Jamie Lang BFI London Film Festival (LFF) will host the European premiere of Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” for its closing ceremony on Sunday, Oct.
17 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. Coen is scheduled to attend. The festival will also host simultaneous preview screenings of the film at LFF partner venues across the U.K.
Previously, the festival has announced that its opening night film will be Jeymes Samuel’s “The Harder They Fall,” with Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” to screen at its American Express Headline Gala.
The 65th BFI LFF will run Oct. 6 to Oct. 17.“The Tragedy of Macbeth” features an all-star cast including Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Brendan Gleeson, Harry Melling and Ralph Ineson.
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