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The movie follows a young boy named Mahito who is yearning for his mother and ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning.

Hayao Miyazaki’s first feature film in 10 years, The Boy and the Heron is a hand-drawn, original story written and directed by the Academy Award-winning director. Produced by Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki, the film features a musical score from Miyazaki’s long-time collaborator Joe Hisaishi. The theme song for the film ‘Spinning Globe‘ was penned and performed by global J-pop superstar Kenshi Yonezu.

The movie has been described by Studio Ghibli as a ‘semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship’ and though it was supposed to be Hayao Miyazaki’s last movie, recent reports seem to suggest that may not be the case after all.

During the Toronto International Film Festival (where the movie has its international premier), Studio Ghibli executive Junichi Nishioka told CBC’s Eli Glasner that Miyazaki is currently working on something new

“Other people say that this might be his last film, but he doesn’t feel that way at all,” said Nishioka through a translator. “He is currently working on ideas for a new film. He comes into his office every day and does that.

“This time, he’s not going to announce his retirement at all. He’s continuing working just as he has always done.”

The Boy And The Heron is written and directed by Miyazaki and stars Soma Santoki (Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story), Masaki Suda (Misuteri to iunakare) and Takuya Kimura (The Swam).

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Taking place from 4-15 October in a multitude of London cinemas, this year’s festival includes genre movies from Garth Davis, Yorgos Lanthimos, Hayao Miyazaki and more.

Here are some of the top genre picks from this year’s London Film Festival…

Asog

Set in the wake of a destructive typhoon, Asog is a witty combination of road movie and docu-drama that is a marvel of trans cinema.

Where/when

Wednesday 04 October 2023 | 20:40 | Prince Charles Cinema

Saturday 07 October 2023 | 12:10 | BFI Southbank.

Birth/Rebirth

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein gets a new lease of life in Birth/Rebirth, a chilling morality tale from debut director Laura Moss.

Pathologist Rose and nurse Celie work at the same hospital, but they are strangers to each other. Brusque and antisocial, Rose is the antithesis of Celie, a natural caregiver. However, when her daughter’s death leads Celie to discover her colleague’s sideline in reanimation, the two women are thrust together.

Where/when

Wednesday 11 October 2023 | 20:45 | Vue West End

Friday 13 October 2023 | 20:45 | Curzon Soho Cinema

Friday 13 October 2023 | 21:00 | Curzon Soho Cinema.

Deep Sea

Deep Sea is an ‘enthralling’ 3D animated movie that will be shown on the biggest screen in Britain, BFI IMAX.

On a cruise to celebrate her birthday, Shenxiu can’t shake off the loneliness she’s felt since her mother left, while her father enjoys time with his new family. She falls overboard and into a swirling ocean of vibrant colours, where magical creatures and the sinister Red Phantom await.

Where/when

Saturday 07 October 2023 | 11:00 | BFI IMAX, Waterloo

Fingernails

In Fingernails, Anna and Ryan have found true love. It’s been proven by a controversial new technology. There’s just one problem: Anna still isn’t sure. Then she takes a position at a love testing institute, and meets Amir.

Directed by Christos Nikou (Apples), the movie stars Jessie Buckley (Men), Riz Ahmed (Rogue One), Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) and Luke Wilson (Stargirl).

Where/when

Monday 09 October 2023 | 17:45 | BFI Southbank, NFT1

Thursday 12 October 2023 | 20:40 Curzon Soho Cinema

Thursday 12 October 2023 | 20:55 | Curzon Soho Cinema

Foe

Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal shine as a couple who receive an unexpected guest in Garth Davis’ unsettling science fiction thriller Foe.

Set around 40 years in the future, the movie explores the lives of a married couple – Han and Junior, played by Ronan and Mescal – that is turned upside down when a stranger, Terrance (played by The Underground Railroad’s Aaron Pierre) arrives at their rural farmhouse and informs the husband he will be sent to a large space station, and his wife will be left in the company of someone else.

Where/when

Tuesday 10 October 2023 | 21:00 | Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

Wednesday 11 October 2023 | 11:30 | Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

Late Night With The Devil

This found-footage comedy is set in October 1977 when waning late-night talk show host Jack Delroy made television history when his audience-baiting Halloween special spiralled fatally out of control. Four decades on, a rediscovered master tape finally reveals what really happened the night all hell broke loose on live TV…

Where/when

Monday 09 October 2023 | 18:20 | Prince Charles Cinema

Saturday 14 October 2023 | 20:15 | Curzon Soho Cinema

Saturday 14 October 2023 | 20:30 | Curzon Soho Cinema

Molli And Max In The Future

After a half-fish-man collides with a crystal harvester’s spaceship in Molli And Max In The Future, their on-off relationship spans multiple years, dimensions and planets, in this lo-fi, sci-fi romcom – featuring Zosia Mamet and Aristotle Athari.

