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WEDNESDAY 10 OCTOBER 20:00 Breaking the Frame VUE5 14:45 The Samurai That Night ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE Experimenta 12:30 Free Angela and All Political Prisoners First Feature Competition Breaking the Frame documents the life and work of A man obsessed with avenging his late wife, mown down 19:00 Frankenweenie Documentary Competition Carolee Schneemann, an artist who as has transformed Shola Lynch’s authoritative and gripping documentary by a hit-and-run driver, threatens to kill the guilty driver Gala discourses on the body, sexuality and gender. … but will he find his inner samurai to act on the threat? In Tim Burton’s whimsical stop-motion 3D response to portrait of one of the most signific ant figures of the American civil rights movement. Write-director Masaaki Akahori’s psychological insights the Frankenstein myth, Victor’s beloved dog Sparky match his aesthetic control. meets with a tragic end and the young inventor decides THURSDAY 11 OCTOBER 15:15 Room 237 to bring him back to life. EMPIRE Cult 18:30 TBC 19:30 Chakravyuh When Stanley Kubrick released The Shining, what did it 21:00 Bug Special NFT1 Thrill Gala mean? Events 18:00 Wings A Bollywood film about two brothers, one a cop and 18:15 A Fish A special evening of sound and vision with a big-screen Treasures another who becomes an anti-hero Naxalite Thrill retrospective of one of the UK’s most successful music The first Oscar-winning film, a sweeping adventure story revolutionary in direct armed conflict with his dearest An absconding wife is becoming a shaman and her artists with Adam Buxton. of doomed flyers in WW1, with never-bettered aerial sibling. devastated husband thinks he’s losing his mind in Park sequences, directed by a young William Wellman. Hongmin’s phenomenal mystery thriller, shot in perfect, NFT2 21:00 Helter Skelter ODEON WEST END 1 homemade 3-D. The latest wave in Korean cinema starts 13:00 The Stoning of St Stephen Official Competition – Best Film 18:00 Blood here. Dare Mika Ninagawa’s follow-up to Sakuran is a big, splashy Thrill 20:45 Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time From Catalan director Pere Vilà Barceló comes a brutal thrill-ride, tearing into the supermodel/teen idol BAFTA award winning director Nick Murphy returns to Thrill study of a defiant father’s conflict with his only daughter industries which dominate J-pop culture. Lilico (Erika the Festival with a gripping cop thriller exploring issues Yoon Jongbin’s powerhouse entertainment (#1 at the grounded in a memorable central performance by Lou Sawajiri) is The Face, but her beauty masks extreme of morality and masculinity. Korean box-office this year) charts the rise of a corrupt Castel. temper tantrums and some very dark beauty secrets. 20:30 Robot and Frank customs officer through protection racketeering and 15:30 3 Love casino management to the moment when thieves fall out. Dare NFT2 Frank, a grouchy former jewel thief with absent, grown- The sardonic, satirical tone matches Oldboy star Choi Uruguayan director Pablo Stoll crafts a stylish, droll tale 18:15 Intimacy up children who worry about his memory-loss and invest Minsik’s terrific central performance. of a dysfunctional family who can’t be honest about what Shorts in a robot butler, as much to soothe their own conscience they want. A moment, a glance, a look, a touch… a programme as to ensure their father’s care. VUE7 18:15 Crimes and Punishment looking at our basic human connections. 12:45 Wolf Children Shorts 20:45 The Secret Disco Revolution ODEON WEST END 2 Family A programme of films featuring criminals, their actions Sonic 13:00 Reality Single mother, Hana must bring up her wolf children and the consequences of their crimes. Jamie Kastner’s documentary challenges the perception Debate away from the prying eyes of the neighbours in this 20:45 Love Story of disco as the height of kitsch, celebrating it as the Satiric fable showing Neapolitan fishmonger, obsessed stunning anime. Laugh soundtrack for social change. with becoming Big Brother contestant, who threatens to 15:30 Wadjda With the help of random New York citizens, New Zealand wreck his life and destroy his family. First Feature Competition director Florian Habicht has created a truly eccentric and NFT3 15:30 The Hunt A charming tale of a young Saudi girl who will stop at original romantic comedy. 18:30 Normal School Debate nothing to earn enough money to buy the bicycle she Debate A distressing examination of a false indictment, and the craves. NFT3 Acclaimed director Celina Murga confirms her position collective hysteria that ensues, in this electrifying drama 18:00 Laurence Anyways 13:15 Memories Look at Me as one of Latin-America’s most resonant filmmakers with from Thomas Vinterberg. Love Love an elegant documentary set in her old secondary school 18:30 End of Watch A sprawling, vivid melodrama which follows Lawrence, a A young woman (played by director Song Fang) visits her in the Argentine city of Parana. Official Competition – Best Film writer and college professor, who makes the unexpected ageing parents in Nanjing and reflects for the first time 21:00 Le Grand Soir Two police officers (Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña) decision to transition from male to female on what it means to grow old. This moving and precisely Laugh patrol the streets of south central Los Angeles in this 21:15 Save Your Legs! calibrated account of family ties, binds and losses won Two middle-aged misfit brothers show a finger to the gripping adrenalin-fuelled thriller. Laugh the Best First Feature prize in Locarno. System in this exuberant, punk-themed comedy from 21:00 Spike Island Get your silly-mid-on with this hilarious ‘bromantic 15:45 Normal School French anarcho-jokers Delépine and Kervern. Sonic comedy’ that follows a D-grade cricket team from the Debate Nice one! Top one! Sorted! Mat Whitecross recreates the suburbs of Melbourne to the subcontinent of India. Acclaimed director Celina Murga confirms her position ICA baggy period with great wit and affection. as one of Latin-America’s most resonant filmmakers with 18:00 The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper NFT1 an elegant documentary set in her old secondary school and the Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott 12:15 Doomsday Book in the Argentine city of Parana. Experimenta Cult Turner Prize nominee Luke Fowler explores the role A South Korean anthology film with three sci-fi tales played by left wing intellectuals in the working class united by disparate themes of the apocalypse. communities of post-war Yorkshire. bfi.org.uk bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 2

