Each year the BFI London Film Festival screens the best of UK and international cinema. We are delighted that there will be a strong selection of Austrian films again this year. Check the website for further programme details.
Austrian Film Programme at LFF:
Rose
In the aftermath of the ferocious Thirty Years’ War, a scarred female soldier dangerously inveigles her way into a strict rural community by posing as a man with an inheritance. Seemingly dispassionate in its watchful, austere monochrome, yet quietly devastating in its unflinching look at gender-based prejudice and intolerance, Markus Schleinzer’s masterful film is another triumph for Hüller.
Austria, Germany, 2026, 94min, directed by Markus Schleinzer
Tuesday 13 October 2026, 6pm
BFI Southbank, Screen NFT1
Thursday 15 October 2026, 3:10pm
Curzon Soho Cinema, Screen 1
Everytime
Sandra Wollner’s film, winner of Un Certain Regard at Cannes this year, is an enigmatic exploration of grief and the path to healing. In Sandra Wollner’s lyrical and haunting third feature, a mother, a daughter and a teenage boy struggle with blame and forgiveness over a recent tragedy that saw their lives intersect. To escape their daily surroundings, they travel to Tenerife. As the long days go by under the sun and heat, reality and memories blend as each grapples with their feelings and a desire to move forward.
Austria-Germany, 2026, 124min, directed by Sandra Wollner
Friday 16 October 2026 17:30
Curzon Soho Cinema, Screen 1
Saturday 17 October 2026 13:00
BFI Southbank, Screen NFT3
The Blood Countess / Die BlutGräfin
Isabelle Huppert dazzles as the Blood Countess in this delightful and high-camp gothic fantasy from visionary filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger. After awakening from a long slumber, the Blood Countess embarks on a quest, with her devoted maid and trusty pet bat in tow, to search for an ancient text that could cause the demise of her vampire realm. Based on the legend of Countess Elizabeth Báthory, Huppert perfectly embodies the role of the bloodthirsty seductress who reigns over present-day Vienna.
Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, 2026, directed by Ulrike Ottinger
Thursday 08 October 2026 20:30
Vue West End, EPIC 1
Wednesday 14 October 2026 18:10
Prince Charles Cinema, Downstairs Screen
Sunday 18 October 2026 17:45
Curzon Soho Cinema, Screen 2
Sunday 18 October 2026 18:00
Curzon Soho Cinema, Screen 3
Léa Seydoux delivers the performance of a lifetime in this tense drama from the award-winning director of Corsage. Seydoux plays Lucy, whose marriage to Philip, the father of their young son, appears happy and stable until he is investigated by the police for possessing child sexual-abuse material. The officer in charge is balancing work with a challenging personal life, caring for an ailing father whose behaviour crosses boundaries. Morally complex and boldly directed, Marie Kreutzer’s drama raise.
Austria-Germany-France, 2026, 115min, directed by Marie Kreutzer
Saturday 10 October 2026 15:50
BFI Southbank, Screen NFT1
Monday 12 October 2026 14:45
Curzon Soho Cinema, Screen 1