Where/when

Sunday 08 October 2023 | 17:45| Prince Charles Cinema

Wednesday 11 October 2023 | 20:45 |  BFI Southbank

Nightwatch – Demons Are Forever

Nightwatch – Demons Are Forever provides a journey into the Nightwatch universe. Frustrated by her father Martin’s tight-lipped indolence, forensic medicine student Emma gets a job covering the night shift at the mortuary where Martin previously worked, and from where the horror that has blighted her family emerged. When she opens the door to a monster from the past, Emma unwittingly sets off a gruesome chain of revenge.

Where/when

Sunday 08 October 2023 | 18:00| Vue West End

Monday 09 October 2023 | 20:35 | Prince Charles Cinema

Starve Acre

Starring Matt Smith, Morfydd Clark, and Erin Richards, writer and director Daniel Kokotajlo follows his award-winning debut Apostasy with a haunting adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s acclaimed novel.

After relocating to their remote family estate Starve Acre, archaeologist Richard and his wife Juliette find their relationship tested when their young son starts exhibiting strange behaviour. As familial fractures deepen, Richard digs into the dark and disturbing folklore surrounding his childhood home.

Where/when

Thursday 12 October 2023 | 18:10 | BFI Southbank

Sunday 15 October 2023 | 15:00 | Prince Charles Cinema

The Kitchen

From Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya The Kitchen is set in a dystopian London in 2040, when the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. All forms of social housing have been eradicated and only The Kitchen remains.

The movie follows Izi, a hardworking loner who is counting down the days until he can leave The Kitchen and move to one of the sleek luxury penthouses that are popping up all over London. But when he discovers through his job at an ecological funeral home that his ex-girlfriend has passed away, Izi finds his path colliding with that of Benji, her young son.

Meanwhile, the residents of The Kitchen fight back against those trying to destroy it. When Benji comes to The Kitchen in search of his father, Izi is forced to step out of his isolation and become a de facto guardian. But is his bond with Benji actually stronger than he wants to admit?

Where/when

Sunday 15 October 2023 | 19:15 | Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

Sunday 15 October 2023 | 21:00 | Curzon Soho Cinema

Poor Things

Poor Things follows the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe).

Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

Where/when

Sunday 15 October 2023 | 19:50 | BFI Southbank

Saturday 14 October 2023 | 17:30 | Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

Sunday 15 October 2023 | 10:30 | Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges)

Robot Dreams

Adapted from Sara Varon’s graphic novel Robot Dreams follows Dog, who is lonely so buys himself a companion in the shape of Robot, delivered in parts for home assembly but soon transformed into a Robotic friend!

Where/when

Sunday 08 October 2023 | 12:00 | BFI Southbank

Sunday 08 October 2023 | 17:00 | BFI Southbank

Sunday 15 October 2023 | 18:20 | Curzon Mayfair

Stopmotion

Robert Morgan’s British horror Stopmotion centres on a filmmaker spiralling into a nightmare of delusions after the death of her domineering mother.

Where/when

Saturday 07 October 2023 | 20:45 | Prince Charles Cinema

Tuesday 10 October 2023 | 20:30 | BFI Southbank

The Animal Kingdom

A strange condition sweeps the world, as people begin sprouting wings, scales, tentacles… Meanwhile a father and son travel south to confront their own trauma in writer-director Cailley’s fantasy drama starring Romain Duris (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) and Paul Kircher (Winter Boy).

Where/when

Thursday 12 October 2023 | 18:00 | ICA, Screen 1

Friday 13 October 2023 | 14:45 | BFI Southbank

The Beast

France’s Bonello’s latest uses a Henry James story as the springboard for a leap into the science-fictional unknown. Léa Seydoux plays a fin de siècle socialite entangled with an admirer (George MacKay). But that’s just one of her lives in this blend of period drama and conceptual crystal-gazing.

When/where

Friday 13 October 2023 | 20:45 | Prince Charles Cinema

Saturday 14 October 2023 | 15:20 | BFI Southbank

The Boy And The Heron

From Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle) comes The Boy And The Heron which follows a young boy named Mahito who is yearning for his mother and ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. This is a semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship.

