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Explore films In Competition at London BFI starting this week

Explore the films competing for glory

Explore the competitions at the 61st BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express®

Not sure where to start at LFF? Our competition sections are a brilliant way to start your Festival adventure, featuring our selections of the most innovative, inspiring filmmaking happening today. Explore the best film category as well as highlights from first time filmmakers, documentaries and short films.

Official Competition titles are hosted at the amazing Embankment Garden Cinema, our hugely popular temporary cinema which features Dolby® 7.1 surround sound and 4K digital projection.

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Official Competition

Just some of the great films competing in our official competition

The Breadwinner

08 & 15 Oct

This exceptional animated film about a girl’s struggles in Afghanistan is based on the bestselling novel by Deborah Ellis.

Wajib

09 & 11 Oct

An estranged father-son relationship in the vibrant city of Nazareth makes for an immensely entertaining drama by Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir.

Angels Wear White

12 - 14 Oct

One night in a hotel room has catastrophic consequences in this piercing drama that takes a young female perspective on corruption and sexual exploitation.

Sweet Country

12 & 13 Oct

Australian director Warwick Thornton brings a vital Indigenous perspective and great cinematic vision to this powerful, revisionist epic.

First Feature Competition

The Sutherland Award recognises the most original and imaginative directorial debut

Cargo

13 - 15 Oct

Tensions erupt when three sons are forced to take over a failing family fisheries business in this dark and compelling North Sea drama.

Winter Brothers

10 - 13 Oct

Two quarry-worker brothers are swept into a vicious feud in this intensely performed and aesthetically distinctive debut, featuring House of Cards’ Lars Mikkelsen.

Ava

05 - 09 Oct

A bold and inventive coming-of-age tale with a difference.

Most Beautiful Island

09 - 13 Oct

Searing social realism with a bold genre twist.

Documentary Competition

The Grierson Award recognises films with integrity, originality, and social or cultural significance

Bobbi Jene

05 - 10 Oct

A fascinating documentary about contemporary dancer Bobbi Jene, whose ambition and physicality will in turn impress and mesmerise.

Jane

13 - 15 Oct

An extraordinary and inspiring journey into the life of British primatologist Jane Goodall, with never-seen-before archive footage and a beautiful Philip Glass score.

The Prince of Nothingwood

13 - 15 Oct

A rousing behind-the-scenes account of the life of Salim Shaheen, Afghanistan’s most prolific actor/director, and a one-man charisma-bomb.

Kingdom of Us

07 & 08 Oct

A powerful documentary exploring the collective recovery of a family following the father’s suicide.

Short Film Award

Recognising short form works with a unique cinematic voice

Programme 1

The Short Film Award recognises short form works with a unique cinematic voice and a confident handling of chosen theme and content.

Programme 2

The Short Film Award recognises short form works with a unique cinematic voice and a confident handling of chosen theme and content.

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Vibrant 2017 – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights

8 – 26 October
Finborough Theatre
Now in its ninth consecutive year, Vibrant 2017 – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, our annual celebration of new writing returns.

The African Gaze

19.30 – 20.30 on 13 Oct, 10 Nov & 8 Dec
Victoria & Albert Museum
African Heritage within the V&A’s Europe 1600 – 1815 Galleries: Nadia Denton’s tour will give an overview of the African presence in 17th and 18th Century Europe.

Image Credit - Peter the Great with Black Page, Gustav Von Mardefeld (1720), Victoria & Albert Museum, London