{"id":12322,"date":"2022-09-01T16:28:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T20:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=12322"},"modified":"2022-09-01T16:28:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T20:28:02","slug":"the-66th-bfi-london-film-festival-announces-full-2022-programme-in-cinemas-from-5-16-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=12322","title":{"rendered":"THE 66th BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL 2022 PROGRAMME, IN CINEMAS FROM 5-16 OCTOBER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>THE 66<sup>th<\/sup> <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> LONDON FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL 2022 PROGRAMME, IN CINEMAS FROM 5-16 OCTOBER<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Opening with the World Premiere of ROALD DAHL\u2019S MATILDA THE MUSICAL<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/b><b>Closing with European Premiere of Rian Johnson\u2019s GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>American Express Gala is the European Premiere of Sam Mendes\u2019 EMPIRE OF LIGHT<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>The Festival also announces:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">A dynamic and vibrant programme of 164 feature films from around the world (with all films screening to UK audiences for the first time, including 23 World, 6 International, 15 European Premieres)<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">In cinemas and venues across central London plus 10 LFF partner cinemas across the UK<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">A curated programme of 20+ features and 15 free short films available digitally across the whole of the UK on <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> Player until 23 October<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">41% of the programme is from female and non-binary directors\/creators or co-directors\/creators with 34% made by ethnically diverse directors\/creators <\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Line up includes LFF Expanded, a programme of 20 new Immersive Art and Extended Realities strand, now in its third year<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">And for the second year, LFF Series, a showcase of international work made for television or digital platforms in series form, with 8 new works from 8 countries, including 3 World Premieres<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">LFF for Free offers audiences a vibrant wide-ranging programme of short films, immersive art works and talks, alongside imaginative, playful events, and filmmaker Q&amp;A\u2019s, both in-person at <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> Southbank and online across <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span>Player, <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> YouTube and social media \u2013 all completely free of charge<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Major alumni filmmakers returning to LFF include Johnson and Mendes as well as Darren Aronofsky, Noah Baumbach, the Dardennes, Mia Hansen-L\u00f8ve, Joanna Hogg, Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu, Sebasti\u00e1n Lelio, <\/span><\/b><b>Tobias Lindholm, <\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Guy Maddin, Ruben \u00d6stlund, Fran\u00e7ois Ozon, Park Chan-wook, Laura Poitras, Sarah Polley, Guillermo del Toro, Lars von Trier and Nora Twomey<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" align=\"center\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>FULL PROGRAMME AVAILABLE AT <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/lff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><b>https:\/\/www.<span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">bfi<\/span>.org.uk\/lff<\/b><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Default\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Default\"><b>London, embargoed until Thursday 1 September, 11.00am.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Default\">The 66<sup>th<\/sup> <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> London Film Festival (LFF) in partnership with American Express today announces the full programme line-up, which will be presented in cinemas and online, across the UK. Over twelve days from 5 \u2013 16 October, the LFF will return to its fantastic flagship venues in the heart of London \u2013 <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> Southbank and the Southbank Centre\u2019s Royal Festival Hall, which between them host Galas, Special Presentations and Official Competition. Films and series from all strands of the Festival screen in many of central London\u2019s iconic cinemas with a curated selection of features showcased at 10 partner venues across the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Default\">The full programme features films, series and immersive art works from over 63 countries with 41% of the programme made by female and non-binary directors\/creators or co-directors\/creators and 34% made by ethnically diverse directors\/creators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Default\">An impressive number of major alumni filmmakers return to LFF including: Darren Aronofsky, Noah Baumbach, James Benning, Marco Bellocchio, Bertrand Bonello, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Richard Eyre, Kevin Jerome Everson, Patricio Guzm\u00e1n, Mani Haghighi, Mia Hansen-L\u00f8ve, Joanna Hogg, Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu, Rian Johnson, <span lang=\"EN\">Asif Kapadia, <\/span>Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy, Sebasti\u00e1n Lelio, S\u00e9bastien Lifshitz, Tobias Lindholm, Edward Lovelace, Martin McDonagh, Santiago Mitre, Michel Ocelot, Ruben \u00d6stlund, Fran\u00e7ois Ozon, Park Chan-wook, Alexandre O. Philippe, Laura Poitras, Sarah Polley, Luc\u00eda Puenzo, <span lang=\"EN\">Jo\u00e3o Pedro Rodrigues, <\/span>Jerzy Skolimowski, <span lang=\"EN\">Paolo Taviani<\/span>, Guillermo del Toro, Lars von Trier, Nora Twomey. Major emerging alumni returning to LFF with new features include: Ali Abassi, Fyzal Boulifa, Lukas Dhont, Alice Diop, Sally El Hosaini, Soudade Kaadan, Hlynur P\u00e1lmason, with the Festival also introducing audiences to a thrilling new generation of international filmmakers with 39 debut features in LFF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Default\">Every feature and series screens to audiences in the UK for the very first time, with many shown publicly to for the first time ever anywhere in the world. Premieres include 23 feature film and 3 series World Premieres, 6 feature film International Premieres and 15 feature film and 2 series European Premieres. As previously announced the LFF