Your questions answered: Clare Stewart Twitter Q&A
With a day to go before the opening of the 56th BFI London Film Festival, Festival Director Clare Stewart took time out to answer your questions on Twitter. Here we present the highlights.
Clare Stewart: Hi Twitter! Just finished rehearsing for tmrw’s Opening Night Gala. Ready for your Qs: instagr.am/p/Qj4yXzm9-v #lffqa
— BFI (@BFI) October 9, 2012
#lffqa I’ll manage to get to #LFF for 2 days. What are prospects for involving community cinemas in a distributed LFF in the future?
— Forest Row Film Soc (@forestrowfilms) October 9, 2012
. @forestrowfilms Frankenweenie & Crossfire Hurricane both go out UK wide. #bfifuture plan has big plans for community screens. #lffqa
— BFI (@BFI) October 9, 2012
#LFFQA Dear Clare Steward, what are you particularly excited about for this year’s #LFF? Thanks.
— Daniel Kramb (@danielkramb) October 9, 2012
. @danielkramb Excited that great and extremely diverse films directed by women are screening across all our competition sections #lffqa
— BFI (@BFI) October 9, 2012
@bfi Hi Clare, I am attending The Stones Crossfire Hurricane premiere. I’ve never been to a premiere before what can I expect? #lffqa
— Lisa Vine (@LisaVine) October 9, 2012
. @lisavine Great red carpet action with excited fans. Lights, cameras, the @rollingstones & director Brett Morgen intro-ing the film #lffqa
— BFI (@BFI) October 9, 2012
@bfi How could the ‘festival atmosphere’ in a multi-venue, ticket-based fest like #LFF be improved? #lffqa
— Ian Mantgani (@mant_a_tangi) October 3, 2012
. @mant_a_tangi Leicester Sq and BFI Southbank are beating hearts of festival. Our borough cinemas create an atmosphere of their own #lffqa
— BFI (@BFI) October 9, 2012
@bfi Hi Clare, good luck in your first LFF. Re: the cult strand, do you feel you can spot a “cult” film immediately? #LFFQA
— Ashley Clark (@_Ash_Clark) October 9, 2012
. @_ash_clark Hard to predict what will become cult classic, but this section will satisfy fans of the strange and unclassifiable #lffqa
— BFI (@BFI) October 9, 2012
@bfi any fest films you’d recommend for college students? #LFFQA
— Bromley College (@BromleyCollege) October 9, 2012
. @bromleycollege Great thing about film festivals - you get to take risks & discover new things. Choose one film from every section! #lffqa
— BFI (@BFI) October 9, 2012
@bfi Will #LFF change the way people visit the cinema? Will the buzz towards film in general wither away after the festival is gone? #lffqa
— Viktoria (@vkirkova) October 9, 2012
. @vkirkova Film festivals definitely changed my idea of cinema. London is lucky post-fest buzz continues year-round @bfi Southbank #lffqa
— BFI (@BFI) October 9, 2012
@bfi What is the one must-have element you look for when choosing a film to programme? #lffqa #LFF
— tomjarvis (@tommortonjarvis) October 9, 2012
. @tommortonjarvis For me, the first question is always did the filmmaker achieve their vision. Did they make the film they intended #lffqa
— BFI (@BFI) October 9, 2012
@bfi Clare – really excited for the Festival. How on earth did you get Bill Murray to agree to attend? I’d (cont) tl.gd/jj74tk
— Claire Read (@readthewriter) October 9, 2012
. @readthewriter Bill Murray was here in 2009 with Fantastic Mr Fox. What we know from that is with Bill nothing is predictable! #lffqa
— BFI (@BFI) October 9, 2012
@bfi How did you decide the themes of the different strands and do you think it will make audiences change the way they categorise film?
— Damian Owen-Board (@bobbyjukebox) October 9, 2012
. @bobbyjukebox We want to make it textured & surprising, easier to find films of interest and discover films you might overlook #lffqa
— BFI (@BFI) October 9, 2012
@bfi Are there any films from new directors in the line-up that you feel strongly about? #lffqa
— Eftihia Stefanidi (@EftihiaSt) October 9, 2012
. @eftihiast 12 exciting directors on show in First Feature Competition. Three UK films: Shell, My Brother the Devil and The Comedian #lffqa
— BFI (@BFI) October 9, 2012
@bfi Why does it cost more to see LFF film at cinema than a regular visit? Shouldn’t LFF be about encouraging people to see new cinema?
— Jo Wilson (@j_wils) October 9, 2012
. @j_wils Box office helps cover cost of the festival, though we do make sure we benchmark them against other cinema and event prices #lffqa
— BFI (@BFI) October 9, 2012
@bfihi claire im attending the film prm of quartet rumours that dustin hoofman will not be there is that likely
— martiuk (@martiuk) October 9, 2012
. @martiuk It’s Dustin Hoffman’s debut and he’s excited to be here as director. We expect him with Maggie Smith and Billy Connolly #lffqa
— BFI (@BFI) October 9, 2012
Thanks for all your questions! Sorry we didn’t have time for all of them. Keep in touch with @clarestewartbfi and follow the festival - #lff
— BFI (@BFI) October 9, 2012