Steve McQueen, Letitia Wright Open Scaled-Back BFI London Film Festival

It hasn't even been two months since the unfortunate demise of Chadwick Boseman and the chatter about Black Panther sequel has begun on social media platforms. The international actor, who was the face of the Marvel superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was supposed to return to the franchise for Black Panther 2.

Having foregone the usual festival jury and main competition as part of its hybrid, coronavirus-impacted 2020 edition, the BFI London Film Festival came to close on Sunday with its awards in the hands of the audience. With all contemporary films presented virtually being eligible, it was Another Round, Thomas Vinterberg's ode to alcohol starring Mads Mikkelsen, that earned the biggest cheers after winning best film.

Another Round has scooped the Best Film prize at this year’s BFI London Film Festival.The annual festival took place largely online this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the usual jury-selected prizes replaced by the Virtual LFF Audience Awards, which selected films only available virtually throughout the festival.Another Round, which was also selected for this year’s Cannes Label and is directed by Thomas Vinterberg, stars Mikkelsen as an underappreciated middle-aged teacher who turns

Ellise Shafer editorThomas Vinterberg’s film “Another Round,” starring Mads Mikkelsen, has taken home the top prize at this year’s BFI London Film Festival.“Another Round” won the Audience Award for best film, while “The Painter and the Thief,” directed by Benjamin Ree won best documentary; Tommy Gillard’s “Shuttlecock” was the best short film and “To Miss the Ending,” directed by Anna West and David Callanan, was awarded best XR/immersive art.“Another Round” tells the story of Martin, played

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe 2020 BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its virtual audience award winners, with Thomas Vinterberg’s Mads Mikkelsen-starring Danish comedy Another Round scooping Best Film.The awards replaced the typical jury-voted prizes, which didn’t happen this year due to the pandemic forcing the majority of the fest online.Also awarded tonight was the IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary, with Wildfire filmmaker Cathy Brady receiving the £50,000 grant, which goes

Angelique Jackson Michael B. Jordan’s award-winning films “Just Mercy,” and “Fruitvale Station” will serve as opening night screenings for the inaugural Social Justice Now Film Festival (SJNFF).Both films will play on Wednesday, Oct.

Small Axe anthology on the BBC have been revealed.Mangrove, the first of five original films, will premiere on BBC One and iPlayer on November 15.

Black Panther breakout Letitia Wright has joined the cast of Dominic Savage’s critically-acclaimed, female-led drama anthology series I Am for U.K. network Channel 4.

Letitia Wright wears a bright pink pantsuit for the premiere of their film Mangrove during the 2020 BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday evening (October 7) in London, England.

Guy Lodge Film CriticThe late-summer reactivation of the film festival circuit presented fest directors and programmers with an array of challenges, both expansive and re­­strictive.

Todd McCarthy Red, White and Blue, the third and final installment of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe quintet of films about racial issues specific to Great Britain being world premiered at the New York Film Festival, zeroes in on the ordeal of a young black Londoner set on helping to definitively break the color barrier at London’s Metropolitan Police Force in the early 1980s.

One of the great joys of the New York Film Festival has been watching Steve McQueen’s new film anthology “Small Axe.” Composed of five works set between the late-’60s and early-’80s, the two recently screened films — “Lovers Rock” and “Mangrove” — are intimate slices of life of a little-represented community, British Black folks from the West Indies, resiliently thriving amidst a racially hostile environment.

One of the great joys of the New York Film Festival has been watching Steve McQueen’s new film anthology “Small Axe.” Composed of five works set between the late-’60s and early-’80s, the two recently screened films — “Lovers Rock” and “Mangrove” — are intimate slices of life of a little-represented community, British Black folks from the West Indies, resiliently thriving amidst a racially hostile environment.

NEW YORK -- In a movie year mostly lacking big, ambitious releases, Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology is an unqualified main event. While many other filmmakers are on hold, the “12 Years a Slave” director has raced to finish not one but five new films.The movies, spanning 1968 to 1985, are each individual stories about the West Indian community in London.

George Clooney has joined the line-up of the BFI London Film Festival.

Naman Ramachandran Actor and filmmaker George Clooney will deliver a virtual screen talk at the 64th British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival, where he will discuss his career and his latest feature “The Midnight Sky.”“The Midnight Sky” is a post-apocalyptic tale that follows Clooney, playing a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop an astronaut, played by Felicity Jones (“On the Basis of Sex”), and her team from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorGeorge Clooney Joins LFF LineupThe BFI London Film Festival has added a virtual Screen Talk with George Clooney who will discuss his career and latest feature The Midnight Sky. The event will be free to access both in the UK and internationally via the BFI YouTube channel.

Naman Ramachandran Award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay (“Selma,” “13th”) and “Succession” executive producer Jane Tranter are among a range of figures participating at this year’s British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival’s industry program.The program, which is virtual this year, is headlined by two ‘Spotlight’ conversations. DuVernay will be in conversation with the crew from her non-profit media and social justice organization ARRAY.

A West Indian proverb holds, “If you are the big tree, we are the small axe.” “Lovers Rock,” the first film made available of Steve McQueen’s Amazon miniseries “Small Axe,” first interpreted the saying as a metaphor for the joyous spirit in the Black British community. But his newest installment, “Mangrove” swings a different emphasis on the rebellious phrase.