"The London Film Festival has rolled up its red carpet for another year, but that doesn't mean the city's movie fest season is over. Far from it, in fact. Film cultures from across the world are being celebrated in style at festivals like the Made in Prague Festival (from October 31), London Korean Film Festival (from November 5), UK Jewish Film Festival (from Nov 6) and London Baltic Film Festival (from Nov 7)."
"Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or winner, a blackly funny story of kidnap and revenge set in Tehran, may not look like a French film, but don't be fooled: it's French financed and a worthy centrepiece for the festival. Panahi has been victimised and censored by the Iranian regime and his latest opus comes as another exercise in pure moral courage and exceptional filmmaking craft. Vahid Mobasseri plays a mechanic who thinks he's stumbled into the man who once tortured him."
The French Film Festival London takes place at the Institut Français in South Kensington, screening 33 films across 76 showings in the two-screen Ciné Lumière. The programme features French-financed works and international co-productions, offering a range from Palme d'Or winners to intimate dramas. Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or winner It Was Just an Accident is highlighted as a blackly funny Tehran-set tale of kidnap and revenge, starring Vahid Mobasseri. The festival is presented as a well-run yet intimate gathering for cinephiles, appearing alongside other ongoing London and international film festivals such as Made in Prague and the London Korean Film Festival.
Read at Time Out London
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