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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 , 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 ’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 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. 20:30 SWEET DREAMS From the director of BFI Flare opener I Am Michael Cristi Puiu’s magisterial chamber-work takes a funny, touching, insightful look at family life in today’s Marco Bellocchio returns to the LFF with this classy and comes a scandalous true crime story set in the BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 emotionally striking look at how the loss of his mother LA gay porn scene. Romania, affected both by tradition and the troubled affects a young man from boyhood to manhood. modern world. 12:45 TROLLS: BEHIND THE SCENES 18:00 LA LA LAND The happiest creatures in the world find themselves Ryan Gosling and channel old-school 18:30 SKY LADDER: THE ART OF CAI GUO-QIANG Super star Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s career and coming under threat when miserable giants want a bit of Hollywood glamour in this bright and playful romantic joy for themselves in this animated treat. HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE musical from director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash). body of work are explored in this vibrant documentary by award winning director Kevin MacDonald. 15:15 LOVE IN A VOID 18:15 CHRISTINE 21:15 AMERICAN HONEY Expressions of love can take on many different forms: The troubled life and very public death of Florida Andrea Arnold dazzles with a sun-soaked and tune-filled 21:15 TOWER An emotionally gripping and visually stunning account of passion, desire, selflessness and generosity. All are anchorwoman Christine Chubbuck, who committed epic about door-to-door teenage magazine sellers heartfelt, if occasionally misguided. suicide live on air in the summer of 1974. travelling the American highways. the first American mass school shooting, in Texas in 1966, blending archive, animation and contemporary 18:30 LFF CONNECTS – CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY: ILM 21:00 A DATE FOR MAD MARY EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA interviews. Special effects master and eight-time Oscar winner Dry, sarcastic, maddening Mary must find a date for Dennis Muren is joined in conversation by David Vickery her best friend’s wedding in this Irish feel-good hit 12:00 MIRZYA HAYMARKET CINEMA and Kevin Jenkins from ILM London. for misfits everywhere. A compelling Romeo and Juliet-like Indian story of childhood sweethearts whose obsessive love is rekindled 18:15 SECRET SCRIPTURE 21:00 I HAD NOWHERE TO GO ICA just as the heroine is about to be married into royalty. Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan returns to his homeland for Artist Douglas Gordon creates a uniquely sensory this heartfelt adaptation of Sebastian Barry’s award- retelling of filmmaker Jonas Mekas’ exile from his native 18:30 TEEN CREEPS 15:00 MOONLIGHT winning novel, featuring a terrific cast. Lithuania to escape Nazi persecution. A selection of films that show how coming of age can be a Based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, 21:00 THE YOUNG OFFENDERS scary experience. Moonlight follows Chiron as he finds his identity and BFI SOUTHBANK 2 sexuality in Miami in the 1980s. Two halfwit Irish teenagers get in over their heads when 21:00 THE DREAMED ONES they plot to steal cocaine washed up on the Irish coast in 13:30 LUPE UNDER THE SUN Documentary filmmaker Ruth Beckermann brings 17:30 THE HANDMAIDEN a drugs bust. This neo-realist portrait of a Mexican itinerant worker in contemporary romance to the historical correspondence Park Chan-wook (Old Boy, Stoker) channels Sarah Waters’ California is an empathetic and poetic reflection on the between postwar poets and lovers Paul Celan and novel Fingersmith, to create a sumptuous twisty CURZON SOHO ‘no-man’s land’ of migrant identity. Ingeborg Bachmann. psychological thriller, full of erotic intrigue. 18:30 ALL THIS PANIC 15:30 DIVINES 20:40 FRANTZ RITZY Seven New York teens emerge from the turbulent The gangster genre is given a shrewd feminist makeover François Ozon makes a welcome return to the Festival ‘panic’ years into nearly adulthood in this astonishingly in this arresting debut about a young girl embarking on 18:30 RARA with this sweeping love story set in the aftermath of intimate documentary. a life of crime. Rooted in exceptional performances from its young cast, World War I. Rara blends an adroit coming of age tale with incisive 21:00 A DARK SONG 18:15 FAROUK, BESIEGED LIKE ME social observation. VUE WEST END SCREEN 7 Steve Oram and Catherine Walker excel in this occult Veteran Syrian documentarian Hala Alabdalla’s invites chamber piece about a grieving mother attempting to us to dinner with writer and editor Farouk Mardam Bey 21:00 LUPE UNDER THE SUN 12:00 HEAL THE LIVING contact her deceased child. for a thought-provoking reflection on Syria, culture This neo-realist portrait of a Mexican itinerant worker in Katell Quillévéré (Love Like Poison, Suzanne) directs a and identity. California is an empathetic and poetic reflection on the superb ensemble cast in this gripping, complex ensemble PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL ‘no-man’s land’ of migrant identity. drama about lives connected by an organ transplant case. 20:45 ADIEU BONAPARTE 18:30 THE LEVELLING Youssef Chahine is simultaneously a historian and 14:45 HERMIA & HELENA CURZON CHELSEA Debut writer/director Hope Dickson Leach delivers prophet in this unforgettable and beautifully-restored From Buenos Aires to New York, Matías Piñeiro sets his a hugely impressive first feature about a middle class film set during the French occupation of Egypt. 18:30 LFF CONNECTS – TV: CHARLIE BROOKER, savvy young cast on an artistic and romantic adventure, farming family’s crisis, set against the backdrop of BLACK MIRROR riffing on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. the Somerset floods. Co-creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones join director Joe Wright to discuss the latest series of Black Mirror + a preview of new episode Nosedive. 5 – 16 OCTOBER | 3

BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 15:30 DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME 20:40 ELLE 20:30 CREEPY 13:00 A DAY FOR WOMEN American Gold Rush history comes alive through gives an unforgettable performance in J-Horror master returns to Egyptian director Kamla Abouzekri’s (One-Zero) rediscovered silent movies, reconstructed to reveal lost Paul Verhoeven’s provocative thriller about one woman’s the genre which made him a cult name with his latest new film sees worlds collide when Sunday is decreed silent movies stars in the layers of decaying nitrate stock. unusual response to a violent attack. study in terror. a day for women at the local swimming pool. 18:15 BLUE VELVET REVISITED VUE7 CURZON SOHO 16:00 THE DREAMED ONES A meditative documentary collage of film, photographic Documentary filmmaker Ruth Beckermann brings and audio materials captured on the set on ’s 12:00 HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM! 12:30 SECRET SCRIPTURE contemporary romance to the historical correspondence iconic masterpiece. An incredible story of Cold War-era international Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan returns to his homeland for between postwar poets and lovers Paul Celan and 21:00 WÙLU intrigue, the space race, declassified top-secret this heartfelt adaptation of Sebastian Barry’s award- Ingeborg Bachmann. What happens when a life of crime offers more documents and a clandestine deal between President winning novel, featuring a terrific cast. Kennedy and Yugoslavia’s President Tito. 18:30 FUTURE PASTS AND PAST FUTURES opportunity than living an honest life? It’s a challenge 15:15 SKY LADDER: THE ART OF CAI GUO-QIANG The present moment is only the collision of the past into Ladji faces in this superb drama. 14:45 THE YOUNG OFFENDERS Super star Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s career and the future. From politics to pop, wandering to war, these Two halfwit Irish teenagers get in over their heads when body of work are explored in this vibrant documentary by films expose the uncertainties of contemporary RITZY they plot to steal cocaine washed up on the Irish coast in award winning director Kevin MacDonald. perception. 18:30 SOUND AND VISION a drugs bust. 18:15 LOVETRUE 21:10 NEW KIND OF KICK Five diverse short films and animations that focus on 18:00 THE WORTHY Following her groundbreaking debut Bombay Beach (2013), Films whose protagonists walk the line between right and music and musicians, as well as stories both inspired and In a dystopian Arab world, a small group of survivors are director Alma Har’el returns with another genre-bending, wrong. Some just do it for the buzz, others out of sheer moved by music. infiltrated by two visitors, sparking a deadly game where visually stunning gem about our perception of love desperation. 21:00 PYROMANIAC only one shall be chosen worthy. and relationships. Masterful new film from Erik Skjoldbærg (Insomnia). 21:15 A DATE FOR MAD MARY 20:45 PRIVATE PROPERTY CINÉ LUMIÈRE A pyromaniac quietly runs amok in a close-knit Dry, sarcastic, maddening Mary must find a date for Warren Oates delivers his first great screen performance 18:00 A WOMAN’S LIFE community in rural Norway, wreaking devastation her best friend’s wedding in this Irish feel-good hit in this low-budget gem, unseen for decades – a major Judith Chemla offers an unmissable performance in and fear in his wake. for misfits everywhere. rediscovery for noir and crime fans. Stéphane Brizé’s compelling adaptation of the Maupassant novel about a woman’s travails in SATURDAY 8 OCTOBER VUE5 PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL nineteenth-century Normandy. ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE 12:30 ROCK DOG 18:30 ONLY WANNA LAUGH Bodi knows his role is to protect Himalayan villages from Knockabout comedy and some bizarre gimmicks. You 20:45 LE CIEL FLAMAND 10:30 LA LA LAND A prostitute with a legal brothel in Flemish-speaking wolves, but ever since he heard it on the radio all he can won’t just raise a smile, you’ll be laughing out loud. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone channel old-school think about is music. Belgium makes a terrible mistake when circumstances Hollywood glamour in this bright and playful romantic 21:00 THE UNTAMED force her to take her little girl to work. musical from director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash). 15:15 ZOOLOGY Amat Escalante follows up his acclaimed Cannes winner Middle-aged Natasha grows a tail and falls in love in Ivan Heli with an arresting social drama cum sci-fi enigma 14:30 TROLLS CURZON MAYFAIR Tverdovsky’s absurd tale of contemporary Russia. that defies categorisation. The happiest creatures in the world find themselves 17:00 A JOURNEY THROUGH FRENCH CINEMA 18:30 A MOVING IMAGE coming under threat when miserable giants want a bit of PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA Bertrand Tavernier presents a treasure trove of joy for themselves in this animated treat. The ‘bougie’ invasion of London’s Brixton is examined a documentary and a masterful exploration of some in this probing and stylistically ambitious debut feature. 