The 65th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express today announces the line-up of filmmakers and stars attending this years’ Festival.
HEADLINE GALAS
THE HARDER THEY FALL: Jeymes Samuel, Idris Elba, Regina King, Jonathan Majors, Edi Gathegi, RJ Cyle, Deon Cole, James Lassiter, Mihai Malaimare, Tom Eagles; THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH: Joel Coen, Frances McDormand, Kathryn Hunter, Bertie Carvel, Alex Hassell, Corey Hawkins, Harry Melling, Bruno Delbonnel; BELFAST: Kenneth Branagh, Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds, Lara McDonnell, Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie; LAST NIGHT IN SOHO: Edgar Wright, Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao; MOTHERING SUNDAY: Eva Husson, Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Glenda Jackson, Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen; RON’S GONE WRONG: Sarah Smith, Jean-Philippe Vine, Octavio E. Rodriguez, Julie Lockhart, Liam Payne, Kylie Cantrall; SPENCER: Kristen Stewart; THE LOST DAUGHTER: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Jack Farthing, Robyn Elwell, Ellie Blake; THE POWER OF THE DOG: Jane Campion, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Tanya Seghatchian, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Ari Wegner; THE SOUVENIR PART II: Joanna Hogg, Honor Swinton-Byrne, Harris Dickinson, Charlie Heaton, Jaygann Ayeh, Richard Ayoade, Lydia Fox.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND SPECIAL SCREENINGS
ALI & AVA: Clio Barnard, Claire Rushbrook, Adeel Akhtar; BENEDICTION: Terence Davies, Mike Elliott, Peter Capaldi, Geraldine James, Gemma Jones, Jack Lowden, Calam Lynch, Kate Phillips, Matthew Tennyson; FLEE: Jonas Poher Rasmussen; GREAT FREEDOM: Sebastian Meise; NEPTUNE FROST: Anisia Uzeyman, Saul Williams; PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT: Lucie Zhang; THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN: Craig Roberts, Mark Rylance, Jake Davies, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Simon Farnaby, Scott Murray, Ash Tandon, Steve Oram, Tim Steed; THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: Todd Haynes, Christine Vachon, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn; TITANE: Julia Ducournau, Agathe Rouselle, Vincent Lindon; SUCCESSION: Jesse Armstrong, Brian Cox, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Matthew Macfayden, J. Smith Cameron, Alan Ruck, Lucy Prebble, Jon Brown, Scott Ferguson, Tony Roche.
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
BELLE: Mamoru Hosoda; IL BUCO: Michelangelo Frammartino; LINGUI, THE SACRED BONDS: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun; SUNDOWN: Michel Franco, Henry Goodman, Albertine Kotting McMillan, Samuel Bottomley, James Tarpey; THE HAND OF GOD: Paolo Sorrentino, Filippo Scotti, Lorenzo MIeli, Daria D'Antonio, Luisa Ranieri, Teresa Saponangelo; TRUE THINGS: Harry Wootliff, Ruth Wilson.
FIRST FEATURE COMPETITION
AZOR: Andreas Fontana; COSTA BRAVA LEBANON: Mounia Akl, Nadine Labaki, François Nour; PLAYGROUND: Laura Wandel; SMALL BODY: Laura Samani; THE ALLEYS: Bassel Ghandour; THE FEAST: Lee Haven Jones, Roger Williams, Annes Elwy, Nia Roberts.
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
BABI YAR. CONTEXT: Sergei Loznitsa; COW: Andrea Arnold; FAYA DAYI: Jessica Beshir; NASCONDINO (HIDE AND SEEK): Victoria Fiore; THE DANCE: Pat Collins.
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
THE BANG STRAWS: Michelle Williams Gamaker; DISEASED AND DISORDERLY: Andrew Kötting; FEMME: Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Harris Dickinson, Paapa Essiedu; FOR LOVE: Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor; KNOW THE GRASS: Sophie Littman, India Fowler, Conrad Khan; LOVE, DAD: Diana Cam Van Nguyen; PRECIOUS HAIR & BEAUTY: John Ogunmuyiwa; STILETTO: “A PINK FAMILY TRAGEDY”: Can Merdan Doğan.
LOVE
THE TENDER BAR: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Lily Rabe; A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE: Sami Outalbali, Diong-Kéba Tacu; BANTÚ MAMA: Clarisse Albrecht; CANNON ARM AND THE ARCADE QUEST: Mads Hedegaard; COMPARTMENT NO. 6: Juho Kuosmanen; Seidi Haarla OUR MEN: Edwin Gaffney; PETITE MAMAN: Céline Sciamma; RIDE THE WAVE: Martyn Roberston; THE GRAVEDIGGER’S WIFE: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed; THE OUTLAWS: Benjamin Helstad; THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: Joachim Trier, Anders Danielsen Lie; TWO FRIENDS: Prasun Chatterjee; WHEN A FARM GOES AFLAME: Jide Tom Akinleminu.
DEBATE
A HERO: Asghar Farhadi; AHED’S KNEE: Nadav Lapid; BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: Emmanuel Carrère; BURN IT DOWN!: Celia Aniskovich, Tim Travers Hawkins; ear for eye: debbie tucker green; LEAVE NO TRACES: Jan P. Matuszyński; MASS: Fran Kransz, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton; THE FIRST WAVE: Matthew Heineman; THE HOLE IN THE FENCE: Joaquín del Paso; THE NEUTRAL GROUND: CJ Hunt; WELCOME TO SPAIN: Juan Antonia Moreno.
