Various London venues

This UK-wide festival, a primo showcase of Jewish diaspora storytelling, aims to explore Jewish life through film. This year, it includes some special gala screenings, including Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut Eleanor The Great, the documentary A Letter To David, French detective thriller starring Jodi Foster A Private Life, and comedy Bad Shabbos as the closing gala. 

Korean film is way more than just Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook, supreme though they are. In fact, Korea arguably has one of the world’s most exciting and mercurial film cultures, as proved by this splashy annual festival. Showcased at the BFI, the Rio, the Garden Cinema and various other prestigious London picture houses, the line-up features 40 films screened across a fortnight, kicking off with Frosted Window by acclaimed director Kim Jong-kwan, followed by a Q&A with Kim and actor Yeon Woo-jin, a special screening of Hi-Five, a superhero comedy by Kang Hyoung-chul, and closing with Harbin by Woo Min-ho, starring Hyun Bin, with cinematography by Parasite’s Hong Kyeong-pyo. This year also sees the launch of the LKFF Audience Award, giving festival-goers the chance to vote for their favourite film. Have a butchers at the full programme here.