13:00 BLUE VELVET REVISITED 18:00 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA of the directors, actors and composers who graced A meditative documentary collage of film, photographic Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams shine in this stirring 20:45 FIORE French cinema. and audio materials captured on the set on David Lynch’s drama from Kenneth Lonergan ( , This contemporary Roman take on Romeo and Juliet, Margaret You Can Count iconic masterpiece. 21:00 WILD on Me), about a man’s painful hometown return. albeit behind bars, makes the most of its gritty setting Girl meets wolf. A provocative love story of revolutionary in exploring the burgeoning love between two inmates. 15:30 OVARIAN PSYCOS 21:15 SURPRISE FILM fantasy. Meet the Ovarian Psycos: an East L.A bold and LFF’s hottest ticket – the legendary Surprise Film! So take HAYMARKET CINEMA unapologetic Riot-Grrrl-meets-Zapatista bike brigade a leap of faith and buy a ticket. HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE 12:15 RARA of women of colour. 18:15 THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA Rooted in exceptional performances from its young cast, 18:30 JEWEL'S CATCH ONE Cannes prize-winning feel-good Finnish boxing biopic. Rara blends an adroit coming of age tale with incisive A rousing documentary portrait of LA’s ground-breaking 11:00 THE HANDMAIDEN Olli Mäki must decide between the fame and the girl in social observation. black gay nightclub, featuring interviews from celebrity this gorgeous black and white charmer. A knock-out! Park Chan-wook (Old Boy, Stoker) channels Sarah Waters’ patrons including Sharon Stone and Madonna. novel Fingersmith, to create a sumptuous twisty 15:00 THE LEVELLING 20:45 DOWN UNDER psychological thriller, full of erotic intrigue. Debut writer/director Hope Dickson Leach delivers 21:00 WE ARE X After Sydney’s 2005 race riots, a group of white racists a hugely impressive first feature about a middle class The startling story of X Japan, the most influential rock 14:00 FRANTZ and Lebanese immigrants gear up for a beachside farming family’s crisis, set against the backdrop of band you may never heard of! showdown in this Australian black comedy. François Ozon makes a welcome return to the Festival the Somerset floods. with this sweeping love story set in the aftermath of World War I. 18:00 DANCER ICA The rise, fall and rise again of the bad boy of ballet, 13:00 MIMOSAS 17:00 TONI ERDMANN Ukrainian prodigy Sergei Polunin is captured in the A mesmerising combination of travelogue, mysticism and A lonely prankster father visits his estranged, high- swirling doc with a rocking soundtrack. documentary from Spanish director Oliver Laxe, as a powered consultant daughter, creating a fictional alias to young man goes on a mission in the Atlas Mountains. embarrassingly insinuate himself into her stressed corporate life. 5 – 16 OCTOBER | 4

BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 CINÉ LUMIÈRE 18:30 THE NOONDAY WITCH EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA 10:30 ANIMATED SHORTS FOR YOUNGER AUDIENCES 12:30 FANNY’S JOURNEY A single mother must protect her daughter from 11:00 TONI ERDMANN We’ve brought together an eclectic, exciting and colourful FANNY AND HER SISTERS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE NAZI- a mysterious spectral figure in this modern retelling A lonely prankster father visits his estranged, high- selection of short animated films from all corners of OCCUPIED BUT MANY DANGERS LIE AHEAD of an old Czech folk tale. powered consultant daughter, creating a fictional alias to the globe. English language and subtitled films. OF THEM. 20:45 APPRENTICE embarrassingly insinuate himself into her stressed Suitable for all ages. 15:00 FAROUK, BESIEGED LIKE ME A prison guard finds himself drawn to the gallows when corporate life. 15:15 KING OF JAZZ Veteran Syrian documentarian Hala Alabdalla’s invites the hangman needs a new apprentice. 14:30 CERTAIN WOMEN Described by David Pierce and James Layton as us to dinner with writer and editor Farouk Mardam Bey Kelly Reichardt delivers an impeccably quiet study of 'an unparalleled cinematic interpretation of jazz music for a thought-provoking reflection on Syria, culture RITZY the lives of Montana women, starring Michelle Williams, and stage spectacle,' this is a significant film restoration and identity. 13:00 SPACESHIP , Kristen Stewart and newcomer Lily Gladstone. that shouldn’t be missed. 18:00 MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE British teen cinema gets an injection of hallucinogenic Funny and engaging animated first feature about an imagination, plus a few unicorns and aliens, in Alex 17:45 ONE-EYED JACKS 17:30 BLEED FOR THIS The first and only film directed by Marlon Brando orphan named Courgette, written by Celine Sciamma, Taylor’s debut feature Spaceship. for kids, teens and adults alike. The extraordinary true story of Vinny Pazienza, is a captivatingly off-beat, slow-burn revenge western of 15:30 MOONLIGHT a world championship boxer left with a broken neck great beauty and vision. 20:30 BARAKAH MEETS BARAKAH Based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, after a devastating accident. 21:00 ASCENT A humble government official and rebellious vlog star Moonlight follows Chiron as he finds his identity and develop a tentative romance amid strict Saudi Arabian sexuality in Miami in the 1980s. 20:45 UNA Using dazzling of Mount Fuji from across the Adapted from David Harrower’s prize-winning play history of photography, the mountain inspires the artist cultural taboos in this warm-hearted, slyly subversive 18:30 FONKO romantic comedy. Blackbird, Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn star in this on both a philosophical and romantic journey. A pulsating journey through the electronic urban musical brilliant and unsettling exploration of a dark and deeply underground of Africa that looks at how the new sounds destructive relationship. BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 CURZON MAYFAIR are defining a generation. 13:00 A DARK SONG 11:00 DOWN UNDER 20:45 THE BACCHUS LADY VUE7 After Sydney’s 2005 race riots, a group of white racists Steve Oram and Catherine Walker excel in this occult A sex worker solicits older men in public parks by offering 12:00 THE EAGLE HUNTRESS chamber piece about a grieving mother attempting to and Lebanese immigrants gear up for a beachside them bottles of Bacchus energy drink, in this wonderful showdown in this Australian black comedy. A girl causes a stir in her tribe in Mongolia by embracing contact her deceased child. funny/sad Korean melodrama. the traditionally male role of Eagle Hunter. 15:30 WÙLU 13:30 GRADUATION Graduation is a richly crafted family drama, about a IMAX 14:45 SOUVENIR What happens when a life of crime offers more Isabelle Huppert plays a chanteuse who once tasted opportunity than living an honest life? It’s a challenge father’s temptation to involve his daughter in moral 19:00 LFF CONNECTS – MUSIC: LIAM YOUNG compromise, that resonates long after you’ve seen it. Eurovision success, who meets a hunky young boxer Ladji faces in this superb drama. & FOREST SWORDS while working in a pâté factory. The world premiere of speculative architect Liam Young 18:15 HISSEIN HABRÉ, A CHADIAN TRADEGY HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE 18:00 WE ARE X Mahamet-Saleh Haroun (Darrat) returns to the theme of and acclaimed electronic producer Forest Swords' 12:15 KILLS ON WHEELS audio-visual tour, In the Robot Skies, the first science The startling story of X Japan, the most influential rock the personal and societal responsibility with this searing band you may never heard of! documentary about ex-Chadian President Hissein Habré, Two disabled boys find fact and fantasy blurring as they fiction film to be shot entirely through autonomous collaborate on a comic book about a paraplegic ex-fire- pre-programmed drones. 20:45 PYROMANIAC 20:40 WILD fighter with a secret life as a hitman. 21:30 LFF CONNECTS – MUSIC: DJ YODA Masterful new film from Erik Skjoldbærg (Insomnia). Girl meets wolf. A provocative love story of revolutionary A pyromaniac quietly runs amok in a close-knit fantasy. 15:00 ALL THIS PANIC The world premiere of DJ Yoda's latest journey into Seven New York teens emerge from the turbulent popular culture: DJ Yoda Goes To The Arcades: A History community in rural Norway, wreaking devastation and fear in his wake. BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 ‘panic’ years into nearly adulthood in this astonishingly of Gaming. intimate documentary. 13:30 THE POSSESSED VUE5 Reflections on the possession, embodiment and 17:15 WHO’S GONNA LOVE ME NOW? SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER A heart-warmer about London-based Sar who is stuggling 12:30 CREEPY channelling of other characters and personalities, ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE J-Horror master Kiyoshi Kurosawa returns to from to a VR medieval hunchback. to reconcile with his Israeli family, while finding a new ‘family’ in London Gay Men’s Chorus. 11:00 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA the genre which made him a cult name with his latest 15:45 HOLLYWOOD DISSECTIONS Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams shine in this stirring study in terror. The industry of desire provides raw material for forceful 20:00 AMERICAN HONEY drama from Kenneth Lonergan (Margaret, You Can Count Andrea Arnold dazzles with a sun-soaked and tune-filled 15:30 MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE incisions into the façade of glamour. These filmmakers on Me), about a man’s painful hometown return. Funny and engaging animated first feature about an create new interpretations and expose hidden histories. epic about door-to-door teenage magazine sellers travelling the American highways. 14:30 MINDHORN orphan named Courgette, written by Celine Sciamma, 18:30 EXPRMNTL A fading actor can redeem himself by reprising his for kids, teens and adults alike. A witty and irreverent documentary telling the story of ICA ‘80s TV role as a sleuth with a robotic truth-telling eye, 18:30 GLEASON EXPRMNTL, the legendary experimental film festival and to catch a deranged killer. Inspiring and hugely emotional doc about American mythic gathering point of the international avant-garde. 13:00 NEW KIND OF KICK Films whose protagonists walk the line between right and 18:30 QUEEN OF KATWE football star Steve Gleason’s battle against ALS – 20:50 AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN wrong. Some just do it for the buzz, others out of sheer The powerful true life tale of one girl’s determination the ultimate story of resilience and father love. A rare documentary insight into the birth and rapid desperation. to escape from poverty in Uganda by becoming 21:15 WHO’S GONNA LOVE ME NOW? growth of a political party whose mantra is to challenge a chess champion. A heart-warmer about London-based Sar who is stuggling corruption in the world’s largest democracy. 15:30 DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST Almost 25 years since its production, Daughters remains to reconcile with his Israeli family, while finding a new an urgent and poetic testimony to the emotional power ‘family’ in London Gay Men’s Chorus. of remembering. 5 – 16 OCTOBER | 5

