TRAILER FOR THE PASS

First coming on my radar upon being declared as an entry in the 2016 London Film Festival, stage adaptation The Pass actually premiered in the British capital back in March, at another BFI gig - the BFI Flare London LGBT Film Festival. The above trailer promises pecs, pecs and more pecs, and boy does it look promising!

60TH BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 383-STRONG 2016 LINEUP

The biggest event of SOS' film calendar each year is the London Film Festival each October. And the British Film Institute has today revealed the full lineup of titles set to screen in its 2016 edition, the 60th year of the festival. Major festival hits from earlier in the year (Toni Erdmann, Paterson and Elle among many other Cannes titles) and more recently (Arrival, La La Land and Voyage of Time: Life's Journey) join lesser-known films and some hotly-anticipated world premieres. Take a look at the full slate below, and don't forget to check out SOS' LFF coverage from previous years, including last year.

*Amended to include Michael Winterbottom's On the Road to the Sonic strand, 09/09/16, and both Lav Diaz's The Woman Who Left to the Journey strand and Errol Morris' The B Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography to the Love strand, 22/09/16.

Official Competition

Brimstone (Martin Koolhoven)

Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt)

Clash (Mohamed Diab)

Elle (Paul Verhoeven)

Frantz (Francois Ozon)

Goldstone (Ivan Sen)

Layla M. (Mijke de Jong)

Moonlight (Barry Jenkins)

Neruda (Pablo Larrain)

A Quiet Passion (Terence Davies)

Una (Benedict Andrews)

Your Name (Shinkai Makoto)

Headline Galas / Special Presentations

13th (Ava DuVernay) - documentary special presentation in association with Time Out
American Honey (Andrea Arnold) - festival special presentation

Arrival (Denis Villeneuve) - Royal Bank of Canada gala

The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker)

Free Fire (Ben Wheatley) - closing night gala

It's Only the End of the World (Xavier Dolan) - BFI Flare special presentation

La La Land (Damien Chazelle)

Lion (Garth Davis) - American Express gala

Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan)

A Monster Calls (J. A. Bayona) - The May Fair Hotel gala

Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford)

Queen of Katwe (Mira Nair) - Virgin Atlantic gala

Their Finest (Lone Scherfig) - The Mayor of London's gala

A United Kingdom (Amma Asante) - opening night gala

First Feature, Documentary and Short Film competitions after the cut, alongside all the LFF's many strands, including several more galas and special presentations!