Over 27 screenings, 11 venues, from UK premieres to archival footage, the London Palestine Film Festival showcases the richness of Palestinian life.

A chance meeting on a train between a Black British journalist and a White South African ex-soldier sets in motion a chain of events that reshapes their lives over the next 30 years

Films from or about countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America at the BFI London Film Festival (7 - 18 October 2026).

Hong Kong Film Festival UK returns to London (25 September to 4 October), presenting cinema from Hong Kong, the Asian diaspora and beyond.

A season celebrating the influence of Pan-Africanism on contemporary arts and culture runs from June to September 2026 at the Barbican Centre.

The Music is Black: A British Story celebrates the voices, talent and stories of Black British music and its global impact

The director of the second Muslim International Film Festival believes cinema can help combat the growth of anti-Muslim hostility, but he’s worried about the future.

The Muslim International Film Festival returns to London on 2 - 5 July. 

Queer East Festival returns for its seventh edition from 1 May to 6 June, showcasing cinema and performing arts in venues across London.

Human rights theatre company ice&fire presents the world premiere of A Fine Idea, inspired by political economist Jason Hickel’s bestseller The Divide.

The pick of April’s shows.

Films from the Global South at BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, 18 - 29 March.

Two groundbreaking new exhibitions examine Kew’s role in the business of Empire, and recover lost stories of remarkable artworks and illuminate traditional Indian art.

Thirst: In Search of Freshwater is an exhibition exploring freshwater as an essential source of life and a pillar of health for both living beings and land masses.

The London Film Festival returns in October, with films from around the world.

Europe’s largest annual Indian film event returns with the UK premiere of high-action gangster film Little Jaffna, with a rookie cop going undercover to infiltrate Tamil gangs battling it out in the mean streets of Paris.

The Southbank Centre is launching a new series of events showcasing East and Southeast Asia and the diaspora: ESEA Encounters.

Shubbak Festival, the UK’s largest biennial celebration of contemporary Arab and South West Asian & North African culture, returns fon 23 May-15 June.

When Nigerian-British musician Helen Epega announced that she would be writing the world’s first Pidgin opera, a woman responded, “Oh, but you’re an educated woman. Why would you do an opera in pidgin?”

This year’s BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival is divided into three strands: Hearts, Bodies and Minds, with 34 world premieres, 56 features and 81 shorts from 41 countries.