BFI London Film Festival Lineup: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin To Debut ‘Endurance’, Baker, Heller, Berger & Abbasi’s Trump Movie Among Headline Galas — Full List
deadline.comElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s latest documentary feature Endurance about the epic search to find the lost ship of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, Sean Baker Anora, and Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch starring Amy Adams are among the titles that have been announced within the full lineup of the British Film Institute’s (BFI) 68th London Film Festival. Scroll down for the full list.
Endurance, which Oscar winners Vasarhelyi and Chin have made for National Geographic, will screen as a world premiere. Running October 9-20, LFF will feature 40 World Premieres (16 features, 2 series, 19 shorts, 3 immersive), 12 International Premieres (6 features, 4 shorts, 2 immersive), and 21 European Premieres (17 features, 1 series, 3 shorts).
Eye-grabbing entries from today’s launch include headline gala screenings of Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner Anora, Edward Berger’s latest feature Conclave, and Ali Abbasi’s much-talked-about Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice.
Other highly-anticipated titles that arrive from the fall festivals include Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic starring Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, and Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut The Room Next Door.
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