South of France in Maryam NATIONAL GALLERY 15:15 APOSTASY Goormaghtigh’s intimate road movie, mixing documentary and Written and directed by a former Jehovah’s Witness, this improvised fiction to enjoyable, unpredictable effect. 18:30 LOVING VINCENT gripping debut depicts a family struggling with a cruel choice: BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 The first ever fully painted feature film takes us through the last devotion to one another or to their faith? 12:30 BEAST days of Vincent Van Gogh. CURZON MAYFAIR The hunt for a Jersey serial killer sparks a dangerous awakening 18:30 HOPING. FEARING. DREAMING in a young woman, in this astonishing psycho-sexual thriller that 18:15 THE DRUMMER AND THE KEEPER TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER Hopes, fears and dreams form a narrative resulting in sets all the senses aflame. In this warm, witty Irish drama, a rock drummer with bipolar explorations of lives yet to be lived and turns of poetic disorder builds an unusual friendship with a goalie who has ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE self-expression. 15:15 THE VENERABLE W. Asperger syndrome. Barbet Schroeder’s documentary about a Buddhist monk 11:30 CALL ME BY YOUR NAME 21:15 LUCKY espousing anti-Muslim hatred is a frighteningly resonant account 20:45 GOING WEST A rapturous study in passion and desire from the director of Harry Dean Stanton in the performance of a lifetime as an of racist and nationalist rhetoric leading to horrendous violence. A father and son set out on a journey to repair the wounds between I Am Love and A Bigger Splash. irascible nonagenarian maverick in a New Mexican town, them, but little goes to plan in this Norwegian road movie. grappling with his mortality. 18:30 ALPHAGO 14:40 A FANTASTIC WOMAN It’s man versus machine in this absorbing documentary A transwoman's quest for a little respect gives us one of 2017's chronicling the epic contest between Google’s DeepMind HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE standout performances in this invigorating Chilean drama from EMPIRE HAYMARKET computer AlphaGo and reigning Go world champion Lee Sedol. 18:30 GEMINI Sebastian Lelio (Gloria). 12:30 LOVING VINCENT Los Angeles gleams in this neo-Noir about a personal assistant 19:15 THE SHAPE OF WATER The first ever fully painted feature film takes us through the last 21:O0 PERSON TO PERSON (Lola Kirke) who turns amateur detective when tragedy strikes days of Vincent Van Gogh. A cinematic breath of fresh air, this New York City ensemble drama Master of things that go bump in the night, Guillermo Del Toro her Hollywood starlet boss (Zoë Kravitz). is like 1970s Robert Altman seen through a distinctly 2017 lens. spins the compelling tale of friendship between a mute woman 15:15 1% 21:00 THE FINAL YEAR and an amphibious creature. When the violent leader of an Australian motorcycle gang gets out BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 Greg Barker’s excellent observational documentary examines, of prison, his deputy has to choose between loyalty and family. with great intimacy, the final year in Obama’s foreign policy EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA 12:45 LIFE GUIDANCE administration as an election looms. 18:15 ANCHOR AND HOPE Happiness is an emotion shared by all in this world, but when 11:00 THOROUGHBRED A smart, funny, London film about love and its discontents one man questions his existence, the penalty can be deadly. Taut, tense and deliciously nasty – my little pony this ain’t. as a lesbian couple’s relationship is tested when a friend comes ICA to stay. 15:15 AVA 14:30 ON CHESIL BEACH A bold and inventive coming of age tale with a difference. 18:15 THE DEAD NATION Kim Minhee is luminous as a woman who retreats to Hamburg to Romanian life prior to the outbreak of the war is the subject of 21:00 PROFESSOR MARSTON & THE WONDER WOMEN recover from a broken heart in Hong Sangsoo’s bold tribute to The incredible story of the man behind Wonder Woman and Radu Jude’s fascinationg archive documentary. 18:00 FÉLICITÉ bruised romantics. the women in his life. This Berlin Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner weaves a story around a resilient Kinshasa singer who has to fight for her 20:45 SPELL REEL 17:15 120 BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) Filipa César’s documentary following the rediscovery of the child’s survival. A riveting and invigorating account of Aids activist organisation CURZON SOHO revolutionary cinema of Guinea-Bissau and its role in reclaiming ACT UP-Paris. national memory. 18:15 WINTER BROTHERS 20:50 MY LONELINESS IS KILLING ME Two quarry-worker brothers are swept into a vicious feud, in this Existential crisis and dread features in these short films that dare intensely performed and aesthetically distinctive debut, featuring to ask questions about our place in the world. House of Cards’ Lars Mikkelsen. | 7

20:45 MAKALA BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 RICH MIX 20:30 THE BRAWLER Doc filmmaker Emmanuel Gras’ gloriously cinematic portrait of a Anurag Kashyap delivers a knockout thriller in this gripping tale coal producer in rural Congo, which deservedly won the Grand 12:50 MY BEAUTIFUL ISLAND 18:30 THE CLIMB of a boxer who must make an impossible choice between his Searing social realism with a bold genre twist. Leave your fear of heights at home, before venturing to this Prize in Cannes’ Critics Week. two passions. exhilarating doc where six women take part in some vertiginous 15:00 CHÂTEAU direct action. PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL Bustling with African hair salons, this is a sprightly-paced drama VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 5 set in the working-class area of Paris, around the Chateau d’Eau 20:35 LET THE CORPSES TAN 18:20 6 DAYS metro station. Gun-toting showdowns have rarely looked so beautiful. 12:30 STRANGLED In April 1980 six gunmen seized the Iranian Embassy in London. Seven years after a shocking murder, a killer strikes in the town This is the story of the SAS operation in the six days that followed. 18:15 LFF CONNECTS: JOHAN KNATTRUP JENSEN of Martfü. Is it a copycat? Or is the wrong man in jail? A pioneer in navigating the future of cinematic virtual reality, WEDNESDAY 11 OCTOBER 20:45 A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN Johan Knattrup Jensen will talk about his work, past, present 15:30 GEMINI The true story of Billy Moore, a British drug-dealer sent to a violent ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE Los Angeles gleams in this neo-Noir about a personal assistant and future. Thai prison where he learns kick-boxing as a means to survive. 