BFI London Film Festival
THIS EVENT ENDED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 2018
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London rolls out the red carpet for the BFI London Film Festival in October, with a wealth of A-list stars stepping out for premieres of their films. For its 62nd edition, the festival opens with Steve McQueen's female-fuelled heist thriller, Widows. See screenings of costume drama Colette starring Keira Knightley and Dominic West, The Favourite featuring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, and Peter Jackson's new film, They Shall Not Grow Old, made using restored and colourised from footage shot during the First World War. As well as the red carpet glamour and opening gala razzmatazz there are events for everyone at the festival, from informal post-screening Q&As to films for families and from guest appearances to workshops and masterclasses. As well as over 350 film screenings, a temporary 806-seat cinema is set up in Embankment Garden, one of two venues for the closing night gala - a special screening of Stan & Ollie starring Steve Coogan and John C Reilly.
About BFI Southbank
Originally the National Film Theatre, the BFI Southbank is the perfect film buff's cinema, with three large screens and a smaller studio space showing up to 2000 films a year ranging from classics to independent movies as well as gala openings. It's also the heart of London's many film festivals, and the place to go to see obscure arts films, classics, and seasons of works by great directors. More about BFI Southbank
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2 Whitehall Court, SW1A | 7 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
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372 Strand, WC2R | 7 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
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London > Events > Theatre Dates: 8th November 2018 to 5th January 2019
BFI London Film Festival, South Bank, Covent Garden, London SE1 | 2 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
This moving adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's World War I epic War Horse returns to the theatre where it all started, the National Theatre, eleven years after ...More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 13th December 2018 to 6th January 2019
BFI London Film Festival, Belvedere Road, SE1 | 2 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
Award-winning Australian theatre companies Windmill Theatre Co and State Theatre Company South Australia present the UK premiere of their unique spin on the fantastic fairytale Rumpelstiltskin. ...More
London > Events > Dance Dates: 9th and 10th November 2018 at 7.45pm & 11th November 2018 at 6pm
BFI London Film Festival, Belvedere Road, SE1 | 2 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
A physical performance made by the artist and director in collaboration with Lea Anderson, which uncovers and explores the stereotypes and misconceptions of fat men....More
London > Entertainment > Arts Centres
Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 | 2 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
London's hub of cultural arts, The Southbank Centre announced in March 2013 that it's set for a £100 million revamp that will see the 1960s design ... More
London > Entertainment > Classical Music
Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 | 2 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
Housed in the same modernist block as the Royal Festival Hall and sandwiched between it and the Hayward Gallery, the Purcell Room has a 372-seat auditorium, ... More
London > Entertainment > Live Music
Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 | 2 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
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London > Attractions > Attractions for Kids
Queens Walk, SE1 | Same location as BFI London Film Festival
Every summer, from the end of May until the beginning of September, the Southbank Centre brings the beach to ... More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 | 1 minute from BFI London Film Festival
The Hayward Gallery has been the originator or host of influential exhibitions since 1968. It mounts temporary exhibitions of contemporary and historical art. The gallery, named ... More
London > Attractions > Museums
Level 5, Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 | 2 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
The most comprehensive and accessible collection of poetry from 1914 in Britain, The Poetry Library within the Southbank Centre contains 90,000 items and is still growing. ... More
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Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 | Same location as BFI London Film Festival
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Thames Path, outside Queen Elizabeth Hall, SE1 | Same location as BFI London Film Festival
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Somerset House, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 6 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
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1 Sheffield Street, Holborn, London WC2A | 11 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
The award-winning Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, designed by Irish architects O'Donnell + Tuomey and awarded the RIBA London Building of the Year Award in 2014, ... More
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24 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, WC2H | 12 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
The London Film School is the oldest-established international school of film technique in the world. The school has contributed significantly to ... More
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Upper Ground, South Bank, South Bank, London SE1 | 4 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
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London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
Westminster Bridge Road, South Bank, London SE1 | 6 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
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London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
3 Belvedere Road, South Bank, South Bank, London SE1 | 6 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
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25 Roupell Street, South Bank, London SE1 | 5 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
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62 Stamford Street, South Bank, London SE1 | 6 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
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London > Nightlife > Bars
Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 | 2 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
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8 Victoria Embankment, WC2R | 6 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
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Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House Street, South Bank, London SE1 | 6 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
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Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 | 2 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
The Royal Festival Hall's refurbishment has done away with 'The People's Palace', the marvellously 1950s restaurant that used to occupy this space, and replaced it with ... More
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Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 | 2 minutes from BFI London Film Festival
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