International filmmakers and stars come out for the 60th BFI London Film Festival

Manchester by the Sea (2016)

The 60th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® today announce more filmmakers and stars attending this years’ Festival with final line-up to be confirmed on Tuesday 4 October, ahead of Opening Night on Wednesday.

Updated and confirmed line-ups for Headline Galas are:

A UNITED KINGDOM: Jack Davenport, Arnold Oceng and James Northcote join Amma Asante, David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike and Laura Carmichael; FREE FIRE: Armie Hammer, Babou Ceesay, Enzo Cilenti, Sam Riley, Michael Smiley, Noah Taylor join Ben Wheatley, Cillian Murphy, Sharlto Copley and Jack Reynor; LION: Divian Ladwa and screenwriter Luke Davies join Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel; THE BIRTH OF A NATION: Nate Parker; LA LA LAND: Damien Chazelle; MANCHESTER BY THE SEA: Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams join director Kenneth Lonergan; A MONSTER CALLS: Sigourney Weaver and Liam Neeson join Lewis MacDougall and director J.A. Bayona; NOCTURNAL ANIMALS: Aaron Taylor-Johnson joins director Tom Ford; QUEEN OF KATWE: Mira Nair, Lupita Nyong’o, David Oyelowo and Madina Nalwanga; SNOWDEN: Oliver Stone, Joely Richardson and THEIR FINEST: Bill Nighy and Rachael Stirling join Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin,  and director Lone Scherfig.

Special Presentations

13TH: Ava DuVernay (Virtual Q&A); AMERICAN HONEY: Andrea Arnold, Sasha Lane; ASCENT: Fiona Tan; IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD: Xavier Dolan.

Strand Galas

MIRZYA (Love): Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Saiyami Kher, Harshvardhan Kapoor; THE HANDMAIDEN (Dare): Park Chan-wook; NOCTURAMA (Debate): Bertrand Bonello, Finnegan Oldfield; TONI ERDMANN (Laugh): Maren Ade, Sandra Hüller, Trystan Pütter; BLEED FOR THIS (Thrill): Ben Younger, Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart; THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE (Cult): André Øvredal; TROLLS (Family): Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn.

Official Competition

BRIMSTONE: Martin Koolhoven; CLASH: Mohamed Diab; ELLE: Paul Verhoeven, Isabelle Huppert; FRANTZ: François Ozon; GOLDSTONE: Ivan Sen; LAYLA M.: Mijke de Jong, Jan Eilander, Ilias Addab; MOONLIGHT: Barry Jenkins, Naomie Harris, Mahershala Ali, Trevante Rhodes, André Holland; A QUIET PASSION: Terence Davies; UNA: Benedict Andrews, David Harrower; YOUR NAME: Makoto Shinkai.

First Feature Competition

CHAMELEON: Jorge Riquelme Serrano, Gastón Salgado; A DATE FOR MAD MARY: Darren Thornton, Séana Kerslake, Tara Lee, Charleigh Bailey; DIVINES: Houda Benyamina; THE GIANT: Johannes Nyholm; HEDI: Mohamed Ben Attia; LADY MACBETH: William Oldroyd, Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, Christopher Fairbank, Alice Birch; THE LEVELLING: Hope Dickson Leach, Ellie Kendrick; PLAYGROUND: Bartosz M Kowalski; PORTO: Gabe Klinger, Lucie Lucas; RAW: Julia Ducournau, Garance Marillier; WHAT’S IN THE DARKNESS: Wang Yichun; WÙLU: Daouda Coulibaly, Inna Modja.

Documentary Competition

ALL THIS PANIC: Jenny Gage; CHASING ASYLUM: Eva Orner; DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE: Jon Nguyen; THE GRADUATION: Claire Simon; AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN: Vinay Shukla, Khushboo Ranka; LOVETRUE: Alma Har’el; ON CALL: Alice Diop; THE SPACE IN BETWEEN – MARINA ABRAMOVIC AND BRAZIL: Marco Del Fiol; TOWER: Keith Maitland, Josephine McAdam.

