CULTURE & FESTIVALS / FRAME / LINE
Coverage that follows the business beyond a premiere, alongside a small London screen calendar sourced from the organisers.
Frame / Line will be on the ground at the London Latino Film Festival this weekend, working with the festival team.
CULTURE / AFTER THE SCREENING
FESTIVALS / CULTURE
Festival standing ovations have become a scoreboard. The stopwatch needs a little context.
READ THE STORYCine Doré, Madrid. Contextual cinema photograph, not a festival ovation. Jorgecft / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
FESTIVALS / CULTURE
George Clooney at the 2024 Venice Film Festival; archival portrait, not a photograph of the speeches discussed. Photo: Harald Krichel / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Cropped to fit the layout.
CULTURE / AFTER THE SCREENING
Sydney Sweeney at Berlinale 2023. Archival portrait, not an Anyone But You campaign image. Photo: Elena Ternovaja / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). Reduced size; no crop.
CULTURE / REVIEWS
Tony, The Death of Robin Hood and I Swear: reviews by Maria Eduarda Vasconcellos.
READ THE REVIEWCULTURE / FESTIVALS / INTERVIEW
Ten questions for one of the organisers and producers of the London Latin American Film Festival, ahead of its first edition.
READ THE INTERVIEWON THE FESTIVAL RADAR / PROGRAMME NOTES, NOT REVIEWS
Three programme choices with reasons to take a closer look. These are not reviews of unseen films or a live ticket list; check each organiser’s page for times and availability.
LONDON LATINO FILM FESTIVAL
The ICA lists this Cuban film with a Q&A on 3 October at 4pm. Its account of an unlikely friendship in 1970s Havana puts film history and a live conversation in the same room. The reason to flag it is the programme and discussion, not a claim of a new viewing.
ICA PROGRAMMEBFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
The BFI lists Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo’s film as a gala at Royal Festival Hall and describes it as a genre-defying queer epic. Its prominent festival slot and the directors’ body of work make its positioning worth following; this is not an assessment of the unseen film.
BFI GALA PROGRAMMEBFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
A craft-led alternative to a premiere: BFI names Ava DuVernay and Sofia Coppola among the speakers discussing their careers. Choose a specific talk and confirm its time and location with the organiser.
BFI SCREEN TALKSFESTIVALS / UPCOMING IN LONDON
A short, source-checked guide to upcoming festivals, screenings and talks. Dates and venues come from organisers and host cinemas, not a live ticket feed; check each linked page before travelling.
01
2–6 OCTOBER 2026
Its first edition brings Latin American films and diasporic voices to several London screens. The ICA programme includes Cuban cinema, shorts and filmmaker conversations; individual shows have their own times.
02
7–18 OCTOBER 2026
The full programme spans premieres, competition films, talks and events. Check each film listing for its actual screen, time and availability; a festival date is not a ticket.
03
7–18 OCTOBER 2026
The Screen Talks programme brings filmmakers and actors into longer craft conversations; LFF for Free adds panels, workshops and family events. Event times and booking sit with the organiser.
04
21–25 OCTOBER 2026
Features, shorts and an industry programme across several venues. The Garden Cinema hosts part of the festival, so do not assume every screening is there.
05
22 OCTOBER–8 NOVEMBER 2026
Music documentaries and event screenings across London. For a specific night, the ICA lists 7 Days In May: Mac DeMarco and Ryan Paris + Q&A on 3 November at 9.15pm.
Programme information checked against organisers' and venues' published pages for this edition. This is a guide, not a live ticket feed or an affiliation with the festivals.