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WEDNESDAY 7 OCTOBER 21:00 FIGHT OR FLIGHT 18:30 BEASTS OF NO NATION NFT2 ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE THRILL COMPETITION 13:00 MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER The characters in these tense and highly-charged films A chilling portrait of the plight of child soldiers, told from 19:00 SUFFRAGETTE LOVE experience adrenaline-fuelled reactions in response to the perspective of one young boy. A warm and tender exploration of a 76 year marriage GALA some extreme situations. Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane, Village at the End of the World) 21:15 BRAND: A SECOND COMING in South Korea. returns to the Festival with an intense drama that GALA 15:30 SEMBENE! traces the story of the foot soldiers of the early THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER Russell Brand ponders Jesus, Ghandi, Malcolm X and JOURNEY feminist movement. ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE his own political awakening in this lively doc that The godfather of African film and a cinematic doesn’t forget to be funny. 11:30 SUFFRAGETTE pioneer gets the homage he deserves with this VUE7 fascinating portrait. GALA CINEWORLD HAYMARKET 19:45 SUFFRAGETTE Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane, Village at the End of the World) 18:15 LOST IN MUNICH GALA returns to the Festival with an intense drama that 18:15 THE CLUB LAUGH Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane, Village at the End of the World) traces the story of the foot soldiers of the early DEBATE Petr Zelenka’s film tells the absurd story of the French returns to the Festival with an intense drama that feminist movement. Pablo Larrain’s Berlin prize-winner is a typically stylish, prime minister’s parrot, a witness to the Munich traces the story of the foot soldiers of the early darkly witty tale of corruption, concealment and Conference, who reveals its secrets decades later. 14:15 GRANDMA conspiracy in Chile’s Catholic church. feminist movement. LAUGH 20:45 DOG LADY A raucous, sometimes obscene road movie starring 21:45 BRAND: A SECOND COMING JOURNEY NFT1 Lily Tomlin as a foul-mouthed septuagenarian. GALA A witty, original portrait of a defiant maverick living with Russell Brand ponders Jesus, Ghandi, Malcolm X and 18:00 MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART 19:15 TRUMBO her canine companions on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. JOURNEY his own political awakening in this lively doc that GALA doesn’t forget to be funny. Jia Zhangke delivers another ambitious, astute and Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Argo) gives a cracking NFT3 humane drama, spanning the early days of Chinese performance as Dalton Trumbo, the Hollywood CURZON SOHO 13:30 THE ROMANTIC EXILES capitalism to a vision of 2025. screenwriter who was blacklisted after refusing to LOVE 21:00 JIA ZHANGKE, A GUY FROM FENYANG testify in the House Committee on Un-American 18:30 CENSORED VOICES A trio of Spanish dreamers head to Paris in a camper van COMPETITION Activities in 1947. COMPETITION in search of adventures in his delightfully ironic Rohmer- Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles paints a fascinating Daunting testimonies of Israeli soldiers returning from infused feature. the Six Day war revealed following 45 years of censorship. portrait of Chinese Sixth Generation director Jia Zhangke VUE7 15:45 DER NACHTMAHR as they travel to the many locations featured in his films. 12:00 BLOOD OF MY BLOOD 21:00 DON'T GROW UP DARE DARE CULT Visual artist AKIZ presents a phantasmagoric mind NFT2 Part period drama, part contemporary satire, this is a A mysterious epidemic sends all the adults mad in this games conundrum. genre defying shocker from Thierry Poiraud. 18:10 JAMES WHITE highly distinctive film from Italian maestro Marco 18:30 REDISCOVERED LAUREL & HARDY LOVE Bellocchio PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL LAUGH An aspiring New York writer comes to terms with life – 14:45 JAMES WHITE A rediscovered classic accompanied by popular short and death. LOVE 18:30 BANG GANG films. COMPETITION 20:45 THE CORPSE OF ANNA FRITZ An aspiring New York writer comes to terms with life – 21:15 RED LEAVES CULT and death. High-school students and their summer of orgies are the focus of Eva Husson's no-holds-barred drama. JOURNEY A hospital morgue is the setting for this seriously nasty 18:00 BEASTS OF NO NATION An aging patriarch forces himself on his family after the thriller that is not for the faint hearted. COMPETITION 21:15 BEEBA BOYS death of his wife only to realise that their modern ways A chilling portrait of the plight of child soldiers, told from GALA don't chime with his worldview. NFT3 the perspective of one young boy. A highly stylish drama about immigrant Sikh gangs 18:20 BLACK GIRL fighting for supremacy on the streets of downtown CINÉ LUMIÈRE 20:45 BEEBA BOYS Vancouver. JOURNEY GALA 18:15 MEASURE OF A MAN “An astonishing movie – so ferocious, so haunting, and A highly stylish drama about immigrant Sikh gangs NFT1 DEBATE so unlike anything we’d ever seen.” – Martin Scorsese fighting for supremacy on the streets of downtown Vincent Lindon is superb as a man facing the realities of 20:45 SEMBENE! Vancouver. 18:15 HE NAMED ME MALALA unemployment and the market in Stéphane Brizé’s JOURNEY GALA gripping, fiercely intelligent French social drama. In this inspirational documentary, we follow The godfather of African film and a cinematic VUE5 20:45 IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD pioneer gets the homage he deserves with this extraordinary teenager Malala Yousafzai as she 12:30 TAXI TEHRAN embarks on life in Britain. JOURNEY fascinating portrait. DEBATE Journey from big city neighbourhoods to small town Panahi’s warm, witty and wise Berlin prizewinner sees 21:00 JIA ZHANGKE & WALTER SALLES SCREEN TALK backwaters, with stories of love, death and moments that ICA the director posing as an amateur cabbie, ferrying a EVENTS have life-changing consequences. 18:15 LUCIFER colourful array of passengers around Tehran. The internationally acclaimed filmmakers discuss their filmmaking approaches. DARE 15:15 MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART Lucifer visits a village in Mexico and leaves the villagers JOURNEY in disarray, in this visionary drama, filmed within a Jia Zhangke delivers another ambitious, astute and circular frame. humane drama, spanning the early days of Chinese capitalism to a vision of 2025. 7 – 18 OCTOBER 2015 bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 2

CURZON MAYFAIR VUE ISLINGTON VUE5 NFT1 18:30 LAND OF MINE 18:30 PARABELLUM 12:30 BEASTS OF NO NATION 12:45 RYUZO AND HIS SEVEN HENCHMEN JOURNEY DARE COMPETITION LAUGH Morally complex story of young German POWs faced A chilling vision of a holiday resort offering survivalist A chilling portrait of the plight of child soldiers, told from A gaggle of elderly retired Yakuza attempt to relive their with the deadly task of landmine clearance in Post training for the impending apocalypse. the perspective of one young boy. gory glory days by taking down the young gang who War Denmark. 20:45 MEN AND CHICKEN 15:15 LAND OF MINE swindled one of their group. 21:00 21 NIGHTS WITH PATTIE LAUGH JOURNEY 16:00 LFF CONNECTS: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN LAUGH Elias (Mads Mikkelsen) and his brother Gabriel get down Morally complex story of young German POWs faced & TACITA DEAN A superb French cast run wild amid mountain and dirty with the oddball inhabitants of a remote with the deadly task of landmine clearance in Post EVENTS landscapes, in the Larrieu brothers’ eccentric, witty, Danish island in this pitch black bawdy comedy. War Denmark. British filmmaker Christopher Nolan (Interstellar, The outrageous rural comedy about sex, death and the 18:30 THE DAUGHTER Dark Knight trilogy) and British artist Tacita Dean imagination. FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER COMPETITION discuss the future of film. ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE Ibsen's 'The Wild Duck' is relocated to contemporary 18:30 35MM: QUAY BROTHERS MEET… HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE rural Australia, but in theatre director Simon Stone's DARE 18:30 MADAME COURAGE 11:30 TRUMBO feature debut it still retains the Norwegian playwright's Christopher Nolan directs a short film about the DARE GALA powerful bite. Quay Brothers. A gritty yet delicate portrait of solitary and unhinged Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Argo) gives a cracking performance as Dalton Trumbo, the Hollywood 21:15 TANGERINE 21:00 HOT SUGAR’S COLD WORLD petty thief Omar and his addiction to Madame Courage COMPETITION SONIC pills, by veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache. screenwriter who was blacklisted after refusing to testify in the House Committee on Un-American A real-time drama, shot on iPhones in downtown LA and An offbeat muso-travelogue, following the eclectic 20:45 DANNY SAYS Activities in 1947. featuring two transsexual hookers in a vengeful mood, musician as he records his new album. SONIC this is the ultimate in filmmaking on the fly. An enjoyable account of the Ramones manager who was 14:30 HE NAMED ME MALALA NFT2 much, much more than that. GALA CINEWORLD HAYMARKET In this inspirational documentary, we follow 12:00 HAPPY HOUR 18:30 GRANDMA DARE ICA extraordinary teenager Malala Yousafzai as she embarks on life in Britain. LAUGH A group of thirty-something women find their friendship 18:30 WAVE VS SHORE A raucous, sometimes obscene road movie starring tested by their differing attitudes to work, love and sex in DARE 18:15 HIGH-RISE Lily Tomlin as a foul-mouthed septuagenarian. the city of Kobe, Japan. GALA Martin Štrba’s inventive documentary tells the 20:45 THE INVITATION 18:15 SALAAM BOMBAY! remarkable story of a group of Slovak photographers Ben Wheatley meets JG Ballard head-on, in this savage and utterly brilliant satire. CULT DEBATE whose groundbreaking work challenged Communist A chilling chamber piece from Jennifer’s Body director Slumdog without the Millionaire. Mira Nair's Oscar- orthodoxy in the 1980s. 21:30 A BIGGER SPLASH Karyn Kasuama. nominated debut feature is an authentic and unnerving 20:45 RYUZO AND HIS SEVEN HENCHMEN GALA portrait of Mumbai's street children. In the Sicilian sunshine, a rock star, her lover, a producer LAUGH CURZON SOHO 20:30 BLOOD OF MY BLOOD A gaggle of elderly retired Yakuza attempt to relive their and his daughter meet in this sizzling drama from Luca Guadagnino (I am Love). 18:15 JIA ZHANGKE, A GUY FROM FENYANG DARE gory glory days by taking down the young gang who COMPETITION Part period drama, part contemporary satire, this is a swindled one of their group. VUE7 Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles paints a fascinating highly distinctive film from Italian maestro Marco portrait of Chinese Sixth Generation director Jia Zhangke Bellocchio RICH MIX 12:00 BRAND: A SECOND COMING as they travel to the many locations featured in his films. 18:30 THE CORPSE OF ANNA FRITZ GALA NFT3 Russell Brand ponders Jesus, Ghandi, Malcolm X and 21:00 THE HERE AFTER CULT COMPETITION 13:30 BLACK GIRL A hospital morgue is the setting for this seriously nasty his own political awakening in this lively doc that doesn’t forget to be funny. Teenager John returns home after serving time. Those in JOURNEY thriller that is not for the faint hearted. his community are unwilling to forgive him his crime, or “An astonishing movie – so ferocious, so haunting, and 20:45 VIRGIN MOUNTAIN 14:45 THE CLUB to face up to the pervasive darkness at their very core. so unlike anything we’d ever seen.” – Martin Scorsese LOVE DEBATE Pablo Larrain’s Berlin prize-winner is a typically stylish, 15:45 HAND GESTURES Is there a love out there big enough to accommodate the PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL LOVE gentle charms of Fúsi, the man mountain? darkly witty tale of corruption, concealment and conspiracy in Chile’s Catholic church. 18:15 ELSTREE 1976 A visually engrossing observational study of an Italian CULT artist and his craftsmen in the process of creating a RITZY 18:00 THE DAUGHTER A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, ten actors bronze sculpture in an historic Milanese foundry. 18:30 CRONIES COMPETITION landed themselves small roles in Star Wars. Here are Ibsen's 'The Wild Duck' is relocated to contemporary 18:00 WEDNESDAY 04:45 LAUGH their stories. THRILL An hilarious Clerks-style take on male friendship. rural Australia, but in theatre director Simon Stone's feature debut it still retains the Norwegian playwright's 21:15 ASSASSINATION A Greek bar owner faces financial ruin when a ruthless 20:45 TRUMAN powerful bite. THRILL investor demands he make good on his repayments. LOVE During occupation by the Japanese army in 1933, the Sound familiar…? 20:45 TANGERINE Two friends are reunited when one of them announces he Korean resistance hires three professional killers to strike 20:45 IN THE ROOM is in the advanced stages of cancer. COMPETITION back against the enemy. A real-time drama, shot on iPhones in downtown LA and LOVE featuring two transsexual hookers in a vengeful mood, A Singapore hotel room plays host to the love stories of its this is the ultimate in filmmaking on the fly. international guests through the decades. 7 – 18 OCTOBER 2015 bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 3

