INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKERS & STARS CONFIRMED TO ATTEND THE 63RD BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
LONDON, THURSDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER: The 63rd BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express today announces more filmmakers and stars attending this years’ Festival.
• Acting and Performing talent recently confirmed include:
Nikki Amuka-Bird, Darren Boyd, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Bronagh Gallagher, Aimee Kelly, Anna Maxwell Martin, Dev Patel, Jairaj Varsani, Paul Whitehouse, Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Jamie Blackley, Dinita Gohil, Tim Key, Ollie Locke, Pearl Mackie, Caitriona Balfe, Noah Jupe, Ray Liotta, Bárbara Colen, James Turpin, Mia Wasikowska, Lucas Hedges, Shia LaBeouf, Sanne Arlø, Helene Aurø, Tallulah Greive, Abigail Lawrie, Sally Messham, Rona Morison, Marli Siu, Zak Adams, Ken Collard, Perry Fitzpatrick, Peter McDonald, Tanya Reynolds, Ivory Aquino, Eamon Farren, Domonic Barber, Kai Luke Brummer, Jennifer Ehle, Annette Bening, Mark Rylance, Wendell Pierce, Jack Huston, Naoki Kobayashi and Alicia Vikander.
Updated and confirmed line-ups are (listed alphabetically in order of director, producer, screenwriter, cast):
HEADLINE GALAS
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD: Armando Iannucci, Kevin Loader, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Darren Boyd, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Bronagh Gallagher, Aimee Kelly, Anna Maxwell Martin, Dev Patel, Jairaj Varsani, Paul Whitehouse; THE IRISHMAN: Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Stephen Graham; KNIVES OUT: Rian Johnson; THE AERONAUTS: Tom Harper, Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne; A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD: Marielle Heller; GREED: Michael Winterbottom, Damian Jones, Melissa Parmenter, Jamie Blackley, Steve Coogan, Dinita Gohil, Tim Key, Ollie Locke, Pearl Mackie; HOPE GAP: William Nicholson; JOJO RABBIT: Taika Waititi, Alfie Allen, Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Archie Yates; THE KING: David Michôd, Timothée Chalamet, Lily-Rose Depp, Joel Edgerton, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sean Harris, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Ben Mendelsohn; LE MANS ‘66: James Mangold, Caitriona Balfe, Noah Jupe; MARRIAGE STORY: Noah Baumbach, Laura Dern, Adam Driver, Ray Liotta.
STRAND GALAS
EMA: Pablo Larraín; BACURAU: Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Bárbara Colen, James Turpin; JUDY & PUNCH: Mirrah Foulkes, Mia Wasikowska; THE LIGHTHOUSE: Robert Eggers; OFFICIAL SECRETS: Gavin Hood, Ged Doherty, Keira Knightley, Martin Bright, Katharine Gun; THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON: Michael Shwartz, Tyler Nilson, Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf; THE TWO POPES: Fernando Meirelles, Jonathan Pryce; WESTERN STARS: Thom Zimny, Bruce Springsteen.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
BAD EDUCATION: Cory Finley; BLACKBIRD: Roger Michell, BOMBAY ROSE: Gitanjali Rao; FIRST LOVE: Jeremy Thomas; GÖSTA: Lukas Moodysson, Sanne Arlø, Helene Aurø, Lars Jönsson; KRABI, 2562: Ben Rivers; OUR LADIES: Michael Caton-Jones, Brian Coffey, Laura Viederman, Tallulah Greive, Abigail Lawrie, Sally Messham, Rona Morison, Marli Siu; PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE: Céline Sciamma, Adèle Haenel, Noémie Merlant; ROCKS: Sarah Gavron, Ameenah Ayub Allen, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson.