Expanded programme of Immersive Art features 6 World Premieres. World Premieres from filmmakers and artists include: GUILLERMO DEL TORO\u2019S PINOCCHIO; a new series from television auteur Hugo Blick, THE ENGLISH, starring Emily Blunt and a brand new commission AR from acclaimed filmmaker Guy Maddin, HAUNTED HOTEL: A MELODRAMA IN AUGMENTED REALITY. International Premieres include SHE SAID, starring Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan and based on the booked from New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, and award-winning documentary filmmaker Ondi Timoner\u2019s LAST FLIGHT HOME. Major European Premieres include: EMPIRE OF LIGHT from Sam Mendes; GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY from Rian Johnson; MY POLICEMAN, directed by Michael Grandage and starring Emma Corrin, Harry Styles and Rupert Everett; Chinonye Chukwu\u2019s TILL, starring Danielle Deadwyler and Whoopi Goldberg; ALLELUJAH, directed by Richard Eyre adapted from Alan Bennett\u2019s play, with stars including Judi Dench and Jennifer Saunders; Frank Berry\u2019s AISHA starring Letitia Wright and Josh O\u2019Connor, and LADY CHATTERLEY\u2019S LOVER, directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre and also starring Emma Corrin alongside Jack O\u2019Connell. LFF will host the European Premieres of several major new filmmaking voices: Sundance award-winner Nikyatu Jusu with NANNY; acclaimed theatre director Lila Neugebauer\u2019s CAUSEWAY starring Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry and photographer and documentarian Elegance Bratton\u2019s THE INSPECTION.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Default\">Audiences will enjoy a rich programme of fiction, documentary, animation, artists\u2019 moving image, short film, newly restored classics from the world\u2019s archives, and exciting international works made in immersive and episodic forms. LFF for Free will return to <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span>Southbank with a programme of in-person events and screenings as well as a programme of free short films and events that will be available across the UK virtually. The Festival will also be accessible UK-wide via a specially curated programme of feature and short films on <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> Player, which viewers will be able to enjoy for a full week after the Festival (from 14 \u2013 23 October).<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoPlainText\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Ben Roberts, CEO<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">, <b><span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> said<\/b>: <i>\u201cI\u2019m immensely proud of the <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> London Film Festival and the talented team who take it from strength to strength every year. They continue to find creative ways of reaching new audiences across the UK, including through our free programme and a wider range of work, including our Series and VR and immersive works. The LFF provides a vital platform for global filmmakers to showcase their work and I\u2019m excited to see such a bold and expansive range of films, more World Premieres than ever and an incredible range of debuts from UK directors. We couldn\u2019t do it without our loyal supporters, including our principal partner of 13 years American Express, so huge thanks to them and our many other sponsors, funders, partners, including the UK Government and the UK\u2019s National Lottery players who do so much to enable both the Festival and our work throughout the year.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Default\"><b>Tricia Tuttle, <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> London Film Festival Director<\/b> <b>said: <\/b><i>\u201cIf there is something that unites these brilliant but disparate works, it\u2019s the boldness and ambition of their filmmakers and creators. As we emerge from an unprecedented period of disruption and change &#8211; a global health crisis, instability, climate change &#8211; artists are our North Star, helping guide us and shape our understanding in a complex and often confusing world. And the work here reminds me again of why we love films, television, visual storytelling of all kinds\u2026it has the power to help us see. We are so grateful to these artists for their incredible films, series and immersive works and can\u2019t wait to share it with audiences.\u201c<\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Default\">The LFF is delighted to invite audiences once again to its London hubs on the South Bank and in the West End, with both areas remaining at the heart of the <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> London Film Festival experience. Each night, a Gala will screen at the Southbank Centre\u2019s Royal Festival Hall on an 18-metre screen with full high-spec 7.1 channel surround sound, ensuring every seat in the over-2000-seater venue is the best in the house. The <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span>\u2019s iconic flagship venue <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> Southbank, will host the prestigious Competition Titles, the LFF Series programme, Screen Talks and LFF For Free Events. A host of London cinemas will also screen titles from the programme including: Odeon Luxe West End, the Prince Charles Cinema, ICA, Curzon Soho and Curzon Mayfair, each of them welcoming special guests to present their work to audiences across London\u2019s West End.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Default\">The LFF is one of the world\u2019s leading film festivals, with a programme that offers audiences the chance to be among the first to see hotly anticipated films from the most exciting new and established filmmakers from around the globe. The LFF competitive sections will recognise remarkable creative filmmaking achievements, and be presented in a digital ceremony, open to all on the final evening of the LFF. A soon-to-be announced set of juries will select the winners across five categories: Official Competition, First Feature, Documentary, Immersive Art and XR and Short Film. The LFF Audience Award, introduced in 2021, allows Festival-goers to vote for their favourite feature, while a new category, Audience Award \u2013 Best Short Film, is also introduced this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">As previously announced, LFF Expanded is presented in partnership with the National Theatre, and returns in 2022 for its third year, and features ground-breaking work from artists and creative teams working in immersive media including virtual, augmented and mixed reality, from across the UK and internationally. The programme takes place across multiple venues on London\u2019s South Bank; 26 Leake