THURSDAY 11 OCTOBER (CONTD.) 20:45 Amour FRIDAY 12 OCTOBER 18:15 Gimme the Loot NFT3 Love Gala ODEON WEST END 2 Love Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or-winner about an otherwise A big-hearted Bronx tale, delightfully appealing 18:30 Unpicking Costume Design comfortably-off octogenarian couple trying to cope when 12:30 Robot and Frank performances from non-actors Tashiana Washington and Event a stroke leaves the wife partly paralysed and speechless Love Ty Hickson set the tone for Adam Leon’s charming debut Oscar-nominated costume designer and Senior Guest is characteristically honest and unsentimental. Frank, a grouchy former jewel thief with absent, grown- feature. Curator at the V&A, hosts an evening with several of the up children who worry about his memory-loss and invest 21:00 Grassroots Festival’s costume designers. RENOIR in a robot butler, as much to soothe their own conscience as to ensure their father’s care. Laugh 21:00 Love in the Grave 18:30 The Repentant A pertinent and hilarious political comedy set in Seattle. Love Debate 15:00 Blood An account of the life and love of a homeless couple who A hauntingly powerful tale of a reformed Algerian Thrill NFT1 live in a cemetery and their resilience in the face of social BAFTA award winning director Nick Murphy returns to fundamentalist attempting to re-integrate into society 12:00 For Love’s Sake indifference. only to find some secrets impossible to hide. the Festival with a gripping cop thriller exploring issues of morality and masculinity. Cult HACKNEY 20:45 Accession Takashi Miike hits you with an awesome riff on Romeo Dare 18:00 Lore and Juliet, done as a pop musical stuffed with golden 18:15 Clip A deeply unsettling portrait of a disturbed figure in this Official Competition – Best Film oldies from the 60s – and it feels like a kiss. First Feature Competition Teenager Lore and her four younger siblings are left to minimalist and socially committed film that marks 15:00 Helter Skelter A heart-breaking, though never hopeless, portrait of the director Rix as one of South African cinema’s finest fend for themselves after her Nazi SS parents are taken mores of modern youth. into Allied custody. Dare young talents. Mika Ninagawa’s follow-up to Sakuran is a big, splashy 20:45 The We and the I 20:30 Beasts of the Southern Wild thrill-ride, tearing into the supermodel/teen idol Journey RICH MIX First Feature Competition industries which dominate J-pop culture. Lilico (Erika All aboard Michel Gondry’s bus around the Bronx. 18:30 Punk One of the most celebrated debut features of the year; a Sawajiri) is The Face, but her beauty masks extreme Dare brilliant, distinctive vision of life on the edge of the world. temper tantrums and some very dark beauty secrets. ICA Vive l’anarchie! Rock, rebellion and the teenage blues – a VUE5 18:30 Bonjour Tristesse 18:00 Peter Kubelka: The Essence of Cinema familiar formula gets a turbo-charged new treatment in Treasures Experimenta this sub-culture panorama from French director Jean- 12:15 Ship of Theseus A spectacular colour restoration of Preminger’s A rare opportunity to view the complete works to date by Stéphane Sauvaire. First Feature Competition celebrated adaptation of the Sagan novel, starring Jean one of the most vital and influential filmmakers of our 21:00 The Patience Stone An elegant documentary style drama, set in Seberg and depicting the decadent rich philandering on time. Journey contemporary Mumbai, about three separate the French Riviera. 20:00 Occupy the Cinema Roman Polanski meets the Taliban in this unforgettable philosophical stories, which converge at a single point of illumination. 21:00 Sigur Rós – The Valtari Mystery Film Experiment Experimenta account of a beautiful Afghan woman who indulges her Event Protest and survive: Karen Mirza and Brad Butler’s most secret desires in the most dangerous of places. 15:15 A Fish For their most recent album, Valtari, Sigur Rós gav ambitious new film screens with equally powerful work Thrill filmmakers the same budget and an open brief to by Russell/Cailleau and Ken Jacobs. RITZY An absconding wife is becoming a shaman and her interpret their music. We premiere some of the results 18:15 Key of Life devastated husband thinks he’s losing his mind in Park along with a question and answer session. CINÉ LUMIÈRE Laugh Hongmin’s phenomenal mystery thriller, shot in perfect, 18:30 Painless Kenji Uchida’s brilliantly entertaining comedy-drama is a homemade 3-D. The latest wave in Korean cinema starts NFT2 here. Cult riff on Trading Places: a failed actor steals a new identity 13:00 Animation Panorama A successful neurosurgeon discovers his connection to a and finds himself prey to the attentions of The Mob. With 18:00 For No Good Reason Shorts mysterious group of children who were born insensitive an all-star cast: Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa and Documentary Competition A selection of short animated films from around the to physical pain, in this haunting horror fantasy. Ryoko Hirosue The wild life, and wilder art, of Ralph Steadman. world. 21:00 Children of Sarajevo 21:00 Everybody in Our Family 20:30 The Summit 15:30 Solar Eclipse Debate Laugh Documentary Competition Debate Aida Begić’s powerful, pertinent drama depicts a This riveting debut feature tells the story of eighteen- An attempt to understand what happened on a day that Martin Mareček’s revealing documentary about two generation growing up in a country knowing nothing of year-old Shira, who is about to be married off to a young became known as the most tragic in modern Czech technical experts working in Zambia casts stability. man she does not know. mountaineering history. uncomfortable light on a clash of cultures.

CURZON MAYFAIR SOTG VUE7 18:15 In Limbo Shorts 18:30 Dead Europe 18:30 Winter Nomads 12:45 Save Your Legs! Highlighting the situations where life is on hold, these Journey Journey Laugh shorts will remind you that sometimes all you can do is A young man travels to Greece to scatter his father’s A man, a woman, 800 sheep and the spirit of adventure in Get your silly-mid-on with this hilarious ‘bromantic wait it out. ashes in this brooding interpretation of Christos Tsiolkas’ this remarkable, riveting documentary from Switzerland comedy’ that follows a D-grade cricket team from the acclaimed novel. about the modern shepherding life. suburbs of Melbourne to the subcontinent of India. 20:45 Dreams for Sale Journey 21:00 Material 14:45 Lawrence Anyways Miwa Nishikawa’s wrenching drama turns on a ruthless Laugh Love young wife who pushes her husband into conning A gentle film that combines drama and comedy with A sprawling, vivid melodrama which follows Lawrence, a vulnerable women with marriage proposals – in order to ease. writer and college professor, who makes the unexpected make off with their savings. decision to transition from male to female. bfi.org.uk bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 3

FRIDAY 12 OCTOBER (CONTD.) 20:45 The Dream and the Silence RITZY 18:00 Ginger and Rosa NFT3 Experimenta 18:30 Blancanieves Official Competition – Best Film The lives of a middle-class family are thrown in to Best friends forever, Ginger and Rosa have grown-up 13:15 Love in the Grave Cult disarray following a shocking bereavement in Spanish Tim Burton meets The Artist in this ravishing silent, together and are now on the brink of adulthood, strutting Love director Jaime Rosales’ audacious black and white feature. their bathtub-shrunk jeans and flaunting their own An account of the life and love of a homeless couple who black and white gothic relocation of the Grimm Brothers’ tale. brand of teenage existentialism. live in a cemetery and their resilience in the face of social CINÉ LUMIÈRE indifference. 