{"id":125434,"date":"2022-09-20T21:49:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T20:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=125434"},"modified":"2022-09-27T09:24:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T08:24:12","slug":"bfi-london-film-festival-2022-genre-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/events\/bfi-london-film-festival-2022-genre-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"BFI London Film Festival 2022: Genre highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The BFI London Film Festival (LFF) is back and boy are there plenty of brilliant genre offerings from the festival in its 66th year!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking place over twelve days from 5 \u2013 16 October in a multitude of London cinemas, this year&#8217;s festival includes genre movies and TV shows f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rom directors like Guillermo del Toro, Lars von Trier, Noah Baumbach, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some of the top genre picks from this year\u2019s London Film Festival\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roald Dahl\u2019s Matilda the Musical<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MATILDA_Unit_18128RC2-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MATILDA_Unit_18128RC2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MATILDA_Unit_18128RC2-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MATILDA_Unit_18128RC2-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MATILDA_Unit_18128RC2.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A brand new take on the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical. <em><strong>Roald Dahl\u2019s Matilda the Musical<\/strong> <\/em>tells the story of an extraordinary girl, with a vivid imagination, who dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results, starring\u00a0 <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday 05 October 2022 18:45 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday 06 October 2022 11:45 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EzKASl2T9d0\" width=\"375\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guillermo del Toro&#8217;s Pinocchio\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pinnochio-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pinnochio-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pinnochio-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pinnochio-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pinnochio.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root-139 jss47 jss184 jss47 Hawkins-Text-default jss185 jss187 jss194 MuiTypography-body1-141\">\n<p>Academy Award\u00ae-winning filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/reviews\/the-shape-of-water-film-review-guillermo-del-toros-latest-will-steal-your-heart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guillermo del Toro<\/a> reinvents Carlo Collodi&#8217;s classic tale of the wooden marionette who is magically brought to life in order to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto. This whimsical, stop-motion film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson follows the mischievous and disobedient adventures of Pinocchio in his pursuit of a place in the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>When?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday 15 October 2022 14:15 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday 16 October 2022 11:30 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White Noise<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/White-noise-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/White-noise-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/White-noise-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/White-noise-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/White-noise.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root-139 jss47 jss184 jss47 Hawkins-Text-default jss185 jss187 jss194 MuiTypography-body1-141\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig<\/span>, <em><strong>White Noise <\/strong><\/em>is <strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noah Baumbach\u2019s adaptation of Don DeLillo\u2019s \u2018unfilmable\u2019 cult novel and <\/span><\/strong>dramatizes a contemporary American family&#8217;s attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jss38\">\n<div class=\"MuiChip-root-353 jss349 jss39 jss352 undefined MuiChip-colorPrimary-355\"><strong>When?\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday 06 October 2022 18:00 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday 07 October 2022 11:45 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday 16 October 2022 17:35 BFI Southbank, NFT1<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wonder<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WONDER_Unit_03521RC-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WONDER_Unit_03521RC-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WONDER_Unit_03521RC-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WONDER_Unit_03521RC-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WONDER_Unit_03521RC.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root-139 jss47 jss184 jss47 Hawkins-Text-default jss185 jss187 jss194 MuiTypography-body1-141\">\n<p>Starring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/exclusive\/black-widow-family-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florence Pugh<\/a>,<em><strong> The Wonder<\/strong><\/em> is set in The Irish Midlands in 1862 where a young girl stops eating but remains miraculously alive and well. English nurse Lib Wright is brought to a tiny village to observe eleven-year old Anna O&#8217;Donnell. Tourists and pilgrims mass to witness the girl who is said to have survived without food for months. Is the village harbouring a saint &#8216;surviving on manna from heaven&#8217; or are there more ominous motives at work? A psychological thriller inspired by the 19th century phenomenon of the &#8220;fasting girls&#8221; and adapted from the acclaimed novel by Emma Donoghue (<em><strong>Room<\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday 07 October 2022 18:00 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday 08 October 2022 11:00 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday 09 October 2022 20:15 ICA, Screen 1<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Bones And All<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/BLVDR_2021_06_04_0008_R-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Bones And All\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/BLVDR_2021_06_04_0008_R-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/BLVDR_2021_06_04_0008_R-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/BLVDR_2021_06_04_0008_R-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/BLVDR_2021_06_04_0008_R.