Street, the award-winning venue located in the Leake Street graffiti tunnel, National Theatre and at <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> Southbank. This programme includes the World Premiere, commissioned by the LFF, of Guy Maddin\u2019s HAUNTED HOTEL: A MELODRAMA IN AUGMENTED REALITY. Presented at <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span>Southbank, this evocative, immersive exhibition transports the audience into a surreal paper world, created from an eclectic selection of clippings drawn from Maddin\u2019s own personal archive, set to an intricate soundscape by acclaimed composer Magnus Fiennes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Following last year\u2019s incredibly successful debut, the LFF Series strand returns to showcase some of the best in new episodic programming from around the world, including three World Premieres at this year\u2019s festival. Audiences can enjoy screenings of some of the most anticipated and exciting new series presented across a number of the LFF strands. The Series programmed is headlined by the World Premiere of Western THE ENGLISH starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer, and includes the long-awaited third season of Lars von Trier\u2019s <i>The Kingdom trilogy<\/i>, THE KINGDOM EXODUS; SE\u00d1ORITA 89, from director and showrunner Luc\u00eda Puenzo and producers Pablo and Juan de Dios Larra\u00edn, and the previously announced espionage thriller A SPY AMONG FRIENDS and comedy-drama MAMMALS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Default\">The Festival aims to be inclusive, accessible and welcoming and includes many ways audiences can engage outside of the Official Selection: through LFF for Free, Screen Talks with major filmmakers and actors and virtual Q&amp;As across the Festival. Young cinema goers, Audiences aged 16-25 and emerging professionals can also enrich their engagement of the Festival in a number of key ways: our <a href=\"https:\/\/whatson.bfi.org.uk\/Online\/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=25-and-under&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">25 &amp; Under<\/a> \u00a35 tickets, available across selected titles in the Festival; our FAMILY screenings, our education programmes, and via events and screenings for young aspiring professionals presented with <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> Film Academy and the <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> Future Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Default\">A full programme of events and screenings is available for professional and press delegates across the Festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>DOWNLOAD THE FULL <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> LONDON FILM FESTIVAL PRESS PACK FOR COMPLETE PROGRAMME INFORMATION <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/core-cms.bfi.org.uk\/media\/24219\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\"><b>HERE<\/b><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Default\">\n<p class=\"x_Default\"><b><u>HEADLINE GALAS:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Opening Night Gala \u2013 ROALD DAHL\u2019S MATILDA THE MUSICAL (UK, dir. Matthew Warchus)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Closing Night Gala \u2013 GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (USA, dir.-scr. Rian Johnson)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">American Express Gala \u2013 EMPIRE OF LIGHT (UK-USA, dir.-scr. Sam Mendes)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">American Airlines Gala \u2013 THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Ireland-UK-USA, dir.-scr. Martin McDonagh)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS (Mexico, dir. Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">DECISION TO LEAVE (South Korea, dir.-prod. Park Chan-wook)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">LIVING (UK, dir. Oliver Hermanus)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">GUILLERMO DEL TORO\u2019S PINOCCHIO (USA, dir. Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">SHE SAID (USA, dir. Maria Schrader)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">THE SON (UK, dir. Florian Zeller)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Mayor of London\u2019s Gala\u00a0<i>\u2013\u00a0<\/i>TILL (USA, dir. Chinonye Chukwu)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> Patrons\u2019 Gala \u2013 THE WHALE (USA, dir. Darren Aronofsky)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">WHITE NOISE (USA, dir.-scr. Noah Baumbach)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">THE WONDER (UK-Ireland, dir.\u00a0Sebasti\u00e1n Lelio)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">ALLELUJAH (UK, dir. Richard Eyre)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">CAUSEWAY (USA, dir. Lila Neugebauer)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Series Special Presentation \u2013 THE ENGLISH (UK-Spain, dir.-scr. Hugo Blick)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER (UK-USA, dir.-scr. Joanna Hogg)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">HOLY SPIDER (Denmark-Germany-Sweden-France, dir. Ali Abbasi)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY (Chile-France, dir.-scr.\u00a0Patricio Guzm\u00e1n)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">MY POLICEMAN (UK, dir. Michael Grandage)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">NANNY (USA, dir.-scr. Nikyatu Jusu)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">NIL BY MOUTH (UK, dir.-scr. Gary Oldman)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">THE SWIMMERS (UK, dir. Sally El Hosaini)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (Sweden-Germany-France-UK, dir.-scr.\u00a0Ruben \u00d6stlund) <i>\u2013 in association with Time Out<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">WOMEN TALKING (USA, dir.-scr. Sarah Polley)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> Flare Special Presentation \u2013 THE INSPECTION (USA, dir.-scr. Elegance Bratton)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Experimenta Special Presentation \u2013 PIAFFE (Germany, dir. Ann Oren)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>LFF AWARDS<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>OFFICIAL COMPETITION <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ARGENTINA, 1985 (Argentina, dir.-scr. Santiago Mitre)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BROTHER (Canada, dir.-scr. Clement Virgo)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CORSAGE (Austria-Luxembourg-Germany-France, dir.-scr. Marie Kreutzer)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">LES DAMN\u00c9S NE PLEURENT PAS (France-Belgium-Morocco, dir.-scr. Fyzal Boulifa)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ENYS MEN (UK, dir.