HAYMARKET CINEMA 18:30 THE EYES OF MY MOTHER 18:15 EGLANTINE 15:45 TOWER 12:15 SWEET DREAMS A young woman explores her morbid curiosities in this Margaret Salmon’s debut feature is a lyrical homage to An emotionally gripping and visually stunning account of Marco Bellocchio returns to the LFF with this classy and beautifully photographed but exceptionally brutal slice of classic children’s films, telling the story of a young girl’s the first American mass school shooting, in Texas in emotionally striking look at how the loss of his mother arthouse exploitation. real and fantastical adventure. 1966, blending archive, animation and contemporary affects a young man from boyhood to manhood. 21:00 SCRIBE 20:45 CONFESSIONS TO THE MIRROR interviews. 15:30 LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD A middle-aged man diligently and discreetly carries out a The re-imagination of the life and work the surrealist 18:15 FIORE Tilda Swindon narrates the extraordinary journey of job transcribing private telephone calls – until one seems Claude Cahun based on her personal memoir, This contemporary Roman take on Romeo and Juliet, Gertrude Bell, singular woman who played a significant – to end in murder. from childhood to imprisonment by the Nazis. albeit behind bars, makes the most of its gritty setting often unrecognised – role in British imperial policy in exploring the burgeoning love between two inmates. making in Iraq. BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 CINÉ LUMIÈRE 21:00 OVARIAN PSYCOS 18:15 DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE 13:00 SCREEN TALK – PAUL VERHOEVEN 12:45 MA’ ROSA Meet the Ovarian Psycos: an East L.A bold and An exquisitely textured and reflective documentary We’re delighted to welcome the Dutch master of Matriarch Rosa Reyes is all about the business unapologetic Riot-Grrrl-meets-Zapatista bike brigade about idiosyncratic filmmaker David Lynch, subversion to talk about his journey from rebel European in Brillante Mendoza’s latest swipe at police corruption, of women of colour. narrated by the man himself. filmmaker to the king of 80s/90s bombast and to discuss set in an electric rain-swept nighttime Manila. his latest film Elle. ICA 20:45 MASCOTS 15:30 THE REVOLUTION WON’T BE TELEVISED An assortment of furry costumed performers battle 15:00 BEAT THE DEVIL Rama Thiaw’s film taps into an example of grassroots 13:00 AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN it out at the World Mascot championships in the A dazzling ensemble piece, with a Truman Capote script, political action in Senegal, where a group of A rare documentary insight into the birth and rapid new ‘mockumentary’ from Christopher Guest and that manages to be both dauntingly intellectual and disenfranchised activists decide to campaign growth of a political party whose mantra is to challenge his regular crew. effortlessly charming . against that country’s elite. corruption in the world’s largest democracy. 18:00 YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER 18:15 WOLF AND SHEEP 15:45 A WORLD AT WAR CURZON SOHO Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth perform stunning dance A gently humorous and quietly beguiling portrait of the Films that span the globe, highlighting activism, 12:30 LE CIEL FLAMAND numbers in this vibrant musical with a Latin-American rituals and traditions of a remote Afghan community, revolution, misguided patriotism, the refugee experience A prostitute with a legal brothel in Flemish-speaking touch. with standout performances from a non-professional and war. From Syria to the Sahara and even an English Belgium makes a terrible mistake when circumstances 20:30 TBC cast. council estate, we’re all on the frontline in today’s world. force her to take her little girl to work. 20:45 THE STUDENT 18:15 THE WORTHY Venya’s studies of the Bible set him on a course of conflict In a dystopian Arab world, a small group of survivors are 15:15 KILLS ON WHEELS BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 Two disabled boys find fact and fantasy blurring as they with Biology teacher Elena in Kirill Serebrennikov’s infiltrated by two visitors, sparking a deadly game where collaborate on a comic book about a paraplegic ex-fire- 12:30 THIS IS COLOUR scathing satire on fundamentalism. only one shall be chosen worthy. fighter with a secret life as a hitman. Eclectic and enchanting colour shorts from archives 20:45 LIFE AFTER LIFE worldwide: the rare, the restored and the merely CURZON MAYFAIR Produced by Jia Zhangke, this matter-of-fact ghost story 18:15 CHAMELEON ravishing. Two women are terrorised by an unwanted stranger 12:30 DANCER follows a father and his son in contemporary China, in this gruelling but stylish bourgeois nightmare. 15:15 JUNOON The rise, fall and rise again of the bad boy of ballet, where spirits sometimes show up unannounced. Shashi Kapoor stars as a man obsessed with a young Ukrainian prodigy Sergei Polunin is captured in the 20:30 GRADUATION Anglo-Indian woman in Shyam Benegal's classic drama swirling doc with a rocking soundtrack. RITZY Graduation is a richly crafted family drama, about a set during the Indian Mutiny. father’s temptation to involve his daughter in moral 15:15 THE UNKNOWN GIRL 13:00 TRAMONTANE compromise, that resonates long after you’ve seen it. 18:30 SOUND AND VISION Compelling, complex realist drama from the Dardenne A young blind musician embarks on an identity quest Five diverse short films and animations that focus on brothers about a doctor investigating the mysterious that takes him to the heart of collective amnesia about PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL music and musicians, as well as stories both inspired and circumstances of an unseen caller’s death. Lebanon’s fractured past. moved by music. 18:15 THE FURY OF A PATIENT MAN 18:15 BOUNDARIES 15:45 APPRENTICE The thrilling directorial debut of actor Raúl Arévalo is a 21:00 HOSPITAL An incisive satire for anyone following the farcical turns A prison guard finds himself drawn to the gallows when 70s’ infused contemporary urban Western-cum-crime An outstanding restoration of Frederick Wiseman’s in contemporary global politics, or attempting to juggle the hangman needs a new apprentice. drama set in contemporary Madrid. unforgettably gripping documentary portrait of a career with a personal life. 18:15 JEWEL’S CATCH ONE New York’s Metropolitan Hospital. 20:45 IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE CITY 21:00 VOYAGE OF TIME: LIFE’S JOURNEY A rousing documentary portrait of LA’s ground-breaking ’s ultimate personal project is a black gay nightclub, featuring interviews from celebrity A frustrated filmmaker roams the streets of BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 pre-revolution Cairo as a city, and a region, teeters on spectacular journey through the origins of the Universe, patrons including Sharon Stone and Madonna. the brink of exploding. 13:15 RETURNING AND REPRESSING our present time and beyond. 21:00 HISSEIN HABRÉ, A CHADIAN TRADEGY The visualising of memories of turbulent pasts and Mahamet-Saleh Haroun (Darrat) returns to the theme of PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA lost creations. Traumatic and sorrowful experiences HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE the personal and societal responsibility with this searing of historical events and personal pain conjoin in 13:00 I CALLED HIM MORGAN documentary about ex-Chadian President Hissein Habré. 13:00 ONE-EYED JACKS filmic palimpsests. The first and only film directed by Marlon Brando A moving portrait of great jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan is a captivatingly off-beat, slow-burn revenge western of 15:45 REINTERPRETATIONS OF FORM and the woman whose overwhelming love for him great beauty and vision. Films that develop techniques to investigate the ways of proved fatal. perception of time and space, simultaneously destroying 16:15 PSYCHONAUTS, THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN old certainties and creating new visions. Birdboy and his animal friends plan their escape from an ecologically devastated island in this surreal, animated fantasy. 5 – 16 OCTOBER | 6

MONDAY 10 OCTOBER VUE5 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 21:00 THE MIDWESTERN PARABLES ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE 12:30 GLEASON 12:45 DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE Two artists’ essay films that take the cities and spaces of Midwestern America as sites on which to reflect on 11:30 QUEEN OF KATWE Inspiring and hugely emotional doc about American An exquisitely textured and reflective documentary football star Steve Gleason’s battle against ALS – about idiosyncratic filmmaker David Lynch, universal questions of belief, nationhood and how The powerful true life tale of one girl’s determination histories are encoded in place. to escape from poverty in Uganda by becoming the ultimate story of resilience and father love. narrated by the man himself. a chess champion. 15:15 SCRIBE 15:15 A WOMAN’S LIFE CINÉ LUMIÈRE 14:15 MASCOTS A middle-aged man diligently and discreetly carries out a Judith Chemla offers an unmissable performance in job transcribing private telephone calls – until one seems Stéphane Brizé’s compelling adaptation of the 18:15 ONE WEEK AND A DAY An assortment of furry costumed performers battle After sitting Shiva for their adult son’s death, the next day it out at the World Mascot championships in the to end in murder. Maupassant novel about a woman’s travails in nineteenth-century Normandy. a reeling Israeli couple chooses very different ways to new ‘mockumentary’ from Christopher Guest and 18:30 INTERCHANGE deal with their grief. his regular crew. A crime-scene photographer must catch a killer with 18:15 SOUVENIR vampirish tendencies and a penchant for old cameras Isabelle Huppert plays a chanteuse who once tasted 20:45 THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV 19:15 ARRIVAL The last days of the Sun King, evoked with sombre beauty Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner star as the humans who in this gorgeous Malaysian supernatural thriller. Eurovision success, who meets a hunky young boxer while working in a pâté factory. by Albert Serra. The legendary Jean-Pierre Léaud brings make first contact with extraterrestrial visitors in this 21:15 BEING 17 ineffable presence to the title role. richly textured sci-fi from director Denis Villeneuve. Hormonal aggression sparks an intense enmity between 20:45 THE ORNITHOLOGIST two 17-year-old schoolboys in the snowy Pyrenees, until A lone scientist in Portugal’s Douro region embarks on an CURZON MAYFAIR EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA the true connection between them surprises everyone. unexpected transcendental journey in this transportive curio from Joao Pedro Rodrigues. 18:15 ALL OF A SUDDEN 11:30 BLEED FOR THIS A woman’s mysterious death after an impromptu The extraordinary true story of Vinny Pazienza, HAYMARKET CINEMA BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 party sets off a dark drama that expertly combines a world championship boxer left with a broken neck 18:30 TAEKWONDO psychological unease, murky morality and social satire. after a devastating accident. A gorgeously photographed, teasingly libidinous exercise 13:00 A DATE FOR MAD MARY in latent homoeroticism set over a long hot summer in Dry, sarcastic, maddening Mary must find a date for 21:00 THESE DAYS 14:15 UNA A group of female students take a road trip from Italy to Adapted from David Harrower’s prize-winning play Buenos Aires. her best friend’s wedding in this Irish feel-good hit for misfits everywhere. Belgrade to find work but discover so much more along Blackbird, Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn star in this 21:00 MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI the way. brilliant and unsettling exploration of a dark and deeply The on and offscreen life of Toshiro Mifune, Japan’s first 15:30 THE UNTAMED destructive relationship. international movie star. Amat Escalante follows up his acclaimed Cannes winner HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE 18:00 A QUIET PASSION Heli with an arresting social drama cum sci-fi enigma CURZON SOHO that defies categorisation. 