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
FANNY LYE DELIVER'D: Thomas Clay, Robert Cannan, Zorana Piggott, Zak Adams, Ken Collard, Charles Dance; Perry Fitzpatrick, Freddie Fox, Peter McDonald, Tanya Reynolds; HONEY BOY: Alma Har'el, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, Shia LaBeouf; LINGUA FRANCA: Isabel Sandoval, Jhett Tolentino, Carlo Velayo, Ivory Aquino, Eamon Farren; LA LLORONA: Jayro Bustamante; MOFFIE: Oliver Hermanus, Eric Abraham, Domonic Barber, Jack Sidey, Kai Luke Brummer, Hilton Pelser; MONOS: Alejandro Landes; THE OTHER LAMB: Małgorzata Szumowska, Stephanie Wilcox, David Lancaster, Raffey Cassidy, Denise Gough; ROSE PLAYS JULIE: Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor, David Collins, Orla Brady, Ann Skelly; SAINT MAUD: Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman, Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle.
FIRST FEATURE COMPETITION
ATLANTICS: Mati Diop; BABYTEETH: Shannon Murphy, Alex White, Rita Kalnejais; CALM WITH HORSES: Nick Rowland; HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD: Bora Kim; INSTINCT: Halina Reijn, Frans van Gestel, Carice van Houten; THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO: Joe Talbot; MAKE UP: Claire Oakley, Emily Morgan; RELATIVITY: Mariko Minoguchi, Julius Feldmeier; SCALES: Shahad Ameen, R. Paul Miller, Stephen Strachan.
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD: Mads Brügger, Andreas Rocksén, Bjarte Mørner Tveit; COUP 53: Taghi Amirani, Walter Murch; CUNNINGHAM: Alla Kovgan, Elizabeth Delude-Dix, Ilann Girard; I AM (NOT) A MONSTER: Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stepanian, Chloe McClellan, Marcus B. Thomas; THE KINGMAKER: Lauren Greenfield, Frank Evers; MYSTIFY: MICHAEL HUTCHENCE: Richard Lowenstein; OVERSEAS: Sung-a Yoon; A PLEASURE, COMRADES!: José Filipe Costa, Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra; WHITE RIOT: Rubika Shah, Ed Gibbs.
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
IF YOU KNEW: Stroma Cairns, Sorcha Bacon; WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE WATER AND THE MOON: Jian Luo, Paul Morris; WHITE GIRL: Nadia Latif, Omar El-Khairy; GUO4: Dóra Nedeczky; IN VITRO: Larissa Sansour, Søren Lind, Ali Roche; ALGO-RHYTHM: Mukul Patel, Makhtar Fall; BETWEEN: Ana Carolina Marinho, Bárbara Santos, Anna Zêpa; CHILD: Talia Zucker, Amanda Freedman; WATERMELON JUICE: Irene Moray; QUEERING DI TEKNOLOJIK: Timothy Smith.
LOVE
AND THEN WE DANCED: Levan Akin, Levan Gelbakhiani; LA BELLE EPOQUE: Nicolas Bedos; DEATH WILL COME AND IT SHALL HAVE YOUR EYES: José Luis Torres Leiva; THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MY MOTHER: Beniamino Barrese, Bertil Nilsson, Benedetta Barzini, Olivia Ross; DUCK DAZE: James Heath, Julia Taudevin; END OF THE CENTURY: Lucio Castro; KEEP BREATHING: Mark Corden, Emmeline Hartley, Damien Molony; LARA: Jan-Ole Gerster; LOST LIVES: Dermot Lavery, Michael Hewitt; MATERNAL: Maura Delpero; NOCTURNAL: Nathalie Biancheri, Coco Schneider, Colin Day, Lauren Coe, Amy Griffiths, Amber Jean Rowan; ONLINE: Marie Zabukovec; ORDINARY LOVE: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn, Lesley Manville; PINK WALL: Tom Cullen; PREMATURE: Rashaad Ernesto Green; REAL: Aki Omoshaybi, Matthew Butler-Hart, Tori Butler Hart, Paulette Mbassa, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Karen Bryson; REHEARSAL: Courtney Hope Thérond; THE SKY IS PINK: Shonali Bose; SPRING FEVER: Anna Snowball, Julia Ton; THE STROKER: Iona Roisin; TWO OF US: Filippo Meneghetti; WALKING WITH SHADOWS: Aoife O'Kelly, Victoria Thomas; WET SEASON: Anthony Chen.
