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\n\tThe official competition lineup of the 70th<\/sup> edition of the\u00a0BFI London Film Festival (LFF) is set, with organizers unveiling the 10 movies that will vie for the best film award.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe titles make for an international lineup of filmmakers, with 10 countries represented, including the U.K., Ireland, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, and Poland.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis year\u2019s official competition\u00a0explores\u00a0an incredible range of storytelling, from a\u00a0wide range of voices and styles,\u00a0spanning fiction\u00a0to\u00a0documentary, from post-war Europe\u00a0to\u00a0Dhaka,\u00a0Japan\u00a0and beyond,\u201d organizers said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe competition program includes the world premiere of Carol Morley\u2019s (Dreams of a Life<\/em>) new feature, 7 Miles Out<\/em>, the film adaptation of her novel of the same name. Based on her own troubled adolescence following her father\u2019s suicide, the novel tells the story of Anne, who, after losing her father in tragic circumstances, finds solace \u2013 and trouble \u2013 in the\u00a0Manchester\u00a0music scene of the 1970s and 1980s.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe LFF 2026 competition lineup also includes such international filmmakers as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Sergei Loznitsa, Lili Horv\u00e1t, Benjam\u00edn Naishtat, Christine Molloy\u00a0and\u00a0Joe Lawlor, Giovanni Tortorici, Malgorzata\u00a0Szumowska, May el-Toukhy\u00a0and Michal Englert, as well as Rubaiyat Hossain. Various of the titles will world premiere at Venice or Toronto before touching down at London.<\/p>\n

\n\tEstablished in 2009, the BFI London Film Festival\u2019s best film award previously\u00a0went to the likes of\u00a0Jacques Audiard for\u00a0A Prophet<\/em>,\u00a0Ryusuke Hamaguchi\u2019s\u00a0Evil Does Not Exist<\/em>,\u00a0Adam Elliot\u2019s\u00a0Memoir of a Snail\u00a0<\/em>in 2024,\u00a0and\u00a0Landmarks<\/em>\u00a0by Lucrecia Martel\u00a0in 2025.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cAs we celebrate the 70th edition of the BFI London Film Festival,\u00a0it\u2019s an honor to have a number of alumni filmmakers represented in the official competition alongside\u00a0those making their first appearance at the festival,\u201d said Kristy Matheson, BFI London Film Festival director.\u00a0\u201cOur 2026 competition selection brings an astounding array of filmmaking styles to the screen. As ever, it\u2019s been creatively nourishing for myself and the team to encounter each of these works \u2013 we\u2019re excited to share these with audiences in October.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLFF 2026 takes place Oct. 7-Oct. 18.\u00a0The full festival\u00a0program\u00a0will be revealed on Sept. 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tCheck out the 10 films in the LFF 2026 official competition below.<\/p>\n

\n7 Miles Out\u00a0<\/em>(UK, Dir. Carol Morley)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nAct\u00a03<\/em>\u00a0(Ireland-UK, Christine\u00a0Molloy\u00a0and Joe Lawlor)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nGlaxo<\/em>(Brazil-Argentina, Dir. Benjam\u00edn Naishtat)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nImperium<\/em>(Germany-France-Italy-Lithuania, Dir. Sergei Loznitsa)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nKettic\u00e8<\/em>\u00a0(Italy, Dir. Giovanni Tortorici)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nLook Back<\/em>\u00a0(Japan, Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

My Notes on M<\/em>ars (Hungary-Austria, Lili Horv\u00e1t)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nThe\u00a0Difficult Bride<\/em>\u00a0(France-Bangladesh-Portugal-Norway-Germany, Rubaiyat Hossain)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nThe Idiot(s)\u00a0<\/em>(UK-Poland, Dir. Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nWoman Unknown<\/em>(Denmark-Latvia-Sweden, Dir. May el-Toukhy)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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