-scr. Mark Jenkin)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">GODLAND ( Denmark-Iceland-France-Sweden, dir.-scr. Hlynur P\u00e1lmason)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">NEZOUH (UK-Syria-France, dir.-scr. Soudade Kaadan)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SAINT OMER (France, dir.-scr. Alice Diop)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>FIRST FEATURE COMPETITION <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">1976 (Chile-Argentina-Qatar, dir. Manuela Martelli)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BLUE JEAN (UK, dir.-scr. Georgia Oakley)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">JEONG-SUN (South Korea, dir.-scr. Jeong Ji-hye)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">JOYLAND (Pakistan, dir. Saim Sadiq)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MEDUSA DELUXE (UK, dir.-scr. Thomas Hardiman)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">OUR LADY OF THE CHINESE SHOP (Angola, dir.-scr. Ery Claver)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ROBE OF GEMS (Argentina-Mexico, dir.-scr. Natalia L\u00f3pez Gallardo)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">RODEO (France, dir. Lola Quivoron)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ALL THAT BREATHES (India-UK-USA, dir. Shaunak Sen)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ALL THAT BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED (USA, dir. Laura Poitras)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CASA SUSANNA (France-USA, dir. S\u00e9bastien Lifshitz)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE FUTURE TENSE (Ireland-UK, dir.-scr. Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">KANAVAL: A PEOPLE\u2019S HISTORY OF HAITI IN SIX CHAPTERS (Haiti-UK, dir.-scr. Leah Gordon, Eddie Hutton Mills)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">LYNCH\/OZ (USA, dir.-scr. Alexandre O. Philippe)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">NAME ME LAWAND (UK, dir.-scr. Edward Lovelace)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">WHAT ABOUT CHINA? (USA-China-Singapore, dir.-scr. Trinh Minh-ha)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>IMMERSIVE ART AND XR COMPETITION <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ALL UNSAVED PROGRESS WILL BE LOST (France, Lead Artist &#8211; M\u00e9lanie Courtinat)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">APPARATUS LUDENS (UK-Sweden, Lead Artist &#8211; Untold Garden)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">AS MINE EXACTLY (UK, Lead Artist &#8211; Charlie Shackleton)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BLACK MOVEMENT LIBRARY &#8211; MOVEMENT PORTRAITS (USA, Lead Artist &#8211; LaJun\u00e9 McMillian)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE CHOICE (Canada-Poland, Lead Artist &#8211; Joanne Popinska)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">DIGITAL MOTIONS (Germany, Lead Artists &#8211; Helge Letonja, Marcel Karnapke, Bj\u00f6rn Lengers, Anke Euler, Music Florian Tippe)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">FRAMERATE: PULSE OF EARTH (UK, Lead Artists &#8211; Matthew Shaw, William Trossell, ScanLAB Projects)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">IN PURSUIT OF REPETITIVE BEATS (UK, Lead Artist \u2013 Darren Emerson)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE INFINITE LIBRARY (India-Germany-Czech Republic, Lead Artist &#8211; Mika Johnson)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">INTRAVENE (UK-Canada, Lead Artists \u2013 Darkfield, Crackdown, Brenda Longfellow)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE LAST TIME I SAW SNOW (UK, Lead Artists &#8211; Isobel Mascarenhas-Whitman, Alex Tennyson)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">LINE OF CONTACT (Netherlands-UK-Ukraine, Lead Artist \u2013 Dani Ploeger)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MISSING PICTURES EPISODE 3: THE MONKEY WRENCH GANG (France-UK-Taiwan-Luxembourg-South Korea, Lead Artist \u2013 Cl\u00e9ment Deneux, with \u2013 Catherine Hardwicke)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MONOLITHS (UK, Lead Artists &#8211; Lucy Hammond, Hannah Davies, Asma Elbadawi, Carmen Marcus)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ON THE MORNING YOU WAKE (TO THE END OF THE WORLD) (UK-France-USA, Lead Artists &#8211; Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, Mike Brett, Steve Jamison, Arnaud Colinart, Pierre Zandrowicz)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">PAN + TILT (UK, Lead Artists &#8211; Ruth Gibson, Bruno Martelli)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">PLANET CITY (USA-China, Lead Artists &#8211; L Liam Young, Kayvan Boudai, Elliot Ordower, James Clark)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">WALZER (The Netherlands, Lead Artists &#8211; Frieda Gustavs, Leo Erken)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>SHORT FILM COMPETITION <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">AN AVOCADO PIT (Portugal, dir.-scr. Ary Zara)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CHECOSLOVAQUIA (Peru, dir.-scr. Dennis Perinango)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">DROP OUT (UK, dir. Ade Femzo)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">I HAVE NO LEGS, AND I MUST RUN (China, dir.-scr. Yue Li)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">IT\u2019S RAINING FROGS OUTSIDE (Philippines, dir.-scr. Maria Estela Paiso)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE RITUAL TO BEAUTY (USA, dir. Maria Marrone, Shenny de Los Angeles)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ROSEMARY A.D. (AFTER DAD) (USA, dir.-scr. Ethan Barrett)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A SOD STATE (Ireland-Netherlands, dir.-prod. Eoghan Ryan)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">TRANSPARENT (UK, dir. Siobhan Davies)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">As in previous years, the feature film programme is organised by strand to encourage discovery and to open up the Festival to new audiences. These are: <b>Love, Debate, Laugh, Dare, Thrill, Cult<\/b>, <b>Journey<\/b>, <b>Create, Experimenta<\/b>, <b>Family <\/b>and<b> Treasures. <\/b>Audiences can also find a new and exciting <b>Series <\/b>programming in many of the strands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>LOVE<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">AFTERSUN (UK-USA, dir.-scr. Charlotte Wells)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BLUE BAG LIFE (UK, dir. Lisa Selby, Rebecca Hirsch Lloyd-Evans, Alex Fry)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE BLUE CAFTAN (France-Morocco-Belgium, dir.