The 69th BFI London Film Festival runs from October 9 to 20. An impressive selection of French films will feature in the many sections that make up the event, the UK's largest international film festival.
Unifrance will be present at the 2024 edition through its support for the presence of many artists in the British capital, as well as for the traditional Buyers & Sellers day, during which a large delegation of French exporters will be able to meet British buyers in a tried-and-tested speed-dating format.
The artistic delegation (subject to change):
Mati Diop, Leos Carax, Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, Noémie Merlant, Raoul Peck, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Meryam Joobeur, Jonathan Millet, Kani Kusruti, Anne-Sophie Bailly, Alexis Langlois, Gio Ventura...
The sales agents attending:
- Alpha Violet
- Charades
- Goodfellas
- Indie Sales
- Les Films du Losange
- Luxbox
- Memento International
- mk2 films
- Playtime
- Salaud Morisset
- The Party Film Sales
- Totem Films
- WTFilms
On October 12, the BFI will be hosting the third New Waves program, comprising a meeting between French and British producers, in partnership with the CNC, British Film Institute (BFI), Institut Français, and Unifrance.
The meeting will be attended by representatives from Andarta Pictures, Blue Spirit Productions, Elephant, Les Films d'Ici, Les Films d'Ici Méditerranée, Les Films Pelléas, Marianne Productions, Nord-Ouest Films, Oble Studios, Piano Sano Films, Studio 14 Films, and Windy Production.These twelve French production companies will have the opportunity to present their activities and projects to British companies active in the audiovisual sector.
French sales agents Virginie Devesa (Alpha Violet) and Sata Cissokho (Memento International) will participate in a panel Navigating the International Markets: Sales Agents in Conversation organized by the festival and Screen International on October 14 at 11.45 am, at Picturehouse Central.
All the French films at the BFI London Film Festival 2024
(majority-French productions are indicated in bold)
Galas
Official Competition
Special Presentations
- Dahomey by Mati Diop
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof
- I'm Still Here by Walter Salles
- Harvest by Athina Rachel Tsangari
- All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia
First Feature Competition
- Santosh by Sandhya Suri
- To a Land Unknown by Mahdi Fleifel
- Who Do I Belong To by Meryam Joobeur
- Crocodile Tears by Tumpal Tampubolon
Documentary Competition
Cult
Dare
- Fogo do Vento by Marta Mateus
- Viet and Nam by Minh Quý Trương
- Pepe by Nelson Carlos de los Santos Arias
- Cidade ; Campo by Juliana Rojas
- The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder by Inadelso Cossa
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat by Johan Grimonprez
Debate
- The Invasion by Sergei Loznitsa
- Families Like Ours by Thomas Vinterberg
- Youth (Homecoming) by Wang Bing
Family
Experimenta
Journey
- Flow by Gints Zilbalodis
- Sujo by Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez
- Eephus by Carson Lund
- The Village Next to Paradise by Mo Harawe
- Shambhala by Min Bahadur Bham
- My Everything by Anne-Sophie Bailly
- Baby by Marcelo Caetano
Laugh
Love
- At Averroes & Rosa Parks by Nicolas Philibert
- When the Light Breaks by Rúnar Rúnarsson
- When Fall Is Coming by François Ozon
- Queens Of Drama by Alexis Langlois
- Grand Tour by Miguel Gomes
Thrill
- Misericordia by Alain Guiraudie
- Aïcha by Mehdi M. Barsaoui
- Le Dossier Maldoror by Fabrice Du Welz
- Stranger Eyes by Siew Hua Yeo
- Eat the Night by Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel
- Architecton by Victor Kossakovsky
- Ghost Trail by Jonathan Millet
Create
Immersives Works
Media Gallery
