Programme announced for the BFI London Film Festival 2025 on Tour coming to Watershed

The 69th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) in partnership with American Express is coming to Watershed Bristol from Wed 8 – Sun 19 Oct, giving Bristol and South West audiences the chance to discover the world’s best new films on the big screen.

As a venue partner, Watershed is delighted to be presenting 12 premieres from the Festival line-up.

This year you can be amongst the first to see new films from Yorgos Lanthimos, Chloé Zhao, Guillermo del Toro, Kelly Reichardt, Rian Johnson and more.

Priority booking for the 69th BFI London Film Festival premieres at Watershed will be open for Club Shed members from 11:00 on Wed 10 Sept to 09:59 on Tue 16 Sept (Club Shed members also get 15% off all tickets). General booking will open at 10:00 on Tue 16 Sept.

Club Shed members, and those signed up to our Coming Soon list, will hear about the programme first via email from 10:00 on 10 Sept. Remember if you are on the Coming Soon list you will only to be able to book if you are a Club Shed member.
 

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Steph Read, Cinema Programmer for Watershed, says:

“It’s a real pleasure to be one of the regional partners for the BFI London Film Festival on Tour again this year, and we’re really looking forward to sharing with Bristol and South-West audiences previews of some of the most exciting titles from this year’s line-up. 

“With a programme including new films from the likes of Kelly Reichardt, Yorgos Lanthimos, Guillermo Del Toro, Chloé Zhao and Jafar Panahi, there’s plenty to get stuck into! 

“It’s great to see such strong debuts in the mix too: definitely make the time for Akinola Davies Jr.’s beautiful Lagos-shot film My Father’s Shadow, and Harry Lighton’s queer, kink-filled biker romance Pillion – both highlights of Cannes earlier this year.”

Here’s the full list of BFI London Film Festival premieres at Watershed:

• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (dir: Rian Johnson) – Wed 8 Oct, 20:00
• It Was Just an Accident (dir: Jafar Panahi) – Sat 11 Oct, 17:30
• Bugonia (dir: Yorgos Lanthimos) – Sat 11 Oct, 20:00
• The Choral (dir: Nicholas Hytner) – Sun 12 Oct, 17:00
• Frankenstein (dir: Guillermo del Toro) – Mon 13 Oct, 20:00
• The Mastermind (dir: Kelly Reichardt) – Tue 14 Oct, 20:00
• Love+War (dirs: Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin) – Wed 15 Oct, 18:00
• Rental Family (dir: HIKARI) – Thu 16 Oct, 20:00
• Hamnet (dir: Chloé Zhao) – Fri 17 Oct, 20:00
• My Father’s Shadow (dir: Akinola Davies Jr) – Sat 18 Oct, 18:00
• Giant (dir: Rowan Athale) – Sun 19 Oct, 14:30
• Pillion (dir: Harry Lighton) – Sun 19 Oct, 17:00

We will be programming these LFF films with Descriptive Subtitles and Audio Description when available.

Become a Club Shed member to get your LFF tickets first.

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