Short Film Competition

CANDY FLOSS: Jed Hart; EARS, NOSE AND THROAT: Kevin Jerome Everson; LOVE: Réka Bucsi; THE SEND OFF: Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan; THE TREMBLING GIANT: Patrick Tarrant; YOUR MOTHER AND I: Anna Maguire.

Love

AFTER LOVE: Joachim Lafosse; THE DREAMED ONES: Ruth Beckermann; ETHEL & ERNEST: Roger Mainwood, Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn, Luke Treadaway, Raymond Briggs; FIORE: Claudio Giovannesi; THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI: Juho Kuosmanen; I CALLED HIM MORGAN: Kasper Collin; INDIVISIBLE: Edoardo De Angelis; THE LIVES OF THÉRÈSE: Sébastien Lifshitz; LOVESONG: So Yong Kim; THE REUNION: Jonás Trueba; THE SECRET SCRIPTURE: Jim Sheridan; THE SON OF JOSEPH: Eugène Green; SOUVENIR: Bavo Defurne, Isabelle Huppert; TAEKWONDO: Martín Ignacio Farina; THE WEDDING RING: Rahmatou Keïta, Magaajyia Silberfeld; YOU ARE MY SUNDAY: Milind Dhaimade, Barun Sobti, Shahana Goswami, Avinash Tiwary.

Debate

A BILLION COLOUR STORY: N. Padmakumar, Dhruva Padmakumar, Vasuki; BOUNDARIES: Chloé Robichaud; A DAY FOR WOMEN: Elham Shahin, Nelly Karim, Nahed El Sebaee, Farouk El Fishawy; THE DAY WILL COME: Jesper W. Nielsen;   GRADUATION: Cristian Mungiu; HOSPITAL: Frederick Wiseman; IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE CITY: Tamer El Said, Laila Samy, Khalid Abdalla; LO AND BEHOLD, REVERIES OF THE CONNECTED WORLD: Werner Herzog; A MOVING IMAGE: Shola Amoo; ON THE OTHER SIDE: Zrinko Ogresta; PARK: Sofia Exarchou; THE PASS: Ben A. Williams, Lisa Mcgrillis, Nico Mirallegro; PATIENT: Jorge Caballero; THE REVOLUTION WON’T BE TELEVISED: Rama Thiaw; THE STOPOVER: Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin; TEN YEARS: Jevons Au; THE UNKNOWN GIRL: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne; WORLDLY GIRL: Marco Danieli, Sara Serraiocco.

Laugh

BARAKAH MEETS BARAKAH: Mahmoud Sabbagh, Hisham Fageeh, Fatima Al Banawi; DON’T THINK TWICE: Mike Birbiglia; HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!: Žiga Virc; THE LAST LAUGH: Ferne Pearlstein; LOST IN PARIS: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon; MASCOTS: Christopher Guest; MINDHORN: Sean Foley, Julian Barratt, Simon Farnaby, Essie Davis, Robin Morrissey, Jessica Barden, Harriet Walter; PREVENGE: Alice Lowe; THE YOUNG OFFENDERS: Peter Foott, Hilary Rose, Alex Murphy, Chris Walley; WOMEN WHO KILL: Ingrid Jungermann.

Dare

BY THE TIME IT GETS DARK: Anocha Suwichakornpong; CHRISTINE: Michael C. Hall; DEAREST SISTER: Mattie Do, Tambet Tuisk; THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV: Albert Serra; LA NOCHE: Edgardo Castro; OVARIAN PSYCOS: Maryann Aguirre; PERSONAL SHOPPER: Olivier Assayas; PLANETARIUM: Rebecca Zlotowski; THE REHEARSAL: Alison Maclean, Kerry Fox; SCARRED HEARTS: Radu Jude; THE SMALL WORLD OF SAMMY LEE: Julia Foster; SPACESHIP: Alex Taylor, Alexa Davies, Lara Peake, Tallulah Haddon, Lucian Charles Collier; THE UNTAMED: Amat Escalante; THE WORTHY: Ali F. Mostafa.