DEBATE
APART: Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Barbora Vildová; THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM: Daniel Gordon, Sarah Thomson, Virginia Whitwell; BLACKWOOD: Kalu Oji; BY THE GRACE OF GOD: François Ozon; CHLORINE: Melissa Anastasi, Jessica Carrera; CITIZEN K: Alex Gibney, George Chignell, PJ van Sandwijk, John Battsek; CLEMENCY: Chinonye Chukwu, Bronwyn Cornelius, Julian Cautherley; COUNTY LINES: Henry Blake, David Broder, Victoria Bavister, Harris Dickinson, Conrad Khan, Ashley Madekwe, Marcus Rutherford; DAWN IN THE DARK: Runyararo Mapfumo; DESRANCES: Apolline Traoré, Mike Danon; THE GIRL WITH A BRACELET: Stéphane Demoustier; HOPE FROZEN: Pailin Wedel, Amanda Feldon, Nina Ijas; JUST MERCY: Michael B. Jordan; LYNN + LUCY: Fyzal Boulifa, Camilla Bray; MADE IN BANGLADESH: Rubaiyat Hossain, Shimu Reekita Nondine; MAHALIA MELTS IN THE RAIN: Carmine Pierre-Dufour; MARTIN EDEN: Pietro Marcello; MR. JONES: Agnieszka Holland, Andrea Chalupa, James Norton; NOURA'S DREAM: Hinde Boujemaa; THE REPORT: Scott Z. Burns, Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Daniel J. Jones; REWIND: Sasha Joseph Neulinger, Avela Grenier, Shasta Winston; SEBERG: Benedict Andrews, Kate Garwood, Anna Waterhouse, Joe Shrapnel; A SON: Mehdi M. Barsaoui; THE STREET: Zed Nelson; STAFF ONLY: Neus Ballus, Edmon Roch; TELL ME WHO I AM: Ed Perkins, Simon Chinn, Alex Lewis, Marcus Lewis; THEY: Louisa Rechenbach; THE VALLEY: Nuno Escudeiro, Luc Martin-Gousset, Valerio B. Moser; WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS: Ciro Guerra, Monika Bacardi, Michael Fitzgerald, Andrea Iervolino, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Mark Rylance; WORKFORCE: David Zonana, Eréndira Núñez Larios, Michel Franco.
LAUGH
ARAB BLUES: Manele Labidi; AXONE: Nicholas Kharkongor; BIG TOAST: Sacha Beeley; THE CLIMB: Kyle Marvin; DAWN OF A NEW GAY: Rosie Gaunt-Mathieson, Jake Cunningham, Jack Rooke; DAYS OF THE BAGNOLD SUMMER: Simon Bird, Matthew James Wilkinson, Lisa Owens, Earl Cave, Monica Dolan; A FAMILY AFFAIR: Florence Keith-Roach, Emily Barttelot; THE FATHER: Petar Valchanov; GRANDAD WAS A ROMANTIC: Maryam Mohajer; HOT AND TASTY: Laura Jayne Hodkin, Simona Mehandzhieva; IT MUST BE HEAVEN: Elia Suleiman; THE LOST OKOROSHI: Abba Makama, Rimini Makama, Seun Ajayi, Ifu Ennada, Abdulazeem Ibrahim; LOVE THE SINNER: Jennifer Sheridan, Bertie Peek, Susan Wokoma; LUCKY GRANDMA: Sasie Sealy, Cara Marcous, Tsai Chin; PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE DADS: Jim Picariello, Kyle Lamont, Lynne Williams; RARE BEASTS: Billie Piper, Vaughan Sivell; SERIOUS TINGZ: Abdou Cissé; SWEATER: Nick Borenstein; TIC: Josef Bates, Hayley West, Emma Mackey, Will Merrick; THE UNKNOWN SAINT: Alaa Eddine Aljem.
