Overview
- The London Indian Film Festival will run across London, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Bradford from July 9 to July 19, offering screenings and events in five cities.
- LIFF will mark Lagaan’s 25th anniversary with a special screening at BFI IMAX on July 12 and a rare ‘Aamir Khan In Conversation’ closing gala at BFI Southbank on July 16.
- The festival opens at BFI Southbank on July 9 with the European premiere of 52 Blue and stages a Central Gala on July 11 that reunites the cast of BBC’s Goodness Gracious Me.
- Restorations and UK premieres anchor the programme, including a Film Heritage Foundation 4K restoration of In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones and Bangladeshi and UK debut films from IFFR and Toronto.
- LIFF will host ‘India’s AI & Film Future’, billed as Europe’s first showcase of Indian films using AI with a jury overseen by Shekhar Kapur, and separate media reports say Aamir Khan plans a Mumbai reunion and a June 12 theatrical re‑release of Lagaan that are not listed as festival programming.