Honors for best first feature and best short film were also unveiled as 'Piece by Piece,' Morgan Neville's animated LEGO biopic of Pharrell Williams, will help wrap up the 68th edition of the fest.

Modern Films has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights on Memoir Of A Snail, which won the Best Film award in Official Competition at the BFI London Film Festival today (Sunday, October 20). Modern is scheduling a theatrical release for February 2025, with an awards campaign. Anton and Charades handle international sales on the film.

Joy’ tells the story of the origins of IVF in the ‘60s and ‘70s, but it’s hard not to watch it through a contemporary lens as the real-life scientists and doctors portrayed are

After claiming the Cristal at Annecy earlier in the year, Australian animation “Memoir of a Snail” has now won the top honor at the BFI London Film Festival. Adam Eliot’s acclaimed stop-motion feature won the best film award in the official competition,

Memoir Of A Snail, the latest stop motion pic from Oscar-winning filmmaker Adam Elliot, and Edinburgh-based filmmaker Laura Carreira's haunting debut feature On Falling are among the top prize winners at this year's London Film Festival.