Worldwide icon-chevron-right Europe icon-chevron-right United Kingdom icon-chevron-right England icon-chevron-right London icon-chevron-right London Film Festival top picks: Official Competition
The Double1/5
Richard Ayoade’s written the script for ‘The Double’ with Ave Korine (Harmony’s brother), loosely inspired by Dostoyevsky’s novel of the same name. In the book a shy, humble clerk is driven to a breakdown after meeting his doppelgänger – a man who looks just like him but, unlike him, is popular, and confident. Read more about ‘The Double’
Like Father, Like Son2/5
The melodramatic premise is as old as the hills: two baby boys – one from a working-class family, the other from a wealthy one – are switched at birth by a hospital nurse, and the parents must face the emotional fallout when the error is discovered six years later. Read more about ‘Like Father, Like Son’
Parkland3/5
‘Parkland’ examines what transpired at Dallas’s Parkland Memorial Hospital in the hours after the shooting of JFK, as first the President then his alleged murderer Lee Harvey Oswald both expired in the same building. Read more about ‘Parkland’
The Selfish Giant4/5
Inspired by the Oscar Wilde fairytale, ‘The Selfish Giant’ follows two young ruffians, Arbor (Conner Chapman) and Swifty (Shaun Thomas), as they get in ever deeper with a cantankerous, potentially dangerous scrap merchant with the unlikely name of Kitten (Sean Gilder). Read more about ‘The Selfish Giant’
Under the Skin5/5
An adaptation of Michel Faber's novel about a mysterious hitchhiker stalking the Scottish countryside. Played by Scarlett Johansson, this enigmatic traveller is in fact an alien, sent to Earth to prey on our species. Read more about ‘Under the Skin’

London Film Festival top picks: Official Competition

Time Out's critics select five films to look out for in the London Film Festival's Official Competition

Advertising

Instituted last year, the LFF’s Official Competition strand rewards the year’s most original and exciting films. This year’s contenders range from reliable world cinema old-timers like Catherine Breillat and Hirokazu Kore-eda to homegrown up-and-comers like Richard Ayoade and Clio Barnard.
Recommended

    You may also like

      You may also like

        Advertising