CINÉ LUMIÈRE RICH MIX 14:15 BEEBA BOYS 21:15 SON OF SAUL 18:15 A MONSTER WITH A THOUSAND HEADS 18:30 CENSORED VOICES GALA COMPETITION DARE COMPETITION A highly stylish drama about immigrant Sikh gangs A devastating portrait of life in a concentration camp, A desperate woman, keen to secure life-saving treatment Daunting testimonies of Israeli soldiers returning from fighting for supremacy on the streets of downtown seen from the extremely subjective perspective of a for her desperately ill husband, takes on the the Six Day war revealed following 45 years of censorship. Vancouver. Sonderkommando, this is a blistering debut from a new Hungarian director. multinationals in this taut conspiracy thriller from 20:45 GHOST THEATER 18:30 THE PROGRAM Rodrigo Plá. GALA CULT CINEWORLD HAYMARKET 20:45 21 NIGHTS WITH PATTIE From the visionary director of J-horror classic Ringu Stephen Frears delivers a kinetic tale of cyclist Lance LAUGH comes a new tale of terror. Armstrong’s inexorable rise to near canonisation and his 12:15 WHO KILLED NELSON NUTMEG A superb French cast run wild amid mountain subsequent vertiginous fall from grace. FAMILY landscapes, in the Larrieu brothers’ eccentric, witty, RITZY 21:15 BONE TOMAHAWK Loveable squirrel mascot Nelson Nutmeg may be in a lot of trouble in this British children’s film. outrageous rural comedy about sex, death and the 18:20 LOST IN MUNICH GALA imagination. LAUGH Kurt Russell heads an all-star cast in this unpredictable 14:30 WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE Petr Zelenka’s film tells the absurd story of the French and sometimes shocking fusion of horror and western. FAMILY CURZON MAYFAIR prime minister’s parrot, a witness to the Munich The final Studio Ghibli film is up there with their highest 18:20 AFERIM! Conference, who reveals its secrets decades later. VUE7 artistic achievments. JOURNEY 21:00 NEON BULL 12:00 MEASURE OF A MAN 18:30 LIVE FROM NEW YORK! A dazzlingly original Romanian ‘western’, and an DARE DEBATE LAUGH unusually vivid, witty demonstration of how the world Set in and around the Brazilian bullfighting scene, we Vincent Lindon is superb as a man facing the realities of The insider guide to forty years of Saturday Night Live, has changed – or not… follow a young man whose aspirations veer more towards unemployment and the market in Stéphane Brizé’s the most influential comedy sketch show in US TV 21:00 DEPARTURE dance than the violence of the ring. gripping, fiercely intelligent French social drama. history, from the stars who defined it. LOVE 14:45 CRONIES 20:45 AYANDA When a young man and his mother clear away their VUE ISLINGTON LAUGH LOVE French country house, the last thing he expects to find 18:30 SCHNEIDER VS. BAX An hilarious Clerks-style take on male friendship. A young Johannesburg woman inherits a struggling in the sleepy village is romance. DARE 18:00 11 MINUTES garage and sets about transforming it into a business that A professional hitman who may have found the perfect COMPETITION reflects the city's new, youthful and hip environment. HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE work-life balance takes on a job that turns out to have Jerzy Skolimowski’s ‘catastrophic thriller’ interweaves 18:30 JAMES WHITE unexpected consequences. the lives of multiple characters during a fateful eleven CURZON SOHO LOVE 21:00 BEING EVEL minutes with unexpected consequences. 12:00 IN JACKSON HEIGHTS An aspiring New York writer comes to terms with life – THRILL 20:45 SON OF SAUL COMPETITION and death. The live and loves of a daredevil. COMPETITION A plunge inside one of NYC’s busiest and multi-cultural 20:45 FIGHT OR FLIGHT A devastating portrait of life in a concentration camp, neighbourhoods, Jackson Heights, led by great THRILL IMAX seen from the extremely subjective perspective of a documentarian, Frederick Wiseman. The characters in these tense and highly-charged films 18:30 THE FORBIDDEN ROOM Sonderkommando, this is a blistering debut from a new 16:00 MADAME COURAGE experience adrenaline-fuelled reactions in response to GALA Hungarian director. DARE some extreme situations. Gleeful, hypnotic and totally deranged, Guy Maddin A gritty yet delicate portrait of solitary and unhinged (My Winnipeg, The Saddest Music in the World) and VUE5 petty thief Omar and his addiction to Madame Courage ICA co-director Evan Johnson’s phantasmagoric opus… 12:30 TANGERINE pills, by veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache. 13:00 DANNY SAYS in the IMAX! COMPETITION 18:30 GHOST THEATER SONIC A real-time drama, shot on iPhones in downtown LA and CULT An enjoyable account of the Ramones manager who was STUDIO featuring two transsexual hookers in a vengeful mood, From the visionary director of J-horror classic Ringu much, much more than that. 09:00 PARK LANES this is the ultimate in filmmaking on the fly. comes a new tale of terror. 15:45 DOG LADY EXPERIMENTA 15:15 THE DAUGHTER 21:00 TAKE ME TO THE RIVER JOURNEY The detailed study of honest day’s work used to draw COMPETITION DARE A witty, original portrait of a defiant maverick living with out the economic, social and cultural backgrounds of a Ibsen's 'The Wild Duck' is relocated to contemporary A young gay teen is thrust into a world of familial tension her canine companions on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. group of factory employees that we slowly get to know rural Australia, but in theatre director Simon Stone's and menace at a fraught family reunion. 18:30 LAMB quite profoundly. feature debut it still retains the Norwegian playwright's COMPETITION powerful bite. PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL Ephraim and his beloved pet sheep are taken by his SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER 18:30 11 MINUTES 18:15 THE FEAR OF 13 father to live with relatives, but he soon hatches a plan ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE COMPETITION COMPETITION to escape. Jerzy Skolimowski’s ‘catastrophic thriller’ interweaves A bold, compelling account of a Death Row convict who 11:30 ASSASSINATION 21:00 LEGACY the lives of multiple characters during a fateful eleven decides to take his case to court, not to seek freedom but THRILL minutes with unexpected consequences. to petition for his execution. LOVE During occupation by the Japanese army in 1933, the A tender portrait of two women in rural Chile, between Korean resistance hires three professional killers to strike 21:00 THE WAIT magic spells and mechanics. back against the enemy. COMPETITION Juliette Binoche shines in this emotionally rich drama about a grieving mother welcoming her son's fiancée to her idyllic home, whilst concealing the tragedy. 7 – 18 OCTOBER 2015 bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 4

NFT1 CINÉ LUMIÈRE 18:20 ENTERTAINMENT RITZY 10:30 ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS 13:00 MEN AND CHICKEN DARE 13:30 GRANDMA JOURNEY LAUGH A shock-jock stand-up comedian’s toxic tour of US LAUGH An opera without the arias, Visconti’s masterpiece sees Elias (Mads Mikkelsen) and his brother Gabriel get down ghost towns triggers his own hallucinatory emotional A raucous, sometimes obscene road movie starring five brothers battle over love, passion and morality. and dirty with the oddball inhabitants of a remote breakdown. Lily Tomlin as a foul-mouthed septuagenarian. 14:30 WARLOCK Danish island in this pitch black bawdy comedy. 21:00 DER NACHTMAHR 15:45 ADAMA THRILL 16:00 WAVE VS SHORE DARE FAMILY Uniquely stylish and fascinating Western – restored and DARE Visual artist AKIZ presents a phantasmagoric mind Adama sets out from his village to find his older brother, ripe for rediscovery on the big screen. Martin Štrba’s inventive documentary tells the games conundrum. but also discovers a fascinating and troubled world. remarkable story of a group of Slovak photographers 17:30 AMERICAN EPIC: SESSIONS ICA 18:15 THE ROMANTIC EXILES SONIC whose groundbreaking work challenged Communist LOVE Jack White and T Bone Burnett preside over a galaxy of orthodoxy in the 1980s. 13:00 ALIGARH A trio of Spanish dreamers head to Paris in a camper van music legends, as they gather in one LA studio to record 18:15 LATIN LOVER DEBATE in search of adventures in his delightfully ironic Rohmer- on the legendary Western Electric lathe. LAUGH A young journalist uncovers a homophobic conspiracy infused feature. Hilarious comedy about a family reuniting on the 10th behind the case of Indian college professor who is caught 20:45 EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT by press in bed with his lover. 20:45 DON'T GROW UP JOURNEY anniversary of a famous actor’s death, only to reopen old CULT Based on real life journals, this is a stunning journey wounds and reveal hidden secrets. 15:45 (T)ERROR A mysterious epidemic sends all the adults mad in this through the heart of the Colombian Amazon. 20:45 RETRIBUTION DEBATE genre defying shocker from Thierry Poiraud. THRILL A remarkable account of the way that US security forces NFT2 A crooked banker finds the usual school run disrupted have been coordinating a vast network of domestic 'spies' VUE ISLINGTON when an anonymous caller reveals there is a bomb in in order to root out and often falsely accuse its own 13:00 LUCIFER citizens of terrorism. 13:00 THE INVITATION DARE his car… CULT Lucifer visits a village in Mexico and leaves the villagers 18:15 PAULA A chilling chamber piece from Jennifer’s Body director in disarray, in this visionary drama, filmed within a CURZON MAYFAIR COMPETITION Karyn Kasuama. A nanny struggles to find help in this insightful, circular frame. 13:00 HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT 15:30 DEPARTURE LOVE beautifully observed debut feature from Argentine 15:30 HAND GESTURES director Eugenio Canevari. LOVE LOVE Excellent, thought-provoking documentary about a When a young man and his mother clear away their A visually engrossing observational study of an Italian game-changing film interview – and why Hitchcock 20:45 VIRGIN MOUNTAIN French country house, the last thing he expects to find artist and his craftsmen in the process of creating a remains so influential LOVE in the sleepy village is romance. bronze sculpture in an historic Milanese foundry. 