Win an exclusive ticket package to the BFI London Film Festival

By playing The National Lottery you support British film. To celebrate the return of the BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express®, it is offering readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to the 12 National Lottery funded feature films at this year's BFI London Film Festival.

The prize includes tickets to the Opening Night Gala screening of Breathe, directed by Andy Serkis and starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy, You Were Never Really Here directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Joaquin Phoenix, and Journeyman directed by and starring Paddy Considine, alongside Jodie Whittaker.

The BFI London Film Festival returns to venues across London from 4 – 15 October. Showcasing the best new features, documentaries and short films from around the world, this is your opportunity to see the most inspiring, challenging and entertaining films before anyone else.

Terms & Conditions: Promotion closes at 23.59 on Sunday 1 October 2017. Entrants must be 18 years of age or over and a UK or Isle of Man resident and not be an individual named on the Gambling Commission’s National Lottery prohibited play list, employee of the Camelot Group of Companies* (“Camelot”), or any of their associated, affiliated or subsidiary companies, key subcontractors, their immediate dependent family, agents or any other person(s) connected with the Competition. *The Camelot Group of Companies means Camelot UK Lotteries Limited, Camelot Business Solutions Limited, Camelot Global Lottery Solutions Limited and Camelot Global Services Limited, all companies being registered in England at the same registered address as Camelot UK Lotteries Limited, Tolpits Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 9RN (Registered No. 02822203). There is one prize consisting of two tickets to each of the following screenings: Apostasy (Sun 8 Oct, 18.00, Picturehouse Central), Arcadia (Wed 11 October, 15:30 at NFT), Beast (Sat 7 Oct, 18.00, Vue West End), Breathe (Wed 4 Oct, 19.00, Odeon Leicester Square), Dark River (Sat 7 Oct, 21.30, Odeon Leicester Square), I Am Not a Witch (Thu 12 Oct, 21.00, Curzon Mayfair), Journey’s End (Fri 6 Oct, 19.15, Odeon Leicester Square), Journeyman (Fri 13 Oct, 15.15, Empire Haymarket), Lean on Pete (Thu 5 Oct, 20.45, Embankment Garden Cinema), Lek and the Dogs (Sat 14 Oct, 18.30, BFI Southbank), Kingdom of Us (Sat 7 Oct, 20.45, BFI Southbank), You Were Never Really Here (Sun 15 Oct, 11.30, Odeon Leicester Square). Travel to and from the cinemas is not included. The winner will be the first entry selected at random after the closing date and will be contacted by 17.00 on Monday 2 October 2017. Given the proximity of the event to the closing date, if we are unable to contact you successfully by 17.00 on 2 October 2017 we will have no option but to award the prize to another entrant. Tickets must be collected from the venue box office on the day of the screening, up to an hour before the screening. Any tickets not collected an hour before the screening may be released. The tickets are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative. By entering the competition, the winner agrees to participate in promotional activity where required. If the advertised prize becomes unavailable the promoter reserves the right to offer an alternative prize of equal or higher value. One online entry per person. Usual promotion rules apply, see www.standard.co.uk/rules. For further information, please write to Customer Care, Evening Standard Limited, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5TT. Promoter: Evening Standard. The BFI is solely responsible for the prize. Winners should contact the BFI with any issues over fulfilment.