The BFI London Film Competition (LFF) 2024 will display screen documentaries about “witches,” and zoos and animal rescue facilities in Argentina, in addition to first options from administrators of various backgrounds, organizers mentioned on Wednesday as they unveiled the total program for this 12 months’s occasion.
Total, LFF will display screen 253 titles, together with options movies, shorts, collection, and immersive works, that hail from 79 international locations and characteristic 64 languages. Of the whole, 112 works are made by feminine and non-binary filmmakers, or 44 p.c of this system, the fest mentioned.
The London doc lineup consists of the likes of Elizabeth Sankey’s 90-minute goth-y Witches, which posits a connection between historic witchery and post-partum psychological struggling and debuted on the Tribeca Film Competition.
In the meantime, the primary characteristic program at LFF consists of Denise Fernandes’ Hanami, which lately world-premiered on the Locarno Film Competition, and Neo Sora’s Happyend, which debuted at Venice 2024.
LFF Series will as soon as once more “showcase compelling series and episodic programming throughout the strands, with new work from some of the world’s most exciting film and TV creatives, including Steven Knight, Jon Brown, Thomas Vinterberg, Sam Mendes, Alfonso Cuarón, Janicza Bravo, Nick Murphy and Tinge Krishnan,” the fest mentioned.
Final week, the LFF revealed its 11 competitors program titles, together with new motion pictures with Barry Keoghan, Nick Cave, and the voices of Sarah Snook and Eric Bana. Amongst them are The Extraordinary Miss Flower, the brand new movie from Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, identified for his or her Cave film 20,000 Days on Earth, and the Luca Guadagnino-produced April from Georgia’s Dea Kulumbegashvili, whose feminist debut characteristic Starting drew rave critiques.
As in earlier years, LFF’s program past the competitors sections is organized by strand “to encourage discovery and to open up the festival to new audiences.” The strands are: Love, Debate, Chortle, Dare, Thrill, Cult, Journey, Create, Experimenta, Household, Shorts and Treasures. Audiences also can discover new and thrilling Series programming in lots of the strands. Premieres embody 40 world premieres (of16 options, two collection, 19 shorts, and three immersive tasks), 12 worldwide premieres (six options, 4 shorts, two immersive) and 21 European premieres (17 options, one collection, three shorts).
The Debate strand, for instance, will embody the likes of Asif Kapadia’s Venice Film Competition title 2073, Sergei Loznitsa’s Ukraine doc The Invasion, Göran Hugo Olsson’s Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989, and Wang Bing’s Youth (Homecoming).
“Cinematic ideas materialize in many forms, and this year artists have taken us to some giddy highs and poked at our tender underbellies,” mentioned competition director Kristy Matheson. “Troubled histories linger close to the surface alongside optimistic futures, all explored in unique and creative ways.”
Added BFI CEO Ben Roberts: “The real joy of LFF for me is seeing the hard work of so many talented filmmakers come to life and given the prominence and noise that they deserve.”
Try a number of the newest program lineup additions for LFF 2024 under.
