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Global South at the London Film Festival
A selection of films from Africa, Asia and Latin America, or dealing with migration issues, from this year’s BFI London Film Festival (4-15 October).
One of the last ‘Great Tuskers’
“If you not give elephant proper burial he’ll haunt you forever.”
Cinema as an engine of transformation: Ousmane Sembène at 100
Railway, dock and factory worker, military conscript, labour organiser in Senegal, Marseille and Paris, novelist and, of course, filmmaker – Ousmane Sembène was larger than life.
Shubbak, ‘where Arab cultures connect us all’
Shubbak Festival returns to London and the UK with an invitation “to pause and take a breath”.
Rwanda’s Oliver Twist tells his refugee story
Oliver Twist is the writer and performer of Jali at the Soho Theatre — but he doesn’t want to reveal too much about the production.
The Calais ‘Jungle’ through a new lens
When the Calais ‘Jungle’ refugee camp was ignored and condemned by authorities, ordinary people stepped in to support the stranded refugees. This is the story of the volunteers and those they tried to help.
Mukhrijat: Arab women filmmakers
A season of films by Arab women directors tell everyday stories, away from sensationalist portrayals too often offered by depictions of the Arab world.
Lenny Henry’s playwriting debut explores Windrush
Lenny Henry stars in his playwriting debut exploring a life impacted by the Windrush scandal.
Biting comedy asks: where do you put your worth?
A new darkly comic drama explores immigration and family secrets inspired by the events that followed the death of Chinese Canadian playwright Joanne Lau’s mother.
West African masterpieces
Nine masterpieces arising from postcolonial and contemporary Francophone West Africa.
Human Rights Watch presents its top 10 films
The 27th edition of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival offers a line-up of 10 award-winning, international documentary films.
Face to face with extinction
Visitors to the Natural History Museum will soon be able to engage with an emotive, life-like digital recreation of a northern white rhinoceros.
A dramatic meditation on migrants
One Who Wants To Cross is a dramatic meditation on migrants, wherever their place of origin…
Mandela, the musical
The extraordinary story of a man who changed the course of modern history - his sacrifices as a husband and father, and the global movement that inspired him and his comrades to keep fighting.
‘Despite the headlines, perception of migration is improving’
The Hostile Environment, Brexit xenophobia, the small boat “invasion”. Does Laura Stahnke, co-director of Migration Collective, think public perception of migrants and migration has changed? Yes - for the better.
London Palestine Film Festival
London Palestine Film Festival offers new releases, art house cinema, and old gems, along with presentations and discussions.
Festival of African cinema
London’s biggest festival of African cinema, FilmAfrica, opens in October, the first edition since the end of Covid restrictions.
The Global South at the London Film Festival
Films from or about Africa, Asia and Latin America at the London Film Festival.
Uncomfortable truths about sexual violence against women
A powerful human story that asks how a nation can apologise for the crimes of its past.
The Korean Wave: from war to cultural powerhouse
The V&A museum is staging the first major exhibition on South Korea’s colourful and dynamic popular culture, Hallyu! The Korean Wave.