11:30 THE SHAPE OF WATER (Lola Kirke) who turns amateur detective when tragedy strikes 20:50 HEADING FOR THAT ADULT CRASH Master of things that go bump in the night, Guillermo Del Toro her Hollywood starlet boss (Zoë Kravitz). PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA The journey from childhood to adulthood is a headlong dive into spins the compelling tale of friendship between a mute woman the unknown. Whatever country or culture, it’s fraught and 18:30 THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT and an amphibious creature. A murder investigation is mired bureaucratic corruption, in this 18:15 PRINCESS CYD stressful for all involved, negotiating family, love and relationships Stephen Cone’s emotionally rich character study embodies the dark Egyptian thriller, where everyone is on the make. as you try to find your place in the world. 14:30 REDOUBTABLE languor and hope of that special point in summer where From the Oscar winning director of The Artist, a brilliantly realised everything feels possible. 21:00 REINVENTING MARVIN CINÉ LUMIÈRE portrait of France’s maestro director Jean-Luc Godard spiralling Finnegan Oldfield stars as a young gay man desperate to 20:45 MEMOIR OF A MURDERER into philosophical and romantic crisis. break away, in this stirring drama from director Anne Fontaine To Catch a Thief meets Memento in this twisted Korean tale of 18:15 THIS IS OUR LAND (The Innocents). Emilie Dequenne plays a young woman lured into standing as 19:15 FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL fatherly love and killer instinct. candidate for the French far right in this provocative political The true story of the love affair between Gloria Grahame and drama from director Lucas Belvaux. young aspiring actor Peter Turner, produced by the Bond EMPIRE HAYMARKET BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 franchise’s Barbara Broccoli. 12:30 A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN 21:00 THE WOUND The true story of Billy Moore, a British drug-dealer sent to a violent 12:15 LITTLE VERONIKA (INNOCENCE) A tough and complex tale of closeted sexuality in South Africa. A visually sumptuous film of a young girl’s journey to Vienna EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA Thai prison where he learns kick-boxing as a means to survive. and her encounter with the city’s seamier side. CURZON MAYFAIR 11:30 THE PARTY 15:15 THREE PEAKS 14:15 THE DRUMMER AND THE KEEPER Sally Potter’s satire, written just prior to the 2015 British General Diverging ideas on love and fatherhood drive this captivating In this warm, witty Irish drama, a rock drummer with bipolar 18:15 ISRAFIL Election is a monochrome deconstruction of class and political thriller, as a mountainside vacation designed for family bonding Sensitive Iranian drama of thwarted romance and disorder builds an unusual friendship with a goalie who has values, as a small group of friends meet for dinner. descends into a fight for survival. familial responsibility. Asperger syndrome. 14:15 WAJIB 18:00 BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 20:45 THREE PEAKS An estranged father- son relationship on the backdrop of the Vince Vaughan does time in this devilishly unexpected 18:15 MINDHUNTER Diverging ideas on love and fatherhood drive this captivating David Fincher returns to television with a Zodiac-style police vibrant city of Nazareth makes up for an immensely entertaining prison thriller. thriller, as a mountainside vacation designed for family bonding procedural, based on the men who first coined the phrase drama by Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir. descends into a fight for survival. ‘serial killer’. 21:00 SMALL TOWN CRIME 17:45 FOXTROT An alcoholic ex-cop gets a shot at redemption in this 21:00 LFF CONNECTS: DAVID FINCHER HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE Expanding from the claustrophobic confines of his shambling-gumshoe delight that sees John Hawkes channelling The internationally acclaimed director and creative force behind award-winning Lebanon, Samuel Maoz presents a provocative a drunk Colombo. the new Netflix drama MINDHUNTER talks about his work. 18:15 BRIGSBY BEAR portrait of the mind-set of generations subject to Israeli Abducted as a baby, a young man is freed from his isolated military conscription. bunker and strives to remake the only kids TV show CURZON SOHO BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 he’s ever watched. 20:30 GOOD MANNERS 20:45 THE JOURNEY 12:45 OUR TIME WILL COME Rule-breaking filmmaking at its most compelling and Iraqi filmmaker Mohamed Al-Daradji takes us into the mind of a A woman is drawn into Hong Kong's underground resistance 20:45 LAST FLAG FLYING imaginative. potential female suicide bomber in this unforgettable drama. Richard Linklater’s ruminative comedy finds three men accepting movement, in Ann Hui's emotionally acute spy thriller. that life isn’t quite what it used to be. VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 7 PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL 15:50 BOBBI JENE A fascinating doc about contemporary dancer Bobbi Jene ICA 12:00 THIS IS OUR LAND 18:15 PROMISED LAND whose ambition and physicality will at turn impress Emilie Dequenne plays a young woman lured into standing as Comparing Elvis's life and times with everyday existence in and mesmerise. 18:15 ERASE AND FORGET candidate for the French far right in this provocative political Trump's America, this slyly amusing road movie documentary is Investigative portrait of famous Vietnam vet, ‘Bo’ Gritz, drama from director Lucas Belvaux. a treat for the eyes and ears. 18:15 SO HELP ME GOD the inspiration for Rambo, that exposes the complexities of how A darkly funny and unsettling behind the scene glimpse at the American creates its own reality. 15:00 ISRAFIL 21:00 ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE work of a rather unusual Belgium judge. Sensitive Iranian drama of thwarted romance and Kim Minhee is luminous as a woman who retreats to Hamburg to 20:45 DEAD THE ENDS familial responsibility. recover from a broken heart in Hong Sangsoo’s bold tribute to Benedict Seymour’s experimental feature is an urgent, 20:45 SUMMER 1993 bruised romantics. Bereavement is seen through the eyes of a six-year old girl in engaging journey into the London riots and our current political 18:00 ONE THOUSAND ROPES this assured, visually arresting debut from Catalan filmmaker situation via imagery from dystopian science-fiction. Samoan former fighter turned midwife and baker deals with a Carla Simón. harsh reality and the supernatural in this quietly powerful drama. | 8

PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA CURZON MAYFAIR 14:30 FOXTROT CURZON SOHO Expanding from the claustrophobic confines of his 18:15 STRANGE WORLDS 18:15 24 FRAMES award-winning Lebanon, Samuel Maoz presents a provocative 18:30 A SORT OF FAMILY Alternative fictions and skewed realties; these films take us away Kiarostami’s final film is an experimental compilation of still Adoption doesn’t go according to plan in this Argentinian portrait of the mind-set of generations subject to Israeli from what we know into worlds and scenarios where nothing images imaginatively brought to life by sound and animation: knockout, when biological parents hold a nervy foster mother, military conscription. seems quite as it should be. lyrical, funny, mysterious and often quite magical. brilliantly played by Bárbara Lennie, to ransom. 18:00 SWEET COUNTRY 21:00 PERSON TO PERSON 21:00 THOROUGHBRED Australian director, Warwick Thornton (Samson and Delilah) 21:00 THE WHITE GIRL A cinematic breath of fresh air, this New York City ensemble drama Taut, tense and deliciously nasty – my little pony this ain’t. Debut director Jenny Suen collaborates with Christopher Doyle brings a vital Indigenous perspective and great cinematic vision is like 1970s Robert Altman seen through a distinctly 2017 lens. for this gorgeous Hong Kong-based drama, set to delight to this effective, revisionist epic. HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE dreamers, outcasts and sensualists. BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 20:45 ANGELS WEAR WHITE 18:15 CALL ME BY YOUR NAME One night in a hotel room has catastrophic consequences in this A rapturous study in passion and desire from the director of PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL 18:30 THE ERNEST LINDGREN LECTURE: piercing drama that takes a young female perspective on I Am Love and A Bigger Splash. KINEMACOLOR WITH LUKE MCKERNAN (ALSO TREASURES) corruption and sexual exploitation. 18:15 THE RIDER Like colour postcards from the past, this presentation of newly A luminous and enthralling study of a young South Dakotan restored Kinemacolor films reveal a world unseen for a century. 21:00 MOUNTAIN cowboy’s struggle following a rodeo injury, from the director of For mountains lovers and adrenaline junkies alike, this doc is a VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 7 Songs My Brothers Taught Me. cinematic feast. BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 11:45 ANCHOR AND HOPE A smart, funny, London film about love and its discontents as a 21:00 JOURNEYMAN Paddy Considine’s boxing melodrama is an emotional knockout. 13:00 ALPHAGO ICA lesbian couple’s relationship is tested when a friend comes to stay. It’s man versus machine in this absorbing documentary chronicling the epic contest between Google’s DeepMind 17:30 THE NOTHING FACTORY Portuguese director Pedro Pinho and a terrific ensemble case 14:45 6 DAYS PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA computer AlphaGo and reigning Go world champion Lee Sedol. In April 1980 six gunmen seized the Iranian Embassy in reinvent the agitprop tradition in a sprawling, formally inventive London. This is the story of the SAS operation in the six days 18:15 THE CURED panoramic tale about workers defending their factory. Ellen Page stars in one of the most original and innovative 15:30 ARCADIA that followed. Paul Wright (For Those in Peril) constructs a beautiful paean to zombie films in recent memory. the land, set to a soundtrack by Will Gregory and Adrian Utley. 21:10 UNTITLED A film about nothing is one of the year's finest documentaries, 18:00 GRAIN Mankind faces extinction in this stunningly-realised widescreen 21:00 SMALL TOWN CRIME and a lyrical tribute to its late director, Michael Glawogger. An alcoholic ex-cop gets a shot at redemption in this 18:20 EL MAR LA MAR dystopian fiction about ecological disaster. A visually striking and experimental anthropological essay about shambling-gumshoe delight that sees John Hawkes channelling border crossings in the Sonoran Desert. RICH MIX 21:00 DISTILLED IDENTITIES a drunk Colombo. Tales from a fearful world seem to circulate constantly as we 20:45 SALESMAN 18:15 THE BREADWINNER face an ever-changing climate of war and terror. Yet there is A portrait of Bible salesmen selling their wares becomes a This exceptional animated film about a girl’s struggles in BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 hope when fear evaporates and unity prevails. fascinating window on 1960s American life. Afghanistan is based on the bestselling novel by Deborah Ellis. 18:10 A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH A glorious love story and grand cosmic adventure wrapped up in 20:45 THE ENDLESS VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 5 a single masterpiece – courtesy of the twin geniuses of BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 Come with an open mind. And prepare to have it blown. 12:45 THE WOUND British cinema, Powell and Pressburger. 12:30 COLUMBUS A tough and complex tale of closeted sexuality in South Africa. A young librarian with a thing for Modernist architecture expands THURSDAY 12 OCTOBER 20:45 LONDON CALLING her horizons when a Korean lawyer (John Cho) comes to town, 15:15 SHEIKH JACKSON A selection of new shorts from some of the capital’s most in this impeccable debut. ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE Sheikh Jackson follows a hardline Islamist preacher who yearns exciting upcoming filmmakers, supported by Film London. to moonwalk again after the death of singer Michael Jackson. 15:45 LFF CONNECTS: DEMIS HASSABIS 11:30 FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 Artificial Intelligence is discussed with the man behind the The true story of the love affair between Gloria Grahame and 18:30 LIKE A HEART BEAT DRIVES YOU MAD renowned AI lab, DeepMind. young aspiring actor Peter Turner, produced by the Bond Challenging, troubling, uneasy – that’s what love can be. 12:45 HOPING. FEARING. DREAMING franchise’s Barbara Broccoli. Hopes, fears and dreams form a narrative resulting in 19:00 EX LIBRIS – THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 21:30 VERÓNICA explorations of lives yet to be lived and turns of poetic An immersive journey into the New York Public Library with great 14:15 DARK RIVER Spain’s answer to The Conjuring will scare the life out of you. self-expression. documentarian Frederick Wiseman. Clio Barnard (The Arbor, The Selfish Giant) adapts Rose Tremain’s Trespass, relocating the action to Yorkshire, EMPIRE HAYMARKET 15:30 ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE CINÉ LUMIÈRE where two siblings come into conflict over a family inheritance. Kim Minhee is luminous as a woman who retreats to Hamburg to 12:15 PROFESSOR MARSTON & THE WONDER WOMEN recover from a broken heart in Hong Sangsoo’s bold tribute to 19:00 THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER The incredible story of the man behind Wonder Woman and the 18:15 MADEMOISELLE PARADIS bruised romantics. An enthralling account of the life of a blind pianist whose partially For those who loved the biting satire of Yorgos Lanthimos’ women in his life. restored sight witnessed a loss in her musicality. The Lobster, he returns with another electrifying critique of 18:15 WINTER BROTHERS bourgeois values. 