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Gravity is a heart-pounding thriller that is both quite literally breathtaking and beautiful. Sandra Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last mission before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone – tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to earth… and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen they have left. The only way to go home may be to go further into the terrifying expanse of space. The film is a relentless edge of your seat thrill ride that, although is set against the backdrop of the vast expanse of space, leaves you feeling breathless and claustrophobic. The 3D is expected to be visually stunning and ambitious and therefore may also form a key part of the campaign once we have seen it.

Luke and Kate are co-workers at a Chicago brewery, where they spend their days drinking and flirting. They're perfect for each other, except that they're both in relationships. Luke is in the midst of marriage talks with his girlfriend of six years, Kate is playing it cool with her music producer boyfriend Chris. But you know what makes the line between "friends" and "more than friends" really blurry? Beer.

Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the main course of history… Starring the voice cast of Owen Wilson (Cars), Woody Harrelson (The Hunger Games) and Amy Poehler (Horton Hears A Who!).

The film tells the story of a lawyer (Fassbender), who finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.

A celebration of gothic film and TV across the UK. Tales of gothic horror and romance feed on our darkest fears and desires. Over the coming months, the BFI’s nationwide season lifts the lid on a dark storehouse of the imagination.

France, in the 1760s. Born to a bourgeois family, Suzanne (Pauline Etienne) is a beautiful young girl with a natural talent for music. Despite her faith, she is dismayed when her parents send her off to a convent, expecting her to become a nun. Suzanne first resists the rules of the convent, but soon finds out that she is an illegitimate child, leaving her no other option than to pronounce her vows and suffer the consequences of her mother’s sin. She soon wants to escape the religious path and is trying to revoke her vows when the Mother Superior, who had brought her comfort and solace, dies. Her successor, Sister Christine (Louise Bourgoin), turns out to be a sadistic and cruel Mother Superior, inflicting the worst forms of humiliation upon Suzanne, such as depriving her of food and clothing. Suzanne is finally transferred to another convent, where she discovers another kind of Mother Superior (Isabelle Huppert), who develops an inappropriate affectionate bond with her… Adapted from Diderot’s eponymous novel, The Nun tells the story of a woman trying to resist imposed religious values, revealing the dehumanizing effect of cloistered life.

Short Term 12 was the toast of this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, winning both the Grand Jury Prize in the Narrative Feature Competition and the Audience Award. Told through the eyes of Grace (Brie Larson), a twenty-something supervisor at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers, Short Term 12 is written and directed by Destin Cretton. Passionate and tough, Grace is a formidable caretaker of the kids in her charge, and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker, Mason (John Gallagher Jr). But Grace’s own difficult past, and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself, throw her into unforeseen confusion, made all the sharper with the arrival of a new intake at the facility: a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has a charged connection. While the subject matter is complex and often dark, Short Term 12 finds truth, and humour, in unexpected places.

Director John Lee Hancock, actors Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell and Ruth Wilson, producer Alison Owen and co-writer Kelly Marcel discuss the making of Saving Mr. Banks, the true story of Mary Poppins’ journey to the big screen.

From the Oscar-nominated producers of NO, critically-acclaimed GLORIA (15) stars Silver Bear Best Actress winner Paulina Garcia as a 50-something divorcee in this inspiring, contemporary comedy-drama about loneliness, self-discovery, relationships, love and female independence. Sebastian Lelio’s GLORIA will be released at cinemas nationwide on 1 November 2013, courtesy of Network Releasing. Meet Gloria. As she fills her nights seeking love in ballrooms and making a party out of her solitude, her fragile happiness changes the day she meets Rodolfo (Sergio Hernandez). Gloria gives everything to their intense passion but Rodolfo leaves her dancing between hope and despair. Can she find the strength to realise that all life’s lessons will leave her shining brighter?

Philomena Lee was sent away to a convent to be looked after as a "fallen woman". Taken from her at the age of 3, her son was "sold" in America. Forced to vow she would never seek him, Philomena fought her vow and spent the next 50 years searching for her lost son. With the help of journalist, Martin Sixsmith, Philomena travels to America to find her lost son.

Cornelia is 60 and fundamentally unhappy: her son, Barbu, 34, fights with all his might to become independent. He has moved out, has his own car, has a girlfriend who obviously doesn't meet Cornelias standards and most upsettingly he avoids his loving mother as much as possible. When Cornelia finds out that Barbu was involved in a tragic accident, her motherly instincts take over and she uses all her skills, well-connected friends and money to save Barbu from jail. Then she expects him to once again become the dependent child he was before. This doesn't seem to be a very difficult task, given the state of shock Barbu is in. But it is a thin line between motherly love and self-serving manipulation. Will she be able to let go and unlock him from his child's pose...?

Here is the life story of one of the most influential and controversial film directors in the history of Hollywood, John Milius. From his childhood aspirations to join the military to his formative years at the USC Film School, his legendary work on films such as Apocalypse Now, Jaws, Conan The Barbar-ian, Dirty Harry and Red Dawn, to his ultimate dismissal from Hollywood due to his radical beliefs and controversial behaviour.

Last night saw a suitably magical close to the 57th LFF with Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell and the cast and crew of Saving Mr. Banks arriving on a red carpet lined with cherry trees for The 57th BFI London Film Festival Closing Night Gala world premiere.

At the festival awards night, Christopher Lee receives a treasured BFI Fellowship. Pawel Pawlikowski wins Best Film for Ida, Ilo Ilo directed by Anthony Chen is named Best First Feature, and Paul-Julien Robert’s My Fathers, My Mother and Me wins the Documentary Competition. Jonathan Asser is named Best British Newcomer for his screenplay for prison drama Starred Up.

Ralph Fiennes talks about the genius of Charles Dickens at the BFI press conference for his opulent new costume drama, The Invisible Woman.