First Feature CompetitionCrocodile Tears (director Tumpal Tampubolon)Hanami (director Denise Fernandes)Happyend (director Neo Sora)Final Swim (director Sasha Nathwani)My Everlasting Summer season (director Sylvia Le Fanu)Olivia & the Clouds (director Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat)On Falling (director Laura Carreira)Santosh (director Sandhya Suri)September Says (director Ariane Labed)To a Land Unknown (director Mahdi Fleifel)Who Do I Belong to (director Meryam Joobeur)
Documentary CompetitionCollective Monologue (director Jessica Sarah Rinland)Holloway (administrators Sophie Compton, Daisy-Might Hudson)Kamay (administrators Ilyas Yourish, Shahrokh Bikaran)Mom Vera (administrators Cécile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson)Rising up at Night time (director Nelson Makengo)In search of Mavis Beacon (director Jazmin Jones)The Shadow Students (director Eloise King)Witches (director Elizabeth Sankey)
LFF Series Thomas Vinterberg’s Households Like Ours Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer Jordan Tannahill’s The Listeners Steven Knight’s A Thousand Blowsco-directors Sam Mendes and Liza Johnson’s The Franchise
Quick Film CompetitionADURA BABA MI (Director-Screenwriter Juliana Kasumu, UK)COLD SNAP (Director-Screenwriter Ellen Evans, UK)DRAGFOX (Director Lisa Ott, UK)I DON’T WANT TO BE JUST A MEMORY (Director Sarnt Utamachote, Germany)MAGIC CANDIES (Director Nishio Daisuke, Japan)MOTHER’S DAY (Director-Screenwriter Emily Burnett, UK)SEE IT, SAY IT (Director-Screenwriter Nez Khammal, UK)STOMACH BUG (Director-Screenwriter Matty Crawford, UK)TWO REFUSALS (WOULD WE RECOGNIZE OURSELVES UNBROKEN?) (Director Suneil Sanzgiri, USA)VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA (Director-Screenwriter Rehab Nazzal, Palestine-Canada)
LoveALL OF YOU (Director William Bridges, UK)ALL SHALL BE WELL (Director-Screenwriter Ray Yeung, Hong Kong (S.A.R of China))AT AVERROES & ROSA PARKS (Director Nicolas Philibert, France)GRAND TOUR (Director Miguel Gomes, Portugal-Italy-France)I’M YOUR VENUS (Director Kimberly Reed, USA)MOTHERBOARD (Director-Screenwriter Victoria Mapplebeck, UK)PATRICE: THE MOVIE (Director Ted Passon, USA)PAVEMENTS (Director-Screenwriter Alex Ross Perry, USA)QUEENS OF DRAMA (Director Alexis Langlois, France-Belgium)SEX (Director-Screenwriter Dag Johan Haugerud, Norway)TARIKA (Director Milko Lazarov, Bulgaria-Germany-Luxembourg)WEIGHTLESS (Director Sara Fgaier, Italy)WHEN FALL IS COMING (Director François Ozon, France)WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS (Director-Screenwriter Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland-Netherlands-Croatia-France)
Debate2073 (Director Asif Kapadia, UK)BLACK BOX DIARIES (Director Shiori Itō, Japan-USA-UK)THE CATS OF GOKOGU SHRINE (Director Kazuhiro Soda, Japan-USA)FAMILIES LIKE OURS (Series Creator-Director Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark-France-Sweden-Czechia-Belgium-Norway-Germany)I AM NEVENKA (Director Icíar Bollaín, Spain-Italy)THE INVASION (Director-Screenwriter Sergei Loznitsa, Netherlands-France-USA)ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958-1989 (Director-Screenwriter Göran Hugo Olsson, Sweden-Finland-Denmark)JULIE KEEPS QUIET (Director Leonardo Van Dijl, Belgium-Sweden)THE LISTENERS (Series Creator-Screenwriter Jordan Tannahill, UK)THREE KILOMETRES TO THE END OF THE WORLD (Director Emanuel Pârvu, Romania)YOUTH (Homecoming) (Director Wang Bing, France-Luxembourg-Netherlands)
LaughAUDREY (Director Natalie Bailey, Australia)THE GUTTER (Administrators Isaiah Lester, Yassir Lester, USA)THE OTHER WAY AROUND (Director Jonás Trueba, Spain-France)RUMOURS (Administrators Man Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Canada-Germany)SOFA, SO GOOD (Director-Screenwriters Kyle Thiele, Eli Thiele, Cole Thiele, USA)A TRAVELER’S NEEDS (Director-Screenwriter Hong Sangsoo, South Korea)TRIUMPH (Administrators Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Bulgaria-Greece)UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (Director Matthew Rankin, Canada)