15:00 BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 Two quarry-worker brothers are swept into a vicious feud, in this Vince Vaughan does time in this devilishly unexpected prison thriller. 20:45 THE DEAD NATION intensely performed and aesthetically distinctive debut, Romanian life prior to the outbreak of the war is the subject of EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA featuring House of Cards’ Lars Mikkelsen. Radu Jude’s fascinationg archive documentary. 18:15 MADEMOISELLE PARADIS 11:30 GOOD MANNERS An enthralling account of the life of a blind pianist whose partially restored sight witnessed a loss in her musicality. 20:45 QUALITY TIME Rule-breaking filmmaking at its most compelling A singular take on masculinity defines this strange and and imaginative. 20:40 SICILIAN GHOST STORY innovative comedy. True life Mafia Kidnap story, re-fashioned as bravura modern fairytale, from the makers of Salvo. | 9

BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 RICH MIX VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 7 21:00 THE PRINCE OF NOTHINGWOOD A rousing behind the scenes account of the life of Salim 13:15 SUMMER 1993 18:30 THE JOURNEY 12:00 WINTER BROTHERS Shaheen, Afghanistan’s most prolific actor/director, and a Bereavement is seen through the eyes of a six-year old girl in this Iraqi filmmaker Mohamed Al-Daradji takes us into the mind of a Two quarry-worker brothers are swept into a vicious feud, in this one-man charisma-bomb. assured, visually arresting debut from Catalan filmmaker potential female suicide bomber in this unforgettable drama. intensely performed and aesthetically distinctive debut, featuring Carla Simón. House of Cards’ Lars Mikkelsen. 21:00 MAKALA PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL 15:45 PRINCESS CYD Doc filmmaker Emmanuel Gras’ gloriously cinematic portrait of 14:45 DEVIL'S FREEDOM Stephen Cone’s emotionally rich character study embodies the a coal producer in rural Congo, which deservedly won the The horror of Mexico’s drug war is revealed through the 18:15 JANE An extraordinary and inspiring journey into the life of languor and hope of that special point in summer where Grand Prize in Cannes’ Critics Week. shattering first-hand testimonies of both victims and perpetrators British primatologist Jane Goodall, with never-seen-before everything feels possible. in this astonishing documentary by Everardo González. archive and beautiful Phillip Glass’s score. STUDIO 18:15 OH, SUN! 18:00 CARGO This beautifully restored, prize-winning film offers a scathing Tensions erupt when three sons are forced to take over a failing 20:40 THE FORGIVEN 18:30 THE NOTHING FACTORY Forest Whittaker and Eric Bana are extraordinary as Desmond attack on colonialism and a shocking exposé of racism. Portuguese director Pedro Pinho and a terrific ensemble case family fisheries business in this dark and compelling Tutu and Piet Blomfeld in this tense political drama. reinvent the agitprop tradition in a sprawling, formally inventive North Sea drama. 21:00 ISLAND panoramic tale about workers defending their factory. A haunting, deeply moving documentary set among terminally ill 20:45 78/52 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA cancer patients. Crack open the chocolate syrup, Mrs Bates is coming to stay. FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER 18:00 BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 Vince Vaughan does time in this devilishly unexpected CINÉ LUMIÈRE ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 5 prison thriller. 18:10 THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT 11:30 THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER 12:30 A SORT OF FAMILY A murder investigation is mired bureaucratic corruption, in this Adoption doesn’t go according to plan in this Argentinian 21:00 APRIL'S DAUGHTER For those who loved the biting satire of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The mother of all thrillers. dark Egyptian thriller, where everyone is on the make. The Lobster, he returns with another electrifying critique of knockout, when biological parents hold a nervy foster mother, brilliantly played by Bárbara Lennie, to ransom. 20:45 THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW AND SELECTED) bourgeois values. BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 Master of the urban comedy drama, Noah Baumbach presents 14:30 HAPPY END 15:15 UNTITLED a study of a dysfunctional family par excellence, ruled over by A film about nothing is one of the year's finest documentaries, 12:30 SICILIAN GHOST STORY Michael Haneke’s portrait of a dysfunctional bourgeois Calais True life Mafia kidnap story, re-fashioned as bravura modern Dustin Hoffman’s shambolic patriarch. and a lyrical tribute to its late director, Michael Glawogger. family offers a potted summary – and bracingly intelligent, partly fairytale, from the makers of Salvo. satirical update – on themes from his previous films. 18:30 THE BALLAD OF SHIRLEY COLLINS CURZON MAYFAIR A moving story of an important voice lost and found, one that 15:20 FACES PLACES 18:00 DOWNSIZING Agnes Varda teams up with artist JR for a road-trip across makes us reflect upon the value and meaning of heritage 18:15 FACES PLACES Smaller doesn’t mean simpler, as Alexander Payne points out in France, in this moving meditation on friendship, cinema and the Agnes Varda teams up with artist JR for a road-trip across and ancestry. this hilarious satire that manages to keep the laugh rate high power of art on people’s lives. France, in this moving meditation on friendship, cinema and the while engaging with a wealth of topical issues. power of art on people’s lives. 