Programme for Tuesday 27 October

morning
Education screenings
Tue 27 |
10:15 |
Vue (Screen 9)
A large bourgeois Catalan family come together for the funeral of the paterfamilias in Mar Coll's impressive debut feature.
 
Education Talks and Workshops
Tue 27 |
11:00 |
NFT3

To book for LFF Education Events, please contact festival.education@bfi.org.uk or 0207 815 1344. Alternatively fill out an education online bookings form.

An insight into cinematography from DOP Tristan Oliver (The Wrong Trousers, Chicken Run, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Fantastic Mr Fox).

afternoon
Education Talks and Workshops
Tue 27 |
13:30 |
Learning Space

To book for LFF Education Events, please contact festival.education@bfi.org.uk or 0207 815 1344. Alternatively fill out an education online bookings form.

Inspired by the masterclass with DOP Tristan Oliver in the morning, explore how script, set, camera, lighting and crew work together to perfect 'the look' of an animated film.

 
World Cinema
Tue 27 |
13:45 |
NFT2
On the morning of his 37th birthday, Michael Brown takes a call from his estranged, drug addict brother and immediately regrets picking up the phone...
 
Cinema Europa
Tue 27 |
13:45 |
Vue Screen 9
Impressive adaptation of Niccolo Ammaniti's novel, The Crossroads by acclaimed Italian film-maker, Gabriele Salvatores.
 
Experimenta
Tue 27 |
14:00 |
NFT3
Can cinema de dangerous? An investigation into the political and psychological power of cinema inspired by the work of French philosopher, Bernard Stiegler.
 
Cinema Europa
Tue 27 |
15:30 |
Vue Screen 5
A large bourgeois Catalan family come together for the funeral of the paterfamilias in Mar Coll's impressive debut feature.
 
Film on the Square
Tue 27 |
15:45 |
Vue Screen 7
Bravura and fresh re-telling of the early life and rise to power of Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, seen through the eyes of his 'other wife'.
 
Cinema Europa
Tue 27 |
16:00 |
NFT2
Thought provoking and provocative documentary on the past and present history and situation of the Italian cinema.
 
Film on the Square
Tue 27 |
16:00 |
Vue Screen 6
First-time director Samuel Maoz creates an unforgettable portrayal of the horrors of war with this autobiographical account of Israel's ill-fated 1982 invasion of Lebanon.
 
World Cinema
Tue 27 |
16:15 |
NFT1
An introspective 13 year old and her gang of social misfits take on the system in this sweetly melancholic tale.
 
Short Cuts & Animation
Tue 27 |
16:15 |
NFT3
The landscape itself becomes an important character in these stories where the surroundings speak volumes.
 
French Revolutions
Tue 27 |
16:15 |
Vue Screen 9
The fascinating life of Michel Vajour, perpetrator of France's most audacious prison escapes, told in his own words.
evening
Film on the Square
Tue 27 |
18:15 |
GENESIS

No online booking for Genesis Cinema. To book tickets please call Box Office on 020 79283232.

The bizarrest of road movies from the Mighty Boosh team, full of invention and anarchic comedy.

 
Other Events
Tue 27 |
18:15 |
NFT2
We discuss the state of contemporary Italian Cinema and mark the 10 year anniversary of our first collaboration with Film Italia.
 
New British Cinema
Tue 27 |
19:00 |
STUDIO
J Blakeson's endlessly inventive debut feature is a committed, claustrophobic three-hander, featuring some of Britain's most credible and adaptable film acting talent.
 
Screen Talks
Tue 27 |
21:00 |
NFT1
The highly acclaimed artist and filmmaker joins us to discuss her career transition from gallery to cinema with Tim Marlow.

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