15:30 BANG GANG Is there a love out there big enough to accommodate the gentle charms of Fúsi, the man mountain? 18:30 GAYBY BABY 18:00 IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD COMPETITION LOVE High-school students and their summer of orgies are the JOURNEY RICH MIX Four delightfully astute, amusing and articulate Journey from big city neighbourhoods to small town focus of Eva Husson's no-holds-barred drama. Australian children describe their lives with same-sex backwaters, with stories of love, death and moments that 18:30 TAXI TEHRAN 13:00 HOT SUGAR’S COLD WORLD parents in an insightful and heart-warming account of have life-changing consequences. DEBATE SONIC modern families. Panahi’s warm, witty and wise Berlin prizewinner sees An offbeat muso-travelogue, following the eclectic 21:00 SOUND MIRRORS musician as he records his new album. 21:00 BRAND: A SECOND COMING SONIC the director posing as an amateur cabbie, ferrying a GALA Nine diverse short films all on a musical theme: from colourful array of passengers around Tehran. 15:30 MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER Russell Brand ponders Jesus, Ghandi, Malcolm X and snowbound Quebec to the suburbs of Paris, via a 21:00 COUPLE IN A HOLE LOVE his own political awakening in this lively doc that pilgrimage to Morocco and the 1980s London pub circuit, LOVE A warm and tender exploration of a 76 year marriage doesn’t forget to be funny. plus much, much more. Forest-dwelling love endures underground in Tom Geens' in South Korea. odd and beautiful drama. 18:30 HE NAMED ME MALALA CURZON CHELSEA NFT3 GALA 18:00 REMEMBER 13:15 LAURA ROSENTHAL SCREEN TALK HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE In this inspirational documentary, we follow THRILL EVENTS 13:00 AFERIM! extraordinary teenager Malala Yousafzai as she A revenge thriller in which a dying man confronts the The casting director, whose credits include Carol, Youth JOURNEY embarks on life in Britain. greatest evil of the 20th century. and The Kids Are Alright, discusses her work. A dazzlingly original Romanian ‘western’, and an 21:00 LAMB 18:15 THE BOY unusually vivid, witty demonstration of how the world COMPETITION STUDIO CULT has changed – or not… Ephraim and his beloved pet sheep are taken by his 15:30 HAPPY HOUR A young’s boys preoccupation with death takes a chilling 15:45 FLOCKING father to live with relatives, but he soon hatches a plan DARE turn in Craig William Macneill’s hypnotic debut feature. DARE to escape. A group of thirty-something women find their friendship 21:00 SAILING A SINKING SEA Exploring the trend for public shaming via social media, tested by their differing attitudes to work, love and sex in JOURNEY this topical, of-the-moment drama holds back the big the city of Kobe, Japan. Crystal clear water, legends of modern days’ mermaids – reveal in its account of a crime that may or may not meet the Mokens, a nomadic seafaring community living have happened. off the Andaman coast. 7 – 18 OCTOBER 2015 bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 5

TATE MODERN 15:15 THE ASSASSIN PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL 16:00 THE GARBAGE HELICOPTER 17:00 EVENT FOR A STAGE GALA 18:15 SHERPA LAUGH EXPERIMENTA Hou Hsiao-Hsien, winner of the Best Director award COMPETITION There probably isn’t such a thing as a ‘garbage helicopter’. The experimental document of four unusual at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, presents his Tragedy and mayhem on Mount Everest incredibly It’s just another on-the-road misnomer spouted by Saska, performances staged by artist Tacita Dean and actor mesmerising first foray into martial arts. captured in this gripping and urgent documentary. a crossword-obsessed wannabe poet. Stephen Dillane. 18:30 ROOM 20:45 SCHNEIDER VS. BAX 18:45 MAKE MORE NOISE! SUFFRAGETTES IN FILM 19:00 REMAINDER COMPETITION DARE DEBATE EXPERIMENTA Jack and Ma live in Room. Now Jack is five-years-old he A professional hitman who may have found the perfect A selection representing women on film in the first Omer Fast delivers a startling adaptation of Tom discovers there may be more to the world. work-life balance takes on a job that turns out to have decades of the 20th century. McCarthy's acclaimed first novel, starring Tom Sturridge. 21:15 VERY BIG SHOT unexpected consequences. 20:30 PAULINA COMPETITION DEBATE SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER Hilarious black comedy about a Beirut drug dealer trying NFT1 Smart political cinema from Argentina’s Santiago to go legit for the sake of his two brothers finding himself Mitre as a trainee lawyer sees her principles clash ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE 12:45 SAOIRSE RONAN SCREENTALK at odds with his crime boss. EVENTS with the pragmatics of the challenging situation she 11:30 HIGH-RISE The versatile, Oscar-nominated star of Atonement, The finds herself in. GALA CINEWORLD HAYMARKET Grand Budapest Hotel and Brooklyn joins us to discuss her Ben Wheatley meets JG Ballard head-on, in this savage 12:30 REMEMBER acting career. CINÉ LUMIÈRE and utterly brilliant satire. THRILL 15:30 KISS ME KATE 13:00 THE INVISIBLE BOY 14:15 BONE TOMAHAWK A revenge thriller in which a dying man confronts the LOVE FAMILY GALA greatest evil of the 20th century. Shakespeare, vaudeville and men-in-tights: Cole Porter's Bullying and its impact is the focus of this imaginative Kurt Russell heads an all-star cast in this unpredictable 15:00 ELSTREE 1976 greatest musical is transformed into a big screen 3-D teen drama. and sometimes shocking fusion of horror and western. CULT extravaganza. 15:30 RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN 19:15 BLACK MASS A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, ten actors 21:00 FUNNY HOW? HOW AM I FUNNY? JOURNEY GALA landed themselves small roles in Star Wars. Here are LAUGH Hong Sang-soo delivers a low-key charmer about a Johny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch and Joel Edgerton their stories. Ranging from jet-black comedy, via deep irony and filmmaker, a painter, and a lot of Soju. ramp up the thrills in Scott Cooper’s (Crazy Heart) 18:00 GOLD COAST in-your-face slapstick to cultural misunderstandings and 18:15 THIRST chilling crime drama. JOURNEY the language barrier. LOVE A Terrence Malick-like luminous and highly personal A mother, father, and son live in a house overlooking VUE7 vision of 19th century colonial Africa, and the inner NFT2 a small town in Bulgaria. When a man and his 12:00 WEDNESDAY 04:45 life of Danish botanist and progressive thinker 13:00 LAST MAN STANDING IS A GIRL daughter join them to drill for water, an unexpected THRILL Wulff Joseph Wulff. DEBATE drama develops. A Greek bar owner faces financial ruin when a ruthless 20:45 THE NEW CLASSMATE The young women here show how strong they can be 20:45 THE PEOPLE VS. FRITZ BAUER investor demands he make good on his repayments. JOURNEY under pressure, displaying an independence and a DEBATE Sound familiar…? A charming tale of a poor single mother who comes survival instinct when so much seems stacked against Gripping portrait of Fritz Bauer, a man who defied his 14:45 THE ASSASSIN up with an ingenious plan to convince her rebellious them. own country members in working with Mossad to track GALA daughter to study. 15:45 ADAMA down Adolf Eichmann. Hou Hsiao-Hsien, winner of the Best Director award FAMILY at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, presents his CURZON SOHO Adama sets out from his village to find his older brother, CURZON MAYFAIR mesmerising first foray into martial arts. 13:00 SON OF SAUL but also discovers a fascinating and troubled world. 13:00 LISTEN TO ME MARLON 18:00 ROOM COMPETITION 18:00 NEON BULL JOURNEY COMPETITION A devastating portrait of life in a concentration camp, DARE A glorious, affectionate, hugely enjoyable film Jack and Ma live in Room. Now Jack is five-years-old he seen from the extremely subjective perspective of a Set in and around the Brazilian bullfighting scene, we employing extensive archive footage of the reclusive discovers there may be more to the world. Sonderkommando, this is a blistering debut from a new follow a young man whose aspirations veer more towards star, Marlon Brando. 20:45 VERY BIG SHOT Hungarian director. dance than the violence of the ring. 15:30 ARIANNA COMPETITION 15:45 BODY 20:45 LEGACY DEBATE Hilarious black comedy about a Beirut drug dealer trying DARE LOVE A coming of age drama with a twist about a young girl to go legit for the sake of his two brothers finding himself A widower, his daughter and the family physical therapist A tender portrait of two women in rural Chile, between searching for her real sexual identity. at odds with his crime boss. offer three frequently wry perspectives on the notion of magic spells and mechanics. 18:00 MY NAZI LEGACY loss in Szumowska's fascinating film DEBATE VUE5 18:15 PARTISAN NFT3 And what if your father was a Nazi? This is the harrowing 12:00 MUNE COMPETITION 10:15 THE MEMORY OF JUSTICE question raised in David Evans’ thought-provoking FAMILY Vincent Cassel stars as a charismatic papa leading a DEBATE documentary. The fate of both the sun and moon lies in the hands of family of women and pint-size assassins. This trail-blazing and significant work redefined what 20:45 EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT Mune. Can he handle the pressure? 20:45 LOVE AND PEACE documentary, at its most ambitious, can do, setting JOURNEY CULT standards and creating expectations. Based on real life journals, this is a stunning journey Punk rock, talking turtles and underground sewer through the heart of the Colombian Amazon. communities – it must be Sion Sono time! 7 – 18 OCTOBER 2015 bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 6

HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE 21:00 EXOTICA, EROTICA, ETC. STUDIO 20:45 EVOLUTION 12:30 TRUMAN JOURNEY 13:00 ARABIAN NIGHTS VOL.1 COMPETITION LOVE A journey through the industrial ports of Europe DARE A young islander confronts the enigmas of boyhood and Two friends are reunited when one of them announces he re-imagined as a modern-day take on The Odyssey. Miguel Gomes’s uniquely imaginative response to the sea in this poetic horror story, the long-awaited is in the advanced stages of cancer. Portugal’s economic crisis: an encyclopedic, shape- second feature by French visionary Lucile Hadzihalilovic. RITZY shifting, hugely entertaining triptych that merges true- 16:00 PARABELLUM VUE5 DARE 13:00 THE HERE AFTER life experience with the ancient tales of Scheherezade. A chilling vision of a holiday resort offering survivalist COMPETITION 15:30 ARABIAN NIGHTS VOL.2 12:30 ROOM training for the impending apocalypse. Teenager John returns home after serving time. Those in DARE COMPETITION his community are unwilling to forgive him his crime, or Miguel Gomes’s uniquely imaginative response to Jack and Ma live in Room. Now Jack is five-years-old he 18:15 QUEEN OF EARTH to face up to the pervasive darkness at their very core. discovers there may be more to the world. DARE Portugal’s economic crisis: an encyclopedic, shape- Following Listen Up Philip, Alex Ross Perry further mines 15:30 COUPLE IN A HOLE shifting, hugely entertaining triptych that merges true- 15:15 BEING EVEL the dark side of the psyche with this stunning drama LOVE life experience with the ancient tales of Scheherezade. THRILL about the reunion of two not-so-close school friends. Forest-dwelling love endures underground in Tom Geens' 18:30 ARABIAN NIGHTS VOL.3 The live and loves of a daredevil. odd and beautiful drama. 