21:15 A CIAMBRA Life amongst the Italian Romani community is explored in this 17:45 LA VÉRITÉ 21:00 THE FLORIDA PROJECT Bardot gives her greatest performance in Clouzot’s bitter drama gritty drama considering what it takes for a boy to become 21:00 I AM NOT A WITCH Sean Baker follows his incredible Tangerine with another about a free-spirited young woman in a fraught relationship in Welsh-raised, Zambian born Rungano Nyoni delivers a a man. visionary take on the wild ups and dangerous downs of life in late 1950s Left Bank Paris. dazzlingly debut with this dark satirical fairy tale about a little girl America’s underbelly. accused of being a witch. EMPIRE HAYMARKET BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA 12:30 REINVENTING MARVIN HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE Finnegan Oldfield stars as a young gay man desperate to 13:15 THE DEAD NATION 11:00 SWEET COUNTRY Romanian life prior to the outbreak of the war is the subject of break away, in this stirring drama from director Anne Fontaine 18:15 PROMISED LAND Australian director, Warwick Thornton (Samson and Delilah) Radu Jude’s fascinationg archive documentary. Comparing Elvis's life and times with everyday existence in brings a vital Indigenous perspective and great cinematic vision (The Innocents). Trump's America, this slyly amusing road movie documentary is to this effective, revisionist epic 15:30 24 FRAMES a treat for the eyes and ears. 15:15 JOURNEYMAN Kiarostami’s final film is an experimental compilation of still Paddy Considine’s boxing melodrama is an emotional knockout. 14:00 ANGELS WEAR WHITE images imaginatively brought to life by sound and animation: 21:00 PICKUPS One night in a hotel room has catastrophic consequences in this lyrical, funny, mysterious and often quite magical. Aidan Gillen stars – as not-quite-himself – in a playful comedy 18:15 WALK WITH ME piercing drama that takes a young female perspective on Take a slow and meditative walk with Zen Master Thich Nhat about an actor struggling to keep things real after his divorce. corruption and sexual exploitation. Hanh, the inventor of Mindfulness. 18:20 A MOTHER BRINGS HER SON TO BE SHOT Five years in the making, this brave and level-headed ICA 18:00 THE LOVERS 20:30 BAD GENIUS documentary exposes paramilitary activity in present day Tracy Letts and Debra Winger play a married couple poised to Taking you straight back to the night before your GCSEs, this is Northern Ireland during a supposed time of peace. 18:15 ANTONIO LOPEZ 1970: SEX, FASHION & DISCO break up in Azazel Jacobs crackingly funny and heart-wrenching an adrenaline-fueled edge-of-the-desk exam-heist thriller like Meet the man who injected sensuality, transgression and fun look at long term love. you’ve never seen before. 20:45 STRANGE WORLDS into the 1970s NYC and Paris fashion scenes. Alternative fictions and skewed realties; these films take us away 20:40 BEYOND THE CLOUDS CURZON SOHO from what we know into worlds and scenarios where nothing 20:45 THE DEVIL’S FREEDOM Acclaimed Iranian auteur Majid Majidi relocates to Mumbai to tell seems quite as it should be. The horror of Mexico’s drug war is revealed through the a fast-paced coming-of-age story about a teenager who sets 18:30 ABU shattering first-hand testimonies of both victims and perpetrators out to save his sister. A kaleidoscopic personal doc in the vein of Sarah Polley’s in this astonishing documentary by Everardo González. Stories We Tell, exploring family dynamics, emerging sexuality and Pakistani-Canadian identity. | 10

BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 18:15 ARABY VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 7 14:45 I AM NOT A WITCH A teenager is drawn into the past life of his neighbour in this Welsh-raised, Zambian born Rungano Nyoni delivers a 12:15 LUCÍA delicate poetic work from Brazilian filmmakers João Dumans 11:30 THE RIDER dazzlingly debut with this dark satirical fairy tale about a little girl A beautifully restored cinematic tour de force from Humberto A luminous and enthralling study of a young South Dakotan and Affonso Uchoa. accused of being a witch. Solás, the enfant terrible of Cuban cinema in the 1960s. cowboy’s struggle following a rodeo injury, from the director of 20:45 FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES Songs My Brothers Taught Me. 21:00 SUSPIRIA 15:45 CHÂTEAU 1960s Japan receives an electrifying charge of counter cultural As the tagline promised - "The only thing more terrifying than the Bustling with African hair salons, this is a sprightly-paced drama subversion in this visually striking, anti-establishment classic. 14:30 LIFE GUIDANCE last 12 minutes of this film are the first 92." set in the working-class area of Paris, around the Chateau d’Eau Happiness is an emotion shared by all in this world, but when metro station. one man questions his existence, the penalty can be deadly. RICH MIX PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL 18:30 OUROBOROS 17:45 THE WHITE GIRL The Gaza Strip is the starting point for this universal story 17:40 THE BRAWLER Debut director Jenny Suen collaborates with Christopher Doyle 12:30 GIANT Anurag Kashyap delivers a knockout thriller in this gripping tale From the Basque directors of Loreak (LFF2014) comes an of heartbreak. for this gorgeous Hong Kong-based drama, set to delight of a boxer who must make an impossible choice between his unsettling tale of sibling rivalry based on the true story of the dreamers, outcasts and sensualists. 21:00 LIFE IMITATION two passions. world’s tallest man. Cutting edge artist Chen Zhou fuses documentary, chat apps 20:30 TIDES and Grand Theft Auto to build a mind-bending picture of queer 21:00 A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN Relaxed and insightful British drama with a mumblecore edge. 18:15 THE BOY DOWNSTAIRS The true story of Billy Moore, a British drug-dealer sent to a The spirit of Nora Ephron is channelled in this smart and sassy lives on the edge. violent Thai prison where he learns kick-boxing as a means Manhattan-set relationship drama. to survive. VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 5 CINÉ LUMIÈRE 20:45 INGRID GOES WEST 12:15 QUALITY TIME An emotionally unstable young woman moves to California to A singular take on masculinity defines this strange 18:10 HEADING FOR THAT ADULT CRASH SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER stalk her social media idol and insinuates herself into her picture- The journey from childhood to adulthood is a headlong dive into and innovative comedy. perfect life. the unknown. Whatever country or culture, it’s fraught and ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE stressful for all involved, negotiating family, love and relationships 15:00 OUR TIME WILL COME 11:30 THE FLORIDA PROJECT A woman is drawn into Hong Kong's underground resistance as you try to find your place in the world. PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA Sean Baker follows his incredible Tangerine with another movement, in Ann Hui's emotionally acute spy thriller. visionary take on the wild ups and dangerous downs of life in 13:00 THE PRINCE OF NOTHINGWOOD 20:40 GOOD MANNERS A rousing behind the scenes account of the life of Salim Rule-breaking filmmaking at its most compelling America’s underbelly. 