DARE
BEANPOLE: Kantemir Balagov, Alexander Rodnyansky; BREAST FRIENDS: Caitlin Young, Natasha Smurthwaite; BURNING CANE: Phillip Youmans, Wendell Pierce; DOGS DON'T WEAR PANTS: Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää; DON'T LOOK DOWN: Jacques Martineau, Olivier Ducastel, Cyriac Auriol; End-O: Alexandra Blue, Elaine Gracie; ETERNAL BEAUTY: Craig Roberts, Adrian Bate, Morfydd Clark, Sally Hawkins, Elysia Welch, Penelope Wilton; FIRE WILL COME: Oliver Laxe; FUNFAIR: Soroush Saeidi; HUMBLEBRAG: Sinead O'Shea, Lauren Larkin; I LOST MY BODY: Jérémy Clapin, Marc Du Pontavice; I N T E R S T I C E: Oskar Willers, Susanne Jaczewski; THE LAMB: Nina Violic, Vanja Sremac; LITTLE JOE: Jessica Hausner, Philippe Bober, Geraldine Bajard, Emily Beecham; LOVE ME TENDER: Klaudia Reynicke, THE MAN WHO CUTS TATTOOS: Michael Omonua; MEMOIRS OF A GEEZA: Theo James Krekis, Casey Hennessy, James Doherty, Elliot Warren; THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA: Syllas Tzoumerkas, Youla Boudali; OLLA: Ariane Labed; THE PAINTED BIRD: Václav Marhoul; THE SHARKS: Lucía Garibaldi; SYSTEM CRASHER: Nora Fingscheidt; THIS IS NOT BERLIN: Sama Hari; TREMORS: Jayro Bustamante; VITALINA VARELA: Pedro Costa; A WHITE, WHITE DAY: Hlynur Pálmason; ZOMBI CHILD: Bertrand Bonello.
THRILL
THE CAVE: Tom Waller, Jim Warny; DUERRENWAID 8: Ines Christine Geißer, Kirsten Carina Geißer; EARTHQUAKE BIRD: Wash Westmoreland, Jack Huston, Naoki Kobayashi, Alicia Vikander; EYES ON THE ROAD: Stefanie Kolk; GUEST OF HONOUR: Atom Egoyan; I AM MACKENZIE: Artemis Anastasiadou; INCITEMENT: Yaron Zilberman, Ruth Cats; JUNIOR BANGERS: Daniel Lee; LET'S ROLL: Chris Thomas, Stephen Riera; MUSCLE: Gerard Johnson, Ed Barratt, Matthew Wilkinson, Richard Wylie, Cavan Clerkin, Craig Fairbrass; ONLY THE ANIMALS: Dominik Moll, Carole Scotta; PIRANHAS: Claudio Giovannesi; SAVAGE: Sam Kelly, Vicky Pope; THE TRAITOR: Marco Bellocchio; THE WHISTLERS: Corneliu Porumboiu.
CULT
ADORATION: Fabrice du Welz; BE STILL MY BEATING HEART: Ruth Paxton; COLOUR OUT OF SPACE: Richard Stanley; THE EL DUCE TAPES: Rodney Ascher, David Lawrence; KOKO-DI KOKO-DA: Johannes Nyholm; LEAP OF FAITH: Alexandre O. Philippe; LITTLE MONSTERS: Abe Forsythe; THE LODGE: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz, Aliza James, Simon Oakes, Sergio Casci; ROADKILL: Leszek Mozga; SUICIDE BY SUNLIGHT: Nikyatu; SYNCHRONIC: Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson; VIVARIUM: Lorcan Finnegan, Brendan McCarth, Jonathan Aris, Imogen Poots; WOUNDS: Babak Anvari, Lucan Toh; YOU DON'T NOMI: Jeffrey McHale.
