Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Elton John, Andrew Garfield, Saoirse Ronan Titles Among BFI London Film Festival Full Lineup

As a seasoned cinephile with decades of film-watching under my belt, I must say that this year’s 68th BFI London Film Festival lineup is nothing short of breathtaking! From the star-studded casts to the diverse array of themes and genres, it promises a cinematic journey like no other.


The 68th edition of the BFI London Film Festival has revealed an impressive lineup for 2024, which includes Angelina Jolie, Elton John, Daniel Craig, Florence Pugh, Andrew Garfield, Saoirse Ronan, and others. This year’s program boasts a total of 39 world premieres and 12 international premieres, across 253 feature films, short films, series, and immersive works.

At the main event of this festive gathering, there will be a selection of notable movies on display. The grand opening of Steve McQueen’s “Blitz,” featuring the talented Ronan, kicks off the festival, while Morgan Neville’s “Piece by Piece” brings it to a close at the finale.

Other films to be screened at the gala are:

Premieres around the world feature a variety of new films. These include Darren Thornton’s Irish comedy titled “Four Mothers,” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s documentary called “Endurance,” Milko Lazarov’s dramatic piece from Bulgaria named “Tarika,” Laila Abbas’ work, titled “Thank You for Banking with Us,” Eloise King’s documentary, simply known as “The Shadow Scholars,” Adam Wong Sau-Ping’s production called “The Way We Talk,” Gino Evans’ film, “Treading Water,” and a restored version of Martin Rosen’s classic, “Watership Down.”

Some international debuts feature Roshan Sethi’s film “A Nice Indian Boy” alongside Karan Soni and Jonathan Groff, Sadie Frost’s documentary titled “Twiggy,” Kimberly Reed’s work called “I’m Your Venus,” and Jane Mingay’s project named “Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story.”

Notable shows at the festival feature “All We Imagine as Light” by Payal Kapadia, “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire” by Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, “Dahomey” by Mati Diop, “Harvest” by Athina Rachel Tsangari, “I’m Still Here” directed by Walter Salles, “Nickel Boys” by RaMell Ross, “Queer” co-directed by Luca Guadagnino and Craig, “A Real Pain” by Jesse Eisenberg, and “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” by Mohammad Rasoulof.

The First Feature Competition at the festival highlights first-time film directors, featuring movies such as Tumpal Tampubolon’s “Crocodile Tears,” Denise Fernandes’ “Hanami,” Neo Sora’s “Happyend,” Sasha Nathwani’s “Last Swim,” Sylvia Le Fanu’s “My Eternal Summer,” Tomás Pichardo Espaillat’s “Olivia & The Clouds in the Skyward,” Laura Carre by,” On Falling,” Sandhya Suri’s “Santosh,” Ariane Labed’s “September Says,” Mahdi Fleifel’s “To A Unknown Land” and Meryam Joobeur’s “Who Am I Really?”

I’m excited to share that I’ll be part of the festival, where I’ll have the opportunity to engage in Screen Talks with some extraordinary figures in contemporary cinema. These include Andrea Arnold, Steve McQueen, Mike Leigh, Denis Villeneuve, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, Lupita Nyong’o, Zoe Saldaña, and Daniel Kaluuya Dan Daniel Kaluuya, as well- the leaders As aka——-wise, “Cinema Chat”, Steve McQueen’s “Film Discussion”, Mike Leigh’s “Movie Dialogue”, Denis Villeneuve’s “Screen Conversation”, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s “Cine Interview”, Lupita, Lupa”, Lup Daniel Kaluuya Nyong’s “, Zoe Saldawn’sala Kaluy, Zoe Sal”, and Daniel Kaluuya’s “Acting Discussion”.

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The festival, running from Oct. 9-20, will screen works from 79 countries in 63 languages, with 44% of the program made by female and non-binary filmmakers.

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Ben Roberts, as CEO of BFI, expressed: “For me, the genuine pleasure lies in witnessing the tireless efforts of numerous skillful filmmakers flourish and receive the recognition and acclaim they merit.”

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2024-09-04 13:17