When/where

Sunday 08 October 2023 | 14:45 Southbank Centre | Royal Festival Hall

Sunday 15 October 2023 | 14:30 | Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

The End We Start From

The teaser for THE END WE START FROM is here,

Mahalia Belo’s directorial debut is set to premiere at #TIFF23 on Sunday, 10th September.@SunnyMarch_, @HeraPicturesLDN, #C2MotionPictureGroup @bfi, @BBCFilm @MahaliaBelo pic.twitter.com/TdkXGSsaKf

— Anton (@AntonCorpLtd) September 10, 2023

Starring Jodie Comer and Benedict Cumberbatch, Mahalia Belo’s feature debut brings Megan Hunter’s acclaimed 2017 dystopian novel The End We Start From to the big screen in the ultimate disaster movie. Jodie Comer leads the cast as a young woman with her newborn baby who is struggling to find a safe haven in a crumbling, dangerous society as catastrophic floods submerge Britain.

When/where

Saturday 14 October 2023 | 11:30 | Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

Friday 13 October 2023 | 18:00 | Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

The Sacred Cave

When the King of Mabuna is poisoned, his nephew and son journey to a sacred cave where they believe a remedy can be found. While travelling, they encounter sorcerers, an attack by panther men and a bewitched toad princess – can they overcome these magical obstacles to save their King?

When/where

Sunday 15 October 2023 | 14:50 | BFI Southbank

Tiger Stripes

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Taking place over twelve days from 5 – 16 October in a multitude of London cinemas, this year’s festival includes genre movies and TV shows from directors like Guillermo del Toro, Lars von Trier, Noah Baumbach, and more.

Here are some of the top genre picks from this year’s London Film Festival…

Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical

A brand new take on the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical. Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical tells the story of an extraordinary girl, with a vivid imagination, who dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results, starring  Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull. 

When?

Wednesday 05 October 2022 18:45 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

Thursday 06 October 2022 11:45 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 

When? 

Saturday 15 October 2022 14:15 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

Sunday 16 October 2022 11:30 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

White Noise

Thursday 06 October 2022 18:00 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

Friday 07 October 2022 11:45 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

Sunday 16 October 2022 17:35 BFI Southbank, NFT1

The Wonder

When?

Friday 07 October 2022 18:00 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

Saturday 08 October 2022 11:00 Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

Sunday 09 October 2022 20:15 ICA, Screen 1

Attachment / NATTEN HAR ØJNE

Attachment is a horror romance about Maja, a has-been actress in Denmark, who falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic visiting from the UK. When Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, Maja fears their whirlwind romance might be cut short and decides to follow Leah back to her home in London. There, Maja meets her new downstairs neighbour: Leah’s mother, Chana. An overbearing, seemingly religious and highly secretive woman, Chana seems resistant to all of Maja’s attempts to win her over. And as Maja notices strange occurrences in the building, she begins to suspect that Chana’s secrets could be much darker than first anticipated.

When?

Saturday 08 October 2022 20:15 BFI Southbank, NFT3

Sunday 09 October 2022 15:40, Prince Charles Cinema, Downstairs Screen

The Kingdom Exodus

Lars von Trier returns with the third season of his landmark supernatural hospital drama, 25 years after the first series aired. Heavily influenced by the ghostly series THE KINGDOM, the sleepwalker Karen seeks answers to the unresolved questions of the series in order to save the hospital from doom. Sound asleep one night, Karen wanders into the darkness and inexplicably ends up in front of the hospital. The gate to the Kingdom is opening once more…

When? 

Thursday 13 October 2022 20:50 Curzon Mayfair, Screen 1

Saturday 15 October 2022 20:15 BFI Southbank, NFT2

Linoleum

When?

Wednesday 05 October 2022 20:40 BFI Southbank, NFT1

Friday 07 October 2022 13:30 BFI Southbank, NFT3

New Normal

Written and directed by JUNG Bum-shik, New Normal tells six tales of loneliness, romance and brutal murder which ared interconnected in a in social media-obsessed, post-pandemic Seoul.

When?

Saturday 15 October 2022 20:50, ODEON Luxe West End, Screen 1

Saturday 15 October 2022 21:05, ODEON Luxe West End, Screen 2

Sunday 16 October 2022 14:50, Prince Charles Cinema, Downstairs Screen

NightMare

Mona and Robby are a young couple in love in NightMare. Robby has just landed his dream job, and they’ve scored an amazing deal on a spacious, if run-down, flat. Never mind that it requires quite a bit of renovation. Never mind the neighbours’ constant fighting, and screaming baby… Never mind that Mona is suddenly plagued by night terrors which grow more intense every time she falls asleep… Robby is eager to start a family, despite Mona’s hesitation. Eventually, Mona’s issues spiral dangerously out of control as she becomes convinced that she is being attacked by a mythical demon – the Mare – intent on possessing her unborn child.

