An incredible true story of bravery and heroism, One Life directed by James Hawes and starring Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Marthe Keller, Jonathan Pryce and Helena Bonham Carter will make its European Premiere as the American Express Gala of the 67th BFI London Film Festival.
The International Premiere of Saltburn, directed, produced and written by Academy Award® Winner Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) will open the 67th BFI London Film Festival.
Corsage directed by Marie Kreutzer wins Best Film Award at the 66th BFI London Film Festival. Marie Kreutzer said: “I want to say thank you to the members of the jury for choosing our film and giving us this beautiful award. For me this award, which is an award for the film, is not only my award it belongs to all of us. The most beautiful thing about my job is to collaborate with so many great creatives and artists and create something together day by day without knowing how it will turn out. For all of us I’m so happy that it turned out so well and that people love the film so much. This award is for everyone on my team. It’s hard to find the right words right now, I’m happy!”
The 66th BFI London Film Festival added the UK Premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All starring Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance, to the 2022 program, screening in a Special Presentation. Bones and All is the tender story of first love between Maren (Russell), a young woman learning how to survive on the margins of society, and Lee (Chalamet), an intense and disenfranchised drifter, as they embark on a thousand-mile odyssey through Reagan’s America.
The third edition of the BFI London Film Festival Works-in-Progress showcase will present nine new feature films and documentaries by UK-based filmmakers as part of the Festival’s UK Talent Days focus.
The 66th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) announced the full program line-up of films, series and immersive art works from over 63 countries with 41% of the program made by female and non-binary directors/creators or co-directors/creators and 34% made by ethnically diverse directors/creators.
The 66th BFI London Film Festival will host the world premiere of many new titles in this year’s festival including the dazzling stop-motion animation Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio as well as Creature, a new collaboration between acclaimed choreographer Akram Khan and Oscar-winner, Asif Kapadia, and My Father’s Dragon, family animation from Award-winning Nora Twomey (The Breadwinner) and Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon (Wolfwalkers, The Song of the Sea).
From a thrilling and uncompromising Argentinian political drama to a chilling British folk horror tale; and a breathtaking story of brotherly love to the poignancy of family displacement during the Syrian conflict in Damascus, 8 films have been selected for the Official Competition for the Best Film Award at the 66th BFI London Film Festival
20 projects from 17 countries will be showcased in the 3rd edition of LFF Expanded, the BFI London Film Festival’s Immersive Art and Extended Realities strand. This year’s program showcases a rich selection of works from creators working at the forefront of emerging technologies, including interactive virtual reality, screen-based installations, augmented reality, mixed reality, immersive audio experience and live performance.
Empire of Light by Oscar® and BAFTA winning filmmaker Sam Mendes will receive its European Premiere as the American Express Gala film of the 66th BFI London Film Festival.
The 66th BFI London Film Festival will close with Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, starring Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick and Madelyn Cline with Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista. The film will receive its European Premiere on Sunday October 16 at the Southbank Centre in the Royal Festival Hall, ahead of its release into UK cinemas and subsequent launch on Netflix.
The Opening Night Gala of this year’s 66th BFI London Film Festival will be Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, starring Academy Award® winner Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Sindhu Vee and introducing Alisha Weir as the eponymous Matilda.