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Timothee Chalamet, Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance, Bones And All follows cannibalistic lovers, Maren (Russell) and Lee (Chalamet), as they embark on a road trip across\u00a0Reagan-era\u00a0America.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Booking Booking--compact\">\n<div id=\"avWidget_A81642DB-1185-4EC2-BEEE-77F2669C5F0D_IDKUAOGPXJONI2JJXXK5APG2ZZ4PUMBI5PXMUH1BPL1JBWQV2SQO4I\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"search-results-container\">\n<form action=\"https:\/\/whatson.bfi.org.uk\/lff\/Online\/seatSelect.asp\" method=\"post\" target=\"_parent\">\n<div class=\"detailed-search-results results-box\">\n<div class=\"odd result-box-item\">\n<div class=\"item-description result-box-item-details\">\n<div><strong>When?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"item-start-date\"><span class=\"start-date\">Saturday 08 October 2022 13:45, <\/span>Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item-link result-box-item-details last-column good\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"even result-box-item\">\n<div class=\"item-description result-box-item-details\">\n<div class=\"item-start-date\"><span class=\"start-date\">Sunday 09 October 2022 12:00, <\/span>Prince Charles Cinema, Downstairs Screen<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Nanny<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nanny-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nanny-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nanny-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nanny-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nanny.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Set in New York City, this fable of a Senegalese immigrant\u2019s experience working for an affluent family is grounded in the real life experiences of domestic workers. The story is personal to Nikyatu Jusu\u2019s upbringing, whose mother sustained her household with this occupation.\u00a0Jusu incorporated spiritual genre elements that spoke to her lineage.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday 07 October 2022 21:00, Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 08 October 2022 12:50, BFI Southbank, NFT2<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jW-XKkSC63k\" width=\"375\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attachment \/ NATTEN HAR \u00d8JNE<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Attachment-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Attachment-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Attachment-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Attachment-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Attachment.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Attachment<\/strong><\/em> is a horror romance about Maja, a has-been actress in Denmark, who falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic visiting from the UK. When Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, Maja fears their whirlwind romance might be cut short and decides to follow Leah back to her home in London. There, Maja meets her new downstairs neighbour: Leah\u2019s mother, Chana. An overbearing, seemingly religious and highly secretive woman, Chana seems resistant to all of Maja\u2019s attempts to win her over. And as Maja notices strange occurrences in the building, she begins to suspect that Chana\u2019s secrets could be much darker than first anticipated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday 08 October 2022 20:15 BFI Southbank, NFT3<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 09 October 2022 15:40, Prince Charles Cinema, Downstairs Screen<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kingdom Exodus<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kingdom-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kingdom-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kingdom-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kingdom-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kingdom.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lars von Trier returns with the third season of his landmark supernatural hospital drama, 25 years after the first series aired. <\/span>Heavily influenced by the ghostly series THE KINGDOM, the sleepwalker Karen seeks answers to the unresolved questions of the series in order to save the hospital from doom. Sound asleep one night, Karen wanders into the darkness and inexplicably ends up in front of the hospital. The gate to the Kingdom is opening once more\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>When?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday 13 October 2022 20:50 Curzon Mayfair, Screen 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday 15 October 2022 20:15 BFI Southbank, NFT2<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linoleum<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/linoleum-01-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/linoleum-01-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/linoleum-01-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/linoleum-01-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/linoleum-01.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"film-detail-content-block\">\n<p class=\"film-synopsis\">Jim Gaffigan plays the host of a failing children\u2019s science TV show and aspiring astronaut who finds a deep direction to his life after a Space Race satellite crashes into his back yard and he sets about rebuilding the machine into his dream rocket. As relations with his wife and daughter show signs of strain, odd events occur: a doppelg\u00e4nger moves into the house next door, a car falls from the sky and the man befriends an unusual teenage boy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday 05 October 2022 20:40 BFI Southbank, NFT1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday 07 October 2022 13:30 BFI Southbank, NFT3<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Normal<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/new-normal-01-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/new-normal-01-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/new-normal-01-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/new-normal-01-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/new-normal-01.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by JUNG Bum-shik, <em><strong>New Normal<\/strong><\/em> tells six tales of loneliness, romance and brutal murder which ared interconnected in a in social media-obsessed, post-pandemic Seoul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday 15 October 2022 20:50, ODEON Luxe West End, Screen 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday 15 October 2022 21:05, ODEON Luxe West End, Screen 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday 16 October 2022 14:50, Prince Charles Cinema, Downstairs Screen<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NightMare<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nightmare-02-1280-720-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nightmare-02-1280-720-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nightmare-02-1280-720-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nightmare-02-1280-720-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nightmare-02-1280-720.