18:15 THE CURED Ellen Page stars in one of the most original and innovative Shaheen, Afghanistan’s most prolific actor/director, and a and imaginative. 14:10 DOWNSIZING zombie films in recent memory. one-man charisma-bomb. Smaller doesn’t mean simpler, as Alexander Payne points out in CURZON MAYFAIR this hilarious satire that manages to keep the laugh rate high 21:00 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER 15:15 VERÓNICA while engaging with a wealth of topical issues. This 1977 restored classic centres around John Travolta playing Spain’s answer to The Conjuring will scare the life out of you. 18:15 LET THE SUNSHINE IN Tony Manero – the role that made him a superstar. Director Claire Denis gives a wry account of an artist’s search 18:00 YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE 20:40 WRATH OF SILENCE for love, in this witty black comedy starring Juliette Binoche. A Touch of Sin meets Spaghetti Western in this contemporary Lynne Ramsay journeys with Joaquin Phoenix into the mind of EMPIRE HAYMARKET an ex-soldier gun-for-hire whose own demons are as brutal as Chinese arthouse thriller following a mute man's search for his 20:45 THE RIDER missing son. A luminous and enthralling study of a young South Dakotan the actions of his adversaries. 12:30 SHORT FILM AWARD PROGRAMME 1 The Short Film Award recognises short form works with a cowboy’s struggle following a rodeo injury, from the director of 20:45 SURPRISE FILM unique cinematic voice and a confident handling of chosen Songs My Brothers Taught Me. BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 Always a big draw, what will this year’s surprise film be? One theme and content. thing we do know – previous years have given us more than 12:30 THE BIG BAD FOX AND OTHER TALES HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE enough to whet the cinematic palette 15:15 SHORT FILM AWARD PROGRAMME 2 This hilarious trio of farmyard tales features some of the wisest The Short Film Award recognises short form works with a cracking animals that you ever could hope to meet. 18:30 MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND unique cinematic voice and a confident handling of chosen Searing social realism with a bold genre twist. EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA theme and content. 14:45 THE PRINCE OF ADVENTURERS 11:30 BEYOND THE CLOUDS If irresistible charm is what you’re seeking, Casanova is the 20:40 THE SHAPE OF WATER man for you. Master of things that go bump in the night, Guillermo Del Toro Acclaimed Iranian auteur Majid Majidi relocates to Mumbai to tell 18:15 JANE An extraordinary and inspiring journey into the life of British spins the compelling tale of friendship between a mute woman a fast-paced coming-of-age story about a teenager who sets primatologist Jane Goodall, with never-seen-before archive and 18:20 SCARFACE and an amphibious creature. out to save his sister. A landmark gangster movie and a subversive take on the beautiful Phillip Glass’s score. 14:15 THE LOVERS American Dream, Hawks’ masterpiece boasts a brilliant ICA Tracy Letts and Debra Winger play a married couple poised to 20:45 THE FORGIVEN Paul Muni as brutish, ruthlessly ambitious Tony Camonte. break up in Azazel Jacobs crackingly funny and heart-wrenching Forest Whittaker and Eric Bana are extraordinary as 13:00 ONE THOUSAND ROPES Desmond Tutu and Piet Blomfeld in this tense political drama. 21:00 HERE TO BE HEARD: THE STORY OF THE SLITS Samoan former fighter turned midwife and baker deals with a look at long term love. The hitherto overlooked story of one of British music’s most harsh reality and the supernatural in this quietly powerful drama. influential and game-changing bands. 18:00 ZAMA CURZON SOHO 15:45 LUCKY A political western-cum-existentialist epic from the one of Harry Dean Stanton in the performance of a lifetime as an Latin-America’s boldest filmmakers, Zama offers an incisive and 12:15 LET THE SUNSHINE IN BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 Director Claire Denis gives a wry account of an artist’s search for irascible nonagenarian maverick in a New Mexican town, visually arresting examination of the abuses of colonialism. love, in this witty black comedy starring Juliette Binoche. 12:45 LU OVER THE WALL grappling with his mortality. 20:45 THELMA Masaaki Yuasa's quirky, aquatic anime introduces us to a A teenage girl taps into some long-dormant powers, in this colourful, musical mermaid named Lu. chiller from Joachim Trier (Oslo, August 31st). | 11

15:30 ABU 20:45 BATTLE OF THE SEXES BARBICAN 15:45 THE CAKEMAKER A kaleidoscopic personal doc in the vein of Sarah Polley’s Emma Stone and Steve Carell star in this playful true story of the A gay German baker and an Israeli widow find comfort in their Stories We Tell, exploring family dynamics, emerging sexuality 1970s gender wars played out on the tennis pitch, while the 20:00 SHIRAZ: A ROMANCE OF INDIA shared grief, in this tale of loneliness, complex desire, and lots The world premiere of Anoushka Shankar’s new score for and Pakistani-Canadian identity. world watches. of cakes. Shiraz, a spectacular silent film romance, filmed entirely in India. 18:10 THREE PEAKS 18:30 SHORT FILM AWARD PROGRAMME 1 HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE Diverging ideas on love and fatherhood drive this captivating STUDIO The Short Film Award recognises short form works with a thriller, as a mountainside vacation designed for family bonding 12:45 APOSTASY unique cinematic voice and a confident handling of chosen descends into a fight for survival. Written and directed by a former Jehovah’s Witness, 14:00 OH, SUN! theme and content. This beautifully restored, prize-winning film offers a scathing this gripping debut depicts a family struggling with a cruel attack on colonialism and a shocking exposé of racism. 20:45 ABRACADABRA choice: devotion to one another or to their faith? 