When?

Tuesday 11 October 2022 20:45, ODEON Luxe West End, Screen 1

Tuesday 11 October 2022 21:00, ODEON Luxe West End, Screen 2

Wednesday 12 October 2022 20:45, ICA, Screen 1

Sunday 16 October 2022 20:35, Curzon Soho Cinema, Screen 3

The Origin

Set in the Old Stone Age, The Origin follows a disparate gang of early humans band together in search of a new land. But when they suspect a malevolent, mystical, being is hunting them down, the clan are forced to confront a danger they never envisaged.

When?

Thursday 06 October 2022 21:05, Curzon Soho Cinema, Screen 1

Saturday 08 October 2022 15:20, BFI Southbank, NFT1

Wednesday 12 October 2022 20:45, ODEON Luxe West End, Screen 2

Unicorn Wars

Thursday 13 October 2022 18:20, Prince Charles Cinema, Downstairs Screen

Friday 14 October 2022 15:45, BFI Southbank, NFT3

You Won’t Be Alone

Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, You Won’t Be Alone follows a young girl who is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit. Curious about life as a human, the young witch accidentally kills a peasant in the nearby village and then takes her victim’s shape to live life in her skin. Her curiosity ignited, she continues to wield this horrific power in order to understand what it means to be human.

When?

Friday 14 October 2022 21:00, Curzon Soho Cinema, Screen 1

Saturday 15 October 2022 18:00, ODEON Luxe West End, Screen 1

Saturday 15 October 2022 18:15, ODEON Luxe West End, Screen 2

Sunday 16 October 2022 12:45, ICA, Screen 1

Enys Men

Enys Men is set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, where a wildlife volunteer’s daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is nightmare…

When?

Tuesday 11 October 2022 18:10, BFI Southbank, NFT1

Wednesday 12 October 2022 15:15, BFI Southbank, NFT1

Blaze

Blaze follows a young teenager (named Blaze) who is the sole witness to a shocking crime. Struggling to make sense of what she saw, she unleashes the wrath of her imaginary dragon.

Coma

In Coma, a teenager has a special power: she can bring us into her dreams – but also her nightmares. Locked in her room, her only relationship to the outside world is virtual. She begins to go back and forth between dreams and reality, guided by a disturbing and mysterious YouTuber, Patricia Coma.

When?

Wednesday 05 October 2022 18:30, Prince Charles Cinema, Downstairs Screen

Thursday 06 October 2022 21:00, BFI Southbank, NFT2

Subtraction

In downtown Tehran, Farzaneh, a young driving instructor, spots her husband, Jalal, walking into a woman’s apartment. When she confronts him, Jalal claims he was out of town for work. He decides to check out the building for himself. There, he meets a woman who is the spitting image of Farzaneh. Her name is Bita. Stunned, the two compare family photos: Bita’s husband also looks identical to Jalal.

When?

Saturday 15 October 2022 17:45, Curzon Soho Cinema, Screen 2

Saturday 15 October 2022 18:00, Curzon Soho Cinema, Screen 3

Sunday 16 October 2022 18:00, ICA, Screen 1

Ashkal

In the Gardens of Carthage, a district of Tunis initiated by the former Regime which construction stopped at the beginning of the Revolution, two cops, Fatma and Batal, find a burnt body in one of the lots. As construction slowly resumes, they start looking into this mysterious case. When the event repeats itself, the investigation takes a puzzling turn.

When?

Wednesday 05 October 2022 18:30, BFI Southbank, NFT3

Friday 07 October 2022 18:30 ICA, Screen 1

My Father’s Dragon

Inspired by the Newbery honored book of the same title by Ruth Stiles Gannett, My Father’s Dragon follows Elmer who, after struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.

When?

Saturday 08 October 2022 12:40, BFI Southbank, NFT1

Monday 10 October 2022 18:20, BFI Southbank, Studio

My Robot Brother

My Robot Brother is set in a utopian high-tech future where the climate crisis is solved, people live in harmony with nature and robots work as personal assistants. Nevertheless, not everything is golden glitter. School life still sucks for 12-year-old Alberte. Her old teddy bear-like android Robbi is quite an embarrassment to her. With the perfect birthday present – the newest model of humanoids that is not even on the market – everything seems to change. The new robot Konrad looks and acts completely as if he were human and suddenly Alberte’s popularity spikes as she is now the kid with the most advanced technology at school. But can the connection between Alberte and Konrad hold up to a real friendship?

When?

The BFI London Film Festival 2022 will be taking place on 5-16 October. Buy tickets and find out more at the LFF website here. 

