The 64th edition of the British Film Institute London Film Festival (LFF) revealed its full program Tuesday, containing a robust line-up of 58 features from around the world, as well as a range of …
The 64th edition of the British Film Institute London Film Festival revealed its full program Tuesday, containing a robust line-up of 58 features from around the world, as well as a range of extended reality projects and shorts.
Highlights of the program include Harry Macqueen’s mature love story “Supernova,” starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci; Rob Lemkin’s “African Apocalypse,” where British-Nigerian poet, activist and the film’s co-writer Femi Nylander travels to West Africa to uncover the secrets of a colonial killer whose spirit lives on; and Bassam Tariq’s Berlin winner “Mogul Mowgli,” co-written with Riz Ahmed, that follows Ahmed’s British-Pakistani rapper whose life spirals out of control when he succumbs to...
From South Asia, Chaitanya Tamhane’s Indian classical music-themed Venice competition title “The Disciple,” executive produced by Alfonso Cuaron, arrives in London on the back of universally ecstatic reviews, while Rezwan Sumit’s directorial debut “The Salt in Our Waters” follows a young artist who relocates to coastal Bangladesh to practice his art, but in doing so up-turns the local community’s age-old customs and taboos.
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