360 and The Deep Blue Sea open and close Festival.
London's 55th BFI London Film Festival programme announcement on Wednesday (September 7) confirmed Fernando Meirelles' "360" and Terence Davies' "The Deep Blue Sea" as the opening and closing films of the Festival that runs from October 12-27.
"The Deep Blue Sea" director joined Festival organisers Sandra Hebron and Amanda Neville and "360" writer Peter Morgan on the day, along with actors Eddie Marsan and Dexter Fletcher who both have films showing.
No stranger to opening previous London Festivals with acclaimed films such as "The Last King Of Scotland" and "Frost/Nixon", Morgan was thrilled to be in the same position again this year with "360", a film about love in the 21st century.
SOUNDBITE: Peter Morgan, writer of "360" saying (English):
"It's a big festival and it's a scary evening, but it's a rather wonderful evening. I mean it's proper big, it's big."
Davies, whose film about the unreliable nature of love, starring Rachel Weisz who also appears in "360", was equally shocked.
SOUNDBITE: Terence Davies, director of "The Deep Blue Sea", saying (English):
"I watched it in today's reel in a kind of daze. I'm just in a daze."
Marsan who stars in Brit drama "Junkhearts" said the Festival was an important platform for international film-making.
SOUNDBITE: Eddie Marsan, actor in "Junkhearts", saying (English):
"It also supports film-makers from countries where their governments don't give them a voice, you know, a lot of the Iranian guys coming over here."
Offering more German-speaking films this year, the 55th Festival will screen a total of 204 fiction and documentary features, including 53 premieres, and 110 live-action and animated shorts, as well as masterclasses and special events with prominent directors, cast and crew.
George Clooney's "The Ides of March", Michael Fassbender's "Shame" and Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly's "We Need To Talk About Kevin" will be screened alongside Roland Emmerich's Shakespearean scandal "Anonymous" and David Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method".
Lisa Giles-Keddie, Reuters.
"The Deep Blue Sea" director joined Festival organisers Sandra Hebron and Amanda Neville and "360" writer Peter Morgan on the day, along with actors Eddie Marsan and Dexter Fletcher who both have films showing.
No stranger to opening previous London Festivals with acclaimed films such as "The Last King Of Scotland" and "Frost/Nixon", Morgan was thrilled to be in the same position again this year with "360", a film about love in the 21st century.
SOUNDBITE: Peter Morgan, writer of "360" saying (English):
"It's a big festival and it's a scary evening, but it's a rather wonderful evening. I mean it's proper big, it's big."
Davies, whose film about the unreliable nature of love, starring Rachel Weisz who also appears in "360", was equally shocked.
SOUNDBITE: Terence Davies, director of "The Deep Blue Sea", saying (English):
"I watched it in today's reel in a kind of daze. I'm just in a daze."
Marsan who stars in Brit drama "Junkhearts" said the Festival was an important platform for international film-making.
SOUNDBITE: Eddie Marsan, actor in "Junkhearts", saying (English):
"It also supports film-makers from countries where their governments don't give them a voice, you know, a lot of the Iranian guys coming over here."
Offering more German-speaking films this year, the 55th Festival will screen a total of 204 fiction and documentary features, including 53 premieres, and 110 live-action and animated shorts, as well as masterclasses and special events with prominent directors, cast and crew.
George Clooney's "The Ides of March", Michael Fassbender's "Shame" and Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly's "We Need To Talk About Kevin" will be screened alongside Roland Emmerich's Shakespearean scandal "Anonymous" and David Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method".
Lisa Giles-Keddie, Reuters.
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