The Elephant in a Dark Room

Director: Konstantin Bojanov

Year: 2016

Second generation immigrant and budding artist Pavel lives with his mother in Birmingham. One day, he takes off on the road to find his hero, the legendary French painter Arnaud, and along the way he gets into trouble and falls in love. It’s the story of a young man who wants to become someone else, but needs to be himself.

Director: Jack Jeffreys

Year: 2026

Fish are nightly invaders of my sleep. Work consumes my dreams. Night gives way to another commute; adverts appear before me, their faces drawn tight. The day passes again, and at night, within the walls of my workplace, a fishmonger’s in London, dreams appear again, this time, a grief-stricken reverie, memories of my father. The film's title is inspired by Maurice Blanchot’s ‘The Book to Come’ which incited my exploration of whether images can capture anything sacred in a world of dispossession. A diaristic, psychogeographic journey through a city that metastasises uncontrollably before me, the film captures a form of alienation that supersedes and confounds the trajectory of grief. What is lost when all becomes gloss? Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026

Director: Tanya Reynolds

Year: 2026

Danielle and Harry's latest attempt at roleplay shines an uncomfortable light on what they really want from life. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026