20:45 BANG GANG DARE 18:30 THE IDOL COMPETITION 18:15 AYANDA Miguel Gomes’s uniquely imaginative response to GALA High-school students and their summer of orgies are the LOVE Portugal’s economic crisis: an encyclopedic, shape- Twice Oscar nominated Abu-Assad tells the incredible focus of Eva Husson's no-holds-barred drama. A young Johannesburg woman inherits a struggling shifting, hugely entertaining triptych that merges true- story of Mohammad Assaf – Gazan winner of Arab Idol garage and sets about transforming it into a business that life experience with the ancient tales of Scheherezade. who won the hearts of millions with his voice. ICA reflects the city's new, youthful and hip environment. 21:15 EVOLUTION 13:00 IN THE ROOM 21:00 TAKE ME TO THE RIVER MONDAY 12 OCTOBER COMPETITION LOVE DARE ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE A young islander confronts the enigmas of boyhood and A Singapore hotel room plays host to the love stories of its A young gay teen is thrust into a world of familial tension the sea in this poetic horror story, the long-awaited and menace at a fraught family reunion. 11:30 BLACK MASS second feature by French visionary Lucile Hadzihalilovic. international guests through the decades. GALA 15:45 VIAJE VUE ISLINGTON Johny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch and Joel Edgerton CINEWORLD HAYMARKET LOVE ramp up the thrills in Scott Cooper’s (Crazy Heart) Costa Rican director Paz Fábrega offers an original take 13:00 LIVE FROM NEW YORK! chilling crime drama. 18:30 ELEPHANT DAYS LAUGH SONIC on the boy meets girl scenario, playfully capturing the 14:30 A BIGGER SPLASH dizzy, intoxicating early days of a new relationship. The insider guide to forty years of Saturday Night Live, Not only a record of the Maccabees recording their third the most influential comedy sketch show in US TV GALA album, this is a spirited exploration of the streets and 18:15 A STRANGE SUSPENSION history, from the stars who defined it. In the Sicilian sunshine, a rock star, her lover, a producer people that populate Elephant and Castle, where the EXPERIMENTA and his daughter meet in this sizzling drama from Luca music studio is located. Three artists films that appropriate disparate found 15:30 A MONSTER WITH A THOUSAND HEADS Guadagnino (I am Love). DARE 21:00 THE SURVIVALIST material into new affect orders, suspending their original 19:15 BROOKLYN contexts and difference to find intimacy and personal A desperate woman, keen to secure life-saving treatment THRILL for her desperately ill husband, takes on the GALA In a post-apocalyptic world, a forest-dwelling loner is subjectivity across a range of different technologies, Saoirse Ronan shines as a woman who journeys from times, mediums and ideas. multinationals in this taut conspiracy thriller from forced to reckon with two women who need him – or at Rodrigo Plá. post-war small-town Ireland to New York, in Nick least his food and shelter – to survive. 20:45 ENTERTAINMENT Hornby’s adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s best-selling novel. 18:00 WARLOCK DARE CURZON SOHO A shock-jock stand-up comedian’s toxic tour of US THRILL VUE7 ghost towns triggers his own hallucinatory emotional Uniquely stylish and fascinating Western – restored and 18:30 INVENTION ripe for rediscovery on the big screen. 11:00 ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS EXPERIMENTA breakdown. JOURNEY 20:45 THE PROGRAM Canadian artist Mark Lewis presents an awe-inspiring An opera without the arias, Visconti’s masterpiece sees cinematic experience that demonstrates how artists RICH MIX GALA five brothers battle over love, passion and morality. Stephen Frears delivers a kinetic tale of cyclist Lance create new ways to see. 13:15 SALAAM BOMBAY! 14:45 11 MINUTES DEBATE Armstrong’s inexorable rise to near canonisation and his 20:45 FAMILY AT WAR subsequent vertiginous fall from grace. COMPETITION DARE Slumdog without the Millionaire. Mira Nair's Oscar- Jerzy Skolimowski’s ‘catastrophic thriller’ interweaves nominated debut feature is an authentic and unnerving As Philip Larkin stated, family life is a minefield. This CURZON CHELSEA the lives of multiple characters during a fateful eleven selection of short films dares to show life like it is. portrait of Mumbai's street children. minutes with unexpected consequences. 16:00 SAILING A SINKING SEA 18:30 VALLEY OF LOVE LOVE 18:00 THE IDOL JOURNEY GALA Crystal clear water, legends of modern days’ mermaids – French screen legends Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu are reunited in this moody, moving duet about Twice Oscar nominated Abu-Assad tells the incredible meet the Mokens, a nomadic seafaring community living story of Mohammad Assaf – Gazan winner of Arab Idol off the Andaman coast. a former couple looking for reconciliation in Nevada’s Death Valley. who won the hearts of millions with his voice. 18:15 WILD AT HEART AND WEIRD ON TOP CULT This selection of shorts draw on horror, surrealism, underground cinema and a general open-mouthed all-out craziness. 7 – 18 OCTOBER 2015 bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 7

PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL 18:00 ARABIAN NIGHTS VOL.1 RICH MIX 19:15 THE LADY IN THE VAN 18:30 THE WITCH DARE 18:30 (T)ERROR GALA COMPETITION Miguel Gomes’s uniquely imaginative response to DEBATE Award-festooned collaborators Nicholas Hytner and A family in 17th century New England are torn apart by Portugal’s economic crisis: an encyclopedic, shape- A remarkable account of the way that US security forces Alan Bennett (The Madness of King George, The History Boys), tension and the suspicion of witchcraft. shifting, hugely entertaining triptych that merges true- have been coordinating a vast network of domestic 'spies' return for this witty and insightful adaptation of life experience with the ancient tales of Scheherezade. Bennett’s play. 20:45 PUBLIC HOUSE in order to root out and often falsely accuse its own 21:00 OBSERVANCE citizens of terrorism. COMPETITION VUE7 A triumphant genre-blending documentary that turns CULT 20:45 THE BOY community action to save the local pub from Almost impossible to define, this slice of surrealist horror CULT 12:00 THE ASSASSIN gentrification into an exhilarating participatory opera. will have you thinking for days. A young’s boys preoccupation with death takes a chilling GALA turn in Craig William Macneill’s hypnotic debut feature. Hou Hsiao-Hsien, winner of the Best Director award NFT1 CINÉ LUMIÈRE at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, presents his mesmerising first foray into martial arts. 14:30 21 NIGHTS WITH PATTIE 18:15 A PERFECT DAY RITZY LAUGH LAUGH 18:30 RED LEAVES 14:45 EVOLUTION A superb French cast run wild amid mountain A group of anarchic international aid workers in the JOURNEY COMPETITION landscapes, in the Larrieu brothers’ eccentric, witty, Balkan war struggle to overcome booby-trapped land An aging patriarch forces himself on his family after the A young islander confronts the enigmas of boyhood and outrageous rural comedy about sex, death and the mines, oppressive bureaucracy and their own fraught death of his wife only to realise that their modern ways the sea in this poetic horror story, the long-awaited imagination. relationships. don't chime with his worldview. second feature by French visionary Lucile Hadzihalilovic. 18:15 OUR MAN IN HAVANA 21:00 ONE FLOOR BELOW 20:45 SOUND MIRRORS 18:00 THE LOBSTER LAUGH DARE SONIC GALA Alec Guinness stars as a hapless vacuum cleaner Romanian realism meets incisive ethical irony in Nine diverse short films all on a musical theme: from Following Dogtooth and Alps, Yorgos Lanthimos turns his salesman turned secret agent on the dangerous, Muntean’s tense tale of two neighbours wondering how snowbound Quebec to the suburbs of Paris, via a strange lens on an all-star cast in this bleakly hilarious lusty streets of old Havana. much the other knows about who committed a murder. pilgrimage to Morocco and the 1980s London pub circuit, dystopian drama. plus much, much more. 20:45 CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR NFT2 CURZON MAYFAIR COMPETITION 13:00 RETRIBUTION 18:30 CHRONIC VUE ISLINGTON Acclaimed Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul THRILL DEBATE 18:30 THE PEOPLE VS. FRITZ BAUER returns with a typically sublime, lyrical and visually A crooked banker finds the usual school run disrupted The motivations of a care giver for the terminally ill are DEBATE ravishing tale of a unit of soldiers afflicted by a when an anonymous caller reveals there is a bomb in thrown into question in Michel Franco’s complex drama. Gripping portrait of Fritz Bauer, a man who defied his strange malady. his car… 21:00 VALLEY OF LOVE own country members in working with Mossad to track VUE5 15:30 GAYBY BABY LOVE down Adolf Eichmann. LOVE French screen legends Isabelle Huppert and Gérard 21:00 LATIN LOVER 12:30 PARTISAN Four delightfully astute, amusing and articulate Depardieu are reunited in this moody, moving duet about LAUGH COMPETITION Australian children describe their lives with same-sex a former couple looking for reconciliation in Nevada’s Hilarious comedy about a family reuniting on the 10th Vincent Cassel stars as a charismatic papa leading a parents in an insightful and heart-warming account of Death Valley. anniversary of a famous actor’s death, only to reopen old family of women and pint-size assassins. modern families. wounds and reveal hidden secrets. 15:15 VERY BIG SHOT HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE 18:15 FLOCKING COMPETITION DARE 18:15 THE WAIT CURZON CHELSEA Hilarious black comedy about a Beirut drug dealer trying Exploring the trend for public shaming via social media, COMPETITION 18:30 OUR LITTLE SISTER to go legit for the sake of his two brothers finding himself this topical, of-the-moment drama holds back the big Juliette Binoche shines in this emotionally rich drama LOVE at odds with his crime boss. reveal in its account of a crime that may or may not about a grieving mother welcoming her son's fiancée to Three sister's take in a younger sibling when their father 18:30 THE LOBSTER have happened. her idyllic home, whilst concealing the tragedy. dies, in Kore-eda's lovely drama. GALA 20:50 RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN 20:45 ARIANNA Following Dogtooth and Alps, Yorgos Lanthimos turns his JOURNEY DEBATE TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER strange lens on an all-star cast in this bleakly hilarious A coming of age drama with a twist about a young girl dystopian drama. Hong Sang-soo delivers a low-key charmer about a ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE filmmaker, a painter, and a lot of Soju. searching for her real sexual identity. 21:15 CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR 11:30 AMERICAN EPIC: SESSIONS COMPETITION NFT3 ICA SONIC Acclaimed Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul Jack White and T Bone Burnett preside over a galaxy of 16:00 PAULA 18:15 SOMETHING BETTER TO COME returns with a typically sublime, lyrical and visually COMPETITION music legends, as they gather in one LA studio to record ravishing tale of a unit of soldiers afflicted by a COMPETITION on the legendary Western Electric lathe. A nanny struggles to find help in this insightful, A detailed account of the life of a young girl as she grows strange malady. beautifully observed debut feature from Argentine up on one of the largest landfills in the world, on the 14:15 BROOKLYN director Eugenio Canevari. outskirts of Moscow. GALA 20:45 BODY Saoirse Ronan shines as a woman who journeys from DARE post-war small-town Ireland to New York, in Nick A widower, his daughter and the family physical therapist Hornby’s adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s best-selling novel. offer three frequently wry perspectives on the notion of loss in Szumowska's fascinating film 7 – 18 OCTOBER 2015 bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 8

