M.I.A. Pictures: M.I.A. attends the screening of "W.E." at the 55th Annual BFI London Film Festival at Empire Leicester Square on October 23, 2011 in London, England.
The BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival runs every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute. The Festival showcases the best of world cinema to champion creativity, originality, vision and imagination, and presents the finest contemporary international cinema from both established and emerging filmmakers.