The 60th BFI London Film Fest announced its full lineup of gala presentations and competition fare. A United Kingdom opens the fest, directed by Amma Asante. On Sunday, October 16, the fest will close with Free Fire, starring Brie Larson, directed by Ben Wheatley. Arrival will be there, as will La La Land, Manchester by the Sea and yes, Birth of a Nation.
A Monster Calls (J.A. Bayona)
Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford)
Queen of Katwe (Mira Nair)
Snowden (Oliver Stone)
Their Finest (Lone Sherfig)
Special Presentation:
American Honey (Andrea Arnold)
Strand Galas:
The Love Gala, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s MIRZYA
The Debate Gala, Bertrand Bonello’s NOCTURAMA
The Dare Gala, Park Chan-wook’s THE HANDMAIDEN
The Laugh Gala, Maren Ade’s TONI ERDMANN
The Thrill Gala, Ben Younger’s BLEED FOR THIS
The Cult Gala, André Øvredal’s THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE
The Journey Gala, Jim Jarmusch’s PATERSON
The Sonic Gala, Spike Lee’s CHI-RAQ
The Family Gala is Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn’s TROLLS.
The Official Competition line-up:
Martin Koolhoven, BRIMSTONE
Kelly Reichardt, CERTAIN WOMEN
Mohamed Diab, CLASH
Paul Verhoeven, ELLE
François Ozon, FRANTZ
Ivan Sen, GOLDSTONE (European Premiere)
Mijke de Jong, LAYLA M. (European Premiere)
Barry Jenkins, MOONLIGHT (European Premiere)
Pablo Larraín, NERUDA
Terence Davies, A QUIET PASSION
Benedict Andrews, UNA (European Premiere)
Makoto Shinkai, YOUR NAME
First Feature Competition:
Jorge Riquelme Serrano, CHAMELEON (International Premiere)
Darren Thornton, A DATE FOR MAD MARY
Houda Benyamina, DIVINES
Johannes Nyholm, THE GIANT
Mohamed Ben Attia, HEDI
William Oldroyd, LADY MACBETH
Hope Dickson Leach, THE LEVELLING (European Premiere)
Claude Barras, MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE
Bartosz M. Kowalski, PLAYGROUND
Gabe Klinger, PORTO
Julia Ducournau, RAW
Wang Yichun, WHAT’S IN THE DARKNESS
Daouda Coulibaly, WÙLU
