BFI London Film Festival 2022
Please note : this season finished in Oct 2022
Be the first to see new films from Park Chan-wook, Darren Aronofsky, Noah Baumbach, Phyllis Nagy, Martin McDonagh, Rian Johnson and more as Watershed teams up with the 66th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express to bring Bristol audiences 14 exclusive previews from the Festival.
Previous screenings in this season
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
classified 12A BFI London Film Festival 2022
More an equal than a sequel, Rian Johnson reunites with Daniel Craig (who reunites with that accent) for a new Knives Out, which will delight fans and newcomers alike.
My Policeman
classified 15 BFI London Film Festival 2022
Like a forgotten treasure from the golden age of British cinema, this sweeping romantic drama boasts an arresting performance from Harry Styles as the titular law enforcer.
Decision to Leave (LFF Preview)
classified 15 S BFI London Film Festival 2022
In this sublime, Hitchcockian noir thriller from Park Chan-wook (The Handmaiden), a detective gets a little too close to the murder he’s trying to solve.
Call Jane
classified 18 (CTBA) BFI London Film Festival 2022
An important episode in the history of the American women’s movement is dramatised in this confident directorial debut from Carol screenwriter Phyllis Nagy.
The Banshees Of Inisherin (LFF Preview)
classified 18 (CTBA) BFI London Film Festival 2022
Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri) returns with this jewel of a tragicomedy, a shimmering tale of friendship, feuds and Irish identity.
Triangle Of Sadness (LFF Preview)
classified 15 BFI London Film Festival 2022
Riotously funny with a barbed wire-sharp wit, Triangle of Sadness garnered Ruben Östlund (The Square, Force Majeure) his second Cannes Palme d’Or award.
The Whale
classified 18 (CTBA) BFI London Film Festival 2022
Brendan Fraser shines in Darren Aronofsky’s resplendent film about a man trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter before it’s too late.
The Good Nurse
classified 18 (CTBA) BFI London Film Festival 2022
Tobias Lindholm, acclaimed screenwriter of The Hunt, directs Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne in this quietly insidious true crime story.
Holy Spider
classified 18 S BFI London Film Festival 2022
Ali Abbasi’s second feature is a terrifying retelling of the case of the Spider Killer, a serial killer hunting down sex workers in Iran.
Living
classified 12A BFI London Film Festival 2022
Based on Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa, Living stars Bill Nighy as a man determined, in the time he has left, to wake from his slumber and make a mark on the world.
Two boys’ intense friendship is dramatically disrupted in this heartrending and Cannes-winning coming-of-age drama by Lukas Dhont.
Winner of the US Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance, Nanny is a mesmerising and captivating debut feature from Nikyatu Jusu.
White Noise
classified 18 (CTBA) BFI London Film Festival 2022
Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s ‘unfilmable’ cult novel is a wonderfully idiosyncratic dark comedy starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig.
Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical
classified PG BFI London Film Festival 2022
Emma Thompson leads a dazzling ensemble in this rousing big screen adaptation of the smash-hit, Olivier-winning stage musical.