DareBIONICO’S BACHATA (Director Yoel Morales, Dominican Republic)CAUGHT BY THE TIDES (Director Jia Zhangke, China)CIDADE; CAMPO (Director-Screenwriter Juliana Rojas, Brazil-Germany-France)DON’T CRY, BUTTERFLY (Director-Screenwriter Dương Diệu Linh, Vietnam-Singapore-Philippines-Indonesia)EIGHT POSTCARDS FROM UTOPIA (Director-Screenwriters Radu Jude, Christian Ferencz-Flatz, Romania)FAMILIAR TOUCH (Director-Screenwriter Sarah Friedland, USA)MY STOLEN PLANET (Director-Screenwriter Farahnaz Sharifi, Germany-Iran)THE NIGHTS STILL SMELL OF GUNPOWDER (Director-Screenwriter Inadelso Cossa, Mozambique-France-Germany-Portugal-Netherlands-Norway)PEPE (Director-Screenwriter Nelson Carlos De los Santos Arias, Dominican Republic-Namibia-Germany-France)PRAIA FORMOSA (Director Julia de Simone, Portugal-Brazil)SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS (Director-Screenwriters Quay Brothers, UK-Poland-Germany)SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ÊTAT (Director-Screenwriter Johan Grimonprez, Belgium-France-Netherlands)SUGAR ISLAND (Director-Screenwriter Johanné Gómez Terrero, Dominican Republic-Spain)VIÊT AND NAM (Director-Screenwriter Trương Minh Quý, Philippines-France-Singapore-Netherlands-Italy-Germany-Vietnam)
ThrillAÏCHA (Director-Screenwriter Mehdi M. Barsaoui, Tunisia-France-Italy-Saudi Arabia-Qatar)ARCHITECTON (Director-Screenwriter Victor Kossakovsky, Germany-France)LA COCINA (Director-Screenwriter Alonso Ruizpalacios, Mexico-USA)EAT THE NIGHT (Administrators Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel, France)GHOST TRAIL (Director Jonathan Millet, France-Germany-Belgium)MALDOROR (Director Fabrice du Welz, Belgium-France)MARCO, THE INVENTED TRUTH (Administrators Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, Spain)MISERICORDIA (Director-Screenwriter Alain Guiraudie, France-Spain-Portugal)SKINCARE (Director Austin Peters, USA-Italy)STRANGER EYES (Director-Screenwriter Yeo Siew Hua, Singapore-Taiwan-France-USA)A THOUSAND BLOWS (Series Creator-Screenwriter Steven Knight, UK)
CultTHE BALCONETTES (Director Noémie Merlant, France)CHAIN REACTIONS (Director-Screenwriter Alexandre O. Philippe, USA)FRÉWAKA (Director-Screenwriter Aislinn Clarke, Eire)SISTER MIDNIGHT (Director-Screenwriter Karan Kandhari, UK)THE SURFER (Director Lorcan Finnegan, Australia-Eire)THE WAILING (Director Pedro Martín-Calero, Spain-Argentina-France)THE WEEKEND (Director Daniel Oriahi, Nigeria)
JourneyAFTER THE LONG RAINS (Director-Screenwriter Damien Hauser, Kenya-Switzerland)BABY (Director Marcelo Caetano, Brazil)EEPHUS (Director Carson Lund, USA-France)FLOW (Director Gints Zilbalodis, Latvia-France-Belgium)GOOD ONE (Director-Screenwriter India Donaldson, USA)LAYLA (Director-Screenwriter Amrou Al-Kadhi, UK)LOOK INTO MY EYES (Director Lana Wilson, USA)MY EVERYTHING (Director-Screenwriter Anne-Sophie Bailly, France)SEBASTIAN (Director-Screenwriter Mikko Mäkelä, UK-Belgium-Finland)SHAMBHALA (Director-Screenwriter Min Bahadur Bham, Nepal-France-Norway-Turkey-Hong Kong (S.A.R of China)-Taiwan-USA-Qatar)SUJO (Director-Screenwriters Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez, Mexico-France-USA)SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY (Administrators Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, UK-USA)TREADING WATER (Director-Screenwriter Gino Evans, UK)THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE (Director-Screenwriter Mo Harawe, Austria-France-Germany-Somalia)
