Film

A brand new three-week arts festival in February, boasting an impressive array of fringe theatre, film and music

Now in its ninth edition, the LSFF is widely recognised as the premiere UK showcase for cutting edge independent film

Just to keep you dangling on the edge of the impending cultural climax, here’s a quick scan of what’s happening in 2012

The BFI 55th London Film Festival provided great films, and acted as a reminder of what a frankly wonderful city we live in

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Rasoulof’s film about repression in Iran is underlined by the fact that he himself has been banned from travelling to promote it

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‘I’m not especially comfortable parading round naked in front of a room full of strangers, but it just had to get done’

Artist Ben Rivers’ film gently tears down the veil that obscures the brave individuals who remove themselves from society

The Dardenne brothers return with a soft and poetic film about the friendship between a hairdresser and a young boy

Mixing film noir with dark comedy, ‘Nobody Else But You’ can be viewed as a French interpretation of damaged Americana

Michael Fassbinder is reunited with Steve McQueen in this absorbing drama about the travails of a sex addict