BFI London Film Festival 2023: When it is and where it will take place across the capital

The 67th BFI London Film Festival is set to take over the capital this autumn. The London-based movie festivities will kick off in early October.

Giving film fans a first look at upcoming releases, the BFI London Film Festival brings some of the most anticipated flicks of the forthcoming movie calendar to screens in the city.

BFI London Film Festival confirmed the dates for this year’s edition of the event at the start of the week. At the time, initial details for the 2023 run were also revealed.

While many of the festivities will be hosted in the capital, some events will also take place elsewhere across the country. Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff and Glasgow are just a few of the other cities that will be involved with the event.

Here’s everything film fans need to know about the upcoming movie-themed festival.

When is the BFI London Film Festival 2023?

The 2023 edition of BFI’s London Film Festival will take place this October. It will kick off on October 4 and wrap up the following week on October 15.

Where will the BFI London Film Festival 2023 be held?

As well as the capital film festivities are also set to take place across the country. A full list of the locations set to host the festival this autumn is listed below:

The Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall 

Address: Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX

BFI Southbank 

Address: 0 Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XT

BFI IMAX 

Address: 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk South Bank SE1 8XR

Oxo Tower Wharf

Address: Barge House St, London SE1 9PH

Curzon Mayfair

Address: 38 Curzon St, London W1J 7TY

Curzon Soho

Address: 99 Shaftesbury Ave, London W1D 5DY

Institute of Contemporary Arts

Address: The Mall, St. James’s, London SW1Y 5AH

Prince Charles Cinema

Address: 7 Leicester Pl, London WC2H 7BY

Vue West End

Address: Leicester Square, 3 Cranbourn St, London WC2H 7AL

Broadway Cinema Nottingham

Address: 14-18 Broad St, Nottingham NG1 3AL

Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff

Address: Chapter Arts Centre, Market Rd, Cardiff CF5 1QE

Glasgow Film Theatre

Address: 12 Rose St, Glasgow G3 6RB

HOME Theatre Manchester

Address: 2 Tony Wilson Pl, Manchester M15 4FN

Midlands Arts Centre Birmingham

Address: Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham B12 9QH

Queen’s Film Theatre Belfast

Address: 20 University Square, Belfast BT7 1PA

Showroom Cinema Sheffield

Address: Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX

Tyneside Cinema Newcastle 

Address: 10 Pilgrim St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6QG

Watershed Bristol 

Address: 1 Canon’s Rd, Bristol BS1 5TX

What movie will open the BFI London Film Festival 2023?

While the full programme of films is yet to be announced, the festival opening flick has. BFI confirmed the 2023 film festival would show Academy Award winner Emerald Fennell’s new movie Saltburn on night one of the event.

Full programme of headline gala titles at the BFI London Film Festival 2023

• Opening Night Gala – Saltburn 
• American Express Gala – One Life 
• All of Us Strangers 
• The Bikeriders 
• The Book of Clarence 
• The Mayor of London’s Gala – Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget 
• Cunard Gala – The Holdovers 
• The Killer 
• Killers of the Flower Moon 
• Maestro 
• May December 
• Nyad 
• Poor Things 
• Closing Night Gala – The Kitchen