CINEWORLD HAYMARKET 14:15 IN JACKSON HEIGHTS HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER 18:15 QUEEN OF EARTH COMPETITION 18:15 REMAINDER ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE A plunge inside one of NYC’s busiest and multi-cultural DARE EXPERIMENTA 11:30 THE LADY IN THE VAN Following Listen Up Philip, Alex Ross Perry further mines neighbourhoods, Jackson Heights, led by great Omer Fast delivers a startling adaptation of Tom documentarian, Frederick Wiseman. GALA the dark side of the psyche with this stunning drama McCarthy's acclaimed first novel, starring Tom Sturridge. Award-festooned collaborators Nicholas Hytner and about the reunion of two not-so-close school friends. 18:15 POET ON A BUSINESS TRIP 21:00 SUNRISE Alan Bennett (The Madness of King George, The History Boys), 20:45 NASTY BABY DARE DARE return for this witty and insightful adaptation of DEBATE A black and white lo-fi hybrid documentary that sees a A police inspector, haunted by the abduction of his six Bennett’s play. grungy poet hit the road in China in 2002. The director of The Maid returns with the story of a gay year-old daughter, takes the law into his own hands in 14:15 THE IDOL couple about to have their first baby with a friend, but 20:45 WILD AT HEART AND WEIRD ON TOP this high-style neo-noir thriller. GALA who also face problems with their work and US CULT Twice Oscar nominated Abu-Assad tells the incredible immigration services. This selection of shorts draw on horror, surrealism, ICA story of Mohammad Assaf – Gazan winner of Arab Idol underground cinema and a general open-mouthed all-out 18:15 TAKLUB who won the hearts of millions with his voice. CURZON SOHO craziness. DEBATE 19:15 CAROL 18:30 WEDDING DOLL A compassionate drama detailing life for the one of the NFT3 GALA COMPETITION poorest communities in the Philippines, following the Todd Haynes presents an intoxicating and immaculate Hagit is determined to build a life for herself no matter 13:15 HOMESICK typhoon that hit the country in 2010. adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's beloved novel. what obstacles she has to overcome, in this fascinating DARE 20:45 FRAME BY FRAME portrait of the relationship between a mother and The spirit of early Roman Polanski exists at the heart of COMPETITION VUE7 daughter. this menacing claustrophobic thriller. An inspiring account of four outstanding photojournalists 12:00 THE PEOPLE VS. FRITZ BAUER 20:45 OUR LITTLE SISTER 15:45 SHERPA in Afghanistan’s fledgling free press as they report on DEBATE LOVE COMPETITION current issues from an Afghan perspective. Gripping portrait of Fritz Bauer, a man who defied his Three sister's take in a younger sibling when their father Tragedy and mayhem on Mount Everest incredibly own country members in working with Mossad to track dies, in Kore-eda's lovely drama. captured in this gripping and urgent documentary. RICH MIX down Adolf Eichmann. 18:45 EXOTICA, EROTICA, ETC. 18:30 FUNNY HOW? HOW AM I FUNNY? PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL 14:45 CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR JOURNEY LAUGH COMPETITION 18:15 THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL US FIRST: A journey through the industrial ports of Europe Ranging from jet-black comedy, via deep irony and Acclaimed Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul MALIAN MUSIC IN EXILE re-imagined as a modern-day take on The Odyssey. in-your-face slapstick to cultural misunderstandings and returns with a typically sublime, lyrical and visually SONIC 20:30 ARABIAN NIGHTS VOL.2 the language barrier. ravishing tale of a unit of soldiers afflicted by a The rise of fundamentalism has threatened the lives of DARE 21:00 WHAT WE BECOME strange malady. Malian musicians and the music they play. However, they Miguel Gomes’s uniquely imaginative response to CULT refuse to be silenced. 18:00 DESIERTO Portugal’s economic crisis: an encyclopedic, shape- A small Danish town is ravaged by an unknown disease COMPETITION 21:00 MUCH LOVED shifting, hugely entertaining triptych that merges true- in this quiet chiller from Bo Mikkelsen. The sophomore feature from Jonas Cuaron is an edge of DEBATE life experience with the ancient tales of Scheherezade. the seat thriller set on the Mexican/American border. Controversial, searing look at prostitution in Morocco RITZY 20:45 MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE from acclaimed director Nabil Ayouch featuring some CINÉ LUMIÈRE 18:30 SWORN VIRGIN remarkable performances. DEBATE 18:15 THE APOSTATE JOURNEY Louis Theroux employs his characteristic deadpan wit in DEBATE Alba Rohwacher is astonishing as the Albanian woman his investigation into the Church of Scientology. NFT1 From Uruguayan director Federico Veiroj comes a droll who has chosen not to marry and so must live the identity 18:30 LISTEN TO ME MARLON contemplation of male solipsism pitting a thirty of a man, only to question her existence on a trip to Italy. VUE5 JOURNEY something drifter against the Kafkaesque bureaucracy 21:00 PAULINA A glorious, affectionate, hugely enjoyable film of the Catholic Church. 12:30 THE WITCH DEBATE COMPETITION employing extensive archive footage of the reclusive 20:45 ALIGARH Smart political cinema from Argentina’s Santiago star, Marlon Brando. A family in 17th century New England are torn apart by DEBATE Mitre as a trainee lawyer sees her principles clash tension and the suspicion of witchcraft. 21:00 JANIS: LITTLE GIRL BLUE A young journalist uncovers a homophobic conspiracy with the pragmatics of the challenging situation she SONIC behind the case of Indian college professor who is caught finds herself in. 15:15 CHRONIC An affectionate portrait of the soul singer who died at too by press in bed with his lover. DEBATE young an age, featuring stunning archival footage. VUE ISLINGTON The motivations of a care giver for the terminally ill are thrown into question in Michel Franco’s complex drama. CURZON MAYFAIR 18:30 GOLD COAST NFT2 18:20 THE ENDLESS RIVER JOURNEY 18:30 DESIERTO 12:00 THIRST DARE A Terrence Malick-like luminous and highly personal COMPETITION LOVE The director of Shirley Adams and Beauty returns with a vision of 19th century colonial Africa, and the inner The sophomore feature from Jonas Cuaron is an edge of A mother, father, and son live in a house overlooking typically challenging but rewarding drama set in a small life of Danish botanist and progressive thinker the seat thriller set on the Mexican/American border. a small town in Bulgaria. When a man and his South African town. Wulff Joseph Wulff. 21:15 THE WAVE daughter join them to drill for water, an unexpected 21:00 ROOM 21:00 LOVE AND PEACE THRILL drama develops. COMPETITION CULT Seismic rumblings in the Norwegian fjords threaten to Jack and Ma live in Room. Now Jack is five-years-old he Punk rock, talking turtles and underground sewer start a chain reaction that will destroy the local area. discovers there may be more to the world. communities – it must be Sion Sono time! Can it be stopped in time? 7 – 18 OCTOBER 2015 bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 9

CINEWORLD HAYMARKET 20:45 MADONNA HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 18:15 STEVE MCQUEEN: THE MAN AND LE MANS DARE 18:30 11 MINUTES ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE THRILL Hospital thriller meets character portrait in this stylish COMPETITION Korean tale of a woman who never fitted in. 11:30 CAROL A riveting account of Steve McQueen's ambitions to make Jerzy Skolimowski’s ‘catastrophic thriller’ interweaves GALA the defining motor car movie. the lives of multiple characters during a fateful eleven NFT3 Todd Haynes presents an intoxicating and immaculate 21:00 THE ONES BELOW minutes with unexpected consequences. adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's beloved novel. 13:00 SOMETHING BETTER TO COME THRILL 20:45 GREEN ROOM 14:45 DESIERTO When a strange couple move in downstairs, a married COMPETITION CULT A detailed account of the life of a young girl as she grows COMPETITION pair find their happy home become something far From the director Blue Ruin comes this ultra-violent tale The sophomore feature from Jonas Cuaron is an edge of more sinister. up on one of the largest landfills in the world, on the of a punk band falling prey to a gang of neo-nazis. outskirts of Moscow. the seat thriller set on the Mexican/American border. CURZON SOHO 15:30 THE APOSTATE ICA VUE7 DEBATE 18:30 I AM BELFAST 18:15 MR. GAGA 12:00 GOLD COAST LOVE From Uruguayan director Federico Veiroj comes a droll COMPETITION contemplation of male solipsism pitting a thirty JOURNEY A dreamlike evocation of Belfast with a powerful Meet Ohad Naharin, prominent Israeli choreographer A Terrence Malick-like luminous and highly personal soundtrack by great Belfast DJ and film composer something drifter against the Kafkaesque bureaucracy or 'the man who dances like a cat' in this visually of the Catholic Church. vision of 19th century colonial Africa, and the inner David Holmes. stunning documentary. life of Danish botanist and progressive thinker 20:45 KRISHA 18:00 ARABIAN NIGHTS VOL.3 20:45 LAST MAN STANDING IS A GIRL Wulff Joseph Wulff. COMPETITION DARE DEBATE Miguel Gomes’s uniquely imaginative response to 14:45 TRUMAN In this SXSW Grand Jury prize winner a woman arrives in The young women here show how strong they can be LOVE a Texan suburb to stay with relatives but soon realises Portugal’s economic crisis: an encyclopedic, shape- under pressure, displaying an independence and a shifting, hugely entertaining triptych that merges true- Two friends are reunited when one of them announces he not everyone is happy that she's there. survival instinct when so much seems stacked against is in the advanced stages of cancer. life experience with the ancient tales of Scheherezade. them. PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL 20:50 DON'T THINK I'VE FORGOTTEN: 18:00 YOUTH CAMBODIA'S LOST ROCK AND ROLL RICH MIX JOURNEY 18:30 LIGHT YEARS From the director of The Great Beauty, this delicious COMPETITION SONIC 18:30 THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL US FIRST: Before the Vietnam war spilled into Cambodia, the music bittersweet drama is set in the worlds of film and A subtly nuanced drama that explores the tole that MALIAN MUSIC IN EXILE music and features a tour de force performance physical and mental illness can have on a family. scene had merged both west and east to produce a SONIC strange musical concoction. by Michael Caine. 21:00 FRANCOFONIA The rise of fundamentalism has threatened the lives of Malian musicians and the music they play. However, they 20:45 SUNSET SONG COMPETITION CINÉ LUMIÈRE COMPETITION Alexander Sokurov presents an art historical tour de refuse to be silenced. 18:15 AN Terence Davies returns to the festival with this glorious force, considering the Musée du Louvre under occupation 21:00 A PERFECT DAY adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s 1932 novel. in World War II. LOVE LAUGH Naomi Kawase’s tale of a diner cook whose life is A group of anarchic international aid workers in the Balkan VUE5 NFT1 transformed by a sweet but stubborn septuagenarian is war struggle to overcome booby-trapped land mines, both lyrical and affecting. 12:30 FRANCOFONIA 18:15 A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS oppressive bureaucracy and their own fraught relationships. 