The news follows the full programme for this year’s festival just announced.
Organisers of this year’s BFI London Film Festival (9th to the 20th October) have confirmed additional films forming part of this year’s programming.
Screening as an LFF Special Presentation will be the World Premiere of THE SUMMER BOOK, Charlie McDowell’s adaptation of Moomins creator Tove Jansson’s novel starring Glenn Close and Anders Danielsen Lie.
Also announced is the international premiere of Justin Kurzel’s first non-fiction film, ELLIS PARK, a portrait of Warren Ellis, and his journey to the wildlife sanctuary he co-founded in Indonesia and the European Premiere of music video director Fleur Fortuné’s feature debut THE ASSESSMENT a sci-fi chamber piece.
Meanwhile, also newly announced are the UK premieres of Joshua Oppenheimer’s THE END, set in a post-apocalyptic world and starring Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Moses Ingram and Michael Shannon; Good Manners director Marco Dutra returns with BURY YOUR DEAD, an e genre-bending tale, full of twists and violent delights, ; Giovanni Tortorici’s DICIANOVVE, a debut that explores what it means to become an adult starring Manfredi Marini, Vittoria Planeta and Dana Giuliano; and Marta Meteus’s debut feature FIRE OF WIND, which speaks to the absences that disturb the serenity of a Portuguese village, starring Soraia Prudêncio, Maria Catarina Sapata and Safir Eizner.
For more information on the programme visit: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp