In pictures: 56th BFI London Film Festival day 1
Highlights on Twitter
Really looking forward to the London Film Festival this year. It’s got a fantastic line up.
— Riley (@LifeOfTheRiley) October 10, 2012
HOORAY @bfi #LFF starts today!!! Super excited! *jumps up and down*
— maggie32 (@maggiegogler) October 10, 2012
The #LFF is kicking off today…..good luck everyone. See you on the other side! @bfi
— ollielavery (@ollielavery) October 10, 2012
Long, thematically punishing day ahead at #LFF. And I can’t bloody wait!
— Ashley Clark (@_Ash_Clark) October 10, 2012
The day is finally here! @bfi #LFF opens today filling your wonderful minds with all the celluloid action you could ever need - til 21 Oct
— London Word Culture (@TLWCulture) October 10, 2012
Let two weeks of awe inspiring, gripping…and fun cinema commence in our city #lff
— Tom Fealy (@RaggamuffinFilm) October 10, 2012
The 56th @bfi London Film Festival kicks off today. Watching 21 films over 10 days. Sore eyes. Dark screens. But the best of cinema.
— Flawed Critic (@flawed_critic) October 10, 2012
Tonight is gonna be epic! #LFF
— Thomas McConkey (@TomMc90) October 10, 2012
#LFF begins today! Good luck to the max to everyone @bfi involved. See you on the other side (or in the delegates’ centre).
— Laura Adams (@AdamsLaura) October 10, 2012
About to breathe the same oxygen as Tim Burton! #lff
— Jazmine Sky Bradley (@JazmineSky) October 10, 2012
black tie suit dropped at dry cleaners under promise it’ll be ready by 5 in time to strutt #LFF red carpet tonight. I’ll win over Winona.
— Jason Solomons (@JasonCritic) October 10, 2012
#LFF opens tonight! Huge congrats to @bfi, Clare Stewart and stalwart TSD supporter Helen De Witt.We’re proud to be part of the festival!
— ThinkShootDistribute (@TSDfilm) October 10, 2012
Checking out the slate for London Film Festival, surprised not to find many Asian movies. We get a few here, but clearly more than London.
— Johny Ho (@johnytyh) October 10, 2012
Wadjda - A heartfelt, deceptively simple film that delivers remarkable emotional richness and cultural insight. Entirely wonderful. #LFF
— Philip Concannon (@Phil_on_Film) October 10, 2012
Hugely moved and saddened by Amour. What a superb, exquisitely executed film.#LFF
— Emma Simmonds (@EmmaSimmonds) October 10, 2012
Haifaa Al Mansour’s Wadjda is extraordinary - subtle, simple and well told. #LFF
— Susan (@supeep) October 10, 2012
‘zomromcom’ as a genre - genius! #LFF@bfi
— Carrie Wootten (@CMCW16) October 10, 2012
So back to business! FRANKENWEENIE this evening. If anything, I’m looking forward to the spectacle of the opening gala. #LFF
— Natasha Lee (@HOLYSCHMOKES) October 10, 2012
Then #LFF / my slow descent into madness, starts tomorrow …
— Clare Dean (@c1aredean) October 10, 2012
#LFF#Wadjda by a female filmaker from Saudi. A subtle, searing indictment of hypocrisy in that land. Lovely + moving. Worth seeing.
— Rehna A (@RehnaAzim) October 10, 2012
#LFF Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie is pleasant enough, nothing special though.
— Rehna A (@RehnaAzim) October 10, 2012
Let the fun and games begin @bfi
— Tom Tornari (@tornari) October 10, 2012
This morning’s Frankenweenie junket was a lot of fun, not least hearing Martin Landau’s Woody Allen impression. Great start to the #LFF
— jonlyus (@jonlyus) October 10, 2012
Am in pieces. Just saw the latest Michael #Haneke masterpiece #Amour at London Film Festival #LFF
— helenjerome (@helenjerome) October 10, 2012
Really enjoyed The Sessions - John Hawkes is an immense talent #lff
— Will Gore (@WillGore) October 10, 2012
Is this how everyone feels immediately before #LFF? Slightly scared of turnaround, the sight of email and no sleep for 10 days?
— Krystina Nellis (@flyingnelly) October 10, 2012
8 films in 2 days, new personal record. Gotta love #LFF
— Curtis Evans (@CurtisEvans90) October 10, 2012
In Leicester Square, for the BFI London Film Festival #lff opening gala - no rest for the wicked! Would prefer cuppa + home + settee. #film
— Hannah Bluebell (@BluebellBroome) October 10, 2012
The sessions was also a great watch, good humour to it which caught me off guard. All in all another fantastic day of screenings! #LFF
— Curtis Evans (@CurtisEvans90) October 10, 2012
@bfi #LFF Is only 12 days long?! I think you should make it longer next yr. At OLS Waiting for #Frankenweenie to start… WHOOP!
— Carron Mann (@Carron_with_a_C) October 10, 2012
Wadjda. So bold & box-ticking almost feels like a western-eye view of the arab experience, but cannily plotted & winningly portrayed. #lff
— James Rocarols (@jamesrocarols) October 10, 2012
Amour. Sublime perfs, heartbreaking and necessary. But not as challenging or innovative as Haneke at hisbest, for me. #lff
— James Rocarols (@jamesrocarols) October 10, 2012
As ever, being at Opening Night of the @bfi London Film Festival made me feel very happy & exceptionally lucky. Plus, FRANKENWEENIE was ace!
— David Cox (@david_t_cox_) October 10, 2012
Very excited for the rest of the festival, props to @bfi as ever for making it all happen.
— Sam Clements (@sam_clements) October 11, 2012
Super excited about the start if the @bfi London Film Festival. My favourite thing about October!
— girlsworlddiaries (@gworlddiaries) October 11, 2012
Loved Frankenweenie at the London Film Festival last night. Funny, scary, beautifully made & a great pro-science message to boot.
— Matthew Sanders (@MagicLanternArt) October 11, 2012
#LFF aka London FIlm Festival has begun!good luck to all sailing in her.Very exciting line upof international fare
— Catherine Willis (@cat_willis) October 11, 2012