Ang Lee @ London Film Festival

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Wes Anderson, Ang Lee, and Halle Barry in lineup for London Film Festival


LONDON (AP) — Wes Anderson, Ang Lee, and Halle Barry are among the filmmakers, stars and celebrities lined up to attend the 51st London Film Festival, organizers announced Thursday.

The festival opens Oct. 17 with David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises," which stars Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts. It closes Nov. 1 with Wes Anderson's "The Darjeeling Limited," starring Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody.

British directorial talent is represented by Nick Broomfield's "Battle for Haditha," an investigation into the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, and Richard Attenborough's "Closing the Ring," about a young man's quest to find the owner of a ring belonging to U.S. Second World War bomber pilot.

The festival will host 184 full-length films and 133 shorts from 43 countries.

Discussing their lives and work in question sessions will be actor Steve Buscemi and directors Paul Greengrass and David Lynch. Other expected guests include David Cronenberg, Tom Cruise, Robert Redford, and Halle Berry, organizers said.

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Nothing about special events yet.

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Movies Features

London Film Festival – Pre-Festival Roundup

By Evrmin Ersoy Sep 24, 2007, 10:08 GMT


This year’s The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival’s full programme includes 184 features and 133 shorts as well as a host of screen talks, masterclasses and live events.


Opening the Festival on Thursday 17 October is the UK premiere of David Cronenberg’s EASTERN PROMISES with Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts and Vincent Cassel, whilst Wes Anderson closes the Festival on November 1 with the UK premiere of THE DARJEELING LIMITED, starring Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody.

Both films have been garnering a lot of interest all over the world, with Eastern Promises receiving rave reviews from both press screening in London and public screenings at the Toronto Film Festival.

The LFF is also host to a number of Galas and Screening in the square bringing together some of the most respected and challenging filmmakers working at the moment.

From Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion winner Ang Lee’s LUST, CAUTION, to renowned director of ‘Russian Ark’ Alexander Sokurov’s ALEXANDRA, Abdellatif. Other movies being screened include 'ANGEL,' 'INTO THE WILD,' 'FUNNY GAMES,' 'GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER!,' and 'THE MATSUGANE POTSHOT AFFAIR.'

Audiences will also discover debut feature directors including: Céline Sciamma (WATER LILIES), Rodrigo Plá (LA ZONA), Shivajee Chandrabhushan (FROZEN) and Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud (PERSEPOLIS).

As always London film festival will also be surrounded by special events, screenings and master talks. Giving both the cinephiles and the casual audiences the chance to learn, understand and question more about their favourite films and filmmakers.

The festival will include events and classes from directors as diverse as Wes Anderson and Robert Rodriguez. Other expected guests include David Cronenberg, Naomi Watts, Cristian Mungiu, Sienna Miller, Andrew Dominik, Tang Wei, Ang Lee, Jason Schwartzman, Julian Schnabel, Tom Cruise, Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Jan Svĕrák, Michael Moore, Asif Kapadia, Halle Berry, Susanne Bier, Sean Penn, Michael Pitt, Todd Haynes, Casey Affleck, Tamara Jenkins, Carlos Reygadas, Esther Robinson, Amy Adams, James Marsden, Jason Reitman and Kevin Lima.

Celebrating restorations from archives around the world, Treasures from the Archives showcases features and shorts including: the magnificent ENAMORADA, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and extraordinary, neglected classic KILLER OF SHEEP. The big screen will also come to Trafalgar Square for two nights, ablaze with archive films that celebrate London as one of the world’s great cinematic cities, including Alfred Hitchcock’s BLACKMAIL.

All in all this seems like an intensely interesting and packed to the brims year for the festival If you’d like to get an idea of some of the must-sees of the festival, continue reading for the Monsters & Critics’ choice of Top 10 titles to see at The Times Bfi London Film Festival.


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