21:00 Just the Wind 20:30 Rust and Bone 18:00 Les Invisibles Love 15:45 Here and There Dare Documentary Competition A shattering dramatic response to events of racially The latest film from Jacques Audiard (A Prophet) is a Journey An enlightening documentary from Sebastien Lifshitz, moving and poetic love story featuring great Winner of the Grand Prize award in Cannes’ Critics Week motivated violence against Romanies in Hungary which exploring the lives of eleven gay men and women over left six dead and many more wounded. performances from Marion Cotillard and Matthias selection, Antonio Méndez Esparza’s assured debut the age of 70. Schoenaerts. feature explores the shifts that occur in a close knit 21:00 Le Grand Soir SOTG Mexican family when the father returns from a period VUE5 spent working in the USA. Laugh 18:30 Helpless Two middle-aged misfit brothers show a finger to the 12:30 For No Good Reason 18:30 Memories Look at Me Thrill System in this exuberant, punk-themed comedy from Byun Youngjoo adapts Miyabe Miyuki’s famous novel Documentary Competition Love French anarcho-jokers Delépine and Kervern. The wild life, and wilder art, of Ralph Steadman. A young woman (played by director Song Fang) visits her Burning Train to Korea and does it proud: a young woman disappears suddenly, her fiancé launches a desperate 15:15 Eat Sleep Die ageing parents in Nanjing and reflects for the first time CURZON MAYFAIR on what it means to grow old. This moving and precisely search – and makes some shocking discoveries. First Feature Competition calibrated account of family ties, binds and losses won 18:00 Beyond the Hills 21:00 Love Story A warm and unique tale of “the new Sweden” seen the Best First Feature prize in Locarno. Journey Laugh through the eyes of Raša, a feisty but loveable 21-year-old A matchless, intensely affecting love story that cements tomboy. 20:30 Death of a Man in the Balkans With the help of random New York citizens, New Zealand Cristian Mungiu’s reputation as one of world cinema’s director Florian Habicht has created a truly eccentric and 18:00 Room 237 Laugh modern masters. Miroslav Momčilović’s sharp and inventive black comedy original romantic comedy. Cult examines the reactions of neighbours and officials to the 21:00 Sister When Stanley Kubrick released The Shining, what did it unexplained suicide of a composer in Belgrade. Love SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER mean? An aching, erudite drama about siblings living in an ODEON WEST END 1 20:30 The We and the I HACKNEY industrial valley at the base of a luxury ski resort in Journey Switzerland. Simon is a brazen and clever thief who 12:15 End of Watch All aboard Michel Gondry’s bus around the Bronx. 18:00 Mekong Hotel resells his loot to support his reckless and irresponsible Official Competition – Best Film Experimenta sister. Two police officers (Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña) Set beside the Mekong River, Apichatpong’s new reverie patrol the streets of south central Los Angeles in this SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER (CONTD.) features reincarnated lovers and a pesky pob ghost which RENOIR gripping adrenalin-fuelled thriller. VUE7 eats human and animal entrails. With Vorakorn 18:30 Reality Ruetaivanichkul’s Mother, in which the young director 15:00 Beasts of the Southern Wild 12:15 Wolf Children Debate First Feature Competition Family uses dramatised reconstructions and fantasy to portray Satiric fable showing Neapolitan fishmonger, obsessed his mentally ill mother. One of the most celebrated debut features of the year; a Single mother, Hana must bring up her wolf children with becoming Big Brother contestant, who threatens to brilliant, distinctive vision of life on the edge of the world. away from the prying eyes of the neighbours in this 20:45 Starlet wreck his life and destroy his family. 18:30 The Hunt stunning anime. Dare 21:00 Teddy Bear An unusual friendship between a young woman and an Debate 14:45 West of Memphis Love A distressing examination of a false indictment, and the Documentary Competition elderly widow develops in California’s San Fernando A painfully shy bodybuilder looks for love far from his Valley. collective hysteria that ensues, in this electrifying drama In 1994, three teenagers were convicted of murdering mother’s watchful eye. from Thomas Vinterberg. three eight-year-old boys. Amy Berg was making this ICA 21:00 Antiviral riveting documentary when the court finally succumbed RICH MIX to increasing public and legal pressure and ‘freed’ The 14:00 My Amityville Horror Cult 18:30 Tango Libre Brandon Cronenberg’s debut feature, set in an abstract West Memphis 3. Cult Love Documentary about Daniel Lutz, who was 10 years old future where celebrity obsession has reached disturbing 18:15 Free Angela and All Political Prisoners Love, dance and the pressures of prison life make a heady extremes. Documentary Competition when his parents went public on the alleged haunting of cocktail in Frédéric Fonteyne’s offbeat drama starring their family home. Shola Lynch’s authoritative and gripping documentary Sergi Lopez and co-writer Anne Paulicevich. ODEON WEST END 2 portrait of one of the most significant figures of the 16:15 I’m Going to Change My Name 20:45 Captive 12:00 Spike Island American civil rights movement. Experimenta Journey Maria Saakyan’s portrait of the subjective world of a Sonic 21:00 Clip Isabelle Huppert stars in this true story of 20 hostages Nice one! Top one! Sorted! Mat Whitecross recreates the First Feature Competition 14-year-old Armenian girl uses images and words in a kidnapped by an Islamic separatist group in 2001. narrative technique based on Armenian song. baggy period with great wit and affection. A heart-breaking, though never hopeless, portrait of the mores of modern youth. 18:45 What Is Love 14:30 Aiyya Love Laugh Ruth Mader’s latest film is an exquisite contemplation of A Bollywood meets Tollywood (Tamil cinema) comedy, relationships. musical romp about a girl who falls in love with a hunky man after catching his scent. bfi.org.uk bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 4

FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER (CONTD.) NFT3 18:45 The Patience Stone RENOIR NFT1 13:30 A Creative Collaboration Journey 12:00 Chakravyuh Roman Polanski meets the Taliban in this unforgettable 11:30 Mahanagar Event Thrill Gala Alfred Hitchcock’s working relationship with legendary account of a beautiful Afghan woman who indulges her A Bollywood film about two brothers, one a cop and Treasures most secret desires in the most dangerous of places. A warm, witty and genuine insight into Calcutta’s society costume designer Edith Head lasted for 30 years. Senior another who becomes an anti-hero Naxalite in the mid 50’s when a housewife offers to help her Guest Curator, Deborah Nadoolman Landis will examine 20:45 Key of Life revolutionary in direct armed conflict with his dearest husband by working as a ‘salesgirl’. the role Head’s costumes played in some of Hitchcock’s Laugh sibling. most iconic films. Kenji Uchida’s brilliantly entertaining comedy-drama is a 14:30 Tess 15:15 Children of Sarajevo 15:45 Obsessive and Compulsive riff on Trading Places: a failed actor steals a new identity Debate Treasures and finds himself prey to the attentions of The Mob. With Polanski takes on Thomas Hardy in his luminous Shorts Aida Begić’s powerful, pertinent drama depicts a These films examine obsessions which completely an all-star cast: Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa and generation growing up in a country knowing nothing of adaptation of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, with an Ryoko Hirosue unforgettable 17-year-old Nastassja Kinski in the tragic dominate the lives of their protagonists, sometimes to an stability. title role. extent which has become far from healthy. CINÉ LUMIÈRE RICH MIX 18:30 The Samurai That Night 18:30 Gipsy Anne Treasures 13:00 Material 13:00 Crimes and Punishment First Feature Competition Laugh A man obsessed with avenging his late wife, mown down Norway’s first indigenous feature, a charming Shorts countryside romance shot in picturesque locations, which A gentle film that combines drama and comedy with A programme of films featuring criminals, their actions by a hit-and-run driver, threatens to kill the guilty driver ease. … but will he find his inner samurai to act on the threat? launched a golden age of Norwegian cinema. and the consequences of their crimes. Write-director Masaaki Akahori’s psychological insights 21:00 Francine 15:15 Lines of Wellington 15:30 Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time match his aesthetic control. Dare Journey Thrill Valeria Sarmiento directs a spectacular Napoleonic saga, 21:00 Beware of Mr. Baker A small wonder of a film, a spare, wildly original and Yoon Jongbin’s powerhouse entertainment (#1 at the elegiac character study that carries integrity and originally planned by Raul Ruiz, with a massive cast Korean box-office this year) charts the rise of a corrupt Documentary Competition including John Malkovich as the Duke of Wellington. The fascinating story Ginger Baker; the world’s greatest emotional weight. customs officer through protection racketeering and drummer, though a complex human being.... 