Top 10 Revived and Restored Films to See at BFI London Film Festival 2017

The Dumb Girl of Portico, Dir Lois Weber

The BFI London Film Festival starts on 4th October. I've been here for a week already, attending the pre festival press screenings (and catching up on a few old and new film releases in cinemas).

This year's edition includes 242 films from 67 countries including 46 documentaries, 6 animations, 14 archive restorations and 16 artists’ moving image features and 128 short films.

I've been going through the film list over the past week and here's my first list of top 10 revived and restored films to see at the festival, listed below in the order of release date (click on each title to read more and book tickets).

Any opportunity to watch an old film on the big screen, especially one that is restored, must not be missed.

The Dumb Girl of Portici
Dir Lois Weber
1915 | USA | 115min