18:30 DON’T BLINK – ROBERT FRANK Terence Davies returns with an elegant and deeply This riotous documentary about the American living- moving biopic of poet Emily Dickinson, played with 18:30 ASCENT 18:30 WOLF AND SHEEP legend photographer, Robert Frank goes far beyond your sensitivity and rebellious spirit by Cynthia Nixon. Using dazzling images of Mount Fuji from across the A gently humorous and quietly beguiling portrait of the traditional bio-doc, taking an impassioned look at artist’s 20:50 PATERSON history of photography, the mountain inspires the artist rituals and traditions of a remote Afghan community, creative process. Adam Driver excels in this effortlessly charming tale on both a philosophical and romantic journey. with standout performances from a non-professional cast. 20:45 THE YOUNG OFFENDERS of a bus driver poet in New Jersey, filmed with typically 21:00 THE NOONDAY WITCH Two halfwit Irish teenagers get in over their heads when groovy élan by Jim Jarmusch. A single mother must protect her daughter from 20:45 LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD they plot to steal cocaine washed up on the Irish coast in a mysterious spectral figure in this modern retelling Tilda Swindon narrates the extraordinary journey of a drugs bust. VUE7 of an old Czech folk tale. Gertrude Bell, singular woman who played a significant – 12:00 LE CIEL FLAMAND often unrecognised – role in British imperial policy ICA PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL making in Iraq. A prostitute with a legal brothel in Flemish-speaking 18:15 THE FURY OF A PATIENT MAN Belgium makes a terrible mistake when circumstances 18:30 RAW BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 The thrilling directorial debut of actor Raúl Arévalo is a force her to take her little girl to work. A young woman discovers an insatiable appetite for flesh 70s’ infused contemporary urban Western-cum-crime 14:45 CHRISTINE in this playful coming of age body horror tale. 13:15 THE EYES OF MY MOTHER drama set in contemporary Madrid. A young woman explores her morbid curiosities in this The troubled life and very public death of Florida 21:00 MAGNUS 20:45 FONKO anchorwoman Christine Chubbuck, who committed Young chess superstar Magnus Carlsen will defend beautifully photographed but exceptionally brutal slice of arthouse exploitation. A pulsating journey through the electronic urban musical suicide live on air in the summer of 1974. his World Championship title in November 2016. underground of Africa that looks at how the new sounds 18:00 PERSONAL SHOPPER This thrilling documentary charts the path to glory 15:45 LOVETRUE are defining a generation. Kristen Stewart continues to impress in this enigmatic of this unique prodigy. Following her groundbreaking debut Bombay Beach (2013), fashionista ghost story from acclaimed director director Alma Har’el returns with another genre-bending, RITZY . PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA visually stunning gem about our perception of love and relationships. 18:15 THE REVOLUTION WON’T BE TELEVISED 20:45 ON THE OTHER SIDE 18:00 THE GRADUATION Rama Thiaw’s film taps into an example of grassroots A middle-aged nurse in Zagreb receives an unwelcome A plunge into one of today’s most prestigious school of 18:00 A WORLD AT WAR political action in Senegal, where a group of phone call in this profound analysis of unspoken fears cinema, La Fémis in Paris. Essential viewing for anyone Films that span the globe, highlighting activism, disenfranchised activists decide to campaign and disguised trauma. interested in what lies beneath French cinema. revolution, misguided patriotism, the refugee experience against that country’s elite. 21:00 DEAREST SISTER and war. From Syria to the Sahara and even an English council estate, we’re all on the frontline in today’s world. 21:00 CHAMELEON A rich woman in Laos finds that her encroaching Two women are terrorised by an unwanted stranger blindness gives her strange and frightening visions, in this gruelling but stylish bourgeois nightmare. in this bold drama from emerging talent Mattie Do. 5 – 16 OCTOBER | 7

STUDIO 20:45 OF LOVE PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA 20:40 ONLY WANNA LAUGH 18:30 JUNOON Channeling the spirit of Fassbinder, Tomasz Wasilewski’s 18:15 ALL OF A SUDDEN Knockabout comedy and some bizarre gimmicks. You Shashi Kapoor stars as a man obsessed with a young third feature is a visually-striking portrait of women A woman’s mysterious death after an impromptu won’t just raise a smile, you’ll be laughing out loud. Anglo-Indian woman in Shyam Benegal's classic drama seeking happiness in the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s party sets off a dark drama that expertly combines set during the Indian Mutiny. collapse. psychological unease, murky morality and social satire. CINÉ LUMIÈRE 21:00 I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER 18:00 THE ORNITHOLOGIST VUE5 TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER A teenage sociopath come face to face with an evil force A lone scientist in Portugal’s Douro region embarks on an 11:30 A JOURNEY THROUGH FRENCH CINEMA unexpected transcendental journey in this transportive ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE in this chilling and darkly humorous adaptation of Bertrand Tavernier presents a treasure trove of Dan Wells’ acclaimed cult novel. curio from Joao Pedro Rodrigues. 11:00 ARRIVAL a documentary and a masterful exploration of some 20:45 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner star as the humans who of the directors, actors and composers who graced BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams shine in this stirring make first contact with extraterrestrial visitors in this French cinema. drama from Kenneth Lonergan (Margaret, You Can Count richly textured sci-fi from director Denis Villeneuve. 13:15 BEING 17 15:45 TAEKWONDO Hormonal aggression sparks an intense enmity between on Me), about a man’s painful hometown return. 14:00 AMERICAN HONEY A gorgeously photographed, teasingly libidinous exercise two 17-year-old schoolboys in the snowy Pyrenees, until Andrea Arnold dazzles with a sun-soaked and tune-filled in latent homoeroticism set over a long hot summer in the true connection between them surprises everyone. CURZON MAYFAIR epic about door-to-door teenage magazine sellers Buenos Aires. 16:15 TBC 18:30 THE GIANT travelling the American highways. 18:30 LOVESONG The tender story of Rikard, a severely deformed autistic 19:15 THE BIRTH OF A NATION Riley Keough and Jena Malone dazzle in So Yong Kim’s 18:15 HELL DRIVERS man whose life is fueled by dreams of sports victory and Nate Parker’s incendiary Sundance-winning drama heart-aching exploration of the complex relationship Dodgy goings-on in the macho world of haulage, imaginary worlds. follows Nat Turner, a preacher who became the radical between two women over several years. where adrenaline and testosterone levels run high. 21:00 A UNITED KINGDOM leader of an uprising against slavery. 21:15 STOCKHOLM MY LOVE 21:00 MINUTE BODIES – THE INTIMATE WORLD OF Amma Asante (Belle, A Way of Life) opens the Festival with Neneh Cherry, director Mark Cousins (I am Belfast) and this impassioned drama depicting an inter-racial EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA FRANK PERCY SMITH cinematographer Christopher Doyle create an inventive Absorbing, hypnotic cinematic meditation crafted from romance that changed the world. 11:30 ELLE docu-style fiction and a love song to the Swedish city. the work of one Britain’s most important but little-known Isabelle Huppert gives an unforgettable performance in filmmakers. HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE Paul Verhoeven’s provocative thriller about one woman’s HAYMARKET CINEMA 18:15 A MONSTER CALLS unusual response to a violent attack. 18:30 LONDON TOWN BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 Patrick Ness’ hugely popular book is brought to life, 14:15 PATERSON An uplifting, bittersweet coming-of-age story fuelled by 13:00 INTERCHANGE as a young boy’s vast imagination enables him to see Adam Driver excels in this effortlessly charming tale the searing power of the music of The Clash. A crime-scene photographer must catch a killer with wonder beyond his tough circumstances. of a bus driver poet in New Jersey, filmed with typically 21:00 VOYAGE OF TIME: LIFE’S JOURNEY vampirish tendencies and a penchant for old cameras 21:00 DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE groovy élan by Jim Jarmusch. Terrence Malick’s ultimate personal project is a in this gorgeous Malaysian supernatural thriller. An exquisitely textured and reflective documentary 18:00 LAYLA M. spectacular journey through the origins of the Universe, 15:30 IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE CITY about idiosyncratic filmmaker David Lynch, Gripping, powerful and nuanced, Mijke de Jong (Bluebird) our present time and beyond. A frustrated filmmaker roams the streets of narrated by the man himself. unpicks the disillusionment that can trigger radicalisation pre-revolution Cairo as a city, and a region, teeters on and the complex web of realities that it represents. CURZON SOHO the brink of exploding. ICA 20:45 GOLDSTONE 18:00 THE UNKNOWN GIRL 18:15 TO MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER 18:30 SAFARI Corruption and Aboriginal exploitation are rife in an Compelling, complex realist drama from the Dardenne A selection of riveting shorts that explore the relationship Ulrich Seidl (In the Basement, Paradise Trilogy) sets his Outback town, led by reptilian mayor Jacki Weaver, brothers about a doctor investigating the mysterious between parents and their children. crosshairs on Austrians trophy hunting in Nambia. Dark, in Ivan Sen’s (Mystery Road) tense new thriller. circumstances of an unseen caller’s death. absorbing and ultimately quite sinister. 20:50 MAGNUS 21:00 ONE WEEK AND A DAY 21:00 HEDI VUE7 Young chess superstar Magnus Carlsen will defend After sitting Shiva for their adult son’s death, the next day his World Championship title in November 2016. This taut, naturalistic, prize-winning drama about 12:00 RAW a reeling Israeli couple chooses very different ways to This thrilling documentary charts the path to glory a dutiful son on the brink of an arranged marriage A young woman discovers an insatiable appetite for flesh deal with their grief. of this unique prodigy. speaks volumes about Tunisia today. in this playful coming of age body horror tale. 14:45 BOUNDARIES PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 RITZY An incisive satire for anyone following the farcical turns 18:30 LFF CONNECTS – GAMES: DAVID CAGE 13:15 ON THE OTHER SIDE 18:30 DIVINES in contemporary global politics, or attempting to juggle David Cage, founder of the game development studio A middle-aged nurse in Zagreb receives an unwelcome The gangster genre is given a shrewd feminist makeover a career with a personal life. Quantic Dream, discusses the visual artistry of games phone call in this profound analysis of unspoken fears in this arresting debut about a young girl embarking on 18:00 WORLDLY GIRL design with Jonathan Ross. and disguised trauma. a life of crime. A distinct coming-of-age tale set, uniquely, within a 21:00 PERSONAL SHOPPER 15:45 ZOOLOGY 21:00 PSYCHONAUTS, THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN Jehovah’s Witness community and detailing a young Kristen Stewart continues to impress in this enigmatic Middle-aged Natasha grows a tail and falls in love in Ivan Birdboy and his animal friends plan their escape from woman’s relationship with a boy from outside of her fashionista ghost story from acclaimed director Tverdovsky’s absurd tale of contemporary Russia. an ecologically devastated island in this surreal, community. Olivier Assayas. animated fantasy. 18:30 BEAT THE DEVIL A dazzling ensemble piece, with a Truman Capote script, that manages to be both dauntingly intellectual and effortlessly charming. 5 – 16 OCTOBER | 8

WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER VUE5 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 20:45 SMOKE & MIRRORS ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE 12:30 SECRET SCRIPTURE 13:15 MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI Suspense abounds in this electrifying political thriller based on the true story of one of ’s most inscrutable 11:30 THE BIRTH OF A NATION Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan returns to his homeland for The on and offscreen life of Toshiro Mifune, Japan’s first secret agents. Nate Parker’s incendiary Sundance-winning drama this heartfelt adaptation of Sebastian Barry’s award- international movie star. winning novel, featuring a terrific cast. 15:30 THE ORNITHOLOGIST follows Nat Turner, a preacher who became the radical CURZON MAYFAIR leader of an uprising against slavery. 15:15 KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE A lone scientist in Portugal’s Douro region embarks on an 18:15 THE DAY WILL COME 14:15 MINDHORN Fact and fiction blur in Robert Greene’s documentary on unexpected transcendental journey in this transportive Searing drama set in a children’s home scripted A fading actor can redeem himself by reprising his the making of a fictional biopic about Christine Chubbuck, curio from Joao Pedro Rodrigues. by the creator of The Killing, with top-notch Danish cast a newscaster who killed herself on air in 1974. 18:30 HERMIA & HELENA ‘80s TV role as a sleuth with a robotic truth-telling eye, including Lars Mikkelsen and Sofie Gråbøl. to catch a deranged killer. 18:30 PLAYGROUND From Buenos Aires to New York, Matías Piñeiro sets his 21:00 LOST IN PARIS 19:15 LION Two young Polish schoolboys perform acts of extreme savvy young cast on an artistic and romantic adventure, violence in this remarkable but incendiary debut feature. riffing on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Beanpole comedy duo Gordon and Abel return in this Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman lead the cast in this rousing ingeniously entertaining story of a librarian searching 21:15 THE BAIT 21:15 PORTO true tale of a lost Indian child, adopted by Australian for her aunt. Misunderstandings and delicious parents, searching for home. Master Indian filmmaker ’s surreal Anton Yelchin and Lucie Lucas star in this elegiac and sight gags abound. story explores through three intertwining characters the deeply cinematic lovesong to the pains and pleasures EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA idea of people used as bait for power games. of a brief romantic encounter. HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE 11:30 A QUIET PASSION HAYMARKET CINEMA BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 18:15 LOVESONG Terence Davies returns with an elegant and deeply Riley Keough and Jena Malone dazzle in So Yong Kim’s 18:15 PLANETARIUM 13:30 THE FURY OF A PATIENT MAN moving biopic of poet Emily Dickinson, played with heart-aching exploration of the complex relationship sensitivity and rebellious spirit by Cynthia Nixon. Natalie Portman and bright newcomer Lily-Rose Depp The thrilling directorial debut of actor Raúl Arévalo is a between two women over several years. 14:15 GOLDSTONE star as two psychic sisters in this visually dazzling and 70s’ infused contemporary urban Western-cum-crime stylistically bold drama set in 1930s Paris. drama set in contemporary Madrid. 20:30 BLEED FOR THIS Corruption and Aboriginal exploitation are rife in an The extraordinary true story of Vinny Pazienza, 21:00 THE PASS 16:00 TBC Outback town, led by reptilian mayor Jacki Weaver, a world championship boxer left with a broken neck in Ivan Sen’s (Mystery Road) tense new thriller. Two ‘straight’ footballers share a kiss in this powerful after a devastating accident. 18:00 CERTAIN WOMEN chamber piece which opened BFI Flare earlier this year. 18:30 TRAMONTANE Kelly Reichardt delivers an impeccably quiet study of A young blind musician embarks on an identity quest ICA CURZON SOHO the lives of Montana women, starring Michelle Williams, that takes him to the heart of collective amnesia about 18:30 ON CALL Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart and newcomer Lily Gladstone. 18:15 FURTHER BEYOND Lebanon’s fractured past. Filmed in a walk-in service for asylum seekers in an 20:45 CLASH A deconstructed biopic of the extraordinary Ambrosio 21:00 RAW hospital near Paris, This timely documentary captures Mohamed Diab’s Clash is an unforgettable portrait of O'Higgins, who left Ireland to become the captain general A young woman discovers an insatiable appetite for flesh with great humanity dozens of personal stories. Egypt on the brink as rival protestors find themselves of Chile in the Spanish Empire. in this playful coming of age body horror tale. locked up in a police van. 20:45 THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV The last days of the Sun King, evoked with sombre beauty BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 21:00 STOCKHOLM MY LOVE Neneh Cherry, director Mark Cousins (I am Belfast) and VUE7 by Albert Serra. The legendary Jean-Pierre Léaud brings 13:15 HEDI cinematographer Christopher Doyle create an inventive 11:45 THE GRADUATION ineffable presence to the title role. This taut, naturalistic, prize-winning drama about docu-style fiction and a love song to the Swedish city. A plunge into one of today’s most prestigious school of a dutiful son on the brink of an arranged marriage PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL cinema, La Fémis in Paris. Essential viewing for anyone speaks volumes about Tunisia today. RITZY interested in what lies beneath French cinema. 18:00 THE SMALL WORLD OF SAMMY LEE 15:45 DEAREST SISTER 18:15 QUEEN OF KATWE 14:45 THESE DAYS Seedy Soho strip-club compere Sammy (Anthony Newley) A rich woman in Laos finds that her encroaching The powerful true life tale of one girl’s determination A group of female students take a road trip from Italy to races to escape the heavies who hunt him in this gritty, blindness gives her strange and frightening visions, to escape from poverty in Uganda by becoming Belgrade to find work but discover so much more along engrossing 1960s London thriller. in this bold drama from emerging talent Mattie Do. a chess champion. the way. 20:50 THE WAILING 18:30 TBC 21:00 I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER 18:00 TICKLING GIANTS A policeman investigating a string of mysterious deaths A teenage sociopath come face to face with an evil force Documentary on Egyptian surgeon-turned-comedian in a sleepy Korean village finds himself facing an ancient, 20:45 SANTI-VINA in this chilling and darkly humorous adaptation of Bassem Youssef, whose hit TV satire show took on unimaginable evil. A Thai Buddhist melodrama with echoes of Douglas Sirk. Dan Wells’ acclaimed cult novel. successive oppressive regimes at great personal risk PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA A film lost for decades, this restoration revels in the during the turbulent Arab Spring. beauty of the Thai landscape. 20:45 THE REHEARSAL 18:30 TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION Alison Maclean (Jesus’ Son and Crush) works from Eleanor Cinematic images of surrealism and beauty abound in CINÉ LUMIÈRE this selection of films. Let your imagination run wild with Catton’s debut novel to deliver an intimate film about 18:15 THE REUNION New Zealand drama students struggling to juggle life stories that take in mystery and dread, and which will inspire sheer terror. A beautifully performed tale capturing the innocence and coursework. and exhilaration of first love from Spanish filmmaker 21:00 DON'T CALL ME SON Jonás Trueba. Cross-dressing teen Pierre discovers he was abducted at birth and raised by a woman who isn’t his biological mother. From the director of The Second Mother. 5 – 16 OCTOBER | 9

THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER 15:15 LONDON TOWN BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 CINÉ LUMIÈRE ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE An uplifting, bittersweet coming-of-age story fuelled by 12:15 PERSONAL SHOPPER 18:15 THE SON OF JOSEPH the searing power of the music of The Clash. 11:15 LION Kristen Stewart continues to impress in this enigmatic French writer-director Eugène Green brings his unique Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman lead the cast in this rousing 18:30 TWO LOVERS AND A BEAR fashionista ghost story from acclaimed director vision to this entrancing mix of coming-of-age tale and true tale of a lost Indian child, adopted by Australian The director of White Witch delivers a tragic story, with Olivier Assayas. social satire, as a young man seeks his father. parents, searching for home. unexpected textures and twists, about two damaged 14:45 THESE DAYS 21:00 AFTER THE STORM lovers in an icy outpost. 14:00 THE WAILING A group of female students take a road trip from Italy to As typhoons buffet Tokyo, consummate miniaturist A policeman investigating a string of mysterious deaths 21:15 THE LAST LAUGH Belgrade to find work but discover so much more along Kore-eda Hirokazu examines a broken family and the in a sleepy Korean village finds himself facing an ancient, Documentary examining whether taboo subjects like the way. father’s dogged attempts to glue it back together. unimaginable evil. the Holocaust are ever acceptable material for comedy, 18:00 LONDON CALLING including interviews with famous comedians – A selection of new shorts from some of the capital’s most CURZON MAYFAIR 19:15 THEIR FINEST Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman – and survivors alike. Gemma Arterton sparkles in this witty drama set in the exciting upcoming filmmakers. 18:30 AFTER LOVE Bérénice Bejo and Cédric Kahn are a couple negotiating world of propaganda filmmaking during WWII, from HAYMARKET CINEMA 21:00 TBC director Lone Scherfig (The Riot Club, An Education). the difficult final days of a marriage in this terrific 18:30 PREVENGE drama from the director of Our Children. EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA Alice Lowe directs and stars in this riotous tale BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 21:00 UNA of a pregnant serial killer, hellbent on revenge. 12:00 LAYLA M. 12:45 DON'T CALL ME SON Adapted from David Harrower’s prize-winning play Gripping, powerful and nuanced, Mijke de Jong (Bluebird) 21:00 STOPOVER Cross-dressing teen Pierre discovers he was abducted at Blackbird, Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn star in this unpicks the disillusionment that can trigger radicalisation Ariane Labed and Soko star in stylish and formally birth and raised by a woman who isn’t his biological brilliant and unsettling exploration of a dark and deeply and the complex web of realities that it represents precise examination of intense barely-repressed mother. From the director of The Second Mother. destructive relationship. misogyny in the military. 