18:30 Winter Nomads casino management to the moment when thieves fall out. HACKNEY Journey The sardonic, satirical tone matches Oldboy star Choi 23:15 John Dies at the End A man, a woman, 800 sheep and the spirit of adventure in Minsik’s terrific central performance. Cult 13:30 Dead Europe Journey this remarkable, riveting documentary from Switzerland 18:30 With You, Without You A cult classic in the making from Don Coscarelli, director about the modern shepherding life. of Phantasm and Bubba Ho-Tep. A young man travels to Greece to scatter his father’s Love ashes in this brooding interpretation of Christos Tsiolkas’ 21:00 Punk Set in post-civil war Sri Lanka the tale of lovers from NFT2 acclaimed novel. Dare opposite sides, who are forced to confront a terrible past. 15:30 Bonjour Tristesse Vive l’anarchie! Rock, rebellion and the teenage blues – a 13:00 Dreams for Sale familiar formula gets a turbo-charged new treatment in RICH MIX Journey Treasures A spectacular colour restoration of Preminger’s this sub-culture panorama from French director Jean- 21:00 Silence Miwa Nishikawa’s wrenching drama turns on a ruthless Stéphane Sauvaire. young wife who pushes her husband into conning celebrated adaptation of the Sagan novel, starring Jean Journey Seberg and depicting the decadent rich philandering on A haunting and poetic vision of Ireland which brings to vulnerable women with marriage proposals – in order to CURZON MAYFAIR make off with their savings. the French Riviera. mind few precedents and defies easy categorisation. 18:00 The Secret Disco Revolution 12:15 Amour 15:30 Zarafa Love Gala RITZY Family Sonic Jamie Kastner’s documentary challenges the perception Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or-winner about an otherwise 14:00 Normal School A giraffe makes an epic journey across the world in this comfortably-off octogenarian couple trying to cope when animated tale. of disco as the height of kitsch, celebrating it as the Debate soundtrack for social change. a stroke leaves the wife partly paralysed and speechless Acclaimed director Celina Murga confirms her position 18:15 Here and There is characteristically honest and unsentimental. 20:30 A Fish as one of Latin-America’s most resonant filmmakers with Journey 15:00 Lore an elegant documentary set in her old secondary school Winner of the Grand Prize award in Cannes’ Critics Week Thrill An absconding wife is becoming a shaman and her Official Competition – Best Film in the Argentine city of Parana. selection, Antonio Méndez Esparza’s assured debut Teenager Lore and her four younger siblings are left to feature explores the shifts that occur in a close knit devastated husband thinks he’s losing his mind in Park 16:15 Freak Like Me Hongmin’s phenomenal mystery thriller, shot in perfect, fend for themselves after her Nazi SS parents are taken Shorts Mexican family when the father returns from a period into Allied custody. spent working in the USA. homemade 3-D. The latest wave in Korean cinema starts The most interesting people are the eccentrics, the here. 18:30 Accession (Screen 2) oddities, or the outcasts. Meet a fascinating cast of 20:45 3 Dare characters whose strange lives make for fascinating Dare ICA A deeply unsettling portrait of a disturbed figure in this viewing in this shorts programme. Uruguayan director Pablo Stoll crafts a stylish, droll tale 13:00 Fragments of Kubelka minimalist and socially committed film that marks 18:30 Tey of a dysfunctional family who can’t be honest about what director Rix as one of South African cinema’s finest they want. In this extended portrait, Peter Kubelka speaks at length Dare about his life, work and interests, showing that his young talents. Tey is a phantasmic beautiful film that playfully awakens cinematic works are only one aspect of his dynamic 20:45 The Repentant (Screen 2) and engages our subconscious mind by its rhythm, personality. Debate poetry and imagination. A hauntingly powerful tale of a reformed Algerian fundamentalist attempting to re-integrate into society only to find some secrets impossible to hide. bfi.org.uk bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 5

SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER (CONTD.) 14:45 Antiviral VUE7 NFT3 RITZY Cult 12:30 Reality 12:45 Les Invisibles Brandon Cronenberg’s debut feature, set in an abstract 21:00 Peddlers Debate Documentary Competition future where celebrity obsession has reached disturbing Satiric fable showing Neapolitan fishmonger, obsessed An enlightening documentary from Sebastien Lifshitz, Dare extremes A film noir, multi-strand tale about a violent narcotics with becoming Big Brother contestant, who threatens to exploring the lives of eleven gay men and women over cop, the drug dealers he hunts, and their struggles for 17:30 Wasteland wreck his life and destroy his family. the age of 70. survival in the Mumbai night. Thrill 15:15 Grassroots 15:00 Viaggio in Italia Wasteland is a rare film, a thrilling British crime caper Laugh Treasures SOTG that avoids the clichés of the genre. A pertinent and hilarious political comedy set in Seattle. Rossellini’s anguished masterpiece about the breakdown 13:30 A Few Hours Of Spring 20:30 Broken 17:45 Ship of Theseus of a marriage, superbly restored by the Cineteca di Love Love First Feature Competition Bologna, with commanding performances by Ingrid Stéphane Brizé’s quiet but emotionally devastating The debut feature from award-winning theatre director An elegant documentary style drama, set in Bergman and George Sanders. Rufus Norris is a powerful drama featuring an drama stars Vincent Lindon as a man coming to terms contemporary Mumbai, about three separate NFT3 with his own weaknesses and his elderly mother’s outstanding ensemble cast. philosophical stories, which converge at a single point of mortality. illumination. 