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Female film-makers still being squeezed out of industry, London film festival director says

Over 40% of films in LFF programme are female-made, but only two of 21 gala films are directed by women

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Scott and Scarlett Johansson lead star-studded London Film Festival lineup

Danny Boyle’s film about the rise of Rupert Murdoch and what is said to be the final movie by legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh will also screen at the October event

The Independent UK

Police crack down as paedophile arrests hit record high

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Record number of paedophiles arrested every month, police say

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation, which runs the Stop It Now helpline to stop paedophiles viewing child abuse images online, said there was a 20 per cent rise in people accessing its services in last year

The Independent UK

After the Hunt at LFF review: Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri's talents are wasted on this slog of a movie

1/5 A stellar cast can’t save this over long and overly loud tale of vice at Yale

Evening Standard

Daniel Day-Lewis, Bradley Cooper and more set for BFI London Film Festival 2025

The Evening Standard are partners on what looks like being one of the most exciting LFF’s ever

Evening Standard

London Film Festival 2025 line-up announced with Hamnet, Frankenstein, After the Hunt and more set to screen

New films by Noah Baumbach, Philippa Lowthorpe and Richard Linklater are also among this year’s selection

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Dashcam: ‘Unhinged’ found footage film being called ‘most polarising horror in years’ gets trailer

A viewer is said to have ‘nearly got sick’ at the film’s premiere

The Independent UK

Anti-racism campaigner’s London book events cancelled amid threat of far-right violence

Freedom of speech groups alarmed after events to promote book by Hope Not Hate employee are called off

The Guardian - UK

Undercover film exposing UK far-right activists pulled from London festival

Film festival organisers make ‘heartbreaking’ decision not to show Undercover: Exposing the Far Right amid concerns over staff welfare

The Guardian - UK

Africa Cup of Nations bosses investigate Nigeria squad's Libyan airport debacle

African football chiefs launched an inquiry on Tuesday into an incident in which a plane carrying the Nigeria football squad and its technical advisers was diverted from its scheduled destination and landed at an airstrip hundreds of kilometres away from the venue of their Africa Cup of Nations clash against…

Radio France Internationale

Nigeria boycott AFCON qualifier against Libya as CAF launch investigation

Super Eagles were stranded in an airport for 20 hours in ‘disturbing conditions’ with no food or water provided

Evening Standard

Don't miss these films at the BFI London Film Festival 2024

The BFI has announced the lineup for their 68th festival, and it's a stellar one

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Motherboard to Nightbitch: maternity in spotlight at London film festival

Festival, which begins on Wednesday, is screening bounty of films focused on motherhood and its challenges

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‘Not many people know what happened’: covered up London Blitz tragedy is inspiration for Steve McQueen’s new film

Production that echoes a wartime disaster in the East End that killed 173 people will open the London film festival next month

The Independent UK

London Film Festival 2024 line-up announced with Nightbitch, Anora, Conclave and many more set to screen

New films by Steve McQueen, Marielle Heller and Andrea Arnold will also screen

Evening Standard

Steve McQueen's Blitz to open the 68th BFI London Film Festival with world premiere

Blitz’s world premiere marks a return to the LFF by McQueen, who has opened the festival twice before with Widows in 2018 and Mangrove in 2020

The Guardian - UK

London film festival: privilege and poverty collide in big British cinema showcase

Emerald Fennell’s starry Saltburn opens this year’s festival, with Daniel Kaluuya’s directorial debut The Kitchen closing – bookending a banner year for UK cinema

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Evening Standard

BFI London Film Festival’s Kristy Matheson: ‘The scope and the scale of the LFF is a thrilling challenge’

The new director talks about her first year running the festival, looking for different voices and missing Australian supermarkets

Evening Standard

The 12 best films to see at the London Film Festival from Poor Things to The Kitchen

The LFF is the place to catch new films with stars including Emma Stone, Jodie Comer, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White

The Independent UK

BFI London Film Festival line-up includes new Martin Scorsese, Hayao Miyazaki and Sofia Coppola films

David Fincher, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emerald Fennell will also screen new movies at UK event

Evening Standard

Killers of the Flower Moon leads the way in bumper 2023 BFI London Film Festival schedule

The 12-day festival, centred around the BFI theatre on South Bank but also featuring cinemas across London and the UK, kicks off on Ocotber 4

Wales Online

Short film urges people viewing sexual images of children online to seek help

270,000 people contacted a charity last year asking for support to stop their thoughts and actions

The Independent UK

Charity film urges child sex abuse viewers to stop and contact helpline

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation runs a helpline for those concerned about accessing images of children being abused.

The Guardian - UK

Emma Thompson, Daniel Craig, Harry Styles: London film festival brings out the big guns

Opening on Wednesday, this year’s festival will host 164 feature films, from Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical to Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

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