The 70th BFI London Film Festival, taking place from 7 to 18 October 2026, has announced a further selection of films joining this year’s programme, alongside new additions to its popular LFF Screen Talks series.
The latest programme additions include the international premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial, the UK premiere of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall, the UK premiere of Chris Rock’s Misty Green, and the UK premiere of Banjong Pisanthanakun’s Inherit.
The festival will also host the European premiere of Jonathan Glazer’s Joy of Joys, as well as UK premieres of Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s Everest: The Other Side and Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime.
Artificial
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Screenwriter: Simon Rich
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Cooper Hoffman, Jason Schwartzman, Chris O’Dowd, Ike Barinholtz and Mark Rylance
USA-Italy, 2026 | 140 min | Courtesy of NEON
Artificial will screen on Sunday 11 October at 21:00 and Friday 16 October at 11:30 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, with an additional screening on Thursday 15 October at 15:30 at Vue West End.
Guadagnino returns to the festival with an origin story centred on OpenAI and its co-founder, Sam Altman. The film focuses on the company’s rise and the turbulent period surrounding Altman’s removal as CEO.
Andrew Garfield leads an impressive ensemble cast, while Guadagnino and writer Simon Rich explore the human drama and ethical questions surrounding the creators of transformative technology.
The film will screen as part of the festival’s GALA strand.
Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
With: Cameron Winter
USA, 2026 | 71 min | Courtesy of MUBI
Screening on Wednesday 7 October at 18:30 at Prince Charles Cinema and Thursday 8 October at 15:00 at BFI Southbank, Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall captures Geese frontman Cameron Winter during his solo piano performance at New York’s legendary Carnegie Hall.
Anderson collaborated with filmmaker Benny Safdie in December 2025 on a multi-perspective, multi-format recording of the performance. The resulting film uses warm imagery and audience reactions to recreate the atmosphere of the concert and deliver an immersive cinematic experience.
The film is part of the CREATE strand.
Everest: The Other Side
Directors: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
With: Jim Morrison, Hilaree Nelson
USA, 2026 | 113 min | Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios
The UK premiere of Everest: The Other Side will take place on Saturday 10 October at 12:45 at Vue West End and Tuesday 13 October at 18:20 at BFI Southbank.
From the directors of the Oscar-winning Free Solo, the documentary follows mountaineering couple Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson and their ambition to become the first people to successfully climb and ski down the north face of Everest.
The film examines their determination to attempt an extraordinary feat while also exploring the concerns of their friends and family. It will screen as part of the JOURNEY strand.
Joy of Joys
Director: Jonathan Glazer
With: Olivia Rodrigo, Arctic Monkeys
UK, 2026 | 38 min
The European premiere of Joy of Joys will screen on Sunday 11 October at 13:45 at Vue West End.
Devised by filmmaker Jonathan Glazer and composer Mica Levi, the film documents the making of War Child’s HELP(2) through the perspective of young people.
At Abbey Road, London schoolchildren record sessions featuring artists including Olivia Rodrigo, Arctic Monkeys and Jarvis Cocker, while children in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and Yemen capture fragments of their own daily lives.
The film moves between these perspectives to explore music, childhood and creativity against the backdrop of conflict. Joy of Joys will screen as part of the CREATE strand.
Primetime
Director: Lance Oppenheim
Screenwriter: Ajon Singh
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Anna Faris
USA, 2026 | 107 min | Courtesy of A24
The UK premiere of Primetime will take place on Sunday 11 October at 18:00 at BFI IMAX.
Set in 2006, the film stars Robert Pattinson as To Catch a Predator presenter Chris Hansen. The television programme becomes a major hit, but when executives move it into a primetime slot, Hansen and his production team are pressured to raise the stakes to retain their audience.
Merritt Wever and Skyler Gisondo also feature in Oppenheim’s narrative feature debut, which will screen as part of the THRILL strand.
Misty Green
Director-Screenwriter: Chris Rock
Cast: Rosalind Eleazar, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya
USA, 2026 | 104 min | Courtesy of A24 Films
Chris Rock’s Misty Green will have its UK premiere on Monday 12 October at 18:30 at Vue West End, followed by a screening on Sunday 18 October at 18:15 at BFI Southbank.
The film follows a washed-up actress attempting to rebuild her life over the course of a week. Once a recognised name, Misty Green is now struggling to get by when an old acquaintance unexpectedly returns to her life.
Rosalind Eleazar leads the cast as Misty, alongside Rock, Daniel Kaluuya and Adam Driver.
The film will screen as part of the JOURNEY strand.
Inherit
Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun
Screenwriters: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Thamsatid Charoenrittichai, Chantavit Dhanasevi
Cast: Davika Hoorne, Baipor Thitiya Jirapornsilp, Sinjai Plengpanich
Thailand, 2026 | 129 min | Courtesy of Barunson E&A
The UK premiere of Inherit will screen on Friday 9 October at 20:50 at Curzon Soho and Saturday 10 October at 11:10 at Prince Charles Cinema.
The horror film follows a wealthy Thai family whose lives begin to unravel after the arrival of a distant relative. Grandma Woranart claims to be 80 years old but has the appearance of a much younger woman.
As long-held family secrets emerge, it becomes increasingly clear that something sinister lies beneath the seemingly harmless relative’s arrival.
Inherit will screen as part of the CULT strand.
Javier Bardem and Robert Eggers Join LFF Screen Talks
The festival has also announced new additions to its LFF Screen Talks, with acclaimed actors and filmmakers Javier Bardem and Robert Eggers joining the programme.
Javier Bardem Screen Talk
Sunday 11 October at 10:30 — Curzon Soho
Javier Bardem will join the festival for a Screen Talk accompanying his performances in the Gala titles The Beloved and Bunker.
The Spanish actor has built an internationally acclaimed career spanning films including Jamón Jamón, Golden Balls, Live Flesh, Before Night Falls, The Sea Inside, No Country for Old Men, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Biutiful, Skyfall and Being the Ricardos.
His performance in No Country for Old Men earned him an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe, while his wider career has included collaborations with filmmakers such as Terrence Malick, Sam Mendes, Ridley Scott, Darren Aronofsky and Denis Villeneuve.
Bardem will also return to screens in December as Stilgar in the third instalment of the Dune trilogy.
Robert Eggers Screen Talk
Sunday 11 October at 17:30 — Vue West End
Ahead of the New Year’s Day 2027 opening of Werwulf, writer-director-producer Robert Eggers will take part in an LFF Screen Talk exploring his career and filmmaking approach.
Eggers is known for films including The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman and Nosferatu. His work is distinguished by its historical settings, mythology, folklore and gothic atmosphere.
His feature debut, The Witch, established his distinctive approach to period filmmaking, while The Lighthouse brought together Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as two lighthouse keepers whose isolation gradually drives them toward madness.
Eggers later expanded his filmmaking scale with The Northman, his first collaboration with Icelandic novelist Sjón, before turning to F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu. His upcoming film Werwulf, again co-written with Sjón, continues his exploration of historical worlds, devotion, damnation and the supernatural.
The Screen Talk will offer audiences an opportunity to hear Eggers discuss his films, creative process and distinctive cinematic vision.