Programme for Thursday 20 October

morning
Free film screenings
Thu 20 |
09:45 |
VUE West End

A celebratory documentary about Harry Belafonte, focusing on his lifelong political activism and human rights work.

 
Free film screenings
Thu 20 |
10:30 |
NFT1, BFI Southbank

Stories about friendship, loyalty, courage and fitting in from some of the most exciting new young British filmmakers who will be on stage to discuss their work with the audience.

 
Masterclasses
Thu 20 |
11:00 |
ICA 1

One of cinema's most acclaimed composers, with four Oscar and BAFTA nominations and a BAFTA win since 2007.

afternoon
Film on the Square
Thu 20 |
12:45 |
Vue Screen 6

Stylish and contemplative tale of a young man's wistful return to the city he loves. A stunning new film from the creators of Reprise (LFF 2006).

 
French Revolutions
Thu 20 |
13:00 |
Vue Screen 3

A witty, snow-steeped French comedy thriller that riffs on the Marilyn Monroe legend, as a mystery writer unravels the death of a small-town beauty.

 
French Revolutions
Thu 20 |
13:15 |
NFT2

Sandrine Kiberlain gives her best performance yet in Yves Caumon's subtle, intelligent drama about a woman who walks alone.

 
World Cinema
Thu 20 |
13:15 |
NFT3
Produced by Jia Zhangke and a double prizewinner in Shanghai, Han Jie's strikingly original film follows a small-town loser who botches his own marriage but becomes a savant to his mining village in North-east China.
 
World Cinema
Thu 20 |
13:30 |
ICA 1
Rohmer and Hitchcock prove telling reference points in this tale of a voyeurism set in a sleepy Argentine seaside town.
 
World Cinema
Thu 20 |
15:00 |
Vue Screen 7
Jiang Wen's rumbustious comedy-adventure, set in the 1920s, is an Eastern Western. Chow Yun-Fat, Ge You and Jiang himself star as the three unscrupulous men vying for control of Goose Town: fun performances, and lots of flying bullets.
 
World Cinema
Thu 20 |
15:30 |
ICA 1
Ex-editor Charliebebs Gohetia offers a startlingly fresh take on a broken relationship, first from the woman's point-of-view, then from the man's. Sharp, visually arresting and very grown-up, it's unlike any other Filipino indie.
 
Treasures from the Archives
Thu 20 |
15:30 |
NFT2

Barabara Loden's brilliant one-off, independent, classic road-movie, in which heroine Wanda embarks on an odyssey of petty crime across seedy middle America.

 
Cinema Europa
Thu 20 |
15:30 |
Vue Screen 3

A profound insight into the world's oldest profession that reveals vast differences in attitude to sex, money, power and religion in three different countries.

 
Experimenta
Thu 20 |
15:45 |
NFT3

Letters from two acclaimed directors offer a remarkable portrait of their attitudes to the craft of filmmaking and the world around them.

evening
World Cinema
Thu 20 |
18:15 |
ICA 1

Pema Tseden's quest to create a new Tibetan cinema takes another leap forward with this droll/tragic tale of conflicts between a shepherd and his heavy-drinking son…particularly over their pet Nomad Mastiff.

 
Other events
Thu 20 |
18:30 |
NFT3

A discussion on the line between fact and fiction with filmmakers from this year's programme.

 
Galas & Special Screenings
Thu 20 |
19:30 |
Queen Elizabeth Hall

The sex lives of the upper classes come under scrutiny in this tour de force of late silent British cinema.

 
World Cinema
Thu 20 |
20:30 |
ICA 1
Ex-editor Charliebebs Gohetia offers a startlingly fresh take on a broken relationship, first from the woman's point-of-view, then from the man's. Sharp, visually arresting and very grown-up, it's unlike any other Filipino indie.

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