JOURNEY
37 SECONDS: HIKARI; ADOLESCENTS: Sébastien Lifshitz; APPRECIATION: Tomisin Adepeju; BURNING NIGHT: Eryk Rocha, Fabricio Boliveira, Barbara Colen; CIRCUS OF BOOKS: Rachel Mason, Cynthia Childs, Camilla Hall, Kathryn Robson; THE CORDILLERA OF DREAMS: Patricio Guzmán, Renate Sachse; DAD JOKE: David Abramsky, Poppy Ashton, Joshua Robertson; AN EASY GIRL: Rebecca Zlotowski; GIVE ME LIBERTY: Kirill Mikhanovsky, Alice Austen; THE GOLD-LADEN SHEEP & THE SACRED MOUNTAIN: Ridham Janve; THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE GUSMÃO: Karim Aïnouz; LOSING PACE: Naomi Soneye-Thomas, Jennifer Matthews; MONSOON: Hong Khaou, Tracy O'Riordan; ÖNDÖG: Wang Quan'an; OUR SISTER: Rosie Westhoff, Fiona Hardingham, Bradley Innes Wilson, Josephine Brown; PERFECT 10: Eva Riley, Bertrand Faivre, Frankie Box, Alfie Deegan; RIALTO: Peter Mackie Burns, Alan Maher, Tristan Goligher, Tom Glynn- Carney, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor; RIDGE: John Skoog; ROOTS: Hussina Raja, Zia Ahmed; RUN: Scott Graham, Margaret Matheson, Rosie Crerar, Anders Hayward, Amy Manson, Marli Siu, Mark Stanley; SISTER: Svetla Tsotsorkova, Svetoslav Ovcharov; SOMETHING IN THE CLOSET: Nosa Eke, Andrew Oldbury, Alexandra Kessie; STAND STILL: Isabella Wing-Davey, Sarah Beardsall, Michelle Bonnard, Zoe Tapper; A THIEF'S DAUGHTER: Belén Funes, Greta Fernández; TRANSNISTRA: Anna Eborn; THE TRAP: Lena Headey; US AMONG THE STONES: D R Hood, Georgina Paget, Thembisa Cochrane.
CREATE
#21xoxo: Sine Ozbilge, Steven Boen; TO LIVE TO SING: Johnny Ma; MAKING WAVES: THE ART OF CINEMATIC SOUND: Midge Costin, Bobette Buster; MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL: Stanley Nelson, Erin Davis, Vince Melburn Jr.; PILE: Toby Auberg; POMPEII: Harry Lighton, Marco Alessi, Matthew Morgan; RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT: Matt Wolf; THE SASHA: Maria Molina Peiró; SHOOTING THE MAFIA: Kim Longinotto; SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME: Louis Figgis, Peter Worsley, Ronnie Wood; THE SONG OF NAMES: François Girard, Robert Lantos; TERTIARY SOUND: Luca Struijk, Solomia Dzhurovska; YVES SAINT LAURENT: THE LAST COLLECTIONS: Olivier Meyrou; ZOMBIES: Baloji, Emily Rudge, Lorine Plagnol, Oskar Pimlott.
FAMILY
HOME SWEET HOME: Harry Pearson, Maria Robertson, Maddison Gould; JERICHO: Sarah Andrews, Matthew Wight; LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM: Pawo Choyning Dorji, Stephanie Lai, Sherab Dorji, Kelden Lhamo Gurung, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup; MY EXTRAORDINARY SUMMER WITH TESS: Steven Wouterlood; THE BEARS' FAMOUS INVASION: Lorenzo Mattotti; THE PENGUIN WHO COULDN'T SWIM: Tom Rourke.
EXPERIMENTA
ANTARCTIC TRACES: Michaela Grill; BROKEN NEWS: Trim Lamba; CLOUDBERRIES: Ruth Maclennan; THE DEATHLESS WOMAN: Roz Mortimer, Rachael Swindale; EASTERN STATE: Talena Sanders; FI DEM II: Zinzi Minott; GEORGE - THE STORY OF GEORGE MACIUNAS AND FLUXUS: Jeffrey Perkins; GHOST DANCE: Emilia Izquierdo; GONG: David Leister, Lucy Harris; I DIE OF SADNESS CRYING FOR YOU: Nina Danino; KITCHEN BEETS: Bea Haut; A LINE WAS DRAWN: Mairead McClean; A LOVE: Anne-Marie Copestake; OUVERTURES: Louis Henderson, Olivier Marboeuf, Sophonie Maignan; RUPTURES: Brad Butler; A STATE OF GRACE: John Smith, Miranda Pennell; THAT WHICH IS TO COME IS JUST A PROMISE: Flatform; TROUBLE: Mariah Garnett, Manal Laginaf, Robyn Reihill; UNHEIMLICH II: ASTARTI: Katerina Thomadaki.