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Soon Veronica discovers that the process of her surgery has opened up questions about her very existence, leading her to start to question and confront past traumas. The two develop an unlikely bond as those mysterious forces give Veronica the power to enact revenge within her dreams.

As an artist, Colbert has used her creative experience for She Will, creating beautiful and disturbing imagery to tell a far deeper story that goes beyond ancient grudges. We spoke to her about meeting Alice Krige for the first time, strict schedules and… erm… slugs…

How did you first get involved with She Will?

Basically, one of our exec producers, Ed Clarke, read a script by Kitty Percy and was like: ‘I think this would be a good fit with Charlotte – these guys can develop it, it’s mad enough.’

Then I read the script and I was like God it’s got so many themes in here that I’m already sort of exploring within my practices as an artist – like trauma, dreams and the porous relationship we have to the real history of persecuted women. And it had this nice relationship at the core of what evolves to be a sort of mother/daughter relationship.

Then we developed the script together and brought in lots of elements of nature and the power of the land and how to reclaim one’s wounds and make them one’s own.

I guess the story evolved with everyone who came on board, and everyone bringing different elements. Their own experiences and stuff to the journey.

It’s this amazing thing where it’s like a magnet, it attracts certain types of characters. It’s been an interesting rollercoaster!

What was it about the script that really pulled you in?

I think it really does anchor around Veronica’s character. The thing that I felt was interesting was the idea of a singular experience connecting to a group experience. In a way, this woman’s singular trauma is being fed into by a past trauma in the land. I thought that was interesting and perhaps quite truthful about how we all relate to each other and things in our past and our future.

Veronica is at the very centre of She Will. How closely did you work with Alice Krige to develop the character?

Alice is just amazing. The minute she read the script, she really responded to it and wanted to meet. We met at this coffee shop and I remember because she was wearing this amazing kimono, and she had her hair dyed a specific way and now knowing her well, I know that that was very much Veronica. Which was really perfect.

She’s just the most incredible human being as well as being an incredible actress. I completely adored her and she was really amazing in trusting me and giving me that space for us to be able to navigate the whole journey through the filming. We talked a lot and we talked to other people who had had similar experiences as well with mastectomies. Alice has this amazing story, which I think really informed the character – one of her close friends who had a double mastectomy said – telling her about the character – that she has to be a phoenix rising from the ashes. That was really interesting and it’s something that we held on to, this sense of defiance, just reclaiming hurts of the past, whether it be from when she was a child, or now in this present moment.

What was your biggest challenge when shooting the film?

It was probably time because we had such a tight schedule to shoot. In an ideal world, we would have had way more time. Hopefully, if I get to make another one it will be less tight but Alice really took it in her stride. She’s like ‘okay we’ve got an hour for a levitation scene’ [haha]. She’s incredible, but she’s also incredibly strong, morally, physically, philosophically and spiritually. It was really interesting working with her.

I’ve got this image of her in the forest where she does Tai Chi, and in the process of doing the Tai Chi… it felt to me like magic. She was really conjuring up energy around her and you feel her strength growing. She’s so beautiful, she’s in her 60s, she’s extraordinary looking, and there’s this incredible energy that she manages to muster, it’s nearly like an aura around her.

There is a lot of nature imagery in the film, why did you decide to go down that route?

We shot in Aviemore, which is in the north of Scotland, and in Scotland there were actually 3000 people (mostly women) who were accused of witchcraft and condemned for it. It’s a lot, and it feels that there’s some notion that permeates the land in a way. There is this history, a bit like how a fossil carries your DNA from centuries ago and if you could communicate with that fossil, you would unleash all that power within you from millennia of accumulated narratives.

So I think that that was the connecting point. This peat, this black earth, that contains the history of the land there, the history of the women, and the history of the trauma that lies there. That taps into [Veronica’s] own trauma and sort of relates to her.

Then there’s this character played by Kota Eberhardt. In my mind she’s, first of all, the only kind character, but she also transcends all the binary notions of male and female and she tries to go beyond and perhaps give us hope that things can be different. Fingers crossed.

[The nature elements] were all in the script, even the slugs! I’m obsessed with slugs because they’re neither female nor male. There are also these amazing visuals, they mate through the head, they’re just incredible creatures. So, I felt that semantically they felt like a unifying of all the elements.

What does the title of She Will mean to you?

It can mean different things but in my mind, it’s a feminine push or energy. A will, a determination!

What do you want for audiences to take away from the film?