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mona and Robby are a young couple in love in <em><strong>NightMare<\/strong><\/em>. Robby has just landed his dream job, and they\u2019ve scored an amazing deal on a spacious, if run-down, flat. Never mind that it requires quite a bit of renovation. Never mind the neighbours\u2019 constant fighting, and screaming baby&#8230; Never mind that Mona is suddenly plagued by night terrors which grow more intense every time she falls asleep\u2026 Robby is eager to start a family, despite Mona\u2019s hesitation. Eventually, Mona\u2019s issues spiral dangerously out of control as she becomes convinced that she is being attacked by a mythical demon \u2013 the Mare \u2013 intent on possessing her unborn child.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday 11 October 2022 20:45, ODEON Luxe West End, Screen 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday 11 October 2022 21:00, ODEON Luxe West End, Screen 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday 12 October 2022 20:45, ICA, Screen 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday 16 October 2022 20:35, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curzon.com\/venues\/soho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Curzon Soho Cinema<\/a>, Screen 3<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Origin<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Origin-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Origin-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Origin-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Origin-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Origin.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in<\/span>\u00a0the Old Stone Age, <em><strong>The Origin<\/strong><\/em> follows a disparate gang of early humans band together in search of a new land. But when they suspect a malevolent, mystical, being is hunting them down, the clan are forced to confront a danger they never envisaged.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday 06 October 2022 21:05, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curzon.com\/venues\/soho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Curzon Soho Cinema<\/a>, Screen 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday 08 October 2022 15:20, BFI Southbank, NFT1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday 12 October 2022 20:45, ODEON Luxe West End, Screen 2<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unicorn Wars<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UNICORN_WARS_2-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UNICORN_WARS_2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UNICORN_WARS_2-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UNICORN_WARS_2-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UNICORN_WARS_2.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"signature\">\n<p>Directed and written by Alberto V\u00e1zquez, <em><strong>Unicorn Wars<\/strong> <\/em>follows an army of bear cubs who are training and indoctrinating young recruits for the war against the unicorns, which threatens the safety of the cubs. Brothers Bluet and Tubby, along with a group of inexperienced recruits, are sent on a dangerous mission to save the Magic Forest, where the unicorns live, and start a terrible battle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday 13 October 2022 18:20, Prince Charles Cinema, Downstairs Screen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday 14 October 2022 15:45, BFI Southbank, NFT3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HV52O3zBCd0\" width=\"375\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You Won\u2019t Be Alone<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/You-Wont-Be-Alone-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/You-Wont-Be-Alone-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/You-Wont-Be-Alone-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/You-Wont-Be-Alone-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/You-Wont-Be-Alone.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, <em><strong>You Won\u2019t Be Alone<\/strong><\/em> follows a young girl who is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit. Curious about life as a human, the young witch accidentally kills a peasant in the nearby village and then takes her victim\u2019s shape to live life in her skin. Her curiosity ignited, she continues to wield this horrific power in order to understand what it means to be human.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday 14 October 2022 21:00, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curzon.com\/venues\/soho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Curzon Soho Cinema<\/a>, Screen 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday 15 October 2022 18:00, ODEON Luxe West End, Screen 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday 15 October 2022 18:15, ODEON Luxe West End, Screen 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday 16 October 2022 12:45, ICA, Screen 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6-G39n2sCVU\" width=\"375\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Enys Men<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Enys-men-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Enys-men-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Enys-men-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Enys-men-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Enys-men.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Enys Men<\/strong><\/em> is set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, where a wildlife volunteer&#8217;s daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is nightmare&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday 11 October 2022 18:10, BFI Southbank, NFT1<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 12 October 2022 15:15, BFI Southbank, NFT1<\/p>\n<h2>Blaze<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Blaze-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Blaze-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Blaze-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Blaze-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Blaze.