The BFI’s London Movie Competition has set a formidable lineup of starry names together with Academy Award winners Steve McQueen, Denis Villeneuve, Lupita Nyong’o, and up to date Palme d’Or winner Sean Baker for this yr’s display speak Q&A periods. Scroll down for the complete display talks programme.
This yr’s London Movie Competition runs from 9 October – 20 October. The competition will open with Steve McQueen’s newest characteristic Blitz, an exploration of London throughout World Struggle 2, on opening evening at this yr’s London Movie Competition. The pic will display as a world premiere.
Directed, produced, and written by McQueen, the movie follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World Struggle II London whose mom Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to security within the English countryside. The Synopsis reads: George, defiant and decided to return dwelling to Rita and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, ensues on an journey, solely to seek out himself in immense peril, whereas a distraught Rita searches for her lacking son. Blitz marks McQueen’s first sole characteristic screenwriting credit score.
The competition has stated McQueen will talk about Blitz throughout his display speak session alongside his huge and small display work, from Starvation and 12 Years a Slave to Widows, Small Axe, and Occupied Metropolis.
LFF will display 11 movies in competitors this yr. Titles embody Georgian filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili’s newest April and Carry Them Down, starring Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbot.
Display Talks
Andrea Arnold
Saturday nineteenth October, 12:30 – BFI Southbank NFT1
Sean Baker
Saturday twelfth October, 13:30 – Curzon Soho Display 1
Daniel Kaluuya
Wednesday ninth October, 11:30 – Picturehouse Central
Mike Leigh
Sunday twentieth October, 15:15 – BFI Southbank NFT1
Steve McQueen
Wednesday ninth October, 14:00 – BFI Southbank NFT1
Lupita Nyong’o
Monday 14th October, 12:30 – BFI Southbank NFT1
Zoe Saldaña
Saturday twelfth October, 15:00 – BFI Southbank NFT1
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin
Sunday thirteenth October, 15:00 – BFI Southbank NFT3
Denis Villeneuve
Saturday twelfth October, 11:30 – Southbank Centre