-scr. Maryam Touzani)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CLOSE (Belgium-France-Netherlands, dir. Lukas Dhont)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE CLOUD MESSENGER (India, dir.-scr. Rahat Mahajan)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">LADY\u2019S CHATTERLEY\u2019S LOVER (UK, dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">LAST FLIGHT HOME (USA, dir. Ondi Timoner)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">LOVE LIFE (Japan-France, dir.-scr. K\u00f4ji Fukada)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MALINTZIN 17 (Mexico-Switzerland, dir. Eugenio Polgovsky, Mara Polgovsky)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MAMMALS (UK, dir. Stephanie Laing)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MAYA NILO (LAURA) (Sweden, dir. Lovisa Sir\u00e9n)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MORE THAN EVER (France-Germany-Luxembourg-Norway, dir. Emily Atef)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ONE FINE MORNING (France-Germany, dir.-scr. Mia Hansen-L\u00f8ve)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">PRETTY RED DRESS (UK, dir.-scr. Dionne Edwards)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A ROOM OF MY OWN (Georgia-Germany, dir. Ioseb \u2018Soso\u2019 Bliadze)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SHE IS LOVE (UK, dir.-scr. Jamie Adams)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">TORI AND LOKITA (Belgium-France, dir.-scr. Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">WINTER BOY (France, dir.-scr. Christophe Honor\u00e9)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>DEBATE<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BLAZE (Australia, dir. Del Kathryn Barton)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BLUE ISLAND (Hong Kong (S.A.R of China)-Japan-Taiwan, dir. Chan Tze-woon)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BOBI WINE: GHETTO PRESIDENT (Uganda, dir. Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER (USA, dir.-prod.-scr. Nina Menkes)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CALL JANE (USA, dir. Phyllis Nagy)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">DECLARATION (India, dir.-scr. Mahesh Narayanan)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">EXTERIOR NIGHT (Italy-France, dir. Marco Bellocchio)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">HIDDEN LETTERS (China-USA-Norway-Germany, dir. Violet Du Feng, Zhao Qing)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">IF THE STREETS WERE ON FIRE (UK, dir. Alice Russel)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">KLONDIKE (Ukraine, dir.-scr. Maryna Er Gorbach)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">NEXT SOHEE (South Korea, dir.-scr. July Jung)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">PALM TREES AND POWER LINES (USA, dir. Jamie Dack)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">STONEWALLING (Japan, dir.-scr. Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE STORE (Sweden-Italy, dir.-scr. Ami-Ro Sk\u00f6ld)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>LAUGH<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CHEE$E (Trinidad and Tobago-USA, dir.-scr. Damian Marcano)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE ESTATE (USA, dir.-scr. Dean Craig)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">FAST &amp; FEEL LOVE (Thailand, dir.-scr. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">I LOVE MY DAD (USA, dir.-scr. James Morosini)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">KLOKKENLUIDER (UK-USA, dir.-scr. Neil Maskell)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE MIDDLE AGES (Argentina, dir. Luciana Acu\u00f1a, Alejo Moguillansky)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">RIMINI (Austria-France-Germany, dir. Ulrich Seidl)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SICK OF MYSELF (Norway-Sweden, dir.-scr. Kristoffer Borgli)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>DARE<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BUTTERFLY VISION (Ukraine-Czech Republic-Croatia-Sweden, dir. Maksym Nakonechnyi)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">COMA (France, dir.-scr. Bertrand Bonello)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA (France, dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">EO (Poland-Italy, dir. Jerzy Skolimowski)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">HORSEPLAY (LOS AGITADORES) (Argentina, dir.-scr. Marco Berger)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">INLAND (UK, dir.-scr. Fridtjof Ryder)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">INTO THE ICE (Denmark-Germany, dir.-scr. Lars Henrik Ostenfeld)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MANTICORE (Spain, dir.-scr. Carlos Vermut)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">PACIFICTION (France-Spain-Germany-Portugal, dir.-scr. Albert Serra)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SHTTL (Ukraine-France, dir.-scr. Ady Walter)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SUBTRACTION (Iran-France, dir. Mani Haghighi)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">UNREST (Switzerland, dir.-scr. Cyril Sch\u00e4ublin)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE WOODCUTTER STORY (Finland-Netherlands-Denmark-Germany, dir.-scr. Mikko Myllylahti)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">XAL\u00c9 (Senegal-Ivory Coast, dir. Moussa S\u00e8ne Absa)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>THRILL<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ASHKAL (France-Tunisia-Qatar, dir. Youssef Chebbi)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE BLAZE (France, Quentin Reynaud)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BOY FROM HEAVEN (Sweden-France-Finland-Denmark, dir.-scr. Tarik Saleh)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">EMILY THE CRIMINAL (USA, dir.-scr. John Patton Ford)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">FARAAZ (India, dir. Hansal Mehta)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE GOOD NURSE (USA, dir. Tobias Lindholm)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">L\u2019ORIGINE DU MAL (France-Canada, dir. S\u00e9bastien Marnier)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SE\u00d1ORITA 89 (Mexico, dir. Luc\u00eda Puenzo<b>,<\/b> Nicol\u00e1s Puenzo, Jimena Montemayor, S\u00edlvia Quer)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A SPY AMONG FRIENDS (UK, dir. Nick Murphy)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE STRANGER (Australia, dir.-scr. Thomas M. Wright)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE WOMAN IN THE WHITE CAR (South Korea, dir. Christine Ko)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>CULT<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ATTACHMENT (Denmark, dir.