21:15 SHORT FILM AWARD PROGRAMME 2 From the director of Blancanieves comes a wacky women’s The Short Film Award recognises short form works with a melodrama with some absurdist supernatural digressions and a 15:15 LONDON CALLING SUNDAY 15 OCTOBER unique cinematic voice and a confident handling of chosen fabulous central performance from Maribel Verdú. A selection of new shorts from some of the capital’s most theme and content. exciting upcoming filmmakers, supported by Film London. ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 EMPIRE HAYMARKET 18:15 G FUNK 11:30 YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE 12:30 THE L-SHAPED ROOM The story of G Funk, the funky, melodic form of hip-hop that Lynne Ramsay journeys with Joaquin Phoenix into the mind of 12:15 ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE An unmarried mother-to-be finds companionship among a conquered the world. The rhythm is the bass and the bass is an ex-soldier gun-for-hire whose own demons are as brutal as Kim Minhee is luminous as a woman who retreats to Hamburg gallery of warm and eccentric characters when she comes to the treble… the actions of his adversaries. to recover from a broken heart in Hong Sangsoo’s bold tribute to London to have her child. bruised romantics. 20:45 GHOST STORIES 14:00 ZAMA 15:45 SURFACE TENSIONS You say you don’t believe in ghosts? Well, think again… A political western-cum-existentialist epic from the one of 15:45 G FUNK A programme of short work that challenges our views of the Latin-America’s boldest filmmakers, Zama offers an incisive and The story of G Funk, the funky, melodic form of hip-hop that world and its artefacts, as well as the means through which we ICA visually arresting examination of the abuses of colonialism. conquered the world. The rhythm is the bass and the bass is experience them. the treble… 13:00 SALESMAN 19:00 THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI 18:30 LEK AND THE DOGS A portrait of Bible salesmen selling their wares becomes a Martin McDonagh’s third feature is a scabrously funny drama 18:15 HAVE A NICE DAY Emotionally affecting and politically resonant multi-genre fascinating window on 1960s American life. about the battle between a grieving mother and local head of Multi-strand Pulp Fiction-style gangster narrative meets adaptation of Hattie Naylor’s play; Lek is a boy who forsakes his law enforcement. bold, frequently hilarious social satire, in this thrilling human family for a life with dogs. 15:45 THE BALLAD OF SHIRLEY COLLINS Chinese animation. A moving story of an important voice lost and found, one that EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA 21:20 THE PURE NECESSITY makes us reflect upon the value and meaning of heritage 20:30 FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES The Jungle Book is re-made removing the humans to create a and ancestry. 11:30 THE BREADWINNER 1960s Japan receives an electrifying charge of counter cultural paradise of animal freedom. This exceptional animated film about a girl’s struggles in subversion in this visually striking, anti-establishment classic. 18:15 A SKIN SO SOFT Afghanistan is based on the bestselling novel by Deborah Ellis. Body-builders as you’ve never seen them before, in all their CINÉ LUMIÈRE vulnerability and away from artificial glamour. 14:30 THELMA CURZON SOHO 13:00 JOURNEY'S END A teenage girl taps into some long-dormant powers, in this 12:30 I AM NOT A WITCH RC Sheriff’s acclaimed First World War drama reaches 20:45 A MOTHER BRINGS HER SON TO BE SHOT chiller from Joachim Trier (Oslo, August 31st). Welsh-raised, Zambian born Rungano Nyoni delivers a Five years in the making, this brave and level-headed the screen in this all-star adaptation, directed by Saul Dibb dazzlingly debut with this dark satirical fairy tale about a little girl documentary exposes paramilitary activity in present day 20:30 THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (Bullet Boy). accused of being a witch. Northern Ireland during a supposed time of peace. Martin McDonagh’s third feature is a scabrously funny drama 15:30 CARGO about the battle between a grieving mother and local head of 15:00 GRAIN Tensions erupt when three sons are forced to take over a failing RICH MIX law enforcement. Mankind faces extinction in this stunningly-realised widescreen family fisheries business in this dark and compelling dystopian fiction about ecological disaster. North Sea drama. 13:00 ANGELS WEAR WHITE VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 7 One night in a hotel room has catastrophic consequences in this 18:15 JEUNE FEMME 18:00 CLOSE-KNIT piercing drama that takes a young female perspective on 12:00 THE BIG BAD FOX AND OTHER TALES Paula is a one-woman riot of tangled emotion and A subtle and surprising Japanese family drama that places corruption and sexual exploitation. This hilarious trio of farmyard tales features some of the wisest self-destructive tendencies. Paris is a city for lovers. The cat of a transwoman’s desire for motherhood at its core, cracking animals that you ever could hope to meet. divorce is in a cardboard box. with bittersweet results. 15:45 SATURDAY CHURCH 18:00 JAILBREAK New York queer and trans teens of colour find love, music and A bone-crunching martial arts extravaganza from Cambodia set 20:45 THE BOY DOWNSTAIRS 21:00 JOURNEYMAN happiness in Damon Cardasis’ heart-warming lo-fi musical. to delight fans of The Raid. The spirit of Nora Ephron is channelled in this smart and sassy Paddy Considine’s boxing melodrama is an emotional knockout. Manhattan-set relationship drama. 18:30 SMALL TOWN CRIME 20:45 TIGER GIRL An alcoholic ex-cop gets a shot at redemption in this CURZON MAYFAIR There’s an anti-capitalist vigilante on the streets of Berlin and PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL shambling-gumshoe delight that sees John Hawkes channelling she’s looking for a protégé in this witty, ultra-violent, female- 13:00 EX LIBRIS – THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY a drunk Colombo. focused fight-fest. 12:30 78/52 An immersive journey into the New York Public Library with great Crack open the chocolate syrup, Mrs Bates is coming to stay. documentarian Frederick Wiseman. 21:00 ANTONIO LOPEZ 1970: SEX, FASHION & DISCO Meet the man who injected sensuality, transgression and fun VUE LEICESTER SQUARE SCREEN 5 15:00 BAD GENIUS 17:45 A CIAMBRA into the 1970s NYC and Paris fashion scenes. 12:30 A SKIN SO SOFT Taking you straight back to the night before your GCSEs, this is Life amongst the Italian Romani community is explored in this Body-builders as you’ve never seen them before, in all their an adrenaline-fueled edge-of-the-desk exam-heist thriller like gritty drama considering what it takes for a boy to become vulnerability and away from artificial glamour. you’ve never seen before. a man. | 12

