The BFI London Film Festival 2024 is about to get underway (Picture: AP / NETFLIX)
The annual BFI London Film Festival is back for another year of explosive premieres and poignant indie features.
The 2024 film festival will see some of the buzziest festival films (The Apprentice and Maria) make their way to the UK’s capital city.
As well as being the home to impressive European premieres (such as Brett Goldstein and Jenna Coleman’s All Of You) it’s also the place to find under-the-radar A-List movies like Jonathan Groff’s A Nice Indian Boy and Barry Keoghan’s Bird.
Or the next stop on the victory lap for award-winners such as Venice Golden Lion recipient The Room Next Door (starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore).
It’s a special time for film lovers to get ahead of the public and dig into the best of the best – and discover some hidden gems along the way.
So without further ado, here are eight top movies to keep an eye out for at the BFI London Film Festival 2024.
Blitz
Saoirse Ronan in Blitz (Picture: AP)
No round-up highlighting this year’s festival would be complete without the headline movie – Blitz – from Steve McQueen and starring four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan.
But could this finally be the movie to bring her home the statuette?
The World War Two movie follows mother-son duo Rita (Saoirse) and nine-year-old George (Elliott Heffernan) who embark on a treacherous journey to be reunited after George is evacuated during the height of the London Blitz.
After its world premiere, Blitz will come out in UK cinemas on November 1.
Anora
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Anora was a huge success in Cannes (Picture: Everett/REX/Shutterstock)
Anora is a heartfelt romantic-comedy from acclaimed indie filmmaker Sean Baker which paints an intimate portrait of a relationship between Brooklyn sex worker Ani and the son of a Russian oligarch, Vanya in this ‘modern Cinderella story’.
The movie comfortable secured the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival which was Baker’s ‘singular goal as a film-maker for the past 30 years.’
Anora will release in UK cinemas on November 1.
Superboys of Malegaon
This international feature is a heartwarming romp (Picture: Amazon/Everett/REX/Shutterstock)
For Bollywood lovers out there, this one’s from you. From the creator of Amazon’s Made in Heaven – Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar – comes Supreboys of Malegaon.
The movie is based on the true story of Nasir Shaikh, an aspiring filmmaker from the titular poor town who rallies the community to create parody films thatget catapulted into the national spotlight.
The ‘ragtag group of fledgling filmmakers’, as described by Deadline, put on a feel-good drama that explores friendship, the joy of cinema and the power of a communal goal.
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Source:: Metro
