London Film Festival Announces Line-Up
Of the total of 191 features and 113 shorts screening is the Night of the opening film, Wes Anderson FANTASTIC MR. FOX presented by the director and cast members like Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman and Helen McCrory. And George Clooney also be present to support their role in America’s Next Top GOAT. This year’s London Film Festival line-up of 14 to 29 October will be announced today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron. New films that represent the new wave of American independent cinema include Sophie Barthes COLD SOULS, beeswax Bujalski Andrew, Fleischner Sam and Ben Chace WAH DO DEM, Nicholas Jasenovec HEART OF PAPER, and Suzi Yoonessi DEAR LEMON LIMAIt will also be the British premiere of John Lasseter Toy Story 2 in Disney Digital 3D.
World Premieres include Sam Taylor-Wood Closing Night Gala Nowhere Boy, and the Gala Festival of the first file, the new BFI restoration of Anthony Asquith Underground, accompanied by live music by the Prima Vista Social Club, directed by Neil Brand
The four international premieres to be presented are “45365″ Bill and Ross Turner, Celine Danhier in WHITE CITY, EXTRACT Mike Judge, and Hammerich of Ruml HEADHUNTERThe festival will also host 23 European premieres, including Jean-Pierre Jeunet Micmacs, “Scott Hicks BOYS are back and Balibo Robert Connolly and Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni of THE WELL and Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson MUGABE AND WHITE AFRICAN.
Directors travel to London to present his latest work will include Michael Haneke (Cannes Golden Palm winner, The White Ribbon), Atom Egoyan (Chloe), Steven Soderbergh (The Informant), Lone Scherfig (EDUCATION), Ang Lee (Taking Woodstock ), Jane Campion (Bright Star), Gaspar Noé (Enter The Void), Lee Daniels (precious), Grant Heslov (Men Who Stare at Goats), and Jason Reitman (UP IN THE AIR)
The festival also will welcome former students back as John Hillcoat (The Road), Joe Swanberg (ALEXANDER THE LAST) and Harmony Korine (GARBAGE Humpers), while also films from Manoel de Oliveira (Eccentricities of a blonde girl HAIR), Jim Jarmusch (THE LIMITS OF CONTROL), Claire Denis (white material), Ho Yuhang (END OF DAWN), Todd Solondz (Life During Wartime), and Joel and Ethan Coen (A Serious Man)
Among the many British directors making their feature film debut at the festival are Paul King (rabbit and the bull), Malcolm Venville (44 Inch Chest), David Morrissey (Do not worry about me), Tom Harper (THE BOOK “Scouting for Boys ), Lindy Heymann (kicks) and Blakeson J (THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREDO)The program features the work of debut directors like Tom Ford (A SINGLE MAN), Jordan Scott (cracks) and Warwick Thornton (Samson & Delilah).
British films are detection of directors as Stephen Poliakoff (GLORIOUS 39), Julien Temple (Oil City Confidential), Penny Woolcock (1 day), Paul Thomas and Matt Harlock (AMERICAN: THE STORY OF BILL HICKS), Jez Lewis (pour SU tears and walk) and Chris Atkins (Starsuckers), several of which are world premieres
And as part of special events, the Festival will present two master classes and Téchiné Audiard, in collaboration with UnifranceNew French film selections Jacques Audiard A prophet, André Téchiné is the girl on the train, Jacques Rivette AROUND A SMALL MOUNTAIN, Catherine Corsini EXIT and Patrice Chéreau PERSECUTION. This year, French Gala Mia Hansen-Love FATHER OF MY CHILDREN.
In addition, the Franco-Romanian co-TALES FROM THE AGE OF GOLD, directed by Hanno Höfer, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu and Ioan Uricaru and Marco Bellocchio Vincere will be one of the 8 screening of films Festival in Italy. Marking its 10th year in association with Film Italy, the Festival also will host and multiplexes MAESTRI: ITALIAN CINEMA NOW, a panel discussion on the problems facing contemporary Italian films and filmmakersContemporary European cinema European cinema chain includes 40 films, such as Jesper Ganslandt THE APE of Sweden, Lanthimos “dogtooth Yorgos Greece and two Franco-German co-production of Austria: Jessica Hausner’s Lourdes and women without men by the Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat.
the public of the Festival will also have a selection of films from 46 countries worldwide. Territories represented are Africa (Souleymane Cissé TELL ME WHO YOU ARE), East Asia (MOTHER Bong Joon-Ho), South Asia (from THE WELL Shyam Benegal ROBO) and Middle East (LEBANON Samuel Maoz and Haim Tabakman EYES WIDE OPEN )
Michel Gondry’s THE THORN IN THE HEART Ondi Timoner WE LIVE IN PUBLIC and Connie Field HAS HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG: THE BOTTOM LINE also screen documentaries as well as music by Tom DiCillo (When You’re Strange: A FILM ABOUT THE DOORS) and Damani Baker and Alex Vlack (STILL BILL)Frederick Wiseman DANCE: Paris Opera Ballet is one of 26 documentary features the Festival, competing for the annual Grierson Award for best feature-length documentary.
Festival Experience cutting edge chapter will include the series of seven films and avant-garde American artist Hollis Frampton theory known as hapax hapax presented in full in the preservation of new impressions. In addition, hybrids DOUBLE TAKE Johan Grimonprez screen as well as the latest installment of the MX series movie, a girl and a gun, Gustav Deutsch