I was with Malcolm [McDowell who also stars in the film] a second ago, and he was asked this question and he said, for him, it’s the empowerment of an older actress. And putting these figures of huge talent on screen and not hiding them away. I thought that was really interesting. I guess, for me, it’s very much also just questions and a drop in an ocean of a big debate that needs to happen. And that is happening. Discussions around power dynamics, discussions around history, legacy, anger, hurt, all these kind of things.

She Will tackles a lot of themes – age, beauty, loneliness, trauma – what is it about horror that makes it a good platform to explore such themes?

It’s interesting. Perhaps it’s an element of freedom – aesthetic freedom and aesthetic boldness that’s allowed a bit more with that. Perhaps also the genre of horror is more truthful to the experience of trauma because it is experienced as a horror. Perhaps there’s something in that…

She Will was seen as part of the BFI London Film Festival. Its release date is still to be confirmed.

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The London Film Festival 2021 will be presented both in cinemas and virtually, incorporating some of the most popular elements of the successful 2020 edition into the full large scale Festival model. Taking place over 12 days from 6 -17 October, the festival will be taking place over a range of London’s cinemas and this year’s full programme includes fiction, documentary, animation, artists’ moving image, short film, restored classics from the world’s archives as well as programmes of exciting international works made in immersive and episodic forms.

The Festival will also be accessible online to audiences across the whole of the UK with a specially selected programme of feature and short films available on BFI Player, with online short films and online events free to access.

Here are some of our genre highlights for this year’s festival…

Last Night In Soho

Directed and co-written by Edgar Wright Last Night In Soho, follows Eloise (pictured above), an aspiring fashion designer, who is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer, Sandie. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something far darker. Watch the trailer here…

When?

SAT 9 OCT 18:00 SOUTHBANK CENTRE
SUN 10 OCT 11:15 SOUTHBANK CENTRE
FRI 15 OCT 17:45 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA

Neptune Frost

The directorial debut of poet-musician Saul Williams and actor-playwright Anisia Uzeyman is an ex- hilarating anti-capitalist sci-fi musical entirely shot in Rwanda.

When?

SAT 16 OCT 20:45 INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS
SUN 17 OCT 17:15 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3

Belle

Oscar-nominated anime director Mamoru Hosoda returns with an outstanding tale, following a socially awkward girl who transforms herself into a megastar within a virtual world.

When?

THU 7 OCT 17:50 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1
SUN 10 OCT 14:15 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1
SUN 17 OCT 12:00 CURZON MAYFAIR

Titane

From Julia Ducournau (Raw), Titane follows Alexia (Agathe Rousselle) a young woman who has an unusual connection with cars. After her murderous tendencies force her go on the run, she disguises herself as a boy and forms a bond with the chief of a firefighting unit (Vincent Lindon).

When?

SAT 9 OCT 21:30 SOUTHBANK CENTRE
TUE 12 OCT 11:30 SOUTHBANK CENTRE

The Feast

Directed by Lee Haven Jones, The Feast is Welsh-language horror opus which follows a young woman serving privileged guests at a dinner party in a remote house in rural Wales. However, the assembled guests do not realize they are about to eat their last supper…

When?

THU 7 OCT 21:00 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1
FRI 8 OCT 18:30 BFI PLAYER
SAT 9 OCT 15:15 CURZON MAYFAIR

Petite Maman

Céline Sciamma’s exploration of childhood and grief follows Nelly, who has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home. When doing so she explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her same age building a treehouse – an encounter that reveals a strange new world…

When?

FRI 15 OCT 18:15 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1
SAT 16 OCT 18:30 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
SUN 17 OCT 20:30 ODEON LUXE WEST END

All My Friends Hate Me

All My Friends Hate Me is a dark comedy about social paranoia written by Tom Palmer & Tom Stourton and directed by Andrew Gaynord. The movie follows Pete, who is cautiously excited about reuniting with his college crew for a birthday weekend. But, one by one, his friends slowly turn against him. Is he being punished, is he paranoid, or is he part of some sick joke?

When?

FRI 8 OCT 20:45 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
SAT 9 OCT 20:50 ODEON LUXE WEST END

Ron’s Gone Wrong

Ron’s Gone Wrong is the story of Barney, a socially awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected device, which is supposed to be his ‘Best Friend out of the Box’. Ron’s hilarious malfunctions, set against the backdrop of the social media age, launch them into an action-packed journey in which boy and robot come to terms with the wonderful messiness of true friendship.

When?

SAT 9 OCT 14:30 SOUTHBANK CENTRE

Clara Sola

Clara is believed to have a special connection to God. As a ‘healer’, she sustains a family and a village in need of hope, while she finds solace in her relationship with the natural world. After years of being controlled by her mother’s repressive care, Clara’s sexual desires are stirred by her attraction to her niece’s new boyfriend. This newly awakened force takes Clara to unexplored territory, allowing her to cross boundaries, both physical and mystical. Empowered by her self-discovery, Clara gradually frees herself from her role as ‘saint’ and begins to heal herself.

When?

THU 7 OCT 20:50 ODEON LUXE WEST END
SAT 9 OCT 15:10 CURZON SOHO SCREEN 3
WED 13 OCT 20:55 BFI SOUTHBANK STUDIO

Earwig

From French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic, comes the story of a 50-year-old caretaker who is employed to look after 10-year-old girl. His most important task is to see to her ice dentures, which must be changed several times a day…

When?

FRI 15 OCT 20:15 INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS
SAT 16 OCT 14:45 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA

Encounter

Riz Ahmed stars as a decorated Marine who must go on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from a mysterious threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind. Watch the teaser trailer here.

When?

FRI 8 OCT 20:50 CURZON MAYFAIR
SAT 9 OCT 17:45 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
THU 14 OCT 14:30 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1

Shepherd

This British horror from Russell Owen follows Eric Black, who is running from grief after the mysterious death of his wife and takes a job as a shepherd. Trapped alone on a majestic weather-beaten island with an ominous secret. One mans sudden, spiralling madness meets a vengeful supernatural force. What starts as the perfect wind-swept escape becomes a race to save his sanity and his life. Watch the trailer here.

When?

THU 14 OCT 18:10 CURZON SOHO SCREEN 1
FRI 15 OCT 14:45 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3

Hellbound

A mini series from Yeon Sang-ho (Train To Busan) and due to be released on Netflix, Hellbound tells the story of supernatural beings appearing and condemning people to hell resulting in a religious group gaining prominence while others investigate the truth behind this strange phenomenon.

When?
FRI 15 OCT 20:20 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2
SUN 17 OCT 12:00 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA

Hinterland

From Stefan Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters) Hinterland follows former detective Peter Perg (Murathan Muslu) who, after returning home at the end of World War I having spent years as a prisoner of war, joins forces with forensic doctor Theresa Körner (Liv Lisa Fries) to solve the murders of fellow POWs.

When?

SUN 10 OCT 18:00 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
TUE 12 OCT 15:15 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1

La Abuela – The Grandmother

From REC director Paco Plaza, La Abuela follows Paris model Susana who has received the devastating news that her grandmother, Pilar, who had brought her up, has had a stroke. Returning to Madrid to care for her, Pilar’s behaviour soon turns bizarre and Susana must confront secrets of her past as she’s forced into an unexpected nightmare…

When?

TUE 12 OCT 20:45 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
WED 13 OCT 18:15 ODEON LUXE WEST END

A Banquet

This British horror film, directed by Ruth Paxton and written by Justin Bull, follows widowed mother Holly, who is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith Betsey refuses to eat, but loses no weight. In an agonising dilemma torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs.

When?

FRI 15 OCT 18:10 CURZON SOHO SCREEN 1
SAT 16 OCT 12:00 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA

Dashcam

Host director Rob Savage teams up with Blumhouse Productions to scare us once again in Dashcam, which follows Annie, who travels to the UK to escape US COVID-19-related lockdowns and tries to continue filming her provocative live-streamed Band Car show. However, then she meets Angela…

When?

THU 14 OCT 21:00 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
SUN 17 OCT 18:00 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT1

Inexorable

From director Fabrice du Welz, Inexorable is a twisted thriller about the lives of a wealthy publisher and her novelist husband, Marcel Bellmer, who are relocating to a family mansion. However, their lives are changed forever the new housekeeper Gloria shows up at the door…

When?

TUE 12 OCT 18:00 CURZON SOHO SCREEN 1
WED 13 OCT 20:40 INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS

Juju Stories

This anthology film brings together three Nigerian filmmakers to create three brand new stories which explores juju (magical) stories rooted in the fabric of Nigerian culture.

When?

FRI 15 OCT 21:00 CURZON SOHO SCREEN 1
SAT 16 OCT 15:00 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3

The Medium

A supernatural mockumentary, The Medium finds a documentary team visit a remote mountain village in Thailand where they meet Nim, a shaman who has for many years served as physical host for the benevolent goddess Ba Yan. However, after Nim’s niece and supposed next family member to be possessed starts acting strangely, they find out that Ba Yan may not be the Goddess they make it out to be…

When?

WED 6 OCT 20:55 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
FRI 8 OCT 20:40 ODEON LUXE WEST END

Lamb

Lamb tells the story of a couple, María (Noomi Rapace) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snaer Gudnason) who live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm in Iceland. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their farmland, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. The couple are overwhelmed with joy at the unexpected prospect of this new family, and blissfully unaware that chaos and revenge now awaits them…

When?

