The annual BFI London Film Festival will be running for the 61st time from the 4th to the 15th of October.
Long awaited BFI London Film Festival is back, once again with a great line-up of films.
Amongst the selection are 242 films including 28 World Premieres, 9 International Premieres and 34 European Premieres.
Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman star in Yorgos Lanthimos’ slightly twisted ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ which will be screened in the Headline Gala.
Whilst Noah Baumbach’s ‘The Meyerowitz Stories’, starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffmann will be screened in the Laugh Gala which is in association with Empire.
Films that are in Official Competition are:
– Robin Campillo, 120 BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE)
– Vivian Qu, ANGELS WEAR WHITE
– Majid Majidi, BEYOND THE CLOUDS (World Premiere)
– Nora Twomey, THE BREADWINNER (European Premiere)
– Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra, GOOD MANNERS
– Xavier Beauvois, THE GUARDIANS (European Premiere)
– Andrew Haigh, LEAN ON PETE
– Andrey Zvyagintsev, LOVELESS
– Azazel Jacobs, THE LOVERS (European Premiere)
– Warwick Thornton, SWEET COUNTRY
– Cory Finley, THOROUGHBRED (International Premiere)
– Annemarie Jacir, WAJIB
First Features that are in competition for the Sutherland Award are:
– Daniel Kokotajlo, APOSTASY
– Léa Mysius, AVA
– Michael Pearce, BEAST (European Premiere)
– Ofir Raul Graizer, THE CAKEMAKER
– Gilles Coulier, CARGO
– Kogonada, COLUMBUS
– Rungano Nyoni, I AM NOT A WITCH
– Léonor Serraille, JEUNE FEMME
– Ana Asensio, MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND
– Carla Simón, SUMMER 1993
– Hlynur Pálmason, WINTER BROTHERS
– John Trengove, THE WOUND
Documentaries competing for The Grierson Award are:
– Maryam Goormaghtigh, BEFORE SUMMER ENDS
– Elvira Lind, BOBBI JENE
– Arash Kamali Sarvestani, Behrouz Boochani, CHAUKA, PLEASE TELL US THE TIME (International
Premiere)
– Radu Jude, THE DEAD NATION
– Shevaun Mizrahi, DISTANT CONSTELLATION
– Frederick Wiseman, EX LIBRIS – THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
– Agnès Varda, JR, FACES PLACES
– Austin Lynch, Matthew Booth, GRAY HOUSE
– Brett Morgen, JANE (European Premiere)
– Lucy Cohen, KINGDOM OF US (World Premiere)
– Emmanuel Gras, MAKALA
– Sonia Kronlund, THE PRINCE OF NOTHINGWOOD
Short Films competing for The Short Film Award are:
– Gabriel Abrantes, THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS
– Phil Collins, DELETE BEACH
– Billie Pleffer, FYSH (International Premiere)
– Anna Cazenave Cambet, GABBER LOVER
– Karishma Dube, GODDESS
– Aegina Brahim, LAWS OF THE GAME
– Jonathan Vinel, MARTIN CRIES
– Patrick Bresnan THE RABBIT HUNT
– Moin Hussain, REAL GODS REQUIRE BLOOD
– Kibwe Tavares, ROBOT & SCARECROW
– Kazik Radwanski, SCAFFOLD
– Harry Lighton, WREN BOYS (World Premiere)
This year’s Film Festival programme is organised in sections to encourage discovery and to open up the Festival to new audiences. The strands are: Love, Debate, Laugh, Dare, Thrill, Cult, Journey, Create, Family, Treasures and Experimenta.
