Complete lineup for BFI London Film Festival revealed September 3, 2014 - 16:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The complete lineup for the BFI London Film Festival was revealed in an announcement Wednesday, September 3 adding to the opening, closing and gala films already named, The Hollywood Reporter said. Among 245 fiction and documentary features to screen Oct. 8 – Oct. 19 in the English capital are 16 world premieres, nine international premieres, and 38 titles coming to Europe for the first time. Joining The Imitation Game, Foxcatcher and Fury, which were announced in previous weeks, come gala showings of Cannes favorites Whiplash, Timbuktu, Leviathan, Mr Turner, Mommy and Winter Sleep, which won the Palm d’Or. Fresh from positive world premieres in Telluride, the Reece Witherspoon-starring Wild and Jon Stewart’s directorial debut Rosewater also make the slate. Soon-to-be Toronto premiering The New Girlfriend and Men, Women and Children are also in the lineup. The guests due to appear include Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt, Keira Knightley, Steve Carell, Jason Reitman, Jon Stewart, Reese Witherspoon and Sienna Miller. Away from cinema screens, the festival will hold three events to mark DreamWorks Animation Studios' 20th anniversary, with a keynote focus on CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan  The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |
