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LONDON 2017

BFI London Film Festival reveals line-up

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- European films in competition include BPM (Beats Per Minute), The Guardians and Lean on Pete

BFI London Film Festival reveals line-up
Lean on Pete by Andrew Haigh

The 61st British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival (4-15 October) has revealed its full programme and competition titles. The festival will screen a total of 242 feature films, including 29 world premieres, eight international premieres and 34 European premieres.

As previously announced, the gathering will open with Andy SerkisBreathe [+see also:
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 and close with Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [+see also:
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. In between, the Headline Galas will feature films such as Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name [+see also:
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Q&A: Luca Guadagnino
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, Yorgos LanthimosThe Killing of a Sacred Deer [+see also:
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interview: Yorgos Lanthimos
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Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here [+see also:
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Q&A: Lynne Ramsay
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and more.

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Among the Special Presentations, the festival will welcome titles such as Clio Barnard's long-awaited return, Dark River [+see also:
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, Sally Potter's Berlinale entry The Party [+see also:
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Q&A: Sally Potter
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and Lucrecia Martel's epic Zama [+see also:
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interview: Lucrecia Martel
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. The Strand Galas will also train the spotlight on recent festival hits.

As usual, the three competitions will be the main focus of the festival. Here are the titles in the Competition, the First Feature Competition and the Documentary Competition:

Competition

BPM (Beats Per Minute) [+see also:
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interview: Arnaud Valois
interview: Robin Campillo
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 - Robin Campillo (France)
Angels Wear White [+see also:
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interview: Vivian Qu
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- Vivian Qu (France/China)
Beyond the Clouds - Majid Majidi (India)
The Breadwinner [+see also:
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- Nora Twomey (Canada/Ireland/Luxembourg/USA)
Good Manners [+see also:
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 - Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra (Brazil/France)
The Guardians [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Beauvois
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 - Xavier Beauvois (France)
Lean on Pete [+see also:
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- Andrew Haigh (UK)
Loveless [+see also:
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interview: Andrey Zvyagintsev
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- Andrey Zvyagintsev (Russia/France/Germany/Belgium)
The Lovers - Azazel Jacobs (USA)
Sweet Country - Warwick Thornton (Australia)
Thoroughbred - Cory Finley (USA)
Wajib [+see also:
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 - Annemarie Jacir (Palestine/France/Germany/Colombia/Norway/Denmark/Qatar/United Arab Emirates)

First Feature Competition

Apostasy [+see also:
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- Daniel Kokotajlo (UK)
Ava [+see also:
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interview: Léa Mysius
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 - Léa Mysius (France)
Beast [+see also:
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interview: Michael Pearce
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 - Michael Pearce (UK)
The Cakemaker [+see also:
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interview: Ofir Raul Graizer
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]
 - Ofir Raul Graizer (Israel/Germany)
Cargo [+see also:
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interview: Gilles Coulier
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 - Gilles Coulier (Belgium/Netherlands/France)
Columbus - Kogonada (USA)
I Am Not a Witch [+see also:
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interview: Rungano Nyoni
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]
 - Rungano Nyoni (United Kingdom/France/Germany)
Montparnasse Bienvenüe [+see also:
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interview: Léonor Serraille
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- Léonor Serraille (France)
Most Beautiful Island [+see also:
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interview: Ana Asensio
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 - Ana Asensio (Spain/USA)
Summer 1993 [+see also:
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interview: Carla Simón
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- Carla Simón (Spain)
Winter Brothers [+see also:
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interview: Elliott Crosset Hove
interview: Hlynur Pálmason
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]
 - Hlynur Pálmason (Denmark/Iceland)
The Wound [+see also:
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- John Trengove (South Africa/Germany/Netherlands/France)

Documentary Competition

Before Summer Ends [+see also:
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interview: Maryam Goormaghtigh
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- Maryam Goormaghtigh (France/Switzerland)
Bobbi Jene [+see also:
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 - Elvira Lind (Denmark/Sweden)
Chauka, Please Tell Us The Time - Arash Kamali Sarvestani, Behrouz Boochani (Netherlands/Australia)
The Dead Nation [+see also:
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 - Radu Jude (Romania)
Distant Constellation [+see also:
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 - Shevaun Mizrahi (USA/Turkey/Netherlands)
Ex Libris – The New York Public Library - Frederick Wiseman (USA)
Faces, Places [+see also:
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 - Agnès Varda, JR (France)
Gray House - Austin Lynch, Matthew Booth (USA)
Jane - Brett Morgen (USA)
Kingdom of Us [+see also:
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 - Lucy Cohen (UK)
Makala [+see also:
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interview: Emmanuel Gras
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 - Emmanuel Gras (France)
The Prince of Nothingwood [+see also:
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 - Sonia Kronlund (France/Germany)

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