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Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Elton John, Andrew Garfield, Saoirse Ronan Titles Among BFI London Film Festival Full Lineup


The BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its 2024 lineup, featuring Angelina Jolie, Elton John, Andrew Garfield, Saoirse Ronan and more.

Special presentations at the festival include Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light,” Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire,” Mati Diop’s “Dahomey,” Athina Rachel Tsangari’s “Harvest,” Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here,” RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys,” Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” with Craig, Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain” and Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” The festival’s First Feature Competition showcases debut directors with films including Tumpal Tampubolon’s “Crocodile Tears,” Denise Fernandes’ “Hanami,” Neo Sora’s “Happyend,” Sasha Nathwani’s “Last Swim,” Sylvia Le Fanu’s “My Eternal Summer,” Tomás Pichardo Espaillat’s “Olivia & The Clouds,” Laura Carreira’s “On Falling,” Sandhya Suri’s “Santosh,” Ariane Labed’s “September Says,” Mahdi Fleifel’s “To A Land Unknown” and Meryam Joobeur’s “Who Do I Belong To.” The festival will also feature Screen Talks, in-depth interviews with leaders in contemporary cinema including Andrea Arnold, Steve McQueen, Mike Leigh, Denis Villeneuve, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, Lupita Nyong’o, Zoe Saldaña and Daniel Kaluuya.

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