BFI London Film Festival Unveils Competition Juries
variety.comManori Ravindran International Editor The London Film Festival has revealed its jury line-up for this year’s awards. The Official Competition jury is led by “Power of the Dog” and “Cold War” producer Tanya Seghatchian (pictured), while the First Feature Competition (Sutherland Award) jury will be headed up by director and actor Nana Mensah whose directorial debut “Queen of Glory” won the Best New Narrative Director prize at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
Elsewhere, Italian filmmaker Roberto Minervini will lead the jury selecting the winner of the Grierson Award for Best Documentary after winning the award in 2018 for his film “What You Gonna Do When the World’s On Fire.” Finally, the Immersive Art and XR Competition will be led by photographer Misan Harriman, while producer and director Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor will lead the jury selecting the best short film.
See below for the full jury lists: Official Competition Seghatchian is joined this year by: actor Gwendoline Christie (“Game of Thrones”), filmmaker and playwright Kemp Powers (“One Night in Miami”), filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane (“The Disciple”) and journalist Charles Gant.
The Best Film Award recognizes inspiring, inventive and distinctive filmmaking. The films in the running include: “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina, dir-scr.
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