The 69th BFI London Film Festival will take place from October 8 to 19. A very substantial selection of French films, or French co-productions, will be presented in the numerous sections that make up the United Kingdom's most important film festival.
As is the case every year, Unifrance will be present at the 2025 edition, supporting artists' appearances in the British capital and organizing 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 French sales agents in attendance:
- Lucky Number
- Alpha Violet
- Cats & Docs
- Charades
- Coproduction Office
- Gaumont
- Goodfellas
- Kinology
- Les Films du Losange
- Luxbox
- mk2 films
- Paradise City Sales
- The Bureau Sales
- Totem Films
As part of the LFF Industry Forum, a conversation between festival directors and programmers has been organized to understand how festivals operate and evolve in order to better support cinema and creativity. Thomas Rosso (Semaine de la Critique) will be representing France.
The artistic delegation (subject to change):
Guillaume Marbeck, Richard Linklater, Anna Cazenave Cambet, Julia Ducournau, Tahar Rahim, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Raoul Peck, Damien Lewis, Rebecca Zlotowski, François Ozon, Claire Denis, Robin Campillo, Erige Sehiri, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Vincent Munier
All the French films at the BFI London Film Festival 2025
Majority-French films are indicated in bold.
Official Competition
- Landmarks by Lucrecia Martel
- The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania
- Hair, Paper, Water... by Minh Quý Trương and Nicolas Graux
Galas
- Sentimental Value by Joachim Trier
- It Was Just an Accident by Jafar Panahi
- Nouvelle Vague by Richard Linklater
Documentary Competition
Cult
Dare
- The Fence by Claire Denis
- Alpha by Julia Ducournau
- The Ice Tower by Lucile Hadžihalilović
- Magellan by Lav Diaz
- Sirât by Oliver Laxe
- The Chronology of Water by Kristen Stewart
- Short Summer by Nastia Korkia
Debate
- The Deal by Jean-Stéphane Bron
- Silent Friend by Ildiko Enyedi
- Islands of the Winds by Ya-Ting Hsu
- Mother by Teona Strugar Mitevska
- Orwell: 2+2=5 by Raoul Peck
Family
- The Secret of Birds by Antoine Lanciaux
- Whispers in the Woods by Vincent Munier
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han
Journey
- Palestine 36 by Annemarie Jacir
- Two Prosecutors by Sergei Loznitsa
- Enzo by Robin Campillo
- Orphan by László Nemes
- Portobello by Marco Bellocchio
- Promised Sky by Erige Sehiri
Laugh
Love
- Resurrection by Bi Gan
- Left-Handed Girl by Shih-Ching Tsou
- Calle Malaga by Maryam Touzani
- Love Me Tender by Anna Cazenave Cambet
- The Love That Remains by Hlynur Pálmason
- Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch
Thrill
- The Secret Agent by Kleber Mendonça Filho
- A Private Life by Rebecca Zlotowski
- Balearic by Ion De Sosa
Experimenta
First Feature Competition
Create
Short films - Official Selection
- We Had Fun by Linda Lô
- Daria's Night Flowers by Maryam Tafakory
- Coyotes by Said Zagha
- Chikha by Zahoua Raji and Ayoub Layoussifi
- God is Shy by Jocelyn Charles
- Les Petits Monstres by Pablo Léridon
- The Devil and the Bicycle by Sharon Hakim