18:30 In April the Following Year, there was a Fire ODEON WEST END 2 Experimenta 16:15 The Red and the Blue 21:00 Wadjda A boy leaves Bangkok for a wedding party in his north- Journey 12:30 Rust and Bone First Feature Competition Love eastern hometown, where his experiences blur into A beautifully observed, deftly directed, good looking film A charming tale of a young Saudi girl who will stop at nothing director Wichanon’s own family memories of a divorce, comprising a series of interlinked stories set in a modern The latest film from Jacques Audiard (A Prophet) is a to earn enough money to buy the bicycle she craves. moving and poetic love story featuring great and fire, a jellyfish sting … With Overseas, a new short by High School in Rome. Wichanon and his producer Anocha, about a Burmese performances from Marion Cotillard and Matthias NFT1 18:30 My German Friend Schoenaerts. woman in trouble. Love 12:00 Richard III 20:45 In The Year of the Pig My German Friend distills the momentous sweep of post- 15:15 In the House Treasures Official Competition – Best Film Treasures war Argentinian history into a story that is intimate, Arguably the greatest Shakespearean performance on Emile de Antonio’s powerful and moving condemnation tender, and always humane. François Ozon's latest film is a coolly ironic adaptation of screen, as Olivier exudes pure satanic evil as the king Juan Moyoraga's play The Boy in the Last Row. of the politicians’ lies and devastation wrought by USA’s 21:00 Painless who woos and murders his way to the English throne. military intervention in Vietnam in the name of “peace”. Cult 18:00 Midnight’s Children 15:30 Screen Talk: Marion Cotillard A successful neurosurgeon discovers his connection to a Official Competition – Best Film Marion Cotillard’s career has ranged from Tim Burton’s HACKNEY mysterious group of children who were born insensitive An adaption of the Booker Prize winning novel, this Big Fish to her Oscar-winning performance as Edith Piaf allegorical saga parallels the dramatic upheavals in a 13:15 In Limbo to physical pain, in this haunting horror fantasy. in La Vie En Rose. Her latest film, Rust and Bone, screens Shorts family’s history with the events that would define at the Festival and we’re delighted to welcome her to the contemporary India. Highlighting the situations where life is on hold, these BFI LIBRARY LFF to discuss the film and her career to date. shorts will remind you that sometimes all you can do is 19.30 Film In Focus: Spike Island 21:00 Zaytoun 18:15 Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God wait it out. An inside look at the production of Festival film Spike Debate Alex Gibney documents the most appalling scandal of our From award-winning Israeli director Eran Riklis, Zaytoun 15:30 Love Story Island. Free to attend with seats allocated on a first come, times. Laugh first served basis. is the story of Yoni and Fahed, two exiles from a divided land. 20:30 For Love’s Sake With the help of random New York citizens, New Zealand Cult director Florian Habicht has created a truly eccentric and STUDIO VUE5 Takashi Miike hits you with an awesome riff on Romeo original romantic comedy. 18:30 50 Years of the Rolling Stones on Screen and Juliet, done as a pop musical stuffed with golden 18:00 Beasts of the Southern Wild Adrian Wotton explores the Rolling Stones exciting 12:45 Canned Dreams oldies from the 60s – and it feels like a kiss. Documentary Competition First Feature Competition screen history in this illustrated talk. One of the most celebrated debut features of the year; a A lyrical and moving documentary charting the NFT2 sometimes disturbing stories of the people and practices brilliant, distinctive vision of life on the edge of the world. SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER behind modern food production. 13:00 Animated Shorts for Younger Audiences 20:30 Spike Island Shorts EMPIRE 15:00 The We and the I Sonic A selection of animated shorts that will delight younger Nice one! Top one! Sorted! Mat Whitecross recreates the 19:30 Love, Marilyn Journey audience members. Love All aboard Michel Gondry’s bus around the Bronx. baggy period with great wit and affection. 15:30 The Great Bird Race In her own words, Marilyn reveals the depth and frailty 18:00 Starlet of her intelligence, as well as the degree to which she was Family ICA Dare Victor will stop at nothing to win the bird watching the architect of her own success. An unusual friendship between a young woman and an 14:00 Tango Libre competition even if it means lowering his moral Love elderly widow develops in California’s San Fernando standards… ODEON WEST END 1 Valley. Love, dance and the pressures of prison life make a heady 12:00 West of Memphis 18:15 Back to School cocktail in Frédéric Fonteyne’s offbeat drama starring 20:45 Like Someone In Love See bfi.org.uk/lff Sergi Lopez and co-writer Anne Paulicevich. Documentary Competition Love In 1994, three teenagers were convicted of murdering From the mischievous, provocative play with point-of- 20:45 Doomsday Book 16:15 The Dream and the Silence three eight-year-old boys. Amy Berg was making this view and sound in the opening scene, Abbas Kiarostami’s Cult Experimenta riveting documentary when the court finally succumbed latest is both symptomatic of his fascination with A South Korean anthology film with three sci-fi tales The lives of a middle-class family are thrown in to to increasing public and legal pressure and ‘freed’ The cinematic syntax and his regular forays into uncharted united by disparate themes of the apocalypse. disarray following a shocking bereavement in Spanish West Memphis 3. territory. director Jaime Rosales’ audacious black and white feature. bfi.org.uk bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 6

SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER (CONTD.) 20:45 Captive 16:15 Blood is Thicker than Water 15:00 Midnight’s Children ICA Journey Shorts Official Competition – Best Film Isabelle Huppert stars in this true story of 20 hostages A selection of films examining the interactions and An adaption of the Booker Prize winning novel, this 18:45 The Stoning of St Stephen kidnapped by an Islamic separatist group in 2001. relationships between friends, lovers and families. allegorical saga parallels the dramatic upheavals in a Dare 18:30 Accession family’s history with the events that would define From Catalan director Pere Vilà Barceló comes a brutal RENOIR contemporary India. study of a defiant father’s conflict with his only daughter Dare 13:00 What is Love A deeply unsettling portrait of a disturbed figure in this grounded in a memorable central performance by Lou ODEON WEST END 2 Castel. Love minimalist and socially committed film that marks Ruth Mader’s latest film is an exquisite contemplation of director Rix as one of South African cinema’s finest 18:00 The Sapphires 21:00 I’m Going to Change My Name relationships. young talents. Nintendo Gala Experimenta Three Aboriginal sisters – feisty Gail, foxy Cynthia and Maria Saakyan’s portrait of the subjective world of a 15:00 Death of a Man in the Balkans 20:45 Tall as the Baobab Tree Laugh Dare the supremely talented Julie – are discovered in a country 14-year-old Armenian girl uses images and words in a pub talent contest by down-on-his luck ‘soul brother’ narrative technique based on Armenian song. Miroslav Momčilović’s sharp and inventive black comedy An intimately and exquisitely performed, its strength is examines the reactions of neighbours and officials to the in its ability to effortlessly move and involve the viewer Dave (Chris O’Dowd). CINÉ LUMIÈRE unexplained suicide of a composer in Belgrade. from the beginning to the end. 20:30 No 18:30 Imagine Official Competition – Best Film 13:00 Dreams for Sale SOTG A brash, smooth-talking advertising executive appointed Journey Journey Edward Hogg plays a teacher at a school for the blind in 14:00 For No Good Reason by the opposing coalition to spearhead the ‘no’ campaign Miwa Nishikawa’s wrenching drama turns on a ruthless in the 1988 referendum. young wife who pushes her husband into conning Lisbon in Andrzej Jakimowski’s inventive and lyrical Documentary Competition account of world centred on everyday sound. The wild life, and wilder art, of Ralph Steadman. vulnerable women with marriage proposals – in order to VUE5 make off with their savings. 