Archive · 7 Nov 2025
London Film Festival Sets Attendance Record, 'Hamnet' Wins Top Audience Award
The London Film Festival had more people come to watch movies than ever before!
Over 235,000 people attended.
One special movie called 'Hamnet', which is about a historical person, won a big award chosen by the audience.
Another film, 'Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story', also won an award for being a great new British movie.
This festival showed 252 different movies from 79 countries.
It was a big celebration of movies, with people who make films and people who watch them enjoying everything together.
The director was very happy to see so many people excited about watching films.
The London Film Festival achieved a record attendance of 235,853.
Chloé Zhao's film 'Hamnet' won the festival's Audience Award.
'Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story' won the Audience Award for Best British Discovery.
The festival featured 252 titles from 79 countries.
Premiere screenings included 28 world premieres, 11 international premieres, and 20 European premieres.
- Who
- The London Film Festival (LFF) and its attendees
- What
- Set a record for attendance, with Chloé Zhao's 'Hamnet' winning the Audience Award and 'Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story' winning Best British Discovery.
- When
- This week (award announcements), with the festival program running prior to this.
- Where
- London
- Why
- The festival's programming and audience engagement led to record attendance.
Festival Success
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Audience Engagement
Festival Success
The festival director highlighted the delight of seeing industry and audiences engage, proving the joy of screen culture.
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The festival achieved a record attendance of 235,853, indicating strong public interest and participation.
- Record Attendance
- 235,853
- Total Titles
- 252
- Countries Represented
- 79
- World Premieres
- 28
- International Premieres
- 11
- European Premieres
- 20