-scr. Gabriel Bier Gislason)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE KINGDOM EXODUS (Denmark, dir. Lars von Trier)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">LINOLEUM (USA, dir.-scr. Colin West)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">NEW NORMAL (South Korea, dir.-scr. Jung Bum-shik)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE NIGHTMARE (Norway, dir.-scr. Kjersti Helen Rasmussen)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE ORIGIN (UK, dir. Andrew Cumming)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">UNICORN WARS (Spain-France, dir. Alberto V\u00e1zquez)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">YOU WON\u2019T BE ALONE (Australia, dir.-scr. Goran Stolevski)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>JOURNEY<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">AFTER SHERMAN (USA, dir.-scr. Jon-Sesrie Goff)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">AISHA (Ireland, dir.-scr. Frank Berry)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ALCARR\u00c0S (Spain-Italy, dir. Carla Sim\u00f3n)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Indonesia-France-Singapore-Poland-Philippines-Germany-Qatar, dir.-scr. Makbul Mubarak)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CROWS ARE WHITE (USA, dir. Ahsen Nadeem)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE GIRL FROM TOMORROW (Italy-France, dir.-scr. Marta Savina)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">HIGH SCHOOL (USA-Canada, dir. Clea DuVall)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">KNOW YOUR PLACE (USA, dir.-scr. Zia Mohajerjasbi)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">LIQUOR STORE DREAMS (USA, dir. So Yun Um)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">NAYOLA (Portugal-Belgium-France-Netherlands, dir. Jos\u00e9 Miguel Ribeiro)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE PASSENGERS OF THE NIGHT (France, dir. Mikha\u00ebl Hers)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SHABU (Netherlands, dir.-scr. Shamira Rapha\u00ebla)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SMALL, SLOW BUT STEADY (Japan-France, dir. Sh\u00f4 Miyake)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SUMMER WITH HOPE (Canada-Iran, dir. Sadaf Foroughi)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SUPER EAGLES \u201996 (UK-Nigeria, dir.-scr. Yemi Bamiro)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">UNDER THE FIG TREES (Tunisia-France-Switzerland-Germany-Qatar, dir. Erige Sehiri)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">UTAMA (Bolivia-Uruguay-France, dir.-scr. Alejandro Loayza Grisi)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>CREATE<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE AFRICAN DESPERATE (USA, dir. Martine Syms)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CREATURE (UK, dir. Asif Kapadia)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">FRAGMENTS OF PARADISE (USA, dir. KD Davison)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE (Canada, dir. Jacquelyn Mills)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">GETTING IT BACK: THE STORY OF CYMANDE (UK, dir. Tim Mackenzie-Smith)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">GOD SAID GIVE \u2018EM DRUM MACHINES (USA, dir. Kristian R Hill)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">LEONORA ADDIO (Italy, dir.-scr. Paolo Taviani)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM (UK, dir. Dylan Southern, Will Lovelace)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">PETER VON KANT (France-Belgium, dir. Fran\u00e7ois Ozon)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SELF PORTRAIT AS A COFFEE POT (South Africa-USA, dir. William Kentridge)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">WHERE IS THIS STREET? OR WITH NO BEFORE AND AFTER (Portugal-France, dir. Jo\u00e3o Pedro Rodrigues, Jo\u00e3o Rui Guerra da Mata)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE WORST ONES (France, dir. Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>EXPERIMENTA<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">100 WAYS TO CROSS THE BORDER (USA-Mexico, dir. Amber Bay Bemak)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BECOMING PLANT (UK-Denmark, Norway, dir. Grace Ndiritu)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">QUALITIES OF LIFE: LIVING IN THE RADIANT COLD (Germany, dir.-prod.-scr. James Richards)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE BLUE ROSE OF FORGETFULNESS (USA, dir.-prod. Lewis Klahr)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ROARY (UK, dir. Director David Leister)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">STAGING DEATH (Austria-Germany, dir. Jan Soldat)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">JILL, UNCREDITED (Canada-UK, dir. Anthony Ing)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BLIND YELLOW SUNSHINE (UK, dir.-scr.-prod. Adonia Boucherhri)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">HERBARIA (Argentina-Germany, dir.-scr. Leandro Listorti)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SEAWEED (UK, dir. Julia Parks)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA, dir. James Benning)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">PATENT 1,571,148 (USA, dir. Kevin Jerome Everson)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">TRANSPARENT (UK, dir. Siobhan Davies)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ARIBADA (Colombia-Germany, dir.-prod. Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau, Natalia Escobar)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE SEVERED TAIL (Germany, dir.-scr. Marianna Simnet)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">I\u2019LL BE BACK (UK, dir. Hope Strickland)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CHUU CHUU (USA, dir.-scr.-prod. Mackie Mallison)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">DOWNSTREAM (UK, dir.-prod. Adam Kossoff)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">VISION OF PARADISE (Brazil-USA, dir.-scr.-prod. Leonardo Pirondi)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE OCEAN ANALOG (Spain-Mexico, dir. Luis Macias)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SAPPUKEI (Taiwan, dir. Chun Wang, Hikky Chen)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A SOD STATE (Ireland-Netherlands, dir.-prod. Eoghan Ryan)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">45TH PARALLEL (UK, dir.-scr. Lawrence Abu Hamdan)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CHANTS FROM A HOLY BOOK (Brazil, dir.-prod.-scr. Cesar Gananian, Cassiana Der Haroutiounian)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">TAKBIR (Italy-Afghanistan, dir.-scr. Aziz Hazara)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">AS IF NO MISFORTUNE HAD OCCURRED IN THE NIGHT (UK-Denmark, dir. Larissa Sansour, Soren Lind)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>SHORTS<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">FLOWERS (UK, dir.