London Film Festival Head Kristy Matheson On Her First Year In Post, Being “Blown Away” By Daniel Kaluuya & Kibwe Tavares’s ‘The Kitchen’ & Navigating SAG-AFTRA Strike
deadline.com“A lot of very impressive people have led this festival and what connects them is a love for movies and culture and what that can achieve,” Kristy Matheson told Deadline of her new job as Director of the British Film Institute’s London Film Festival. “That has left a great stamp on this festival, and this is something I hope to continue.” Matheson has her first go at navigating that legacy next week as the London Film Festival (LFF) opens with the International Premiere of Emerald Fennell’s sophomore feature Saltburn, starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, and Rosamund Pike.
Running October 4-15, LFF will feature 29 World Premieres, seven International Premieres, and 30 European Premieres. Eye-grabbing debuts set for London include Jeymes Samuel’s The Book of Clarence, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, LaKeith Stanfield, and David Oyelowo, and The Kitchen by Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya, which closes the festival.
Other highly-anticipated titles arriving from the fall festivals include Priscilla by Sofia Coppola, Steve McQueen’s 4-hour experimental doc Occupied City, Ladj Ly’s latest Les Indésirables, Richard Linklater’s Hit Man, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Golden Lion winner Poor Things, and Bradley Cooper’s Maestro.
Those titles will all screen at the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre as the festival returns to the London venue for its headline gala and special presentation screenings.
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