London Film Festival selection gets underway
Plans for The Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival are in full swing.
The British Film Institute has already confirmed several titles for the festival, which will run from 15-30 October in 15 cinemas across the UK capital. BFI programmers are attending the Cannes Film Festival from 14-25 May to firm up the remainder of the London selection before announcing it in late July.
A BFI spokesperson said: “Our expectations are high for many of the films screening in Cannes. We’re looking forward to seeing the new film by Jia Zhangke, recently the subject of a BFI Southbank retrospective and intrigued by Steven Soderbergh’s Che project.
“Cannes is, of course always capable of providing surprises and bringing new talents to the fore, so we look forward to discovering films from first-time directors, some of which we hope may go on to feature in our programme and compete for the Sutherland Trophy.”