-scr. Dumas Haddad)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">I HAVE NO LEGS, AND I MUST RUN (China, dir.-scr. Yue Li)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">IN LIGHT (Bulgaria-France-Italy, dir. Alice Fassi)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">NANT (UK, dir.-scr. Tom Chetwode-Barton)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BIRD IN THE PENINSULA (France-Japan, dir.-scr. Atsushi Wada)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BUCKET IN THE FOREST (Australia, dir.-scr. Blaise Borrer)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">FRONTIER (Ukraine, dir.-prod.-scr. Tymofii Biniukov)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE RITUAL TO BEAUTY (USA, dir. Maria Marrone, Shenny de Los Angeles)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SKYWARD (UK, dir. Jessica Bishopp)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SILENCE (UK, dir. Arnas Pigulevicius)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BLUE ROOM (USA, dir.-prod. Merete Mueller)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">FOREST COAL PIT (UK, dir.-scr. Si\u00f4n Marshall-Waters)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">IT\u2019S RAINING FROGS OUTSIDE (Philippines, dir.-scr. Maria Estela Paiso)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">HAULOUT (UK, dir.-prod.-scr. Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">TRIA (Italy, dir.-scr. Giulia Grandinetti)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BIRDS (USA, dir.-scr. Katherine Propper)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">GROOM (UK, dir.-scr. Leyla Coll-O\u2019Reilly)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BACK TO SCHOLL (UK, dir. Tyro Heath)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE DEPENDENT VARIABLES (Italy, dir. Lorenzo Tardella)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">YUNG MICHAL (Czech Republic, dir. \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n FOK Vodr\u00e1\u017eka)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MY YEAR OF DICKS (USA-Icealand, dir. Sara Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">HONEY (India, dir. Tanmay Chowdhary, Tanvi Chowdhary)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">OUTDOORS (UK, dir. John Fitzpatrick)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ROSEMARY A.D. (AFTER DAD) (USA, dir.-scr. Ethan Barrett)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">AN AVOCADO PIT (Portugal, dir.-scr. Ary Zara)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CURIOSA (UK, dir. Tessa Moult-Milewska)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE PASS (USA, dir.-scr. Pepi Ginsberg)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CHECOSLOVAQUIA (Peru, dir.-scr. Dennis Perinango)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">PLATFORM (Germany, dir.-scr. Steffen K\u00f6hn, Johannes B\u00fcttner)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MONO NO AWARE (USA, dir.-prod. Quinton Kienow Dominguez)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MOSHARI (Bangladesh, dir.-scr. Nuhash Humayun)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">FILE (Iran, dir. Sonia K. Hadad)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MARS (UK, dir. Abel Rubinstein)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE RILEY SISTERS (UK-Canada, dir. Julia Jackman)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">FOR HEIDI (UK, dir.-scr. Lucy Campbell)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SURPRI-! (UK, dir.-scr. Rory D. Bentley)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">DROP OUT (UK, dir. Ade Femzo)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">PRAM SNATCHER (UK, dir.-scr. Theo James Krekis)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MAB HUDEL (UK, dir.-scr. Edward Rowe)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE DEBUTANTE (UK, dir.-scr. Elizabeth Hobbs)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SPINNING (UK, dir. Sam Spruell)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MY EYES ARE UP HERE (UK, dir. Nathan Morris)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">STICKS OF FURY (UK, dir. Yuan Hu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>EXPANDED<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ALL UNSAVED PROGRESS WILL BE LOST (France, Lead Artist &#8211; M\u00e9lanie Courtinat)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">APPARATUS LUDENS (UK-Sweden, Lead Artist &#8211; Untold Garden)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">AS MINE EXACTLY (UK, Lead Artist &#8211; Charlie Shackleton)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">BLACK MOVEMENT LIBRARY &#8211; MOVEMENT PORTRAITS (USA, Lead Artist &#8211; LaJun\u00e9 McMillian)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE CHOICE (Canada-Poland, Lead Artist &#8211; Joanne Popinska)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">DIGITAL MOTIONS (Germany, Lead Artists &#8211; Helge Letonja, Marcel Karnapke, Bj\u00f6rn Lengers, Anke Euler, Music Florian Tippe)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">FRAMERATE: PULSE OF EARTH (UK, Lead Artists &#8211; Matthew Shaw, William Trossell, ScanLAB Projects)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">HAUNTED HOTEL: A MELODRAMA IN AUGMENTED (Germany, Lead Artist \u2013 Guy Maddin)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE INFINITE LIBRARY (India-Germany-Czech Republic, Lead Artist &#8211; Mika Johnson)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">IN PURSUIT OF REPETITIVE BEATS (UK, Lead Artist \u2013 Darren Emerson)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">INTRAVENE (UK-Canada, Lead Artists \u2013 Darkfield, Crackdown, Brenda Longfellow)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE LAST TIME I SAW SNOW (UK, Lead Artists &#8211; Isobel Mascarenhas-Whitman, Alex Tennyson)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">LINE OF CONTACT (Netherlands-UK-Ukraine, Lead Artist \u2013 Dani Ploeger)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A MIGHTY MASS EMERGES (Switzerland-France-Italy, Lead Artist &#8211; Wu Tsang)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MISSING PICTURES EPISODE 3: THE MONKEY WRENCH GANG (France-UK-Taiwan-Luxembourg-South Korea, Lead Artist \u2013 Cl\u00e9ment Deneux, with \u2013 Catherine Hardwicke)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MONOLITHS (UK, Lead Artists &#8211; Lucy Hammond, Hannah Davies, Asma Elbadawi, Carmen Marcus)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ON THE MORNING YOU WAKE (TO THE END OF THE WORLD) (UK-France-USA, Lead Artists &#8211; Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, Mike Brett, Steve Jamison, Arnaud Colinart, Pierre Zandrowicz)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">PAN + TILT (UK, Lead Artists &#8211; Ruth Gibson, Bruno Martelli)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">PLANET CITY (USA-China, Lead Artists &#8211; L Liam Young, Kayvan Boudai, Elliot Ordower, James Clark)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">WALZER (The Netherlands, Lead Artists &#8211; Frieda Gustavs, Leo Erken) \u00a0<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>FAMILY <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE BLACK PHARAOH, THE SAVAGE AND THE PRINCESS (France, dir.