LAUGH
7 DAYS: Roshan Sethi; Karan Soni ALL MY FRIENDS HATE ME: Andrew Gaynord; BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN: Radu Jude; COP SECRET: Hannes Thór Halldórsson, Audunn Blondal, Egill Einarsson, Sverrir Thor Sverrisson; THE DIVIDE: Catherine Corsini; THE ODD-JOB MEN: Neus Ballús; QUEEN OF GLORY: Nana Mensah.
DARE
ALL IS VANITY: Marcos Mereles, James Aroussi, Sid Phoenix, Christopher Sherwood, Rosie Steel, Isabelle Bonfrer; AS IN HEAVEN: Tea Lindeburg; CLARA SOLA: Nathalie Álvarez Mesén; EARWIG: Lucile Hadzihalilovic; LA MIF: Fred Bailif, Charlotte Areddy, Joseph Areddy, Anaïs Uldry; MEMORY BOX: Joana Hadjithomas, Kahlil Joreige; NATURAL LIGHT: Dénes Nagy; THE TSUGUA DIARIES: Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes; USERS: Natalia Almada.
THRILL
BOILING POINT: Philip Barantini, Stephen Graham, Jason Flemyng, Ray Panthaki, Vignette Robinson, Hannah Walters; BULL: Andrew Williams, Neil Maskell, David Hayman; ENCOUNTER: Michael Pearce, Riz Ahmed; HINTERLAND: Stefan Ruzowitzky; MUNICH - THE EDGE OF WAR: Christian Schwochow; SEE FOR ME: Randall Okita; WILD INDIAN: Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.
CULT
A BANQUET: Ruth Paxton, Sienna Guillory, Jessica Alexander; DASHCAM: Rob Savage; Annie Hardy; INEXORABLE: Fabrice Du Welz; LA ABUELA: Paco Plaza; LAMB: Valdimar Jóhannsson; MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON: Ana Lily Amirpour; SHE WILL: Amy Manson, Charlotte Colbert, Kota Eberhardt, Rupert Everett, Alice Krige, Malcolm McDowell; SHEPHERD: Russell Owen, Tom Hughes, Gaia Weiss.
JOURNEY
CITIZEN ASHE: Rex Miller; HOLGUT: Liesbeth De Ceulaer; LUZZU: Alex Camilleri; PASSING: Rebecca Hall, André Holland, Ruth Negga, Andre Holland, Margot Hand; SEDIMENTS: Adrián Silvestre; THE SEA AHEAD: Ely Dagher, Manal Issa; THE WOLF SUIT: Sam Firth, Simon Martin, Eleanor Fusaro; WOOD AND WATER: Jonas Bak.
CREATE
8 BAR - THE EVOLUTION OF GRIME: Ewen Spencer; OMAR AMIRALAY - SORROW, TIME, SILENCE: Hala Alabdalla; QUANT: Sadie Frost; THE REAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN: Peter Middleton, James Spinney; THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION: Mark Cousins; THE TAKING: Alexandre Philippe.
FAMILY
THE APE STAR: Linda Hambäck; ROBIN ROBIN Mikey Please, Dan Ojari, Bronte Carmichael, Adeel Akhtar, Sarah Cox, Helen Argo.
EXPERIMENTA
LAGO GATÚN: Kevin Jerome Everson; THE AFTERLIGHT: Charlie Shackleton WHAT WE SHARED: Kamila Kuc; EYE CUT: Sarah Pucill; LIBEATION RADIO: Esther Johnson; DISTURBED EARTH: Didem Pekün; THE GIFT: Jasmina Cibic; THE HAND THAT SINGS: Alex Reynolds; ANIMAL ANTICS: Patrick Goddard; UPSIDE MIMI ᴉƜᴉƜ UʍOP: Rachel Maclean; CHILD OF POLYCRITUS: Lauren John Joseph; ISN’T IT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD: Joseph Wilson; A DREAM OF WHOLNESS IN PARTS: Sin Wai Kin.
TREASURES
NAKED: Mike Leigh; THE OUTSIDERS: Francis Ford Coppola (virtual live Q&A)
SERIES
4 FEET HIGH: María Belén Poncio; CURSE OF THE CHIPPENDALES: Jesse Vile; DOPESICK: Danny Strong, Kaitlyn Dever, Will Poulter; THE ROPE: Dominique Rocher, Eric Forestier.
XR
ATOMIC/ GHOST IN THE ATOM: Felicia Honkasalo, Akuliina Niemi, Masi Tiitta CAPTURED: Hanna Haaslahti, Harmke Heezen ETERNAL RETURN - THE MEMOR: Christer Lundahl, Christopher Shaw EULOGY: Glen Neath, David Rosenburg FAUNA: Adrien Mondot INHIBITION: Zoe Diakaki, Marina Mersiadou LAIKA: Asif Kapadia, Nick Abadzis LIMINAL LANDS: Jakob Kudsk Steensen MISSING PICTURES: EPISODE 2: Clèment Deneux MUSEUM OF AUSTERITY:John Pring; ONLY EXPANSION: Duncan Speakman VIRTUALLY THERE: Leon Oldstrong
The 65th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express takes place from Wednesday 6 October – Sunday 17 October, 2021.