14:30 CLASH 15:00 THE REUNION A beautifully performed tale capturing the innocence HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE Mohamed Diab’s Clash is an unforgettable portrait of CURZON SOHO Egypt on the brink as rival protestors find themselves and exhilaration of first love from Spanish filmmaker 18:15 CERTAIN WOMEN locked up in a police van. 18:30 WHAT’S IN THE DARKNESS Jonás Trueba. Kelly Reichardt delivers an impeccably quiet study of A killer is on the loose in a small town at the same time 18:30 THOSE WHO JUMP the lives of Montana women, starring Michelle Williams, 17:45 BRIMSTONE as a teenage girl is sussing out how womanhood works. Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart and newcomer Lily Gladstone. Dakota Fanning is a revelation in this brutal revenge tale 'I exist because I film' - the compelling first-hand account about a mute midwife in the old American west. 21:00 WITHOUT NAME of an African migrant enduring great hardship to reach 20:45 ARRIVAL A land surveyor has an encounter with the uncanny in Europe and make a better life. Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner star as the humans who 21:00 THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE Lorcan Finnegan’s creeping and imaginative slice of 20:45 JUNCTION 48 make first contact with extraterrestrial visitors in this The director of cult hit Troll Hunter returns with a morgue- modern rural gothic. richly textured sci-fi from director Denis Villeneuve. set shocker that will have you screaming in the aisles. Musical ambition and geopolitics collide in this story of a Palestinian rapper trying to get a break in a world PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL ICA VUE7 where opinions are formed before the music starts. 18:00 LO AND BEHOLD, REVERIES OF 18:30 LFF CONNECTS – ARTS: LYNETTE WALLWORTH 12:00 THE DAY WILL COME THE CONNECTED WORLD BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 A trailblazer in the field of immersive film, the Australian Searing drama set in a children’s home scripted , the documentarian grandmaster, 13:00 LIFE AFTER LIFE artist presents her first foray into virtual reality, the by the creator of The Killing, with top-notch Danish cast returns with an idiosyncratic and original examination dazzling, devastating Collisions. including Lars Mikkelsen and Sofie Gråbøl. Produced by Jia Zhangke, this matter-of-fact ghost story of the internet in 10 chapters. follows a father and his son in contemporary China, 20:45 STARLESS DREAMS 14:45 PLANETARIUM 21:00 CITY OF TINY LIGHTS where spirits sometimes show up unannounced. A thoughtful and complex portrait of juvenile delinquent Natalie Portman and bright newcomer Lily-Rose Depp A taut, hardboiled crime thriller set in contemporary 15:30 RODNYE (CLOSE RELATIONS) women at the extreme margins of Iranian society, by star as two psychic sisters in this visually dazzling and multicultural London, from the director of Dredd and veteran documentarian Mehrdad Oskouei. stylistically bold drama set in 1930s Paris. Vitaly Mansky’s documentary journey through Ukraine starring Riz Ahmed. visits members of his own family to show the reality 18:00 THE WAR SHOW behind the headlines in this divided country. RITZY Charting Syria’s spiraling from peaceful uprisings to PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA 18:15 MEMORIES OF THE UNDERDEVELOPMENT 18:15 THE BIRTH OF A NATION armed conflict, through the intimate prism of a group of 18:00 HAVE YOU SEEN MY MOVIE? Nate Parker’s incendiary Sundance-winning drama friends. A mesmerising film from one of Cuba’s greatest directors, An enthralling montage of magical moments of cinema- showing, in the words of Walter Salles, ‘that filmic follows Nat Turner, a preacher who became the radical 20:45 PARK going extracted from across movie history that resonate precision and radical experimentation could go leader of an uprising against slavery. ’ Olympic Park is now a wasteground, and the with our own personal memories of the cinema. hand in hand’. 21:00 WORLDLY GIRL teenagers who hang out there engage in dangerous 21:00 KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE A distinct coming-of-age tale set, uniquely, within a new set of games. 20:45 TEEN CREEPS Fact and fiction blur in Robert Greene’s documentary on A selection of films that show how coming of age can be a Jehovah’s Witness community and detailing a young the making of a fictional biopic about Christine Chubbuck, scary experience. woman’s relationship with a boy from outside of her VUE5 a newscaster who killed herself on air in 1974. community. 12:30 INTERCHANGE A crime-scene photographer must catch a killer with vampirish tendencies and a penchant for old cameras in this gorgeous Malaysian supernatural thriller. 5 – 16 OCTOBER | 10

FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER VUE5 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA CINÉ LUMIÈRE ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE 12:30 UNITED STATES OF LOVE 18:30 HEAL THE LIVING 18:15 PLANETARIUM 11:15 THEIR FINEST Channeling the spirit of Fassbinder, Tomasz Wasilewski’s Katell Quillévéré (Love Like Poison, Suzanne) directs a Natalie Portman and bright newcomer Lily-Rose Depp Gemma Arterton sparkles in this witty drama set in the third feature is a visually-striking portrait of women superb ensemble cast in this gripping, complex ensemble star as two psychic sisters in this visually dazzling and world of propaganda filmmaking during WWII, from seeking happiness in the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s drama about lives connected by an organ transplant case. stylistically bold drama set in 1930s Paris. director Lone Scherfig (The Riot Club, An Education). collapse. 21:00 LAKE BODOM 20:45 AFTER LOVE 14:00 CITY OF TINY LIGHTS 15:15 THE LAST LAUGH A gang of Finnish teens recreate an infamous crime Bérénice Bejo and Cédric Kahn are a couple negotiating A taut, hardboiled crime thriller set in contemporary Documentary examining whether taboo subjects like scene in this unexpected riff on the campsite slashers the difficult final days of a marriage in this terrific multicultural London, from the director of Dredd and the Holocaust are ever acceptable material for comedy, of the 1980s. drama from the director of Our Children. starring Riz Ahmed. including interviews with famous comedians – Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman – and survivors alike. BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 CURZON MAYFAIR 18:00 NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Tom Ford (A Single Man) returns with a dark and 18:30 LADY MACBETH 18:30 THE INFORMER 18:00 AQUARIUS sophisticated vision of marital power games, A defiant, passionate young woman struggles against An early, silent adaptation of Liam O’Flaherty’s 1925 Sonia Braga shines in this transfixing drama about one starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams. suffocating societal norms in this exceptional British novel about betrayal amid the political and revolutionary woman making a stand against avaricious property debut starring the incandescent Florence Pugh. environment of the newly independent Ireland of 1922. developers in modern-day Brazil. 21:15 IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD 21:15 TRESPASS AGAINST US 21:15 PORTO Another emotionally rich and visually sumptuous BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 melodrama from Xavier Dolan, which picked up the Brendan Gleason and Michael Fassbender butt heads as Anton Yelchin and Lucie Lucas star in this elegiac and Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes. father and son in a West Country crime family, to a 13:00 ON CALL deeply cinematic lovesong to the pains and pleasures thrilling soundtrack from The Chemical Brothers. Filmed in a walk-in service for asylum seekers in an of a brief romantic encounter. EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA hospital near Paris, This timely documentary captures HAYMARKET CINEMA with great humanity dozens of personal stories. HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE 12:00 THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE The director of cult hit Troll Hunter returns with a morgue- 18:30 DON’T THINK TWICE 15:30 THE BAIT 18:30 PLAYGROUND set shocker that will have you screaming in the aisles. A New York improv comedy troupe’s hopes of success and Master Indian filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s surreal Two young Polish schoolboys perform acts of extreme fears of failure are tested when one of their number gets story explores through three intertwining characters the violence in this remarkable but incendiary debut feature. 14:15 BRIMSTONE his big TV break. idea of people used as bait for power games. Dakota Fanning is a revelation in this brutal revenge tale 20:45 LONDON CALLING about a mute midwife in the old American west. 21:00 THE GHOUL 18:15 BY THE TIME IT GETS DARK A selection of new shorts from some of the capital’s most A British indie crime film of great style and ingenuity, Thai filmmaker Anocha Suwichakornpong (Mundane exciting upcoming filmmakers. 18:00 YOUR NAME executive produced by Ben Wheatley and starring History) returns with a mesmerising and innovative Teenagers Mitsuha and Taki haven’t met but find their Tom Meeten and Alice Lowe. treatise on memory, politics and cinema. ICA lives intertwined after the arrival of a comet in this emotionally charged anime. 21:00 WOMEN WHO KILL 12:45 STOPOVER CURZON SOHO A commitment-phobic true crime Brooklyn podcaster Ariane Labed and Soko star in stylish and formally 20:45 NERUDA 18:15 CALLBACK fears that her new girlfriend might have a murderous precise examination of intense barely-repressed Described by director Pablo Larraín as an ‘anti-bio’, A struggling voice actor in New York turns to murder in past in this darkly witty relationship comedy-thriller. misogyny in the military. this bold, inventive detective thriller offers an this blackly comic psychodrama from Spanish director 15:15 THE SON OF JOSEPH electrifying contemplation of Neruda’s life on the run Carles Torras. BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 in the late 1940s. French writer-director Eugène Green brings his unique 20:30 SCARRED HEARTS 13:15 THE GIANT vision to this entrancing mix of coming-of-age tale and VUE7 Radu Jude's portrait of a young writer confined to a The tender story of Rikard, a severely deformed autistic social satire, as a young man seeks his father. Romanian sanatorium in the late 1930s is a poignant man whose life is fueled by dreams of sports victory and 18:15 A BILLION COLOUR STORY 12:00 LO AND BEHOLD, REVERIES OF triumph. imaginary worlds. THE CONNECTED WORLD A daring and moving story about a inspirational 15:45 THE PAST IS THE PRESENT TOO schoolboy who aims to restore his parents’ belief Werner Herzog, the documentarian grandmaster, PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL returns with an idiosyncratic and original examination Four artists’ films explore a diverse range of geographical in themselves and in the Indian nation. of the internet in 10 chapters. 15:00 SCREEN TALK – WERNER HERZOG and historical contexts to reflect on how the past is 21:00 THE WEDDING RING Expect the unexpected when the inimitable Werner intimately entangled with the present. 14:45 THE PASS A nuanced drama that details what life is like for women Herzog joins us to talk about his remarkable, wide- 18:15 CURT MCDOWELL SHORTS 1 in rural Niger. Two ‘straight’ footballers share a kiss in this powerful ranging career including his new film Lo & Behold: chamber piece which opened BFI Flare earlier this year. Don’t miss this special celebration of gay artist Curt Reveries of the Connected World. McDowell; the second of two programmes, all films RITZY 18:00 GEORGE BEST: ALL BY HIMSELF 18:15 THE INNOCENTS newly restored on 16mm by the Academy Film Archive. 18:30 A MOVING IMAGE The acclaimed team behind Hillsborough and The Imposter Pregnant nuns, shattered faith and female solidarity: deliver an epic biopic of George Best, whose football 20:45 CURT MCDOWELL SHORTS 2 The ‘bougie’ invasion of London’s Brixton is examined a classy and compelling French drama about a young Don’t miss this special celebration of gay artist Curt in this probing and stylistically ambitious debut feature. genius was decimated by alcohol and fame. doctor becoming the sole hope for an isolated convent. McDowell; the second of two programmes, all films 20:45 THE REHEARSAL 20:45 THE MAN FROM MO’WAX 21:00 THE SPACE IN BETWEEN – MARINA ABRAMOVIC newly restored on 16mm by the Academy Film Archive. The remarkable story of musician and record label owner Alison Maclean (Jesus’ Son and Crush) works from Eleanor A mystical voyage in Brazil in the company of the fearless Catton’s debut novel to deliver an intimate film about James Lavelle, one of the most enigmatic yet influential Serbian artist, Marina Abramovi ´c in search of emotional figures in contemporary British culture. New Zealand drama students struggling to juggle life healing. Not for the faint-hearted. and coursework. 5 – 16 OCTOBER | 11

SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER VUE5 PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE 12:30 DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST 12:15 LADY MACBETH 13:15 THOSE WHO JUMP 11:30 NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Almost 25 years since its production, Daughters remains A defiant, passionate young woman struggles against 'I exist because I film' - the compelling first-hand account Tom Ford (A Single Man) returns with a dark and an urgent and poetic testimony to the emotional power suffocating societal norms in this exceptional British of an African migrant enduring great hardship to reach sophisticated vision of marital power games, of remembering. debut starring the incandescent Florence Pugh. Europe and make a better life. starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams. 15:15 ORANGE SUNSHINE 15:00 HEMA HEMA 15:45 LOUIS & LUCA – THE BIG CHEESE RACE 14:15 IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD The incredible story of a bunch of free-spirited A Bhutanese spiritual getaway shows that anonymity can An inter-town cheese race brings out the worst in some Another emotionally rich and visually sumptuous Californian surfers wanting to bring about World Peace bring out the strangest of impulses, as masked campers of the competitors in this stop motion animated melodrama from Xavier Dolan, which picked up the via LSD is recounting in this riveting documentary. go wild in the jungle. family treat. Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes. 18:30 MERCENARY 18:15 THE VOID 18:15 TICKLING GIANTS 18:00 SNOWDEN A 19-year-old Pacific Islander is forced to start Terror unfolds inside a deserted hospital in this Documentary on Egyptian surgeon-turned-comedian NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is given the Oliver a new life in France in this riveting sports movie cum nightmarish throwback to old-school creature features Bassem Youssef, whose hit TV satire show took on Stone treatment in this thrilling dramatic examination of male melodrama. and practical monster FX. successive oppressive regimes at great personal risk international surveillance, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. 21:15 DOG EAT DOG 21:00 PHANTASM: REMASTERED during the turbulent Arab Spring. 21:15 TBC Three ex-cons have two choices: go straight and stay A brand new 4K restoration of the 1970’s horror cult 21:15 MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI broke or risk their freedom on one last lucrative job, classic, brought to us by devoted superfan J.J. Abrams. The on and offscreen life of Toshiro Mifune, Japan’s first the kidnapping of a baby. international movie star. EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA HAYMARKET CINEMA BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 12:00 YOUR NAME 13:00 JUNCTION 48 Teenagers Mitsuha and Taki haven’t met but find their 12:00 SHORT FILM COMPETITION 1 Musical ambition and geopolitics collide in this story 13:00 FURTHER BEYOND lives intertwined after the arrival of a comet in this The Short Film Award recognises short form works of a Palestinian rapper trying to get a break in a world A deconstructed biopic of the extraordinary Ambrosio emotionally charged anime. with a unique cinematic voice and a confident handling where opinions are formed before the music starts. O'Higgins, who left Ireland to become the captain general of chosen theme and content. of Chile in the Spanish Empire. 14:45 NERUDA 15:30 PARK Described by director Pablo Larraín as an ‘anti-bio’, 14:45 SHORT FILM COMPETITION 2 Athens’ Olympic Park is now a wasteground, and the 15:15 CONDITIONS OF CREATION this bold, inventive detective thriller offers an The Short Film Award recognises short form works teenagers who hang out there engage in dangerous What are the necessary conditions for cultural electrifying contemplation of Neruda’s life on the with a unique cinematic voice and a confident handling new set of games. production? Three artists’ films reflect on how material run in the late 1940s. of chosen theme and content. 18:30 WOMEN WHO KILL conditions, mental states and evolution influence the production of art. 17:30 CHI-RAQ 18:00 76 A commitment-phobic true crime Brooklyn podcaster Spike Lee reimagines Aristophanes’ ancient Greek play A terse political drama from Nigeria deals with the fears that her new girlfriend might have a murderous 17:45 BORN IN FLAMES Lysistrata as a dazzling modern-day hip hop musical set ramifications for a group linked to the assassination past in this darkly witty relationship comedy-thriller. Lizzie Borden’s provocative feminist sci-fi returns to our in Chicago. in 1976 of General Murtala Mohammed. 21:00 SHOT! THE PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL MANTRA screens and has lost none of its power. 20:30 NOCTURAMA 20:45 ON THE MILKY ROAD OF ROCK 20:15 MODERATION French director Bertrand Bonello imagines Paris in a state ’s latest film is a folkloric tale of doomed Energetic, psychedelic Rock n Roll documentary that Anja Kirschner’s bold new work about the production of apocalypse, in a provocative, troubling response to the love set in the aftermath of a civil war. captures the life and times of Mick Rock, creator of of a disintegrating , moving between different contemporary age of terror. images as iconic as his subject matter. moving image technologies, genre, fiction and reality. CURZON SOHO VUE7 12:00 HAVE YOU SEEN MY MOVIE? BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 CINÉ LUMIÈRE 12:00 SMOKE & MIRRORS An enthralling montage of magical moments of cinema- 12:45 PHANTOM BOY 13:00 THEIR FINEST Suspense abounds in this electrifying political thriller going extracted from across movie history that resonate A superhero film with a difference. Leo leaves his body Gemma Arterton sparkles in this witty drama set in the based on the true story of one of Spain’s most inscrutable with our own personal memories of the cinema. and flies through the city fighting crime. world of propaganda filmmaking during WWII, from secret agents. 15:15 DON’T THINK TWICE 16:00 SCREEN TALK – BEN WHEATLEY director Lone Scherfig (The Riot Club, An Education). 14:45 TRESPASS AGAINST US A New York improv comedy troupe’s hopes of success and One of the most dynamic and original voices in 15:45 HEDI Brendan Gleason and Michael Fassbender butt heads as fears of failure are tested when one of their number gets contemporary British cinema joins us to talk about This taut, naturalistic, prize-winning drama about father and son in a West Country crime family, to a his big TV break. his distinctively gritty, darkly comic films including a dutiful son on the brink of an arranged marriage thrilling soundtrack from The Chemical Brothers. 18:15 STAYING VERTICAL this year’s Closing Night film, the pulse-raising speaks volumes about Tunisia today. thrill-fest Free Fire. 18:00 YOU ARE MY SUNDAY French provocateur Alain Guiraudie (Stranger by the Lake) 18:30 LOST IN PARIS Five mates are banned from playing footie on the beach, returns with this surprising tale of fathers, father-figures, 18:30 RICHARD LINKLATER – DREAM IS DESTINY Beanpole comedy duo Gordon and Abel return in this and emotions run high as they struggle to find a new shepherds, wolves and sexuality. Louis Black and Karen Bernstein’s documentary is a ingeniously entertaining story of a librarian searching pitch. A feel-good, buddy-movie from Mumbai. 20:45 LA NOCHE fittingly warm, witty and insightful behind-the-scenes for her aunt. Misunderstandings and delicious look at America’s beloved indie film pioneer. sight gags abound. 20:45 WHITE COLOUR BLACK Gritty journey through the sexual underbelly of Buenos A young mixed heritage man confronts the psychological Aires, with graphic depictions of the highs and lows in 21:00 TBC 20:45 THE LIVES OF THERESE complexities of his identity in this essential, truly one man’s quest for intimacy. After appearing in Sébastien Lifshitz's memorable cinematic discovery for anyone interested in Black documentary Les Invisibles, Thérèse Clerc, fierce French British cinema. feminist and activist breaks the last taboo: death. 5 – 16 OCTOBER | 12

CURZON MAYFAIR RITZY VUE7 CURZON SOHO 12:45 THE WAR SHOW 12:30 GOLDSTONE 11:45 LA NOCHE 13:00 WHAT’S IN THE DARKNESS Charting Syria’s spiraling from peaceful uprisings to Corruption and Aboriginal exploitation are rife in an Gritty journey through the sexual underbelly of Buenos A killer is on the loose in a small town at the same time armed conflict, through the intimate prism of a group of Outback town, led by reptilian mayor Jacki Weaver, Aires, with graphic depictions of the highs and lows in as a teenage girl is sussing out how womanhood works. friends. in Ivan Sen’s (Mystery Road) tense new thriller. one man’s quest for intimacy. 15:30 THE BAIT 15:15 ETHEL & ERNEST 15:15 THE WEDDING RING 14:45 SHOT! THE PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL MANTRA Master Indian filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s surreal Raymond Briggs presents an animated tale about his A nuanced drama that details what life is like for women OF ROCK story explores through three intertwining characters the parents Ethel and Ernest who live through major changes in rural Niger. Energetic, psychedelic Rock n Roll documentary that idea of people used as bait for power games. during their 40 years of marriage 18:30 THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE captures the life and times of Mick Rock, creator of 18:15 STARLESS DREAMS 18:15 SAFARI The director of cult hit Troll Hunter returns with a morgue- images as iconic as his subject matter. A thoughtful and complex portrait of juvenile delinquent Ulrich Seidl (In the Basement, Paradise Trilogy) sets his set shocker that will have you screaming in the aisles. 