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5 – 16 OCTOBER | 1 WEDNESDAY 5 OCTOBER THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER VUE WEST END SCREEN 5 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE ODEION LEICESTER SQUARE 12:30 THE EAGLE HUNTRESS 18:15 DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME 19:00 A UNITED KINGDOM 11:30 A UNITED KINGDOM A girl causes a stir in her tribe in Mongolia by embracing American Gold Rush history comes alive through Amma Asante (Belle, A Way of Life) opens the Festival with Amma Asante (Belle, A Way of Life) opens the Festival with the traditionally male role of Eagle Hunter. rediscovered silent movies, reconstructed to reveal lost this impassioned drama depicting an inter-racial this impassioned drama depicting an inter-racial 15:15 WILD silent movies stars in the layers of decaying nitrate stock. romance that changed the world. romance that changed the world. Girl meets wolf. A provocative love story of revolutionary 21:00 ZOOLOGY 14:15 THE RED TURTLE fantasy. Middle-aged Natasha grows a tail and falls in love in Ivan VUE WEST END SCREEN 7 Studio Ghibli's first co-production is a mature, dialogue 18:30 THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI Tverdovsky’s absurd tale of contemporary Russia. 19:45 A UNITED KINGDOM free piece about a man getting to grips with life on a Cannes prize-winning feel-good Finnish boxing biopic. Amma Asante (Belle, A Way of Life) opens the Festival with desert island. Olli Mäki must decide between the fame and the girl in BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 this impassioned drama depicting an inter-racial 19:15 A MONSTER CALLS this gorgeous black and white charmer. A knock-out! 18:00 THE 13TH romance that changed the world. Patrick Ness’ hugely popular book is brought to life, 21:00 A WOMAN’S LIFE Director Ava DuVernay presents a searing look at as a young boy’s vast imagination enables him to see Judith Chemla offers an unmissable performance in a century of race relations in America in this BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 wonder beyond his tough circumstances. Stéphane Brizé’s compelling adaptation of the far-reaching and powerful documentary. 18:40 THE RED TURTLE Maupassant novel about a woman’s travails in 21:00 PYROMANIAC Studio Ghibli's first co-production is a mature, dialogue EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA nineteenth-century Normandy. Masterful new film from Erik Skjoldbærg (Insomnia). free piece about a man getting to grips with life on a 11:30 AFTER THE STORM A pyromaniac quietly runs amok in a close-knit desert island. As typhoons buffet Tokyo, consummate miniaturist HAYMARKET CINEMA community in rural Norway, wreaking devastation 21:00 MANHATTAN Kore-eda Hirokazu examines a broken family and the 18:15 DIVINES and fear in his wake. Woody Allen’s rapturous paean to New York, features father’s dogged attempts to glue it back together. The gangster genre is given a shrewd feminist makeover BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 beautiful monochrome cinematography is funny as hell, 14:30 INDIVISIBLE in this arresting debut about a young girl embarking on and is all wrapped up in the music of Gershwin. The fascinating tale of two conjoined twins who make a life of crime. 13:00 MANHATTAN their living out of their unique appearance as singers, 21:00 DOWN UNDER Woody Allen’s rapturous paean to New York, features BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 but one of them longs to live an independent life. After Sydney’s 2005 race riots, a group of white racists beautiful monochrome cinematography is funny as hell, and is all wrapped up in the music of Gershwin. 18:15 TO MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER 17:30 MIRZYA and Lebanese immigrants gear up for a beachside A selection of riveting shorts that explore the relationship A compelling Romeo and Juliet-like Indian story of showdown in this Australian black comedy. 15:30 THE BACCHUS LADY between parents and their children. childhood sweethearts whose obsessive love is rekindled A sex worker solicits older men in public parks by offering 20:50 INTO THE FOREST just as the heroine is about to be married into royalty. CURZON SOHO them bottles of Bacchus energy drink, in this wonderful funny/sad Korean melodrama. Two young boys take a nightmarish trip to the forest in 20:50 MOONLIGHT 18:30 BARAKAH MEETS BARAKAH this supernaturally tinged thriller from Gilles Marchand. Based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, A humble government official and rebellious vlog star 18:10 MA’ ROSA Moonlight follows Chiron as he finds his identity and develop a tentative romance amid strict Saudi Arabian Matriarch Rosa Reyes is all about the business BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 sexuality in Miami in the 1980s. cultural taboos in this warm-hearted, slyly subversive in Brillante Mendoza’s latest swipe at police corruption, 18:15 INDIVISIBLE romantic