03/09/2014 - ’71, Catch me Daddy to vie for Sutherland Award

The Duke of Burgundy by Peter Strickland

The films in Official Competition at the 58^th British Film Institute London Film Festival (October 8-19) are Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s Dearest (China/Hong Kong); Peter Strickland’s The Duke of Burgundy [+see also:
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film profile] (UK); Carol Morley’s The Falling (UK); Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Iran/US); Céline Sciamma’s Girlhood [+see also:
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interview: Céline Sciamma
interview: Céline Sciamma
film profile] (France); Daniel Barber’s The Keeping Room (US); Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan [+see also:
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film profile] (Russia); François Ozon’s The New Girlfriend [+see also:
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interview: François Ozon
film profile] (France); Christian Petzold’s Phoenix [+see also:
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making of
interview: Christian Petzold
film profile] (Germany); Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s The President [+see also:
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interview: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
film profile] (Georgia/France/UK/Germany); Julius Avery’s Son of a Gun (Australia); and Abderrahmane Sissako’s Timbuktu [+see also:
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Vying for the Sutherland Award in the first feature competition are Yann Demange’s ’71 [+see also:
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Q&A: Yann Demange
film profile] (UK); Josephine Decker’s Butter on the Latch (US); Daniel Wolfe’s Catch me Daddy [+see also:
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interview: Daniel Wolfe
film profile] (UK); Zeresenay Berhane Mehari’s Difret (Ethiopia/US); Franco Lolli’s Gente de Bien [+see also:
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film profile] (Colombia/France); Guy Myhill’s The Goob [+see also:
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interview: Guy Myhill
film profile] (UK); Adityavikram Sengupta’s Labour of Love (India); Sudabeh Mortezai’s Macondo [+see also:
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interview: Sudabeh Mortezai
film profile] (Austria); Debbie Tucker Green’s Second Coming (UK); Ester Martin Bergsmark’s Something Must Break [+see also:
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film profile] (Sweden); Naji Abu Nowar’s Theeb [+see also:
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interview: Naji Abu Nowar
film profile] (Jordan/UK/UAE/Qatar); and Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy’s The Tribe [+see also:
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film profile] (Ukraine).

Nominees for Best British Newcomer include Guy Myhill – writer/director The Goob; Florence Pugh – supporting actor The Falling; Sameena Jabeen Ahmed – actor Catch me Daddy; Rebecca Johnson – writer/director Honeytrap; Taron Egerton – actor Testament of Youth; Daniel Wolfe and Matthew Wolfe –writers/directors Catch me Daddy; and Alex Lawther – supporting actor The Imitation Game [+see also:
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making of
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