FRI 15 OCT 20:45 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
SAT 16 OCT 15:10 ODEON LUXE WEST END
SUN 17 OCT 20:40 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2

Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon

Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night) and starring Kate Hudson, Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon follows Mona who has the psychokinetic ability to control the actions of others. When she escapes the psychiatric facility in which she has been locked up, Mona flees to New Orleans where she meets street smart-stripper Bonnie (Hudson) and her son, who find a way to use Mona’s powers for financial gain…

When?

SUN 10 OCT 17:45 CURZON SOHO SCREEN 1
MON 11 OCT 18:00 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
WED 13 OCT 12:20 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2

The Rope

This series sees, a small group of scientists on a remote base in Norway uncover a mysterious rope, apparently endless, skirting their observatory and disappearing into the vast expanse of surrounding forest. Some will follow it, others will remain. As the initial fascination transforms into a quest to unravel the mystery, all will be confronted with the life-changing consequences of their choices.

When?

THU 7 OCT 20:40 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT3
SAT 9 OCT 15:00 PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA

She Will

Charlotte Colbert’s strikingly gothic film explores the story of Veronica Ghent (Alice Krige) who after a double mastectomy, goes to a healing retreat in rural Scotland with her young nurse Desi (Kota Eberhardt). She discovers that the process of such surgery opens up questions about her very existence, leading her to start to question and confront past traumas. The two develop an unlikely bond as mysterious forces give Veronica the power to enact revenge within her dreams.

When?

SAT 16 OCT 18:10 CURZON MAYFAIR
SUN 17 OCT 12:00 CURZON SOHO SCREEN 1

Maya And The Three

This new Mexican fantasy series (soon to be out on Netflix) is set in a fantastical world filled with magic, where a Mesoamerican-inspired warrior princess embarks on an epic quest to fulfill an ancient prophecy and save humanity from the vengeful gods of the underworld.

When?

SAT 16 OCT 12:00 BFI SOUTHBANK NFT2
SUN 17 OCT 14:40 ODEON LUXE WEST END

The London Film Fesival will be taking place from 6 -17 October. Find out more at the LFF website here.

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That’s not all, this year’s festival also has plenty of offerings for genre fans and we’ve broken down everything to look forward to right here…

Friendship’s Death

First up is a classic! LFF shows iconic films as well as brand new films as part of its programme, and this year the organisers have picked an absolute gem! Peter Wollen’s Friendship’s Death follows Friendship (Swinton), who has been sent to Earth on a peace mission. Heading for MIT, she inadvertently lands in Amman, Jordan during the 1970 ‘Black September’ war and is ushered to safety by journalist Sullivan (Bill Paterson). Holed up in a hotel as the conflict rages outside, the pair enter into a series of fascinating conversations about mortality, technology and the nature of warfare. The screening will be followed by a special event exploring Wollen’s important legacy as a thinker, historian and practitioner.

When? From 13:00 (BST) Saturday 17 October 2020 until 13:00 (BST) Tuesday 20 October 2020

The Intruder

Possessor

Possessor is Brandon Cronenberg’s nightmarish follow-up to 2012’s Antiviral. This identity-swap thriller stars Andrea Riseborough as Tasya Vos, a psychic and possibly psychotic hitwoman-for-hire, who hijacks other people’s minds and manipulates them to into carrying out undetectable murder-suicides. A respectable wife and mother in her normal life, Tasya is the perfect undercover operative. That is until she encounters the unexpectedly stubborn Colin (Christopher Abbott), whose body she takes over as part of a plot to kill his media mogul father-in-law (Sean Bean).

When? Friday 16 October

Relic

Rose: A Love Story

Shirley

Directed by Josephine Decker, Shirley follows the life of legendary horror author Shirley Jackson. When we first meet Shirley (Elisabeth Moss) in the film, she’s soon to become America’s queen of horror fiction, but she seems to be no such thing; just a sad, drunken shut-in, married to a cheating English professor (Michael Stuhlbarg) and blocked as a writer. But with the arrival of Rose (Odessa Young) and her teaching-assistant husband Fred (Logan Lerman), Shirley reveals herself as a far crueller and more sophisticated creature, seducing the innocent girl into becoming her companion and accomplice in the new mystery novel she is writing. Read our review here.

When? TBC

Soul

Wolfwalkers

There are plenty more offerings from this year’s London Film Festival – check out the entire programme here.

The 64th BFI London Film festival will take place from 7 to 18 October. Buy your tickets here.

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