-scr. 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Quentin Haberham)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">HUSH, HUSH, LITTLE BEAR (Latvia, dir.-scr. M\u0101ra Lini\u0146a)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">MR. SPAM GETS A NEW HAT (UK, dir.-scr. William Joyce)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">HELLO TO ME IN 100 YEARS (Taiwan, dir.-scr. Wu-Ching Chang)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>TREASURES<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY (USA, dir.-prod. William Dieterle)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE CIRCUS TENT (India, dir.-scr. Aravindan Govindan)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">CONTRAS\u2019 CITY \/ BADOU BOY (Senegal, dir. Djibril Diop Mamb\u00e9ty)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">EIGHT DEADLY SHOTS (Finland, dir.-prod.-scr. Mikko Niskanen)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">FOOLISH WIVES (USA, dir.-scr. Erich von Stroheim)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">KAMIKAZE HEARTS (USA, dir. Juliet Bashore)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE PASSION OF REMEMBRANCE (UK, dir.-scr. Maureen Blackwood, Isaac Julien)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">THE QUEEN OF SPADES (UK, dir. Thorold Dickinson)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>SPONSORS AND FUNDERS<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">We are delighted to welcome back our Principal Partner, <b>American Express<\/b>, with this year marking an extraordinary thirteen years of partnership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Their support makes the Festival possible, as does that of the <b>UK Government<\/b>, <b>the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport <\/b>and the <b>National Lottery<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Our heartfelt thanks also go to returning partners <b>American Airlines<\/b> as Main Sponsor and Official Airline Partner, and to our official Hotel Partner, <b>The Londoner<\/b>, as well as Main Funding Contributors <b>the Mayor of London<\/b> and <b>Film London<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">We are also delighted to warmly welcome back our sponsors <b>Bloomberg Philanthropies<\/b>and <b>Netflix.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A huge thank you goes to the Festival\u2019s generous in-kind Sponsors: <b>Christie\u2019s, Dalston\u2019s Soda, Fourpure, Global, Getty Images <\/b>and <b>Ocean Outdoors<\/b>.<b><u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Please see below a wetransfer link to press releases from a selection of the Festival\u2019s sponsors and funders: <span class=\"x_downloadlinklink\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/we.tl\/t-qBzE2mxzOx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">https:\/\/we.tl\/t-qBzE2mxzOx<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>FESTIVAL VENUE PARTNERS<\/u><\/b><b><u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">LFF partner venues around the UK include:<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">London:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> Southbank<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Curzon Soho (Screen 1, 2 and 3)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Curzon Mayfair (Screen 1)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Institute\u00a0 of Contemporary Arts (ICA)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">LFF Expanded at 26 Leake Street<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">LFF Expanded at the National Theatre<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">ODEON Luxe West End (Screen 1 and 2) \u2013 Londoner Hotel<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Prince Charles Cinema<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Southbank Centre\u2019s Royal Festival Hall<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">UK-Wide:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">HOME, Manchester<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Watershed, Bristol<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Broadway, Nottingham<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Showroom Cinema, Sheffield<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Queen\u2019s Film Theatre, Belfast<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Chapter, Cardiff<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), Birmingham<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Edinburgh Filmhouse<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Additional screenings on selected titles may also be added during the Festival window at other venues. These are at the discretion of the distributor and will be signposted on the Festival website where added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The 66<sup>th<\/sup> <span class=\"mark0w60pewio\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">BFI<\/span> London Film Festival in partnership with American Express takes place from Wednesday 5 October \u2013 Sunday 16 October 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE 66th BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL 2022 PROGRAMME, IN CINEMAS FROM 5-16 OCTOBER \u00a0Opening with the World Premiere of ROALD DAHL\u2019S MATILDA THE MUSICALClosing with European Premiere of Rian Johnson\u2019s GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY American Express Gala is the European Premiere of Sam Mendes\u2019 EMPIRE OF LIGHT \u00a0 The Festival also&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11564,10737,10736,11557,11565,11558,11559,11561,11562,11566,11567,11560,11568,11563,11569,8261,11570,10727],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>THE 66th BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL 2022 PROGRAMME, IN CINEMAS FROM 5-16 OCTOBER | Cinema Daily US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=12322\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"THE 66th BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL 2022 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