Posts tagged with "BFI London Film Festival"

61st BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2017 AWARD WINNERS

LOVELESS (Best Film), THE WOUND (Best First Feature), KINGDOM OF US (Best Documentary) and THE RABBIT HUNT (Best Short Film) receive the Star of London The 61st BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® announced this year’s Festival Award-winners at its high profile Awards dinner, at Banqueting House, Whitehall, this evening. Hosted by […]

Eili Harboe and Joachim Trier premiere Thelma

A college student starts to experience extreme seizures while studying at a university in Oslo, Norway. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable, and often dangerous, supernatural abilities. We spoke to the main actress Eili Harboe and director Joachim Trier who told us about his rumoured connections with director Lars Von […]

Malavika Mokanan, Ishaan Khattar premiere Beyond the Clouds

Beyond the Clouds is an upcoming Indian drama film written and directed by Majid Majidi with music composed by A. R. Rahman. The film stars Ishaan Khatter, actor Shahid Kapoor’s younger brother and Malavika Mohanan in the lead roles. Powerful coming-of-age tale about a brother trying to save his jailed sister. We spoke to the […]

Azazel Jacobs on directing The Lovers. BFI London Film Festival

A man and his wife, each embroiled in an extramarital affair, are sent reeling when they suddenly fall for the least likely person imaginable — each other. Watch our interview with director Azazel Jacobs here: WATCH TRAILER HERE Credit: Ana de Cozar

Jamie Bell, Annette Bening premiere Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Based on Peter Turner’s memoir, the film follows the playful but passionate relationship between Turner (Bell) and the eccentric Academy Award®-winning actress Gloria Grahame (Bening) in 1978 Liverpool. What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme fatale and her young lover quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria […]

Thoroughbreds premieres at BFI London Film Festival

Two upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. Together, they hatch a plan to solve both of their problems-no matter what the cost. 360 Magazine chatted with their main actresses Anya Taylor Joy and Olivia Cooke and director Cory Finley.  Credit: Ana De Cozar WATCH TRAILER HERE

Annemarie Jacir talks about Official Competition “Wajib” BFI LFF

Wajib is a 2017 Palestinian drama film directed by Annemarie Jacir. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. A father and his estranged son must come together to hand deliver his daughter’s wedding invitations to each guest as per local Palestinian custom, in this rousing family […]

Helen McCrory & Hugh Welchman Talk About First Fully-Painted Film, “Loving Vincent.”

Loving Vincent is the world’s first fully-painted feature film produced by Oscar-winning studios Breakthru Films and Trademark Films. Loving Vincent is a 2017 biographical animated drama film about the life of painter Vincent van Gogh. It was written and directed by both Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman. It was produced by Hugh Welchman and Sean Bobbitt […]

Laura Smet x Xavier Besuvois talk about “The Guardians”. 

A superbly involving French rural drama from Xavier Beauvois, with Nathalie Baye magnificent as a matriarch struggling to run the land when war breaks out. Watch our interview here: WATCH TRAILER HERE

A Fantastic Woman premieres at BFI London Film Festival 

Marina and Orlando are in love and planning for the future. Marina is a young waitress and aspiring singer. Orlando is 20 years older than her, and owns a printing company. After celebrating Marina’s birthday one evening, Orlando falls seriously ill. Marina rushes him to the emergency room, but he passes away just after arriving […]