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Blaze follows a young teenager (named Blaze) who is the sole witness to a shocking crime. Struggling to make sense of what she saw, she unleashes the wrath of her imaginary dragon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qQmf8KueABs\" width=\"375\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Coma<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Coma-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Coma-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Coma-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Coma-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Coma.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In <em><strong>Coma<\/strong><\/em>, a teenager has a special power: she can bring us into her dreams \u2013 but also her nightmares. Locked in her room, her only relationship to the outside world is virtual. She begins to go back and forth between dreams and reality, guided by a disturbing and mysterious YouTuber, Patricia Coma.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 05 October 2022 18:30, Prince Charles Cinema, Downstairs Screen<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 06 October 2022 21:00, BFI Southbank, NFT2<\/p>\n<h2>Subtraction<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/subtraction-02-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/subtraction-02-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/subtraction-02-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/subtraction-02-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/subtraction-02.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In downtown Tehran, Farzaneh, a young driving instructor, spots her husband, Jalal, walking into a woman\u2019s apartment. When she confronts him, Jalal claims he was out of town for work. He decides to check out the building for himself. There, he meets a woman who is the spitting image of Farzaneh. Her name is Bita. Stunned, the two compare family photos: Bita\u2019s husband also looks identical to Jalal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday 15 October 2022 17:45, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curzon.com\/venues\/soho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Curzon Soho Cinema<\/a>, Screen 2<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 15 October 2022 18:00, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curzon.com\/venues\/soho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Curzon Soho Cinema<\/a>, Screen 3<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 16 October 2022 18:00, ICA, Screen 1<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_S-0mjg4ygI\" width=\"375\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Ashkal<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ashkal-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ashkal-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ashkal-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ashkal-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ashkal.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the Gardens of Carthage, a district of Tunis initiated by the former Regime which construction stopped at the beginning of the Revolution, two cops,\u00a0Fatma and Batal, find a burnt body in one of the lots. As construction slowly resumes,\u00a0they\u00a0start looking into this mysterious case. When the\u00a0event repeats itself, the investigation takes a puzzling turn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 05 October 2022 18:30, BFI Southbank, NFT3<\/p>\n<p>Friday 07 October 2022 18:30 ICA, Screen 1<\/p>\n<h2>My Father\u2019s Dragon<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-123757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/My-Fathers-Dragon-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"My Father's Dragon\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/My-Fathers-Dragon-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/My-Fathers-Dragon-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/My-Fathers-Dragon-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/My-Fathers-Dragon.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the Newbery honored book of the same title by Ruth Stiles Gannett,\u00a0<strong><em>My Father\u2019s Dragon\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>follows Elmer who, after struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer\u2019s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday 08 October 2022 12:40, BFI Southbank, NFT1<\/p>\n<p>Monday 10 October 2022 18:20, BFI Southbank, Studio<\/p>\n<h2>My Robot Brother<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-125444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/My-robot-brother-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/My-robot-brother-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/My-robot-brother-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/My-robot-brother-616x370.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/My-robot-brother.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My Robot Brother is set in a utopian high-tech future where the climate crisis is solved, people live in harmony with nature and robots work as personal assistants. Nevertheless, not everything is golden glitter. School life still sucks for 12-year-old Alberte. Her old teddy bear-like android Robbi is quite an embarrassment to her. With the perfect birthday present \u2013 the newest model of humanoids that is not even on the market \u2013 everything seems to change. The new robot Konrad looks and acts completely as if he were human and suddenly Alberte\u2019s popularity spikes as she is now the kid with the most advanced technology at school. But can the connection between Alberte and Konrad hold up to a real friendship?<\/p>\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"item-start-date\"><span class=\"start-date\">Sunday 09 October 2022 12:45, <\/span>BFI Southbank, NFT2<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_hg3k_K_zTc\" width=\"375\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The BFI London Film Festival 2022 will be taking place on 5-16 October. Buy tickets and find out more at the LFF website <a href=\"https:\/\/whatson.bfi.org.uk\/lff\/Online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From reimagined classics and contemporary folk tales, to horrors and children&#8217;s fantasies &#8211; here are all the genre offerings at this year&#8217;s BFI London Film Festival. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":125451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Entertainment","MSN_Publish_Option":true,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[2615,6954],"tags":[1168,4004],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/White-noise.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125434"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125735,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125434\/revisions\/125735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}