Thrill

ALL OF A SUDDEN: Asli Özge; CITY OF TINY LIGHTS: Pete Travis, Riz Ahmed, Cush Jumbo; DANCER: Steven Cantor; DOG EAT DOG: Paul Schrader; THE GHOUL: Gareth Tunley, Alice Lowe, Rufus Jones, Tom Meeten; HELL DRIVERS: Peggy Cummins; INTERCHANGE: Dain Iskandar Said; KILLS ON WHEELS: Szabolcs Thuróczy; LE CIEL FLAMAND: Peter Monsaert, Sara Vertongen; TRESPASS AGAINST US: Adam Smith, Michael Fassbender.

Cult

CALLBACK: Carles Torras, Martin Bacigalupo; A DARK SONG: Liam Gavin, Steve Oram, Catherine Walker; THE EYES OF MY MOTHER: Nicolas Pesce; I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER: Billy O’Brien, Christopher Lloyd; LAKE BODOM: Taneli Mustonen; THE NOONDAY WITCH: Anna Geislerová; PHANTASM: REMASTERED: Don Coscarelli; THE VOID: Jeremy Gillespie, Steven Kostanski, Daniel Fathers.

Journey

THE BAIT: Buddhadeb Dasgupta; DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST: Julie Dash; DON’T BLINK – ROBERT FRANK: Laura Israel; GEORGE BEST: ALL BY HIMSELF: Daniel Gordon; THE INNOCENTS: Anne Fontaine; LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD: Zeva Oelbaum, Sabine Krayenbühl; LUPE UNDER THE SUN: Rodrigo Reyes; ORANGE SUNSHINE: William Kirkley; THE ORNITHOLOGIST: João Pedro Rodrigues; THE RED TURTLE: Michael Dudok de Wit; SKY LADDER: THE ART OF CAI GYO-QIANG: Cai Guo-Qiang; STOCKHOLM MY LOVE: Mark Cousins, Neneh Cherry; THESE DAYS: Giueseppe Piccioni; THOSE WHO JUMP: Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner; TRAMONTANE: Vatche Boulghourjian; WHITE COLOUR BLACK: Joseph Adesunloye, Dudley O’Shaughnessy; WHO’S GONNA LOVE ME NOW?: Tomer Heymann; A WOMAN’S LIFE: Stéphane Brizé.

Sonic

JEWEL’S CATCH ONE: C. Fitz, Jewel Thais-Williams; LONDON TOWN: Derrick Borte, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Dougray Scott, Daniel Huttlestone, Natascha McElhone, Nell Williams, Anya McKenna-Bruce; THE MAN FROM MO’WAX: Matthew Jones, James Lavelle; MINUTE BODIES – THE INTIMATE LIFE OF FRANK PERCY SMITH: Stuart Staples; ON THE ROAD: Michael Winterbottom, Wolf Alice; WE ARE X: Stephen Kijak, Yoshiki.

Experimenta

BORN IN FLAMES: Lizzie Borden; CONFESSIONS TO THE MIRROR: Sarah Pucill; DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME: Bill Morrison; EGLANTINE: Margaret Salmon; EXPRMNTL: Brecht Debackere; FURTHER BEYOND: Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor; HAVE YOU SEEN MY MOVIE?: Paul Anton Smith; I HAD NOWHERE TO GO: Douglas Gordon; THE ILLINOIS PARABLES: Deborah Stratman; MODERATION: Anja Kirschner, Maya Lubinsky.

LFF Connects

CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, BEHIND THE MAGIC OF ILM: Dennis Muren, David Vickery, Kevin Jenkins; LFF CONNECTS ART/IMMERSIVE FILM: Lynette Wallworth; LFF CONNECTS GAMES: David Cage, Jonathan Ross; LFF CONNECTS MUSIC/PERFORMANCE: DJ Yoda, Liam Young, Forest Swords; LFF CONNECTS TELEVISION, BLACK MIRROR: Charlie Brooker,  Annabel Jones and Joe Wright, with cast attending including: Bryce Dallas Howard, Alice Eve, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, James Norton, Jerome Flynn, Malachi Kirby, Hannah John Kamen.

Screen Talks

Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Werner Herzog, Park Chan-wook, Paul Verhoeven, Ben Wheatley.