London Film Festival Head Tricia Tuttle On Landing Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’, Attracting Industry Professionals & Why She’s Excited About The Future Of British Cinema
deadline.comThe BFI London Film Festival unveiled its 2022 lineup today, featuring 164 features and 23 premieres across film and TV, with highlights including the world premiere of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio and the international premiere of She Said, starring Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan.
As always, the LFF program is an enticing mix of buzzy titles from around the fall festivals like Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths out of Venice, and daring works by first-time filmmakers.On the industry side, the festival’s UK Talent Days, which connects industry professionals with UK-based talent, will run in person for a second year from October 7-10.
The Film London Production Finance Market will also return running from October 11-12.Shortly after the festival launch, LFF Festival Director Tricia Tuttle caught up with Deadline to chat through this year’s line-up, the future of British cinema, and her desire to increase the presence of industry professionals at the festival.DEADLINE: How’s the festival doing after two years of COVID disruptions? TRICIA TUTTLE: It feels great.
Last year felt like year zero. It was a new model. In 2019, we pitched to the BFIs board and also to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport, a new five-year plan for the festival not knowing that 2020 would mean we couldn’t deliver the plans exactly how we wanted to.
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