CreateABIDING NOWHERE (Director Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan-USA)ERNEST COLE: LOST & FOUND (Director-Screenwriter Raoul Peck, France-USA)GRAND THEFT HAMLET (Director-Screenwriters Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, UK)IT’S NOT ME (Director-Screenwriter Leos Carax, France)ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO (Administrators Kevin Macdonald, Sam Rice-Edwards, UK)PAULINE BLACK: A 2-TONE STORY (Director Jane Mingay, UK)THE STIMMING POOL (The Neurocultures Collective (Sam Chown Ahern, Georgia Bradburn, Benjamin Brown, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Lucy Walker), Steven Eastwood, UK)SUPERBOYS OF MALEGAON (Director Reema Kagti, India)TWIGGY (Director Sadie Frost, UK)TWO STRANGERS TRYING NOT TO KILL EACH OTHER (Director Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet, UK-Denmark-USA)THE WAY WE TALK (Director Adam Wong Sau-Ping, Hong Kong (S.A.R of China))
ExperimentaTHE TREASURY OF HUMAN INHERITANCE (Director-Screenwriter Alexis Kyle Mitchell, Canada-UK)I DON’T WANT TO BE JUST A MEMORY (Director Sarnt Utamachote, Germany)FORMS OF CIRCULATION #1 (Director-Screenwriters Paul Stewart, Sarah Perks, UK)THE RIVER THAT NEVER ENDS (Director-Screenwriter JT Trinidad, Philippines)NOTES: REMEMBERED AND FOUND (Director-Screenwriter Maria Anastassiou, UK-Cyprus)TWO REFUSALS (WOULD WE RECOGNIZE OURSELVES UNBROKEN?) (Director Suneil Sanzgiri, USA)FILE NO. 2304 (Director-Screenwriter A.S.M. Kobayashi, Canada-USA)AT THE VERGE OF WORDLESSNESS (Director-Screenwriter Alaa Abu Asad, Netherlands)AVANT SERIANA (Director-Screenwriter Samy Benammar, Canada-Algeria)NIDO DE CROCODILO (Director-Screenwriter Jazmin Rojas Forero, Colombia-Germany)NON/LIVING (Director-Screenwriter Müge Yildiz, Turkey-Finland)TWO STONES (Director Noel Meek, Aotearoa New Zealand)HEXHAM HEADS (Director-Screenwriters Chloë Delanghe, Mattijs Driesen, Belgium)THE FLESH OF LANGUAGE (Director-Screenwriter Amanda Rice, Eire)HEMEL (Director Danielle Dean, UK)OUR LADY WHO BURNS (Director-Screenwriter Alice dos Reis, Portugal)DIRECT ACTION (Administrators Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell, Germany, France)A FIDAI FILM (Director Kamal Aljafari, Palestine)UNDR (Director Kamal Aljafari, Palestine)A NIGHT WE HELD BETWEEN (Director-Screenwriter Noor Abed, Palestine)NO EXORCISM FILM (Director-Screenwriter Komtouch Napattaloong, Thailand)SMALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT (Director-Screenwriter Daniel Hui, Singapore)
Experimenta Works in Progress:15 IRANIAN YEARS (Adonia Bouchehri)CTRL+Z (Parwana Haydar)THE KRUEGER INSTITUTE (Mahenderpal Sorya)I AM A DALE (Edd Carr)
FamilyBLINK (Administrators Edmund Stenson, Daniel Roher, Canada-USA)THE COLOURS WITHIN (Director Naoko Yamada, Japan)SAVAGES (Director Claude Barras, Switzerland-France-Belgium)WATERSHIP DOWN (Director Martin Rosen, UK)
Animated Shorts for Youthful Audiences:COO-RAGE (Director Alina Milkina, Netherlands)LOVE AT FIRST WAF (Administrators Louise Le Toullec, Helene Gouil, France)WHO’S WRONG? (Administrators Stina Wirsén, Linda Hambäck, Sweden)THE BRAVE LOCOMOTIVE (Director Andrew Chesworth, USA)THE ODD CARROT (Director Inese Pavēne, UK)FREELANCE (Administrators Luciano A Muñoz Sessarego, Magnus I. Møller, Peter Smith, Denmark)THE CHILD OF THE WAVES (Administrators Valentine Hilarin, Gaelle Bejjani, Yuhan Wang, Martin Gross, Noam Szwarc, Sofian Pourquery-de-Boisserin, France)HELLO SUMMER (Administrators-Screenwriters Martin Smatana, Veronika Zacharová, Slovakia-Czechia-France)MAGIC CANDIES (Director Nishio Daisuke, Japan)
TreasuresTHE CHURNING (Director Shyam Benegal, India)MANJI (Director Yasuzô Masumura, Japan)MARÍA CANDELARIA (Director Emilio Fernández, Mexico)THE SEALED SOIL (Director Marva Nabili, Iran)THE TALK OF THE TOWN (Director George Stevens, USA)