21:00 THE NEW CLASSMATE COMPETITION DEBATE Alexander Sokurov presents an art historical tour de Sir Thomas More vs Henry VIII in Fred Zinnemann and JOURNEY RITZY A charming tale of a poor single mother who comes force, considering the Musée du Louvre under occupation Robert Bolt's sumptuous, multi-Oscar-winning slice of 18:30 OBSERVANCE in World War II. Tudor history. up with an ingenious plan to convince her rebellious CULT daughter to study. Almost impossible to define, this slice of surrealist horror 15:15 JANIS: LITTLE GIRL BLUE NFT2 will have you thinking for days. SONIC CURZON MAYFAIR An affectionate portrait of the soul singer who died at too 12:45 ONE FLOOR BELOW 20:45 THE GARBAGE HELICOPTER young an age, featuring stunning archival footage. DARE 18:00 UNDER ELECTRIC CLOUDS LAUGH Romanian realism meets incisive ethical irony in DARE There probably isn’t such a thing as a ‘garbage helicopter’. 18:30 YOUTH Muntean’s tense tale of two neighbours wondering how Alexey German Jr’s complex and visually compelling It’s just another on-the-road misnomer spouted by Saska, JOURNEY much the other knows about who committed a murder. portrait of a Russia ‘crucified between past and present’ a crossword-obsessed wannabe poet. From the director of The Great Beauty, this delicious combines seven stories in a portrait of an absurd reality. bittersweet drama is set in the worlds of film and 15:15 FRAME BY FRAME 21:15 BROOKLYN VUE ISLINGTON music and features a tour de force performance COMPETITION by Michael Caine. An inspiring account of four outstanding photojournalists GALA 18:30 MY SKINNY SISTER in Afghanistan’s fledgling free press as they report on Saoirse Ronan shines as a woman who journeys from LOVE 21:15 SUNSET SONG current issues from an Afghan perspective. post-war small-town Ireland to New York, in Nick An intimate account of how one family member's eating COMPETITION Hornby’s adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s best-selling novel. disorder can have a profound impact on everyone. Terence Davies returns to the festival with this glorious 18:15 WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s 1932 novel. FAMILY 21:00 THE SURVIVALIST The final Studio Ghibli film is up there with their highest THRILL artistic achievments. In a post-apocalyptic world, a forest-dwelling loner is forced to reckon with two women who need him – or at least his food and shelter – to survive. 7 – 18 OCTOBER 2015 bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 10

CINEWORLD HAYMARKET 15:45 TAKLUB 20:45 NASTY BABY FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER 18:15 A TALE OF THREE CITIES DEBATE DEBATE ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE LOVE A compassionate drama detailing life for the one of the The director of The Maid returns with the story of a gay poorest communities in the Philippines, following the couple about to have their first baby with a friend, but 18:45 SHOOTING STARS Jackie Chan's parents lived through turbulent times. This GALA glorious wartime romance sweeps through 1930s China typhoon that hit the country in 2010. who also face problems with their work and US immigration services. A fabulous silent film from Anthony Asquith (A Cottage as their love must survive many tests. 18:15 RAGING MOON on Dartmoor, Underground), set in a British movie studio JOURNEY 21:00 BURN, BURN, BURN ICA in the 1920s. LAUGH This tender love story between two young people in wheelchairs was ahead of its time in its attempts to 18:15 A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON 21:20 SURPRISE FILM The tragicomic road trip of two young women, sent on a Go on, be brave, nab yourself the hottest ticket in town... beyond-the-grave mission by their dead friend to scatter change attitudes to disability. SONIC This portrait of Rock and Roll hall of famer, Leon Russell his ashes at five British locations. 21:00 THE MUD WOMAN VUE7 JOURNEY is an ineffable, joyous collage of mesmerising live CURZON SOHO Catalina Saavedra (The Maid) stars in this stark and performance and vérité realism. 12:00 THE END OF THE TOUR JOURNEY 18:30 CLOSET MONSTER gripping social critique which attempts to restore some 20:45 3000 NIGHTS dignity to Chile’s migrant worker population. COMPETITION A bittersweet docudrama about life on the road with DARE reluctant superstar novelist David Foster Wallace. An offbeat Canadian coming of age drama with surrealist Mai Masri's fiction debut about a young Palestinian tendencies. Featuring the voice of Isabella Rosellini as a NFT3 mother in detention is a poetic, compelling and raw 14:45 A TALE OF THREE CITIES talking hamster. 13:15 AN allegory for freedom under occupation. LOVE Jackie Chan's parents lived through turbulent times. This 21:00 STRETCH AND BOBBITO: LOVE Naomi Kawase’s tale of a diner cook whose life is RICH MIX glorious wartime romance sweeps through 1930s China RADIO THAT CHANGED LIVES as their love must survive many tests. SONIC transformed by a sweet but stubborn septuagenarian is 18:30 CHRONIC If you loved hip hop in the 1990s then you listened to both lyrical and affecting. DEBATE 18:00 CHEVALIER Stretch and Bobbito. Here, they tell their own story. 15:30 OUR MAN IN HAVANA The motivations of a care giver for the terminally ill are COMPETITION LAUGH thrown into question in Michel Franco’s complex drama. Athina Rachel Tsangari follows Attenberg with a biting PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL Alec Guinness stars as a hapless vacuum cleaner 21:00 YAKUZA APOCALYPSE and strange dissection of the male ego, featuring six men on a boat. 18:30 THE PEARL BUTTON salesman turned secret agent on the dangerous, CULT COMPETITION lusty streets of old Havana. The ever outrageous Takashi Miike fuses elements of 20:45 OFFICE Patricio Guzmán’s lyrical, illuminating follow-up to 18:40 APPROACHING NATURE action, horror, slapstick and exploitation in this wild COMPETITION Nostalgia for the Light explores the fateful role played EXPERIMENTA gangster vampire saga. Hong Kong crime director par excellence Johnnie To by water in Chile’s tragic history. Films about human structures and behaviours framed offers up an equally exuberant, financial-world set RITZY musical that has to be seen to be believed. 20:45 GREEN ROOM in the context of the overarching natural world. 18:15 THE LOBSTER CULT 20:45 THE HOST VUE5 From the director Blue Ruin comes this ultra-violent tale EXPERIMENTA GALA of a punk band falling prey to a gang of neo-nazis. A personal investigation into family history and Following Dogtooth and Alps, Yorgos Lanthimos turns his 12:30 KRISHA connections with the Anglo Iranian Oil Company (BP) strange lens on an all-star cast in this bleakly hilarious COMPETITION NFT1 begin a meditation on colonial narratives and the dystopian drama. In this SXSW Grand Jury prize winner a woman arrives in interplay between the personal and global in the 21:15 VIAJE a Texan suburb to stay with relatives but soon realises 15:00 THE PROGRAM not everyone is happy that she's there. GALA 20th Century. LOVE Stephen Frears delivers a kinetic tale of cyclist Lance Costa Rican director Paz Fábrega offers an original take 15:15 COWBOYS Armstrong’s inexorable rise to near canonisation and his CINÉ LUMIÈRE on the boy meets girl scenario, playfully capturing the JOURNEY subsequent vertiginous fall from grace. 18:15 DÉGRADÉ dizzy, intoxicating early days of a new relationship. Sometime Jacques Audiard co-writer Thomas Bidegain moves into directing with this bold, unpredictable thriller 18:30 TODD HAYNES SCREEN TALK DEBATE A day in the life of a Gaza beauty salon as a group of VUE ISLINGTON about an Americana-obsessed French family in search of EVENTS their missing daughter. The director reflects on his remarkable career, from disparate women find themselves locked in after rival 18:30 FILMS OF LOVE AND DEVOTION rarely-seen documentary Superstar: The Karen Carpenter militants clash outside. LOVE 18:30 CHEVALIER Story to this year’s American Express Gala film, Carol. 20:45 COWBOYS It may seem to be a worn-out old cliché, but it’s COMPETITION undeniable that the course of true love never did run Athina Rachel Tsangari follows Attenberg with a biting 21:00 LONDON CALLING JOURNEY Sometime Jacques Audiard co-writer Thomas Bidegain smooth. The films collected here offer some reasons as to and strange dissection of the male ego, featuring six men JOURNEY why. on a boat. A selection of new shorts from some of the capital’s most moves into directing with this bold, unpredictable thriller exciting upcoming filmmakers, supported by Film about an Americana-obsessed French family in search of 21:00 THE ENDLESS RIVER 21:15 OFFICE London’s production schemes. their missing daughter. DARE COMPETITION The director of Shirley Adams and Beauty returns with a Hong Kong crime director par excellence Johnnie To NFT2 HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE typically challenging but rewarding drama set in a small offers up an equally exuberant, financial-world set South African town. musical that has to be seen to be believed. 13:30 WEDDING DOLL 18:15 SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME COMPETITION JOURNEY Hagit is determined to build a life for herself no matter what A striking, visually sensuous account of life on a obstacles she has to overcome, in this fascinating portrait of reservation in South Dakota. the relationship between a mother and daughter. 7 – 18 OCTOBER 2015 bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 11

CINEWORLD HAYMARKET 15:30 MUCH LOVED 21:15 MEDITERRANEA VUE ISLINGTON 18:15 THE BOY AND THE BEAST DEBATE DEBATE 18:30 THE WAVE FAMILY Controversial, searing look at prostitution in Morocco Ultra-topical and powerful story of two African men THRILL A glorious animated film about the friendship between a from acclaimed director Nabil Ayouch featuring some making the epic journey from Burkino Faso to Italy, Seismic rumblings in the Norwegian fjords threaten to boy and a mythical beast. remarkable performances. only to find that life is no bed of roses in Western start a chain reaction that will destroy the local area. Europe either. 21:00 THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT 18:40 WHAT WE BECOME Can it be stopped in time? CULT LAUGH HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE 21:00 BLACK MASS Catherine Deneuve and Benoît Poelvoorde head the cast A small Danish town is ravaged by an unknown disease GALA in Jaco von Dormael’s wildly inventive comedy, in which in this quiet chiller from Bo Mikkelsen. 18:30 CHEMSEX Johny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch and Joel Edgerton God’s daughter decides to rewrite the rules. 20:40 THE ONES BELOW DARE ramp up the thrills in Scott Cooper’s (Crazy Heart) THRILL A hard-hitting and often graphic documentary about the chilling crime drama. CURZON SOHO When a strange couple move in downstairs, a married chemsex sub-scene in London’s gay community. 18:00 UNDER ELECTRIC CLOUDS pair find their happy home become something far 20:45 RATTER SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER more sinister. CULT DARE ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE Alexey German Jr’s complex and visually compelling An thrilling exercise in techno terror which sees a young portrait of a Russia ‘crucified between past and present’ NFT3 woman cyber-stalked by an unseen assailant. 11:30 GOOSEBUMPS combines seven stories in a portrait of an absurd reality. 13:15 EVENT FOR A STAGE GALA EXPERIMENTA ICA When Zack accidentally unleashes a deluge of monsters 21:15 TANNA on a small town, mayhem ensues. COMPETITION The experimental document of four unusual 13:00 POET ON A BUSINESS TRIP The narrative debut of acclaimed documentarians performances staged by artist Tacita Dean and actor DARE 14:15 DHEEPAN Bentley Dean and Martin Butler set on the Vanuatu island Stephen Dillane. A black and white lo-fi hybrid documentary that sees a LOVE of Tanna. 