{"id":1062,"date":"2020-10-09T10:33:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T09:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shortcircuit.scot\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2023-02-24T13:56:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T13:56:07","slug":"bfi-london-film-festival-2020-whats-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shortcircuit.scot\/bfi-london-film-festival-2020-whats-on\/","title":{"rendered":"BFI London Film Festival 2020: What’s On?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 64th BFI London Film Festival<\/a>, in partnership with American Express, is set to be its most accessible ever as attendees are invited experience the world’s best new films virtually. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To make things easier for you we’ve outlined some of the must-see films and online events to take part in over the next 9 days, no matter where you are based.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A majority of the films screening at BFI London Film Festival 2020 will do so as virtual premieres. 58 feature films will be screened between 7th-18th October and most will be available to view on the BFI Player<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Features<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This year’s feature film strands focus around the following themes: Laugh; Journey; Dare; Create; Love; Cult; Debate; Family; and Treasures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening LFF 2020 is Steve McQueen\u2019s highly-anticipated Mangrove<\/a>,<\/em>  a retelling of the story of the Mangrove Nine \u2013 a group of black activists accused of inciting a riot at a protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Steve McQueen’s Mangrove <\/em>(2020)
Image credits: Amazon Studios<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There are also some interesting British selections – including Harry Macqueen\u2019s Supernova<\/a><\/em>, a drama about dementia starring Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth; Ben Sharrock\u2019s Scotland-set refugee comedy, Limbo<\/a><\/em>; and Aleem Kahn\u2019s After Love<\/em><\/a>, which stars Joanna Scanlan as a woman who discovers her late husband had another family in Calais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan will be closing the festival in Ammonite<\/a><\/em>, from God\u2019s Own Country<\/em> filmmaker Francis Lee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shorts<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This year’s short films are all completely free to view on BFI Player. Strands include: Kids Will Be Kids; My Time to Shine; Secrets & Lies; This is the Rhythm of My Life; UK Focus; We Built a World; and Q&As with Short Film Programme Filmmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK Focus strand gives attendees the chance to see some of the best in UK filmmaking talent, with a varied and diverse selection of stories. Expensive Shit <\/a><\/em>– written and directed by Adura Onashile and produced by Rosie Crerar – follows a nightclub toilet attendant as she is both overlooked by and integral for a group of depraved men set on a hideous act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other short films to check out include Akinola Davies Jr’s <\/a>Lizard<\/a>,<\/em> John Ogunmuyiwa’s Mandem<\/a><\/em>, Luna Carmoon’s Shagbands<\/a>, Molly Manning Walker’s Good Thanks, You?<\/a><\/em> and Tommy Gillard’s Shuttlecock<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Cinema Tour<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

13 films will be taken out to cinemas in London and across the UK – including Scotland’s own Glasgow Film Theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glasgow Film Theatre will be screening the following titles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n