The complete program of the BFI London Film this year was unveiled with George Clooney of Noah Baumbach-Starring Jay Kelly And the shakespeare tale buzzing by Chloé Zhao Hamnet Among the additions.
On Wednesday, a total of 247 titles – composed of characteristics, shorts, series and immersive works – from 79 countries were confirmed for the first at the festival of this year, in progress from October 8 to 19. Rian Johnson’s next Knives Episode, Wake Up Dead Man, has already been announced as the first gala and Julia Jackson 100 nights of heroes should close the festival.
The titles galas are filled with better Hollywood talents. The kick -off of the American Express gala is the first British of the Japanese drama led by Brendan Fraser Rental family of Hikari, while the gala of the boss in the festive of this year is H is for Hawk by Philippa Lowthorpe with Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson. The Cunard gala is Baumbach’s film Netflix Jay Kelly With Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup and Riley Keough, who obtained his world premiere at the Venice Film Festival of this year.
The Palme d’Or It was just an accident (Yek Tasadee Sadeh) Of Jafar Panahi will be presented alongside Luca Guadagnino After hunting With Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield, Ballad of a little player by Edward Berger with Colin Farrell, Richard Linklater’s meeting with Ethan Hawke, Blue moonand the function of Venice of Yorgos Lanthimos Bugonia With Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.
Ralph Fiennes heads an overall set in the drama of the First World War of Alan Bennett The choral And the Queer boxing film by Sydney Sweeney Christy will also make his debut. Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson lead Lynne Ramsay Die, my love And Guillermo Del Toro returns to LFF with his interpretation of Horror Classic Frankenstein.
The first Briton of Oliver Hermanus’ The history of sound With Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal were unveiled on Wednesday, just like Zhao HamnetWith Mescal alongside Jessie Buckley. Bradley Cooper’s third feature of director is this thing on,? With Will Arnett and Laura Dern, just like Will Kelly Reichardt The brain and Park Chan-Wook’s No other choiceWho collected the buzz on the Lido.
Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst led the derek Cianfrance police drama Roof And she Fanning Star alongside Stellan Skarsgard Sentimental valueset to hit the LFF. Jeremy Allen White, Stephen Graham and Jeremy Strong direct the Bruce Springsteen biopic LIT ME DE NOLLYwhich will also be first at the Fest.
The first world include the British boxing drama of Rowan Athale Giant With Amir El-Masry and Pierce Brosnan, the adaptation of the series of Isabella Eklöf of the novel by Nick Cave Bunny Munro’s death With the beginnings of director of Matt Smith and Bradley Banton More life. Tale British-Chinese Immigrant from Calif Chong High threadYemi Bamiro Black is beautiful: the story of Kwame Brathwaite And Ahmed Alauddin Jamal Hotel London will also be on the screen in this section.
A new genre change comedy She’s HE by Siobhan McCarthy will also be presented, as is Picking up By Jesse Brown and Mikayla Joy Brown, the psychological horror of Majid al Ansari The Vile And Vincho Nchogu’s A woman a bra. The examination by Airor Arreg of the elder elder elder Maspaloma will make his debut alongside the Documentary of Hsu Ya-Tsing on Taiwan leprosy Wind island and the ode of Rachel Abigail in New York, Love, Brooklyn. The documentary Marianne Faithfull with George Mackay and Tilda Swinton, Broken Englishis a screening in the special presentations category.
At LFF this year, 103 works are made by female and non -binary filmmakers, which represents 42% of the program. Screen discussions with Daniel Day-Lewis, Lanthimos, Linklater, Ramsay, Panahi, Tessa Thompson and Chinese filmmaker Zhao were confirmed earlier this week.
The festival returns to his home in the heart of London, BFI Southbank and the Royal Festival Hall of the Southbank Center. It will also take place in cinemas and places in the center of London and 11 partner sites across the United Kingdom.
“This fall, we invite the public to create their own festival trip through our first projection program, dynamic interactive exhibitions and convincing conference programs with some of the main cinema practitioners,” said Kristy Matheson, director of BFI London Film Festival. “We look forward to joining us this year to discover the incredible state of the medium in 2025 – overflowing with formal innovations, provocations and essential roadmaps to sail in the world around us.”
The full program for the BFI London Film Festival is available here.