15:45 THE STUFF OF FILM grungy poet hit the road in China in 2002. Jacques Audiard’s soul-stirring Palme d’Or winner tells of EXPERIMENTA 15:45 SUNRISE a makeshift Sri Lankan family fighting for their livelihood PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL Degeneration as creation. This film creates its own image DARE in Paris, and eventually for their lives. 18:30 DHEEPAN as it is projected over and over again. A police inspector, haunted by the abduction of his six 18:30 TRUTH LOVE 18:20 HEATED GLOVES year-old daughter, takes the law into his own hands in GALA Jacques Audiard’s soul-stirring Palme d’Or winner tells of EXPERIMENTA this high-style neo-noir thriller. Gripping docudrama about journalistic ethics a makeshift Sri Lankan family fighting for their livelihood The uncompromising life of a radical, eccentric 18:15 IXCANUL (VOLCANO) starring Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford as the in Paris, and eventually for their lives. inventor is here explored through archival materials JOURNEY team behind the 60 Minutes investigation into whether George W. Bush avoided the Vietnam draft. 21:15 HOMESICK and 16mm film. A remarkable tale of rural life in Guatemala for a group of people living on the side of a volcano. DARE 21:00 MARK LECKEY, DREAM ENGLISH KID VUE7 The spirit of early Roman Polanski exists at the heart of EXPERIMENTA 20:45 (BE)LONGING this menacing claustrophobic thriller. Turner prize winning artist Mark Leckey presents his new COMPETITION 12:00 OFFICE autobiographical film drawing on British popular culture The traditions that have been passed through generations COMPETITION NFT1 from the past 40 years alongside a personal selection of of a small rural Portuguese village come face-to-face with Hong Kong crime director par excellence Johnnie To previous work. the shifting desires of a young, mobile generation. offers up an equally exuberant, financial-world set 12:30 STEVE MCQUEEN: THE MAN AND LE MANS musical that has to be seen to be believed. THRILL A riveting account of Steve McQueen's ambitions to make CINÉ LUMIÈRE RICH MIX 14:45 CHEVALIER the defining motor car movie. 18:15 THE ASSASSIN 18:30 THE MUD WOMAN COMPETITION Athina Rachel Tsangari follows Attenberg with a biting 15:15 THE PEARL BUTTON GALA JOURNEY Hou Hsiao-Hsien, winner of the Best Director award Catalina Saavedra (The Maid) stars in this stark and and strange dissection of the male ego, featuring six men COMPETITION on a boat. Patricio Guzmán’s lyrical, illuminating follow-up to at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, presents his gripping social critique which attempts to restore some Nostalgia for the Light explores the fateful role played mesmerising first foray into martial arts. dignity to Chile’s migrant worker population. 18:00 FIFTY by water in Chile’s tragic history. 21:00 BOX 21:00 MADONNA LOVE LOVE DARE A group of women in Lagos want everything but are each 18:30 REDISCOVERED LAUREL & HARDY challenged in a society riven by gender imbalance. LAUGH A boxer and an actress enter into a subtle non-verbal Hospital thriller meets character portrait in this stylish A rediscovered classic accompanied by popular short films. relationship on the sunny streets of Bucharest. Korean tale of a woman who never fitted in. 20:45 THE HARD STOP DEBATE 20:45 GUILTY CURZON MAYFAIR RITZY A humane, thought-provoking and topical documentary THRILL giving a voice to Mark Duggan’s friends and family. Irrfan Khan stars in this gripping police thriller based 18:10 VICTORIA 18:30 PETTING ZOO on a real-life murder case that caused international THRILL JOURNEY controversy. A starry-eyed Berlin all-nighter turns into a stomach- A portrait of life amongst the underbelly of Texan lurching heist scenario – and this adrenalised epic of the society, where a young girl is forced to grow up fast. NFT2 heart plays out in one unfaked, uninterrupted take. 21:00 NECKTIE YOUTH 12:45 FAMILY AT WAR JOURNEY DARE The post-Apartheid youth of Johannesburg may not have As Philip Larkin stated, family life is a minefield. This seen the struggles their parents lived through but they selection of short films dares to show life like it is. have more than enough problems of their own. 7 – 18 OCTOBER 2015 bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 12

VUE5 21:00 SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME 18:15 A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON CURZON MAYFAIR 12:30 RATTLE THE CAGE JOURNEY SONIC 12:00 THE FEAR OF 13 THRILL A striking, visually sensuous account of life on a This portrait of Rock and Roll hall of famer, Leon Russell COMPETITION A former alcoholic wakes up in a jail cell with no I.D. reservation in South Dakota. is an ineffable, joyous collage of mesmerising live A bold, compelling account of a Death Row convict who and finds himself at the mercy of a homicidal killer performance and vérité realism. decides to take his case to court, not to seek freedom but masquerading as a sheriff. PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL 20:45 FILMS OF LOVE AND DEVOTION to petition for his execution. 15:15 MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE 12:30 MY SKINNY SISTER LOVE 14:30 SWORN VIRGIN DEBATE LOVE It may seem to be a worn-out old cliché, but it’s JOURNEY Louis Theroux employs his characteristic deadpan wit in An intimate account of how one family member's eating undeniable that the course of true love never did run Alba Rohwacher is astonishing as the Albanian woman his investigation into the Church of Scientology. disorder can have a profound impact on everyone. smooth. The films collected here offer some reasons as to who has chosen not to marry and so must live the why. 18:30 CHEMSEX 15:00 FATHER identity of a man, only to question her existence on a DARE trip to Italy. DARE NFT3 A hard-hitting and often graphic documentary about the A charged, unsentimental account of the ralationship chemsex sub-scene in London’s gay community. between a son determined to find his father, at any cost. 13:00 MEDIUMS AND MESSAGES HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE EXPERIMENTA 21:15 MY GOLDEN DAYS 18:15 KING JACK 13:00 CLOSET MONSTER JOURNEY A 1967 film shot at the Broadview Developmental DARE LOVE centre in Ohio. Mathieu Amalric’s everyman hero revisits all his American small town, hazy summer, local bully, a tough, An offbeat Canadian coming of age drama with surrealist yesterdays, and especially his lost loves, in Arnaud but tender coming of age story. 15:30 THRESHOLDS AND SENSATIONS tendencies. Featuring the voice of Isabella Rosellini as a Desplechin’s elegant, haunting essay on love, youth 20:30 THE CHOSEN ONES EXPERIMENTA talking hamster. and memory. DARE New digital versions of Super 8 films by the 15:15 THE BOY AND THE BEAST Sex trafficking in Mexico is the subject of David Pablos German-Argentinian filmmaker and performer, FAMILY CINEWORLD HAYMARKET powerful, but deeply human drama. Marie Louise Alemann. A glorious animated film about the friendship between a 12:15 SHORT FILM AWARD PROGRAMME 1 18:30 SCORES boy and a mythical beast. COMPETITION NFT1 EXPERIMENTA 18:30 FRESH DRESSED The Short Film Award recognises short form works with a 12:00 INGRID BERGMAN – IN HER OWN WORDS Farenheit 451 is re-imagined as the modern experience. SONIC unique cinematic voice and a confident handling of LOVE 20:30 NICOLA COSTANTINO: THE ARTEFACTA A comprehensive guide to the rise of hip hop from its chosen theme and content. A personal portrait of Ingrid Bergman crafted from DARE early days through to its current global dominance. 15:00 SHORT FILM AWARD PROGRAMME 2 her unique home-movie footage, with insightful An immersive and daring plunge into the peculiar 20:45 STRETCH AND BOBBITO: COMPETITION contributions from family and collaborators including world of one of Argentina’s most controversial artists, RADIO THAT CHANGED LIVES The Short Film Award recognises short form works with a Isabella Rossellini and Liv Ullman. Nicola Costantino. SONIC unique cinematic voice and a confident handling of 17:45 WOMEN IN LOVE If you loved hip hop in the 1990s then you listened to chosen theme and content. DARE CINÉ LUMIÈRE Stretch and Bobbito. Here, they tell their own story. 18:15 MURMUR OF THE HEARTS Ken Russell’s first major auteurist feature is a lyrical 12:45 THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT JOURNEY take on love and death as experienced by a Britain LAUGH ICA Sylvia Chang spins a dreamy tale of misfits trying to deal ravaged by WWI. Catherine Deneuve and Benoît Poelvoorde head the cast 12:30 NOTFILM with the past, so they can find love and move-on. 21:00 THE SKY TREMBLES AND THE EARTH IS AFRAID in Jaco von Dormael’s wildly inventive comedy, in which DARE God’s daughter decides to rewrite the rules. 21:00 THE END OF THE TOUR AND THE TWO EYES ARE NOT BROTHERS Ross Lipman explores the fascinating world of Samuel JOURNEY EXPERIMENTA 15:30 CAROL Beckett in this kino-essay about the making of Film (1965), A bittersweet docudrama about life on the road with The beauty of Morocco transformed into a mysterious GALA starring Buster Keaton. reluctant superstar novelist David Foster Wallace. landscape which is the site for an investigation into the Todd Haynes presents an intoxicating and immaculate 15:45 RUINED HEART: ANOTHER LOVE STORY creation of the cinematic imaginary. adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's beloved novel. BETWEEN A CRIMINAL AND A WHORE CURZON SOHO 18:15 PETTING ZOO SONIC NFT2 12:30 VICTORIA JOURNEY The punk sound and vision of Khavn De La Cruz through THRILL 13:15 SCHNEIDER VS. BAX A portrait of life amongst the underbelly of Texan the lens of Christopher Doyle, this kaleidoscope of sex, A starry-eyed Berlin all-nighter turns into a stomach- DARE society, where a young girl is forced to grow up fast. violence and crime has a banging soundtrack at its core. lurching heist scenario – and this adrenalised epic of the A professional hitman who may have found the perfect 20:45 THE IDOL 18:00 KOTHANODI heart plays out in one unfaked, uninterrupted take. work-life balance takes on a job that turns out to have GALA DARE unexpected consequences. 15:45 FROM A TO B Twice Oscar nominated Abu-Assad tells the incredible A gruesome quartet of traditional folk fables from Assam LAUGH 15:45 OLD CZECH LEGENDS story of Mohammad Assaf – Gazan winner of Arab Idol follow women characters to the edge of sanity in this It’s not the journey but how you get there… a fitting DARE who won the hearts of millions with his voice. surreal debut feature. motto for a road trip between a group of estranged This digitally restored version of Jiˇrí Trnka’s classic 20:45 RATTER childhood friends. puppet feature includes six stories, including those of CULT Princess Libuše and Pˇremysl the Ploughman. 18:30 RUBEN GUTHRIE An thrilling exercise in techno terror which sees a young LAUGH woman cyber-stalked by an unseen assailant. To win back his fiancée, a cocky, fast-living advertising executive resolves to give up alcohol for one year – but an entire drinking culture has other ideas. 7 – 18 OCTOBER 2015 bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 13