18:00 SHORT FILM COMPETITION 1 women at the extreme margins of Iranian society, by crosshairs on Austrians trophy hunting in Nambia. Dark, The Short Film Award recognises short form works veteran documentarian Mehrdad Oskouei. absorbing and ultimately quite sinister. with a unique cinematic voice and a confident handling 20:30 THE GIANT 21:00 STOPOVER of chosen theme and content. 21:00 THE WORTHY Ariane Labed and Soko star in stylish and formally The tender story of Rikard, a severely deformed autistic In a dystopian Arab world, a small group of survivors are precise examination of intense barely-repressed 20:45 SHORT FILM COMPETITION 2 man whose life is fueled by dreams of sports victory and infiltrated by two visitors, sparking a deadly game where misogyny in the military. The Short Film Award recognises short form works imaginary worlds. only one shall be chosen worthy. with a unique cinematic voice and a confident handling CURZON CHELSEA of chosen theme and content. PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE 12:15 PREVENGE 18:30 THE SALESMAN VUE5 12:45 PORTO Asghar Farhadi’s (A Separation, The Past) returns with a Alice Lowe directs and stars in this riotous tale Anton Yelchin and Lucie Lucas star in this elegiac and masterclass in complex moral questioning as a couple 12:30 ROCK DOG of a pregnant serial killer, hellbent on revenge. deeply cinematic lovesong to the pains and pleasures has to deal with a sudden violent act. Bodi knows his role is to protect Himalayan villages from 15:00 THE GHOUL of a brief romantic encounter. wolves, but ever since he heard it on the radio all he can A British indie crime film of great style and ingenuity, think about is music. 14:45 LION SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER executive produced by Ben Wheatley and starring Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman lead the cast in this rousing 15:15 ON THE MILKY ROAD Tom Meeten and Alice Lowe. ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE true tale of a lost Indian child, adopted by Australian Emir Kusturica’s latest film is a folkloric tale of doomed 18:00 TWO LOVERS AND A BEAR parents, searching for home. 11:30 SNOWDEN love set in the aftermath of a civil war. The director of White Witch delivers a tragic story, with 17:45 THE MAN FROM MO’WAX NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is given the Oliver 18:30 RICHARD LINKLATER – DREAM IS DESTINY unexpected textures and twists, about two damaged The remarkable story of musician and record label owner Stone treatment in this thrilling dramatic examination of Louis Black and Karen Bernstein’s documentary is a lovers in an icy outpost. international surveillance, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. James Lavelle, one of the most enigmatic yet influential fittingly warm, witty and insightful behind-the-scenes 20:30 MERCENARY figures in contemporary British culture. 14:30 DOG EAT DOG look at America’s beloved indie film pioneer. A 19-year-old Pacific Islander is forced to start 20:15 BRIMSTONE Three ex-cons have two choices: go straight and stay 21:15 TBC a new life in France in this riveting sports movie cum Dakota Fanning is a revelation in this brutal revenge tale broke or risk their freedom on one last lucrative job, male melodrama. about a mute midwife in the old American west. the kidnapping of a baby. 19:00 FREE FIRE HAYMARKET CINEMA PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA ICA Ben Wheatley (High-Rise, Sightseers) returns to close the 12:15 YOU ARE MY SUNDAY 13:00 WITHOUT NAME 13:30 PATIENT Festival with this all-guns-blazing bullet opera, starring Five mates are banned from playing footie on the beach, A land surveyor has an encounter with the uncanny in Jorge Caballero's deeply moving documentary , Cillian Murphy and Armie Hammer. and emotions run high as they struggle to find a new Lorcan Finnegan’s creeping and imaginative slice of about a mother caring for her gravely ill daughter pitch. A feel-good, buddy-movie from Mumbai. modern rural gothic. EMBANKMENT GARDEN CINEMA in a Colombian hospital. 15:15 TRESPASS AGAINST US 15:30 SPACESHIP 15:45 CALLBACK 12:00 CHI-RAQ Brendan Gleason and Michael Fassbender butt heads as British teen cinema gets an injection of hallucinogenic A struggling voice actor in New York turns to murder in Spike Lee reimagines Aristophanes’ ancient Greek play father and son in a West Country crime family, to a imagination, plus a few unicorns and aliens, in Alex this blackly comic psychodrama from Spanish director Lysistrata as a dazzling modern-day hip hop musical set thrilling soundtrack from The Chemical Brothers. Taylor’s debut feature Spaceship. in Chicago. Carles Torras. 18:00 ETHEL & ERNEST 18:15 DON’T THINK TWICE 18:15 RODNYE (CLOSE RELATIONS) 15:00 NOCTURAMA Raymond Briggs presents an animated tale about his A New York improv comedy troupe’s hopes of success and Vitaly Mansky’s documentary journey through Ukraine French director Bertrand Bonello imagines Paris in a state parents Ethel and Ernest who live through major changes fears of failure are tested when one of their number gets visits members of his own family to show the reality of apocalypse, in a provocative, troubling response to the during their 40 years of marriage his big TV break. contemporary age of terror. behind the headlines in this divided country. 20:30 ORANGE SUNSHINE 20:45 PRIVATE PROPERTY 21:00 BY THE TIME IT GETS DARK 17:45 GEORGE BEST: ALL BY HIMSELF The incredible story of a bunch of free-spirited Warren Oates delivers his first great screen performance Thai filmmaker Anocha Suwichakornpong (Mundane The acclaimed team behind Hillsborough and The Imposter Californian surfers wanting to bring about World Peace in this low-budget gem, unseen for decades – a major History) returns with a mesmerising and innovative deliver an epic biopic of George Best, whose football via LSD is recounting in this riveting documentary. rediscovery for noir and crime fans. treatise on memory, politics and cinema. genius was decimated by alcohol and fame. 20:00 FREE FIRE Ben Wheatley (High-Rise, Sightseers) returns to close the Festival with this all-guns-blazing bullet opera, starring Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy and Armie Hammer. 5 – 16 OCTOBER | 13

BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1 CINÉ LUMIÈRE ICA 12:00 A WOMAN OF THE WORLD 13:00 STAYING VERTICAL 12:45 THE SPACE IN BETWEEN – MARINA ABRAMOVIC A moral crusader from small town America meets a French provocateur Alain Guiraudie (Stranger by the Lake) A mystical voyage in Brazil in the company of the fearless tattooed countess in this hugely enjoyable vehicle for returns with this surprising tale of fathers, father-figures, Serbian artist, Marina Abramovi ´c in search of emotional 1920s screen goddess Pola Negri. shepherds, wolves and sexuality. healing. Not for the faint-hearted. 14:30 YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER 15:30 NOCTURNAL ANIMALS 15:45 THE UNTAMED Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth perform stunning dance Tom Ford (A Single Man) returns with a dark and Amat Escalante follows up his acclaimed Cannes winner numbers in this vibrant musical with a Latin-American sophisticated vision of marital power games, Heli with an arresting social drama cum sci-fi enigma touch. starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams. that defies categorisation. 17:15 THE SALESMAN 18:15 HEMA HEMA Asghar Farhadi’s (A Separation, The Past) returns with a A Bhutanese spiritual getaway shows that anonymity can RITZY masterclass in complex moral questioning as a couple bring out the strangest of impulses, as masked campers 13:00 76 has to deal with a sudden violent act. go wild in the jungle. A terse political drama from Nigeria deals with the 20:15 AQUARIUS 20:45 BEING 17 ramifications for a group linked to the assassination Sonia Braga shines in this transfixing drama about one Hormonal aggression sparks an intense enmity between in 1976 of General Murtala Mohammed. woman making a stand against avaricious property two 17-year-old schoolboys in the snowy Pyrenees, until 16:00 THOSE WHO JUMP developers in modern-day Brazil. the true connection between them surprises everyone. 'I exist because I film' - the compelling first-hand account of an African migrant enduring great hardship to reach BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2 CURZON MAYFAIR Europe and make a better life. 10:30 ZIP & ZAP AND THE CAPTAIN’S ISLAND 12:15 THE LAST LAUGH 18:15 YOUR NAME Naughty brothers Zip and Zap finds themselves in a Documentary examining whether taboo subjects like Teenagers Mitsuha and Taki haven’t met but find their home for lost children that might just be haunted. Will the Holocaust are ever acceptable material for comedy, lives intertwined after the arrival of a comet in this they ever escape? including interviews with famous comedians – emotionally charged anime. 13:00 YELLOW FLOWERS ON THE GREEN GRASS Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman – and survivors alike. 21:00 WHITE COLOUR BLACK In rural Vietnam, two brothers find themselves at odds 14:30 LADY MACBETH A young mixed heritage man confronts the psychological over a house guest and a local myth about a white tiger A defiant, passionate young woman struggles against complexities of his identity in this essential, truly and a princess. suffocating societal norms in this exceptional British cinematic discovery for anyone interested in Black 15:30 FANNY'S JOURNEY debut starring the incandescent Florence Pugh. British cinema. Fanny and her sisters attempt to escape Nazi-occupied 17:00 SCARRED HEARTS France but many dangers lie ahead of them. Radu Jude's portrait of a young writer confined to a 18:00 A BILLION COLOUR STORY Romanian sanatorium in the late 1930s is a poignant A daring and moving story about a inspirational triumph. schoolboy who aims to restore his parents’ belief 20:30 LA LA LAND in themselves and in the Indian nation. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone channel old-school 20:45 THE LIVES OF THERESE Hollywood glamour in this bright and playful romantic After appearing in Sébastien Lifshitz's memorable musical from director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash). documentary Les Invisibles, Thérèse Clerc, fierce French feminist and activist breaks the last taboo: death. HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE 12:45 THE INNOCENTS BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3 Pregnant nuns, shattered faith and female solidarity: 13:30 TBC a classy and compelling French drama about a young doctor becoming the sole hope for an isolated convent. 15:45 THE VOID 15:30 WOMEN WHO KILL Terror unfolds inside a deserted hospital in this A commitment-phobic true crime Brooklyn podcaster fears that her new girlfriend might have a murderous Denotes subtitles. Films not in the English nightmarish throwback to old-school creature features language will be screened with English subtitles and practical monster FX. past in this darkly witty relationship comedy-thriller. 18:30 PATIENT 18:00 A MOVING IMAGE This screening will have audio-description Jorge Caballero's deeply moving documentary The ‘bougie’ invasion of London’s Brixton is examined in this probing and stylistically ambitious debut feature. about a mother caring for her gravely ill daughter This screening is suitable for family audiences in a Colombian hospital. 20:15 LONDON TOWN An uplifting, bittersweet coming-of-age story fuelled by 21:00 LAKE BODOM This film will be screened in 3D A gang of Finnish teens recreate an infamous crime the searing power of the music of The Clash. scene in this unexpected riff on the campsite slashers of the 1980s. See bfi.org.uk for TBC listings