18:00 THE ENDLESS 15:00 LA VÉRITÉ 17:45 DOWNSIZING KEY TO SYMBOLS Come with an open mind. And prepare to have it blown. Bardot gives her greatest performance in Clouzot’s bitter drama Smaller doesn’t mean simpler, as Alexander Payne points out in about a free-spirited young woman in a fraught relationship in this hilarious satire that manages to keep the laugh rate high Accessible screenings are clearly marked throughout the 20:40 THE SUMMIT late 1950s Left Bank Paris. while engaging with a wealth of topical issues. brochure and more information is available online. Bringing together some of Latin-America’s most eminent acting talents, Argentine filmmaker Santiago Mitre crafts an elegant 18:10 THE L-SHAPED ROOM 20:45 PROFESSOR MARSTON & THE WONDER WOMEN Please contact [email protected] about mobility access. political thriller with an unnerving psychological twist. An unmarried mother-to-be finds companionship among a The incredible story of the man behind Wonder Woman and the gallery of warm and eccentric characters when she comes to women in his life. English language films with English subtitles, London to have her child. PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA including descriptions of non-dialogue audio, ICA 13:00 THE WHITE GIRL 21:00 JANE for customers who are deaf or hard of hearing Debut director Jenny Suen collaborates with Christopher Doyle An extraordinary and inspiring journey into the life of British 13:00 CARGO for this gorgeous Hong Kong-based drama, set to delight primatologist Jane Goodall, with never-seen-before archive and Tensions erupt when three sons are forced to take over a Screenings where the intro/Q&A will be dreamers, outcasts and sensualists. beautiful Phillip Glass’s score. failing family fisheries business in this dark and compelling BSL interpreted North Sea drama. 15:30 TIDES CINÉ LUMIÈRE Relaxed and insightful British drama with a mumblecore edge. 15:30 THE PRINCE OF NOTHINGWOOD Films with an audio-description soundtrack for 13:00 SUMMER 1993 A rousing behind the scenes account of the life of Salim customers who are blind or partially sighted. 18:10 LU OVER THE WALL Bereavement is seen through the eyes of a six-year old girl in this Shaheen, Afghanistan’s most prolific actor/director, and a Headphones on request Masaaki Yuasa's quirky, aquatic anime introduces us to a assured, visually arresting debut from Catalan filmmaker one-man charisma-bomb. colourful, musical mermaid named Lu. Carla Simón. Denotes subtitles. Films not in the 21:00 6 DAYS RICH MIX English language will be screened with In April 1980 six gunmen seized the Iranian Embassy in 15:30 WALK WITH ME English subtitles Take a slow and meditative walk with Zen Master Thich Nhat London. This is the story of the SAS operation in the six days 13:00 CLOSE-KNIT Hanh, the inventor of Mindfulness. A subtle and surprising Japanese family drama that places a that followed. Please note some films marked ‘S’ have scenes transwoman’s desire for motherhood at its core, containing English dialogue without subtitles. 18:10 SCARFACE with bittersweet results. BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 A landmark gangster movie and a subversive take on the For a full list please see bfi.org.uk/Access American Dream, Hawks’ masterpiece boasts a brilliant Paul 16:00 DEAD THE ENDS 18:00 A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH Muni as brutish, ruthlessly ambitious Tony Camonte. A subtle and surprising Japanese family drama that places a This screening is suitable for family audiences A glorious love story and grand cosmic adventure wrapped up transwoman’s desire for motherhood at its core, in a single masterpiece – courtesy of the twin geniuses of British 20:30 FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL with bittersweet results. All screenings in the Family section or marked ‘F’ cinema, Powell and Pressburger. The true story of the love affair between Gloria Grahame and on the Festival Calendar are suitable for families. young aspiring actor Peter Turner, produced by the Bond 18:30 A MOTHER BRINGS HER SON TO BE SHOT Children under 15 are not permitted to attend any 20:40 FUNNY COW franchise’s Barbara Broccoli. Five years in the making, this brave and level-headed In 1970s and ‘80s Northern England, a woman rises above Festival screenings unless the film has received documentary exposes paramilitary activity in present day abusive relationships and crass sexist audiences to become a a lower BBFC certificate. Northern Ireland during a supposed time of peace. female stand-up comedian CURZON MAYFAIR 12:30 THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER 21:00 YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE All films will be projected digitally unless otherwise stated in the BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 For those who loved the biting satire of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Lynne Ramsay journeys with Joaquin Phoenix into the mind of film description. The Lobster, he returns with another electrifying critique of an ex-soldier gun-for-hire whose own demons are as brutal as 12:45 THE DAY MY FATHER BECAME A BUSH bourgeois values. the actions of his adversaries. A displaced girl must escape her home town when it becomes caught up in a civil war. 15:30 ON CHESIL BEACH Be warned – this film will break your heart. 15:10 BECOMING WHO I WAS Beautiful scenery abounds in this documentary about a 18:15 THE FORGIVEN reincarnated boy and a monk embarking on an adventurous Forest Whittaker and Eric Bana are extraordinary as journey from India to Tibet. Desmond Tutu and Piet Blomfeld in this tense political drama. 17:50 ANTONIO LOPEZ 1970: SEX, FASHION & DISCO 21:00 THE LOVERS Meet the man who injected sensuality, transgression and fun Tracy Letts and Debra Winger play a married couple poised to into the 1970s NYC and Paris fashion scenes. break up in Azazel Jacobs crackingly funny and heart-wrenching look at long term love. 20:45 ARABY A teenager is drawn into the past life of his neighbour in this delicate poetic work from Brazilian filmmakers Joao Dumans HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE and Affonso Uchoa. 12:30 FIVE FINGERS FOR MARSEILLES A wildly thrilling and deftly constructed Western genre-inspired BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 drama set across a boundless African landscape. 11:45 LUCÍA 15:20 HERE TO BE HEARD : THE STORY OF THE SLITS A beautifully restored cinematic tour de force from Humberto The hitherto overlooked story of one of British music’s most Solás, the enfant terrible of Cuban cinema in the 1960s. influential and game-changing bands.