Festival Artistic Director Sandra Hebron announced today that The 54th BFI London Film Festival will take place from Wednesday 13 October through Thursday 28 October 2010.

The BFI London Film Festival champions creativity, originality, vision and imagination by annually showcasing the best of contemporary world cinema, documentaries, shorts, animation and experimental film. The Festival is a highly regarded and anticipated event in Europe's cultural calendar, attracting leading international filmmakers, industry professionals and the media together with large public audiences to London for a two week showcase of the best in contemporary world cinema.

The BFI London Film Festival is now accepting submissions for 2010 in the following areas: narrative features; documentaries; shorts; artist’s moving image. Deadline for Submissions: short films (less than 30 mins) - 25 June 2010 / full length features - 9 July 2010. The full programme for 2010 will be announced in September.