Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Line Up Announced!
Barely touching the surface, but surely ones to look out for include (in no particular order), Jean-Pierre Jeunet's MICMACS, Mike Judge's EXTRACT, Gaspar Noé's ENTER THE VOID, Michael Haneke's Cannes Palme d'Or winner THE WHITE RIBBON, John Hillcoat's THE ROAD, Jim Jarmusch's THE LIMITS OF CONTROL, The Coen Brother's A SERIOUS MAN, Nicholas Winding Refn's VALHALLA RISING, Claire Denis' WHITE MATERIAL and Bong Joon Ho's MOTHER. You can see the full list of features below...
FILM ON THE SQUARE
The most anticipated new titles
from around the world, in the heart of the West End
44 INCH CHEST Malcolm Venville
UK
ABOUT ELLY Asghar Farhadi IRAN
ADRIFT Heitor Dahlia BRAZIL
AIR DOLL Hirokazu Kore-eda
JAPAN
ASTRO BOY David Bowers USA,
HONG KONG, JAPAN
BALIBO Robert Connolly
AUSTRALIA
BELLAMY Claude Chabrol FRANCE
BLUEBEARD Catherine Breillat
FRANCE
BUNNY AND THE BULL Paul King UK
COLD SOULS Sophie Barthes USA
CRACKS Jordan Scott UK, IRELAND
LA DANSE: THE PARIS OPERA
BALLET Frederick Wiseman
FRANCE, USA
ECCENTRICITIES OF A BLONDE HAIRED
GIRL mManoel de Oliveira PORTUGAL, FRANCE, SPAIN
ENTER THE VOID Gaspar Noé
FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY
EXTRACT Mike Judge USA
FROM TIME TO TIME Julian
Fellowes UK
GLORIOUS 39 Stephen Poliakoff
UK
THE INFORMANT! Steven
Soderbergh USA
LEBANON Samuel Maoz ISRAEL
LIFE DURING WARTIME Todd
Solondz USA
THE LIMITS OF CONTROL Jim
Jarmusch SPAIN, USA, JAPAN
THE MILK OF SORROW Claudia
Llosa SPAIN, PERU
MOTHER Bong Joon-Ho SOUTH KOREA
NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIANCATS Bahman
Ghobadi IRAN
PAPER HEART Nicholas Jasenovec
USA, CANADA, FRANCE
PRECIOUS Lee Daniels USA
SAMSON & DELILAH Warwick
Thornton AUSTRALIA
A SINGLE MAN Tom Ford USA
SURPRISE FILM
TAKING WOODSTOCK Ang Lee USA
TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE Hanno
Höfer, Cristian Mungiu, nConstantin Popescu, Ioanam Uricaru ROMANIA, FRANCE
TELL ME WHO YOU ARE Souleymane
Cissé MALI
THE TIME TO REMAINS Elia
Suleiman FRANCE, BELGIUM, ITALY
VINCERE Marco Bellocchio ITALY
WE LIVE IN PUBLIC Ondi Timoner
USA
WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE: A FILM ABOUT THE DOORS Tom DiCillo USA
NEW BRITISH CINEMA
The best new films from around the UK
1 DAY Penny Woolcock UK
AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKSSTORY Matt Harlock,
Paul Thomas UK
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICECREED Duane
Hopkins UK
DON'T
WORRY ABOUT ME David
Morrissey UK
KICKS Lindy Heymann UK
LONDON RIVER Rachid Bouchareb ALGERIA,
FRANCE, UK
MUGABE AND THE WHITEAFRICAN Lucy Bailey,
Andrew Thompson UK
OIL CITY CONFIDENTIAL Julien Temple UK
THE SCOUTING BOOK FOR BOYS Tom Harper UK
SHE, A CHINESE Xiaolu Guo UK, FRANCE,
GERMANY
SHED YOUR TEARS AND WALK AWAY Jez Lewis UK
STARSUCKERS Chris Atkins UK
VALHALLA RISING Nicholas Winding Refn UK,
DENMARK
FRENCH REVOLUTIONS
Fact and fiction: the best in
new French cinema
AROUND A SMALL MOUNTAIN Jacques
Rivette FRANCE, ITALY
THE FRENCH KISSERS Riad Sattouf
FRANCE
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN André
Téchiné FRANCE
HADEWIJCH Bruno Dumont FRANCE
HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT'S
INFERNO Serge Bromberg,
Ruxandra MedreaFRANCE
LEAVING Catherine Corsini
FRANCE
MY GREATEST ESCAPE Fabienne
Godet FRANCE
PERSECUTION Patrice Chéreau
FRANCE
REGRETS Cédric Kahn FRANCE
THE THORN IN THE HEART Michel
Gondry FRANCE
VILLA AMALIA Benoît Jacquot
FRANCE
WHITE MATERIAL Claire Denis
FRANCE
CINEMA EUROPA
A cinematic journey across a continent
THE APE Jesper Ganslandt SWEDEN
APPLAUSE Martin Pieter
Zandvliet DENMARK
AS GOD COMMANDS Gabriele
Salvatores ITALY
BIG DREAM, THE Michele Placido
ITALY, FRANCE
