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2025 BFI London Film Festival

The 69th BFI London Film Festival took place from 8 to 19 October 2025. The competition films were announced on 21 August 2025 while the films for the galas and the strands were revealed on 3 September 2025. The festival showcased 247 films from 79 countries and opened with the 2025 American mystery film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, written and directed by Rian Johnson, and closed with the 2025 historical fantasy film 100 Nights of Hero written and directed by Julia Jackman.

Juries
The jury members were as follows: Main Competition Elizabeth Karlsen, American-British film producer and co-founder of Number 9 Films – Jury president • Justin Chang, American film critic and Pulitzer Prize winner • Kahlil Joseph, American filmmaker and co-founder of The Underground Museum in Los Angeles === First Feature Competition (Sutherland Award) === • Kibwe Tavares, British filmmaker and architect – Jury president • Anja Fröhner, Head of Programme at Zurich Film Festival • Nadia Latif, British theatre maker and film director Documentary Competition (Grierson Award) • Eloïse King, British filmmaker – Jury president • Josh Siegel, curator at the Museum of Modern Art and founding director of To Save and Project: The MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation • Reece Goodwin, Film & TV Curator at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) Short Film Competition • Ming-Jung Kuo, British festival programmer – Jury president • Matty Crawford, British-Filipino writer and director • Lee Ott, animation director == Headline Galas ==
Competition
Official Competition :Highlighted title indicates the section winner. First Feature Competition The following films competed for the Sutherland Award, which is awarded to a directorial debut: :Highlighted title indicates the section winner. Documentary Competition The following films will compete for the Grierson Awards, which is awarded to the Best Documentary of the competition. :Highlighted title indicates the section winner. Short Films Competition The following films will compete for the Short Film award. :Highlighted title indicates the section winner. ==Thematic strands==
Thematic strands
Love Debate Laugh Dare Thrill Cult Journey Create Experimenta Family == Short films ==
Short films
The short film programme was divided into the following sections. Short films already mentioned within the Short Films competition are not included. Are You Kidding? Discovering Home Mapped Out Futures Pulling the Rug Out Roots and Branches Show Me Who I Am Experimenta Shorts ;Anatomy of Place, Sites of Becoming ;Back and Forth Across the Line ;Cadences of Refusal ;In the Clouds Flecks of Memories Pass By ;Shadows of the Living Animated Shorts for Younger Audiences ==Archive==
Awards
The following awards were presented: In competition • Best Film: Landmarks, dir. Lucrecia Martel • Best First Feature (Sutherland Award for Best First Feature): One Woman One Bra, dir. Vincho Nchogu • Best Documentary (Grierson Award for Best Documentary): The Travellers, dir. David Bingong • Special Mention: Always, dir. Deming Chen • Best Short Film: Coyotes, dir. Said Zagha Audience awards • Best Feature Film: Hamnet, dir. Chloé Zhao • Best British Discovery: Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, dir. Yemi Bamiro == References ==
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