comedy. set in an electric rain-swept nighttime Manila. The fascinating tale of two conjoined twins who make VUE WEST END SCREEN 7 21:00 KING COBRA 20:45 THE 13TH their living out of their unique appearance as singers, 12:00 DON'T BLINK – ROBERT FRANK From the director of BFI Flare opener I Am Michael Director Ava DuVernay presents a searing look at but one of them longs to live an independent life. This riotous documentary about the American living- comes a scandalous true crime story set in the a century of race relations in America in this 20:45 LOVE IN A VOID legend photographer, Robert Frank goes far beyond your LA gay porn scene. far-reaching and powerful documentary. Expressions of love can take on many different forms: traditional bio-doc, taking an impassioned look at artist’s passion, desire, selflessness and generosity. All are creative process. PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 heartfelt, if occasionally misguided. 14:45 TEN YEARS 14:00 A JOURNEY THROUGH FRENCH CINEMA A dystopian Hong Kong ten years from now is the setting 18:15 CHASING ASYLUM Bertrand Tavernier presents a treasure trove of ICA for a provocative series of short stories looking at the This topical and brave documentary reveals the shocking a documentary and a masterful exploration of some 18:15 THE BACCHUS LADY territory’s future. Australian immigration policies and the appalling and of the directors, actors and composers who graced French cinema. A sex worker solicits older men in public parks by offering 18:00 SPACESHIP inhumane treatments inflicted to refugees who reach them bottles of Bacchus energy drink, in this wonderful British teen cinema gets an injection of hallucinogenic its shore. 18:30 KILLS ON WHEELS funny/sad Korean melodrama. imagination, plus a few unicorns and aliens, in Alex 20:45 A DAY FOR WOMEN Two disabled boys find fact and fantasy blurring as they 21:00 DON'T BLINK – ROBERT FRANK Taylor’s debut feature Spaceship. Egyptian director Kamla Abouzekri’s (One-Zero) collaborate on a comic book about a paraplegic ex-fire- fighter with a secret life as a hitman. This riotous documentary about the American living- 20:00 SIERANEVADA new film sees worlds collide when Sunday is decreed legend photographer, Robert Frank goes far beyond your Cristi Puiu’s magisterial chamber-work takes a funny, a day for women at the local swimming pool. 21:00 MIMOSAS traditional bio-doc, taking an impassioned look at artist’s touching, insightful look at family life in today’s A mesmerising combination of travelogue, mysticism and creative process. Romania, affected both by tradition and the troubled documentary from Spanish director Oliver Laxe, as a modern world. young man goes on a mission in the Atlas Mountains. 5 – 16 OCTOBER | 2 CINÉ LUMIÈRE 21:00 LFF CONNECTS – TV: BLACK MIRROR DOUBLE 18:00 CHRISTINE 21:00 I CALLED HIM MORGAN 18:15 HEAL THE LIVING BILL SCREENING The troubled life and very public death of Florida A moving portrait of great jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan Katell Quillévéré (Love Like Poison, Suzanne) directs a Following our earlier discussion with the show’s creative anchorwoman Christine Chubbuck, who committed and the woman whose overwhelming love for him superb ensemble cast in this gripping, complex ensemble team, join us for more Black Mirror, with exclusive suicide live on air in the summer of 1974. proved fatal. drama about lives connected by an organ transplant case. previews of new episodes San Junipero and Shut Up 20:45 THE STUDENT and Dance. PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA 20:45 INTO THE FOREST Venya’s studies of the Bible set him on a course of conflict Two young boys take a nightmarish trip to the forest in with Biology teacher Elena in Kirill Serebrennikov’s 18:30 HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM! this supernaturally tinged thriller from Gilles Marchand. FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER scathing satire on fundamentalism.VUE WEST END SCR An incredible story of Cold War-era international ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE 11:30 CHASING ASYLUM intrigue, the space race, declassified top-secret CURZON MAYFAIR This topical and brave documentary reveals the shocking documents and a clandestine deal between President 11:30 A MONSTER CALLS Kennedy and Yugoslavia’s President Tito. 18:15 HERMIA & HELENA Patrick Ness’ hugely popular book is brought to life, Australian immigration policies and the appalling and From Buenos Aires to New York, Matías Piñeiro sets his as a young boy’s vast imagination enables him to see inhumane treatments inflicted to refugees who reach 21:00 TEN YEARS savvy young cast on an artistic and romantic adventure, wonder beyond his tough circumstances. its shore. A dystopian Hong Kong ten years from now is the setting riffing on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 14:15 SIERANEVADA for a provocative series of short stories looking at the 14:15 KING COBRA territory’s future.