BURROWING Henrik Hellström,
Fredrik Wenzel SWEDEN
CALIMUCHO Eugenie Jansen
NETHERLANDS
DOGTOOTH Yorgos Lanthimos
GREECE
DOUBLE HOUR, THE Giuseppe
Capotondi ITALY
GIULIA DOESN'T DATE AT NIGHT Giuseppe Piccioni ITALY
HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD,THE Radu
Jude ROMANIA, NETHERLANDS
HEADHUNTER Rumle Hammerich
DENMARK
HELP GONE MAD Boris Khlebnikov
RUSSIA
HIS & HERS Ken Wardrop
IRELAND
IVUL Andrew Kötting FRANCE,
SWITZERLAND
JOURNEY TO THE MOON Kutlug
Ataman TURKEY
LAST DAYS OF EMMA BLANK, THE
Alex van Warmerdam NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM
LITTLE INDI Marc Recha SPAIN,
FRANCE
LOURDES Jessica Hausner
AUSTRIA, FRANCE,GERMANY
MAN WHO WILL COME, THE Giorgio
Diritti ITALY
MAX EMBARRASSING Lotte Svendsen
DENMARK
MEN ON THE BRIDGE Asli Özge
GERMANY, TURKEY,NETHERLANDS
METROPIA Tarik Saleh SWEDEN,
DENMARK,NORWAY
MORPHIA Alexei Balabanov RUSSIA
MY ONLY SUNSHINE Reha Erdem
TURKEY, GREECE,BULGARIA
OSADNÉ Marko Škop SLOVAKIA,
CZECHREPUBLIC
PROTEKTOR Marek Najbrt CZECH
REPUBLIC
A ROOM AND A HALF Andrei
Khrzhanovsky RUSSIAST
GEORGE SHOOTS THEDRAGONSrdjan
Dragojevic SERBIA, BOSNIA &HERZEGOVINA, BULGARIA
STORM Hans-ChristianSchmid
GERMANY, DENMARK,NETHERLANDS
SWEET RUSH Andrzej Wajda POLAND
THIS VERY INSTANT Manuel Huerga
SPAIN
THREE DAYS WITH THE FAMILY Mar
Coll SPAIN
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ME
Valerio Jalongo ITALY
WHITE SPACE, THE Francesca
Comencini ITALY
WHO'S AFRAID OF THE WOLF? Maria Procháková CZECH REPUBLIC
WOLFY Vassily Sigarev RUSSIA
WOMAN WITHOUT PIANO Javier
Rebollo SPAIN
WOMEN WITHOUT MEN Shirin Neshat
FRANCE, GERMANY,AUSTRIA
WORLD CINEMA
The best new films from around
the globe
45365 Bill Ross, Turner Ross
USA
ABSENCE, THE Mama Keïta FRANCE,
SENEGAL
ADRIFT Bui Thac Chuyen VIETNAM
AJAMI Scandar Copti, Yaron
Shani ISRAEL, GERMANY
ALEXANDER THE LAST Joe Swanberg
USA
AT THE END OF DAYBREAK Ho
Yuhang MALAYSIA, HONG KONG, SOUTH KOREA
BARE ESSENCE OF LIFE Satoko
Yokohama JAPAN
BEESWAX Andrew Bujalski USA
BEHIND THE RAINBOW Jihan
El-Tahri SOUTH AFRICA, FRANCE, EGYPT
BLANK CITY Celine Danhier USA
CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH Lu Chuan
CHINA, HONG KONG
DEAR LEMON LIMA Suzi Yoonessi
USA
DEFAMATION Yoav Shamir ISRAEL,
AUSTRIA, USA,DENMARK
EXPLODING GIRL, THE Bradley
Rust Gray USA
EYES WIDE OPEN Haim Tabakman
ISRAEL
FEAST OF VILLAINS Pan Jianlin
CHINA
FIRE OF MANSARÉ Mansour Sora
Wade SENEGAL
FORBIDDEN DOOR Joko Anwar
INDONESIA
GIGANTE Adrián Biniez URUGUAY,
GERMANY,ARGENTINA,NETHERLANDS
GULAAL Anurag Kashyap INDIA
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM
JOHANNESBURG: THE BOTTOMLINEConnie
Field USA
KAMUI Yoichi Sai JAPAN
KARAOKE Chris Chong MALAYSIA
KINATAY Brilliante Mendoza
PHILLIPPINES, FRANCE
LIKE YOU KNOW IT ALL Hong
Sang-Soo SOUTH KOREA
NYMPH Pen-ek Ratanaruang
THAILAND
ONE-ZERO Kamala Abu Zaki EGYPT
PASSENGER SIDE Matt Bissonnette
CANADA
PLAN B Marco Berger ARGENTINA
POLYTECHNIQUE Denis Villeneuve
CANADA
POWER OF THE POOR Adama Drabo,
Ladji Diakité MALI
RIDE THE WAVE JOHNNY Sudhir
Mishra INDIA
SEARCH, THE Pema Tseden CHINA
SERGIO Greg Barker USA, UK
SHINE OF RAINBOWS, A Vic Sarin
CANADA, IRELAND
SHIRLEY ADAMS Oliver Hermanus
SOUTH AFRICA, USA, UK
SIGHTSEEING Ezequiel Acuna
ARGENTINA
STILL BILL Damani Baker USA
THE STOLEN WELL Shyam Benegal
INDIA
SWEETHEARTS OF THE PRISON
RODEO Bradley Beesley USA
TODAY'S SPECIAL David Kaplan USA
TRASH HUMPERS Harmony Korine
USA
TRAVELLER, THE Ahmed Maher
EGYPT
TRIMPIN': THE SOUND OF INVENTION Peter Esmonde USA
VISITORS Hong Sang-Soo, Naomi
Kawase,Lav Diaz SOUTH KOREA
WAH DO DEM Sam Fleischner, Ben
Chace USA
WELL, THE Umesh Vinayak
Kulkarni INDIA
WIND JOURNEYS, THE Ciro Guerra
COLUMBIA, GERMANY, ARGENTINA, NETHERLANDS
THE WINDOW Buddhadeb Dasgupta INDIA
