Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The 70th BFI London Film Festival announces official competition titles and the opening and closing films for the 2026 festival by Neil Baker 17th August 2026
1 Tom Daley adds the final stitch to the giant ‘Baa-Ewe’ Tapestry celebrating Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
2 The Oresteia (review): What Stone brings from Greek tragedy into the present is not the myth but the people
3 Saturday Night Live UK announces Jeff Goldblum as the first host of the new series and the addition of Freddie Meredith to the cast
4 Tao of Glass (review) – music, puppetry and shadow play sit alongside fragments of thought about dreams, life and death
5 Her Worm (review) – a deliciously dark, lovingly crafted short film that asks us all to reflect on the real parasites in our midst
6 Blue Film: Elliot Tuttle on his provocative, nuanced, artistically ambitious exploration of trauma, memory, identity and guilt
8 Leviticus: The true horror of religious fundamentalism, conversion practices and community oppression
9 Berlinale Generation at 50: The Crystal Bears are to take centre stage at the Berlinale Palast in 2027
10 Bad Karaoke (FrightFest) review – Lightbody and Steinmiller Jr.’s fabulously fun popcorn horror hits all the right notes
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