Events, Festivals and Exhibitions

There are many film festivals around the world, from Cannes and the Berlinale, to Sundance and Riverdance, Travel Begins at 40 runs through the best.

The UK capital introduced its major movie festival a little more recently,  but the BFI London Film Festival is a rival to its continental cousins, and appears in autumn.

There are also festivals devoted to independent movie makers, such as Raindance in London in September.

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Raindance Film Festival 2020, London

Vue Piccadilly 19 Lower Regent Street, London, United Kingdom

The largest independent UK film festival, The Raindance Film Festival returns to London for its 27th edition in September. Describing itself as the “champion of the underdog”...

£10 – £195

You Beauties: New Australian Cinema, BFI

BFI Southbank Belvedere Road, London, United Kingdom

The BFI will screen You Beauties: New Australian Cinema at the BFI Southbank from 3-27 February, 2023. Curated by ACMI (Australia’s national museum of screen culture)...

Raindance Film Festival 2023

The largest independent UK film festival, The Raindance Festival returns to London for its 31st edition in October. Whereas the BFI London Film Festival is the biggest show in town, Raindance...

Jazz on Screen, Barbican Cinema 2023

Barbican Cinema Silk Street, London, United Kingdom

Jazz on Screen returns to Barbican Cinema during the EFG London Jazz Festival with a series of films that provide some light on modern jazz legends in the 50s and 60s. The three films...

£13

London Short Film Festival (LSFF) 2024

Founded in 2003, the London Short Festival (LSFF) is a an independent short film festival. In January the LSFF presents some 250 to 500 UK and international shorts, as well...

Italian Neorealism and BFI Retrospectives

BFI Southbank Belvedere Road, London, United Kingdom

From March to June, the BFI Southbank will have a series of retrospectives as well as a programme of Italian Neorealism. The retrospectives will be on Gene Tierney, Victor Erice...

Ukrainian Film Festival 2024: Reflections

Curzon Soho 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, United Kingdom

The Ukrainian Film Festival is set to return to London from September 19 to 22 2024. Hosted at Curzon Soho, this year's theme, 'Reflections,' explores the quest for identity during...

BFI London Film Festival 2024

london London, United Kingdom

The BFI London Film Festival will walk red carpets around the UK capital once more this October, with what promises to be an amazing programme of events. From 9 to...