The 69th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express today announces the films selected to screen in Official Competition, contending for the Festival’s prestigious Best Film Award. The 2025 nominated films showcase an incredible range of talent from across the world, with 12 countries represented across the selection.
This year’s Official Competition brings together new work from filmmakers across the globe, with films from the UK, USA, Argentina, Italy, South Korea, Vietnam, Tunisia and beyond. The selection showcases a wide range of voices and styles, from intimate portraits and historical epics, to formally daring hybrids of fiction and documentary.
The Best Film Award was established in 2009 to recognise inspiring, inventive and distinctive filmmaking. First won by Jacques Audiard for A Prophet, recent winners include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist in 2023, and Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail in 2024…