RICH MIX 20:45 THE ONES BELOW 15:15 KING JACK 15:00 FRESH DRESSED 12:45 DON'T THINK I'VE FORGOTTEN: THRILL JOURNEY SONIC CAMBODIA'S LOST ROCK AND ROLL When a strange couple move in downstairs, a married American small town, hazy summer, local bully, a tough, A comprehensive guide to the rise of hip hop from its SONIC pair find their happy home become something far but tender coming of age story. early days through to its current global dominance. Before the Vietnam war spilled into Cambodia, the music more sinister. 18:30 A PERFECT DAY 18:00 YOUTH scene had merged both west and east to produce a LAUGH JOURNEY strange musical concoction. STUDIO A group of anarchic international aid workers in the From the director of The Great Beauty, this delicious 15:20 PUBLIC HOUSE 09:00 PARK LANES Balkan war struggle to overcome booby-trapped land bittersweet drama is set in the worlds of film and COMPETITION EXPERIMENTA mines, oppressive bureaucracy and their own fraught music and features a tour de force performance A triumphant genre-blending documentary that turns The detailed study of honest day’s work used to draw relationships. by Michael Caine. community action to save the local pub from out the economic, social and cultural backgrounds of a 20:45 YAKUZA APOCALYPSE gentrification into an exhilarating participatory opera. group of factory employees that we slowly get to know CINEWORLD HAYMARKET CULT quite profoundly. 18:15 LONDON CALLING 12:30 SHERPA The ever outrageous Takashi Miike fuses elements of JOURNEY COMPETITION action, horror, slapstick and exploitation in this wild A selection of new shorts from some of the capital’s most SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER Tragedy and mayhem on Mount Everest incredibly gangster vampire saga. exciting upcoming filmmakers, supported by Film ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE captured in this gripping and urgent documentary. NFT1 London’s production schemes. 11:30 GUILTY 15:00 RATTLE THE CAGE 21:00 LIGHT YEARS THRILL THRILL 11:00 FAMILY SHORT FILMS COMPETITION Irrfan Khan stars in this gripping police thriller based A former alcoholic wakes up in a jail cell with no I.D. FAMILY A subtly nuanced drama that explores the tole that on a real-life murder case that caused international and finds himself at the mercy of a homicidal killer We’ve brought together an eclectic, exciting and colourful physical and mental illness can have on a family. controversy. masquerading as a sheriff. selection of short animated films from around all corners of the globe. 14:30 TRUTH 18:00 JANIS: LITTLE GIRL BLUE RITZY GALA SONIC 14:00 VARIETY 13:00 MEDITERRANEA Gripping docudrama about journalistic ethics An affectionate portrait of the soul singer who died at too LOVE DEBATE starring Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford as the young an age, featuring stunning archival footage. Restored at last, this great Weimar silent about a circus Ultra-topical and powerful story of two African men team behind the 60 Minutes investigation into 21:00 BEING EVEL acrobat caught in the grip of an erotic obsession is making the epic journey from Burkino Faso to Italy, whether George W. Bush avoided the Vietnam draft. THRILL renowned for its breathtaking cinematography. only to find that life is no bed of roses in Western 19:00 STEVE JOBS The live and loves of a daredevil. 17:45 SHERLOCK HOLMES Europe either. GALA THRILL 15:45 ELEPHANT DAYS With Danny Boyle’s exhilarating direction, Aaron Sorkin’s CURZON SOHO A Holmes-themed short film to accompany the restored, SONIC incisive screenplay, and Michael Fassbender’s scorching 13:00 MY GOLDEN DAYS long thought missing silent detective drama. Not only a record of the Maccabees recording their third performance, Steve Jobs is virtuosic filmmaking. LOVE 20:45 THE WAIT album, this is a spirited exploration of the streets and Mathieu Amalric’s everyman hero revisits all his COMPETITION people that populate Elephant and Castle, where the VUE7 yesterdays, and especially his lost loves, in Arnaud Juliette Binoche shines in this emotionally rich drama music studio is located. 12:00 MY NAZI LEGACY Desplechin’s elegant, haunting essay on love, youth about a grieving mother welcoming her son's fiancée to 18:15 FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE DEBATE and memory. her idyllic home, whilst concealing the tragedy. DARE And what if your father was a Nazi? This is the harrowing 16:00 NECKTIE YOUTH A wry and weirdly affecting take on teenage pregnancy question raised in David Evans’ thought-provoking JOURNEY NFT2 that moves from realism to an altogether stranger place. documentary. The post-Apartheid youth of Johannesburg may not have 13:00 CELESTIAL CAMEL 20:45 LATIN LOVER 14:45 MR. GAGA seen the struggles their parents lived through but they FAMILY LAUGH COMPETITION have more than enough problems of their own. Bayir sets outs to look for his family's missing camel and Hilarious comedy about a family reuniting on the 10th Meet Ohad Naharin, prominent Israeli choreographer 18:15 FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE encounters beauty and adventure. anniversary of a famous actor’s death, only to reopen old or 'the man who dances like a cat' in this visually DARE 15:15 NOTFILM wounds and reveal hidden secrets. stunning documentary. A wry and weirdly affecting take on teenage pregnancy DARE 20:45 OFFICE that moves from realism to an altogether stranger place. Ross Lipman explores the fascinating world of Samuel VUE ISLINGTON COMPETITION 20:45 THE WAVE Beckett in this kino-essay about the making of Film (1965), 13:00 BOX Hong Kong crime director par excellence Johnnie To THRILL starring Buster Keaton. LOVE offers up an equally exuberant, financial-world set Seismic rumblings in the Norwegian fjords threaten to 18:30 NICOLA COSTANTINO: THE ARTEFACTA A boxer and an actress enter into a subtle non-verbal musical that has to be seen to be believed. start a chain reaction that will destroy the local area. DARE relationship on the sunny streets of Bucharest. Can it be stopped in time? An immersive and daring plunge into the peculiar 15:30 EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT VUE5 world of one of Argentina’s most controversial artists, JOURNEY 12:15 SUNSET SONG PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL Nicola Costantino. Based on real life journals, this is a stunning journey COMPETITION 12:15 KISS ME KATE 20:30 KOTHANODI through the heart of the Colombian Amazon. Terence Davies returns to the festival with this glorious LOVE DARE 18:15 I AM BELFAST adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s 1932 novel. Shakespeare, vaudeville and men-in-tights: Cole Porter's A gruesome quartet of traditional folk fables from Assam LOVE greatest musical is transformed into a big screen 3-D follow women characters to the edge of sanity in this A dreamlike evocation of Belfast with a powerful soundtrack extravaganza. surreal debut feature. by great Belfast DJ and film composer David Holmes. 7 – 18 OCTOBER 2015 bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 14

NFT3 21:00 REMEMBER RITZY 13:45 JOANNA MARGARET PAUL: THRILL 13:00 THE SKY TREMBLES AND THE EARTH IS AFRAID I AM AN OPEN WINDOW A revenge thriller in which a dying man confronts the AND THE TWO EYES ARE NOT BROTHERS EXPERIMENTA greatest evil of the 20th century. EXPERIMENTA Six films shot in the 1970s by New Zealand filmmaker The beauty of Morocco transformed into a mysterious Joanna Margaret Paul accompanied by six new works HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE landscape which is the site for an investigation into the by contemporary artists commissioned to respond to 13:00 BURN, BURN, BURN creation of the cinematic imaginary. her poetry. LAUGH 15:45 THE HARD STOP 16:00 SECOND SIGHT The tragicomic road trip of two young women, sent on a DEBATE EXPERIMENTA beyond-the-grave mission by their dead friend to scatter A humane, thought-provoking and topical documentary Visions from past and future received. his ashes at five British locations. giving a voice to Mark Duggan’s friends and family. 18:00 DREAM WORLDS AND NIGHTMARE VISIONS 16:00 MUNE 18:30 FIFTY EXPERIMENTA FAMILY LOVE A world created from models, with its own myths and The fate of both the sun and moon lies in the hands of A group of women in Lagos want everything but are each stories, La Town is a unique journey. Mune. Can he handle the pressure? challenged in a society riven by gender imbalance. 20:30 GIRLS AT PLAY 18:15 RUINED HEART: ANOTHER LOVE STORY 21:00 THE CHOSEN ONES EXPERIMENTA BETWEEN A CRIMINAL AND A WHORE DARE Female performance and imagination let loose to break SONIC Sex trafficking in Mexico is the subject of David Pablos all the rules. The punk sound and vision of Khavn De La Cruz through powerful, but deeply human drama. the lens of Christopher Doyle, this kaleidoscope of sex, CINÉ LUMIÈRE violence and crime has a banging soundtrack at its core. VUE ISLINGTON 13:00 IXCANUL (VOLCANO) 20:30 THE END OF THE TOUR 12:45 GOOSEBUMPS JOURNEY JOURNEY GALA A remarkable tale of rural life in Guatemala for a group A bittersweet docudrama about life on the road with When Zack accidentally unleashes a deluge of monsters of people living on the side of a volcano. reluctant superstar novelist David Foster Wallace. on a small town, mayhem ensues.

15:15 WOMEN IN LOVE ICA 15:30 TANNA DARE COMPETITION Ken Russell’s first major auteurist feature is a lyrical 13:00 MEN AND CHICKEN The narrative debut of acclaimed documentarians take on love and death as experienced by a Britain LAUGH Bentley Dean and Martin Butler set on the Vanuatu island ravaged by WWI. Elias (Mads Mikkelsen) and his brother Gabriel get down of Tanna. and dirty with the oddball inhabitants of a remote 18:15 FROM A TO B Danish island in this pitch black bawdy comedy. 18:15 RUBEN GUTHRIE LAUGH LAUGH It’s not the journey but how you get there… a fitting 15:45 MURMUR OF THE HEARTS To win back his fiancée, a cocky, fast-living advertising motto for a road trip between a group of estranged JOURNEY executive resolves to give up alcohol for one year – childhood friends. Sylvia Chang spins a dreamy tale of misfits trying to deal but an entire drinking culture has other ideas. with the past, so they can find love and move-on. 20:45 HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT 20:45 ELEPHANT DAYS LOVE RICH MIX SONIC Excellent, thought-provoking documentary about a Not only a record of the Maccabees recording their third game-changing film interview – and why Hitchcock 13:45 (BE)LONGING album, this is a spirited exploration of the streets and remains so influential COMPETITION people that populate Elephant and Castle, where the The traditions that have been passed through generations music studio is located. CURZON MAYFAIR of a small rural Portuguese village come face-to-face with the shifting desires of a young, mobile generation. 13:00 DESIERTO STUDIO COMPETITION 16:00 MAKE MORE NOISE! SUFFRAGETTES IN FILM 13:00 HAPPY HOUR The sophomore feature from Jonas Cuaron is an edge of DEBATE DARE the seat thriller set on the Mexican/American border. A selection representing women on film in the first A group of thirty-something women find their friendship Denotes subtitles. Films not in the English decades of the 20th century. language will be screened with English subtitles 15:30 3000 NIGHTS tested by their differing attitudes to work, love and sex in COMPETITION 18:15 FATHER the city of Kobe, Japan. This screening will have audio-description Mai Masri's fiction debut about a young Palestinian DARE mother in detention is a poetic, compelling and raw A charged, unsentimental account of the ralationship allegory for freedom under occupation. between a son determined to find his father, at any cost. This screening is suitable for family audiences 18:00 INGRID BERGMAN – IN HER OWN WORDS 20:45 DÉGRADÉ LOVE DEBATE This film will be screened in 3D A personal portrait of Ingrid Bergman crafted from A day in the life of a Gaza beauty salon as a group of her unique home-movie footage, with insightful disparate women find themselves locked in after rival contributions from family and collaborators including militants clash outside. See bfi.org.uk for TBC listings Isabella Rossellini and Liv Ullman.