TREASURES
QUEEN OF DIAMONDS: Nina Menkes.
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For further press information and general enquiries about the 63rd BFI London Film Festival:
Please note the different festival sections and contacts for 2019
OPENING/CLOSING AND HEADLINE GALAS, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS and ASSOCIATED SCREEN TALKS: Email: [email protected] | Tel: +44 (0)207 932 9800 Head of Press: Kate Hudson
FOR OPENING/CLOSING NIGHT RED CARPET MEDIA ENQUIRIES AND ALL RED CARPETS FOR HEADLINE GALAS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: Email: [email protected] |Tel: +44 (0)207 932 9800 Media Manager: Hannah Tatum
MAIN FESTIVAL PROGRAMME AND STRAND GALAS, LFF AWARDS, EVENTS and FILMMAKER TEAS: Email: [email protected] | Tel: +44 +(0)207 932 9800 Head of Press: Lucy Powell
FOR RED CARPET MEDIA ENQUIRIES FOR MAIN FESTIVAL PROGRAMME AND STRAND GALAS Email: [email protected] |Tel: +44 (0)207 932 9800 Media Manager: Emma Greenwood
GENERAL ENQUIRIES BFI London Film Festival PR Manager: Mia Farrell Email: [email protected] | Tel: +44 (0)20 7957 8970
Director of Press and PR, BFI: Judy Wells Email: [email protected]
Festival Information & Ticket Booking Telephone Bookings: +44 (0)20 7928 3232 between 10:00 – 20:30 (from Tuesday 3rd September – Sunday 13th October) Online: www.bfi.org.uk/lff In person: BFI Southbank Office: 11:00 – 20:30
NOTES TO EDITORS
About the BFI The BFI is the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image. It is a cultural charity that:
• Curates and presents the greatest international public programme of World Cinema for audiences; in cinemas, at festivals and online • Cares for the BFI National Archive – the most significant film and television archive in the world • Actively seeks out and supports the next generation of filmmakers • Works with Government and Industry to make the UK the most creatively exciting and prosperous place to make film internationally Founded in 1933, the BFI is a registered charity governed by Royal Charter. The BFI Board of Governors is chaired by Josh Berger CBE.
The BFI London Film Festival BFI London Film Festival is Britain's leading film event and one of the world's best film festivals. It introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience and attracts significant international film industry participation. LFF is a compelling combination of diverse films, red carpet glamour, friendly audiences and vibrant exchange. LFF provides an essential profiling opportunity for films seeking global success; promotes the careers of British and international filmmakers through its industry and awards programmes and positions London as the world’s leading creative city.
Tricia Tuttle Biography Tricia Tuttle’s appointment as Director of BFI Festivals follows her role as Artistic Director of the 62nd Edition of the BFI London Film Festival and five successful years as Deputy Head of Festivals at BFI, including BFI Flare and BFI London Film Festival. Moving from North Carolina in 1997 to complete a joint MA at BFI and Birkbeck, University of London in Film and TV Studies, Tricia has a passion for film that has seen her work as a programmer, lecturer, writer and journalist. Her career has spanned a five-year tenure at BAFTA, starting in 2008 and with her appointment as Film Programme Manager in 2011. Tuttle has been instrumental in evolving BFI Festivals, continuing to expand audience reach year on year and introducing impactful initiatives such as BFI Flare’s FiveFilms4Freedom, in partnership with the British Council. In March 2019, she was recognized in Variety’s annual International Women’s Impact Report as a woman making an impact in showbiz around the globe.
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