21:00 The Pirogue 16:00 Epilogue 12:30 Broken 16:15 Kinshasa Kids Debate Love A beautifully shot film that blends in perfectly with the A beautiful , heart-breaking tale of an elderly Israeli Love Debate The debut feature from award-winning theatre director Some children living on the streets of Kinshasa aim to characteristic sounds of Senegal to deliver a well-crafted couple who look out their window and no longer melodrama that is compelling to watch. recognise the country or its people around them. Rufus Norris is a powerful drama featuring an put on a show that will rock the city. outstanding ensemble cast. 18:15 Nameless Gangster: Rules of Time 18:15 Mekong Hotel RICH MIX 15:00 The Hunt Experimenta Thrill 13:00 Wolf Children Yoon Jongbin’s powerhouse entertainment (#1 at the Debate Set beside the Mekong River, Apichatpong’s new reverie A distressing examination of a false indictment, and the features reincarnated lovers and a pesky pob ghost which Family Korean box-office this year) charts the rise of a corrupt Single mother, Hana must bring up her wolf children customs officer through protection racketeering and collective hysteria that ensues, in this electrifying drama eats human and animal entrails. With Vorakorn from Thomas Vinterberg. Ruetaivanichkul’s Mother, in which the young director away from the prying eyes of the neighbours in this casino management to the moment when thieves fall out. uses dramatised reconstructions and fantasy to portray stunning anime. The sardonic, satirical tone matches Oldboy star Choi 18:00 The Central Park Five his mentally ill mother. 16:15 Memories Look at Me Minsik’s terrific central performance. Documentary Competition Love 21:00 Kelly + Victor A significant and illuminating examination of an 21:00 Just the Wind appalling crime and of the American justice system. Dare A young woman (played by director Song Fang) visits her Dare A shattering dramatic response to events of racially ageing parents in Nanjing and reflects for the first time Adapted from the novel by Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor is 20:45 What Richard Did motivated violence against Romanies in Hungary which on what it means to grow old. This moving and precisely a haunting, candid depiction of a young couple embarking Debate left six dead and many more wounded. calibrated account of family ties, binds and losses won on a passionate and transgressive love affair. Lenny Abrahamson’s latest is a portrayal of affluent Irish the Beswht First Feature prize in Locarno. youth that examines weighty moral issues with calm and CURZON MAYFAIR 18:30 Le Grand Soir MONDAY 15 OCTOBER integrity. Laugh 13:00 Everybody In Our Family ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE VUE7 Laugh Two middle-aged misfit brothers show a finger to the System in this exuberant, punk-themed comedy from 19:30 Quartet 12:45 Painless This riveting debut feature tells the story of eighteen- American Airlines Gala year-old Shira, who is about to be married off to a young French anarcho-jokers Delépine and Kervern. Cult Dustin Hoffman makes his directorial debut with this A successful neurosurgeon discovers his connection to a man she does not know. 21:00 Robot and Frank charming, funny and insightful film in which four ageing Love mysterious group of children who were born insensitive 15:15 Beyond the Hills opera singers are reunited in a specialist retirement to physical pain, in this haunting horror fantasy. Journey Frank, a grouchy former jewel thief with absent, grown- home. A matchless, intensely affecting love story that cements up children who worry about his memory-loss and invest 15:15 The Summit Cristian Mungiu’s reputation as one of world cinema’s in a robot butler, as much to soothe their own conscience ODEON WEST END 2 Documentary Competition modern masters. as to ensure their father’s care. An attempt to understand what happened on a day that 12:30 Love, Marilyn became known as the most tragic in modern 18:30 I, Anna RITZY Love mountaineering history. Thrill In her own words, Marilyn reveals the depth and frailty Barnaby Southcombe’s debut feature is an elegant 14:00 Gimme the Loot of her intelligence, as well as the degree to which she was 18:15 Helpless London set noir, a moody, unsettling psychological Love the architect of her own success. Thrill thriller. A big-hearted Bronx tale, delightfully appealing Byun Youngjoo adapts Miyabe Miyuki’s famous novel performances from non-actors Tashiana Washington and Burning Train to Korea and does it proud: a young woman Ty Hickson set the tone for Adam Leon’s charming debut disappears suddenly, her fiancé launches a desperate feature. search – and makes some shocking discoveries. bfi.org.uk bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 7

MONDAY 15 OCTOBER (CONTD.) NFT3 CINÉ LUMIÈRE RITZY VUE7 13:15 Material 18:30 In Another Country 21:00 The Great Kilapy 21:00 The Comedian Laugh Laugh Love First Feature Competition A gentle film that combines drama and comedy with Hong Sangsoo plus Isabelle Huppert plus Yu Junsang The Angolan filmmaker offers a quirky political With an improvised script developed through workshops ease. equals three separate – but oddly overlapping – stories observation of the lives and passions of flawed characters with the actors, The Comedian is presents characters 15:45 In April the Following Year, there was a Fire about a Frenchwoman visiting a dull Korean seaside set in Luanda and Lisbon. that are recognisable and real, while depicting London Experimenta resort. Hong’s lightest and drollest movie in some time. with reflective honesty. A boy leaves Bangkok for a wedding party in his north- 21:00 My German Friend SOTG eastern hometown, where his experiences blur into Love 18:30 Clip NFT1 director Wichanon’s own family memories of a divorce, My German Friend distills the momentous sweep of post- First Feature Competition 12:00 Chakravyuh and fire, a jellyfish sting … With Overseas, a new short by war Argentinian history into a story that is intimate, A heart-breaking, though never hopeless, portrait of the Thrill Gala Wichanon and his producer Anocha, about a Burmese tender, and always humane. mores of modern youth. A Bollywood film about two brothers, one a cop and woman in trouble. 21:00 Antiviral another who becomes an anti-hero Naxalite 18:30 My Amityville Horror CURZON MAYFAIR Cult revolutionary in direct armed conflict with his dearest Cult 18:30 The Delay Brandon Cronenberg’s debut feature, set in an abstract sibling. Documentary about Daniel Lutz, who was 10 years old Debate future where celebrity obsession has reached disturbing 15:15 A Respectable Family when his parents went public on the alleged haunting of A single mother finds it increasingly difficult to take care extremes Debate their family home. of her ageing father and three children in this Iranian cinema delivers another jolting piece of suspense 20:45 Tey compassionate, impressively performed feature from BFI LIBRARY and social commentary with this gripping tale of a Dare Rodrigo Plá. 19.30 Film In Focus: Ginger and Rosa college professor returning to confront his family after 22 Tey is a phantasmic beautiful film that playfully awakens 21:00 Ginger and Rosa An inside look at the production of Festival film Ginger years abroad and engages our subconscious mind by its rhythm, Official Competition – Best Film and Rosa. Free to attend with seats allocated on a first 18:30 Salman Rushdie poetry and imagination. Best friends forever, Ginger and Rosa have grown-up come, first served basis. Event – Screen Talk together and are now on the brink of adulthood, strutting Booker-prize winner, Salman Rushdie talks about the HACKNEY their bathtub-shrunk jeans and flaunting their own TUESDAY 16 OCTOBER brand of teenage existentialism. challenges in adapting the much-loved Midnight’s 18:00 The Repentent EMPIRE Children for the screen. Debate A hauntingly powerful tale of a reformed Algerian RENOIR 18:45 Hyde Park on Hudson 21:00 Simon Killer Centrepiece Gala Dare fundamentalist attempting to re-integrate into society 18:00 Aiyya only to find some secrets impossible to hide. Laugh Centred on the weekend that a young King George and The charming façade of a young sociopath slowly Queen Elizabeth pay a visit to Franklin D. Roosevelt who unravels in this provocative and visually arresting 20:45 Teddy Bear A Bollywood meets Tollywood (Tamil cinema) comedy, musical romp about a girl who falls in love with a hunky is embroiled in a secret love affair with his distant cousin, drama. Love Margaret Stuckley. A painfully shy bodybuilder looks for love far from his man after catching his scent. NFT2 mother’s watchful eye. 21:00 Blancanieves EMPIRE 13:00 Beware of Mr. Baker Cult ICA Tim Burton meets The Artist in this ravishing silent, 21:30 A Liar’s Autobiography Documentary Competition Laugh Gala The fascinating story Ginger Baker; the world’s greatest 14:00 Room 237 black and white gothic relocation of the Grimm Brothers’ tale. Graham Chapman’s (Monty Python) cod life story in 14 drummer, though a complex human being.... Cult different animation styles, capturing the sprawling When Stanley Kubrick released The Shining, what did it 15:30 Punk RICH MIX nature of the original and offers rare insight into Dare mean? Chapman’s life between surreal flights of fantasy. Vive l’anarchie! Rock, rebellion and the teenage blues – a 16:15 Francine 18:30 The Secret Disco Revolution familiar formula gets a turbo-charged new treatment in Dare Sonic ODEON WEST END 1 Jamie Kastner’s documentary challenges the perception this sub-culture panorama from French director Jean- A small wonder of a film, a spare, wildly original and 18:30 My Brother the Devil Stéphane Sauvaire. elegiac character study that carries integrity and of disco as the height of kitsch, celebrating it as the soundtrack for social change. First Feature Competition 18:15 Freak Like Me emotional weight. Featuring breakout performances from a terrific young Shorts 18:45 Beautiful 2012 21:00 Grassroots cast, Sally El Hosaini’s vibrant and original debut feature The most interesting people are the eccentrics, the Journey Laugh dabbles with genre conventions and defies expectations. A pertinent and hilarious political comedy set in Seattle. oddities, or the outcasts. Meet a fascinating cast of A superb package of shorts by four leading East Asian 21:00 Kelly + Victor characters whose strange lives make for fascinating directors: Ann Hui on a male-to-female sex change, Kim RITZY Dare viewing in this shorts programme. Taeyong on an emotional imposture, Gu Changwei on Adapted from the novel by Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor is 20:45 Museum Hours pregnancy in China and Tsai Mingliang on time and the 18:30 Free Angela and all Political Prisoners a haunting, candid depiction of a young couple embarking Journey city of Hong Kong. Documentary Competition on a passionate and transgressive love affair. The latest film from renowned documentarian and film- 21:00 With You, Without You Shola Lynch’s authoritative and gripping documentary essayist Jem Cohen is a charming rumination on art and Love portrait of one of the most significant figures of the observation. Set in post-civil war Sri Lanka the tale of lovers from American civil rights movement. opposite sides, who are forced to confront a terrible past. bfi.org.uk bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 8

TUESDAY 16 OCTOBER (CONTD.) 18:15 The Wall 15:15 Mekong Hotel CINÉ LUMIÈRE ODEON WEST END 2 Dare Experimenta 18:30 The Red and the Blue Martina Gedeck stars in a mesmerising Austrian drama Set beside the Mekong River, Apichatpong’s new reverie 12:30 No Journey about a woman trapped in the Alps, confronting the features reincarnated lovers and a pesky pob ghost which A beautifully observed, deftly directed, good looking film Official Competition – Best Film Great Outdoors and her own inner humanity. eats human and animal entrails. With Vorakorn A brash, smooth-talking advertising executive appointed comprising a series of interlinked stories set in a modern 20:45 Keep the Lights on Ruetaivanichkul’s Mother, in which the young director High School in Rome. by the opposing coalition to spearhead the ‘no’ campaign uses dramatised reconstructions and fantasy to portray in the 1988 referendum. Love 21:00 The Interval A raw and frequently devastating depiction of a his mentally ill mother. 15:00 In the House Journey destructive relationship set over a decade in New York 18:30 The Loves of Pharoah Two teenagers, forced together in an abandoned building Official Competition – Best Film City. Treasures François Ozon's latest film is a coolly ironic adaptation of in Naples, one captive, one unwilling gaoler , who start a Lubitsch’s “lost” silent epic, brilliantly restored by the fragile relationship whilst awaiting their fate. Juan Moyoraga's play The Boy in the Last Row. NFT1 German Federal Archive, with a towering performance 18:00 Fill the Void 09:30 Power to the Pixel: Cross Media Conference by the great Emil Jannings. CURZON MAYFAIR Official Competition – Best Film Event 21:00 Turned Towards the Sun 18:30 Violeta Went to Heaven A masterpiece of forbidden love set in the unlikeliest of The largest gathering of international digital experts, Documentary Competition surroundings in an ultra-orthodox Jewish community. Sonic financiers, and talent who are innovating with The astonishing life story of British writer and poet Micky Andrés Wood’s bold and beautiful treatment of the 20:30 The Sessions storytelling and pioneering new business models across Burn MC. Chilean cultural icon and folk singer Violeta Parra boasts Festival Gala multiple platforms. See www.powertothepixel.com for a terrific central performance by Francisca Gavilán Confined to an iron lung, Mark (John Hawkes) seeks to full info including how to buy tickets. HACKNEY where her music takes centre-stage. lose his virginity and employs a sex surrogate to help him 18:30 London Calling 18:15 Les Invisibles 21:00 Epilogue do this. A poignant story that transforms a potentially A selection of recent shorts from some of the capital’s Documentary Competition confronting subject into a warm, compelling film. Love most exciting new filmmakers, supported by Film An enlightening documentary from Sebastien Lifshitz, A beautiful , heart-breaking tale of an elderly Israeli London’s production schemes. exploring the lives of eleven gay men and women over VUE5 couple who look out their window and no longer 21:00 TBC the age of 70. recognise the country or its people around them. 12:30 I, Anna 20:45 John Dies at the End Thrill NFT2 Cult RENOIR Barnaby Southcombe’s debut feature is an elegant 13:15 Winter Nomads A cult classic in the making from Don Coscarelli, director 18:00 Lines of Wellington London set noir, a moody, unsettling psychological Journey of Phantasm and Bubba Ho-Tep. thriller. Journey A man, a woman, 800 sheep and the spirit of adventure in Valeria Sarmiento directs a spectacular Napoleonic saga, 15:00 Dead Europe this remarkable, riveting documentary from Switzerland ICA originally planned by Raul Ruiz, with a massive cast Journey about the modern shepherding life. 14:00 Death of a Man in the Balkans including John Malkovich as the Duke of Wellington. A young man travels to Greece to scatter his father’s 15:30 Virgin Margarida Laugh 21:00 Everybody in Our Family ashes in this brooding interpretation of Christos Tsiolkas’ Debate Miroslav Momčilović’s sharp and inventive black comedy acclaimed novel. Laugh Revealing and illuminating about the mindless violence examines the reactions of neighbours and officials to the This riveting debut feature tells the story of eighteen- 18:00 Easy Money perpetrated against women in this small country at the unexplained suicide of a composer in Belgrade. year-old Shira, who is about to be married off to a young Thrill end of colonial rule. 16:15 Beautiful 2012 man she does not know. There’s no such thing as “easy money” in Stockholm’s 18:15 Alex Gibney Journey dark underworld. There’s a price to pay for everything. Event – Screen Talk A superb package of shorts by four leading East Asian RICH MIX 21:00 Easy Money 2 We’re delighted to welcome Alex Gibney, examiner of directors: Ann Hui on a male-to-female sex change, Kim 18:30 Intimacy Thrill subjects ranging from baseball fanaticism, gonzo Taeyong on an emotional imposture, Gu Changwei on Shorts Slick multi-stranded Stockholm-set thriller. Sequel to journalism, and America’s political landscape. This year, pregnancy in China and Tsai Mingliang on time and the A moment, a glance, a look, a touch… a programme Easy Money also screening in this year’s LFF. his film Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God city of Hong Kong. looking at our basic human connections. screens at the Festival. 18:45 Four VUE7 21:00 Starlet 20:45 Bayou Blue Love Dare 12:45 Imagine Dare Adapted from a stage play by Christopher Shinn and with An unusual friendship between a young woman and an Journey Chilling documentary about serial killer Ronald Neil LaBute credited as executive producer, the debut elderly widow develops in California's San Fernando Edward Hogg plays a teacher at a school for the blind in Dominique, who raped and murdered 23 men in the feature from Joshua Sanchez is a provocative rumination Valley. Lisbon in Andrzej Jakimowski’s inventive and lyrical Bayou Blue area of Houma, Louisiana. on race and sexuality set on a sweltering 4th of July account of world centred on everyday sound. evening. RITZY NFT3 15:15 Sister 20:45 Peddlers 18:30 The Pirogue Love 13:00 Museum Hours Dare Debate An aching, erudite drama about siblings living in an Journey A film noir, multi-strand tale about a violent narcotics A beautifully shot film that blends in perfectly with the industrial valley at the base of a luxury ski resort in The latest film from renowned documentarian and film- cop, the drug dealers he hunts, and their struggles for characteristic sounds of Senegal to deliver a well-crafted Switzerland. Simon is a brazen and clever thief who essayist Jem Cohen is a charming rumination on art and survival in the Mumbai night. melodrama that is compelling to watch. resells his loot to support his reckless and irresponsible observation. sister. bfi.org.uk bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 9

TUESDAY 16 OCTOBER (CONTD.) VUE5 21:00 Tomorrow ICA RITZY 12:30 The Sessions First Feature Competition 13:30 Museum Hours Festival Gala A raw, invigorating and pertinent, Tomorrow is the Journey 21:00 Wasteland product of the appetite for protest evident in Russia today. Thrill Confined to an iron lung, Mark (John Hawkes) seeks to The latest film from renowned documentarian and film- lose his virginity and employs a sex surrogate to help him essayist Jem Cohen is a charming rumination on art and Wasteland is a rare film, a thrilling British crime caper NFT2 that avoids the clichés of the genre. do this. A poignant story that transforms a potentially observation. confronting subject into a warm, compelling film. 13:00 Simon Killer 16:00 10 + 10 SOTG 15:00 Easy Money Dare Journey The charming façade of a young sociopath slowly 18:30 Like Someone in Love Thrill Twenty of the best directors in Taiwan (including Hou There’s no such thing as “easy money” in Stockholm’s unravels in this provocative and visually arresting Hsiao-Hsien, who masterminded the project) contribute Love drama. From the mischievous, provocative play with point-of- dark underworld. There’s a price to pay for everything. mini-dramas and mini-docs to a wry anthology on what view and sound in the opening scene, Abbas Kiarostami’s 18:00 In The Fog 15:30 With You, Without You makes the island unique. latest is both symptomatic of his fascination with Dare Love 18:30 Boy Eating the Bird’s Food cinematic syntax and his regular forays into uncharted A war movie that foregrounds emotions over polemics Set in post-civil war Sri Lanka the tale of lovers from Dare territory. and spectacle, and the stark, simple narrative, with its opposite sides, who are forced to confront a terrible past. A provocative character study and an urgent parable for 21:00 Key of Life metaphors and calm ethical enquiry, gives rise to chilling 18:15 Blood is Thicker than Water Greece’s economic meltdown. Laugh ironies. Shorts 21:00 Solar Eclipse Kenji Uchida’s brilliantly entertaining comedy-drama is a 21:00 The Body A selection of films examining the interactions and Debate riff on Trading Places: a failed actor steals a new identity Cult relationships between friends, lovers and families. Martin Mareček’s revealing documentary about two and finds himself prey to the attentions of The Mob. With A playful and imaginative Hitchcockian thriller about a 20:45 The Road: A Story of the A5 Czech technical experts working in Zambia casts an all-star cast: Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa and cadaver that goes missing from a morgue. Journey uncomfortable light on a clash of cultures. Ryoko Hirosue. Renowned documentary filmmaker Marc Isaacs presents VUE7 stories from people who have made their way to London CINÉ LUMIÈRE WEDNESDAY 17 OCTOBER 12:45 In Another Country from all over the world. 18:30 A Few Hours of Spring ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE Laugh Love Hong Sangsoo plus Isabelle Huppert plus Yu Junsang NFT3 Stéphane Brizé’s quiet but emotionally devastating 19:00 Argo equals three separate – but oddly overlapping – stories 13:15 Turned Towards the Sun drama stars Vincent Lindon as a man coming to terms Accenture Gala about a Frenchwoman visiting a dull Korean seaside Documentary Competition with his own weaknesses and his elderly mother’s The true story of CIA agent Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) resort. Hong’s lightest and drollest movie in some time. The astonishing life story of British writer and poet Micky mortality. and his risky plan to free six Americans trapped after Burn MC. their embassy is seized by revolutionaries. 15:15 Canned Dreams 21:00 Hold Back Documentary Competition 15:45 Bayou Blue Debate ODEON WEST END 2 A lyrical and moving documentary charting the Dare Fearless, inventive filmmaking featuring frequent sometimes disturbing stories of the people and practices Chilling documentary about serial killer Ronald moments that surprise and disarm. 12:30 Zaytoun behind modern food production. Dominique, who raped and murdered 23 men in the Debate Bayou Blue area of Houma, Louisiana. CURZON MAYFAIR From award-winning Israeli director Eran Riklis, Zaytoun 18:15 Shell is the story of Yoni and Fahed, two exiles from a divided First Feature Competition 18:00 Heat Lightning/Jewel Robbery 18:30 Tango Libre land. A powerful debut feature; an engrossing study of physical Treasures Love and emotional isolation which emerges as both artful Gritty, low-budget, racy double-bill of Warner pre-Code Love, dance and the pressures of prison life make a heady 15:00 Fill the Void and truthful. crime comedy dramas from the early days of sound, cocktail in Frédéric Fonteyne’s offbeat drama starring Official Competition – Best Film 20:45 Neighbouring Sounds expertly directed by Mervyn LeRoy and William Dieterle Sergi Lopez and co-writer Anne Paulicevich. A masterpiece of forbidden love set in the unlikeliest of respectively. surroundings in an ultra-orthodox Jewish community. First Feature Competition 21:00 Eat Sleep Die A tense, bold and fiercely compelling portrait of urban 21:00 Pilgrim Hill First Feature Competition 18:00 EVERYDAY life in modern-day Brazil. Debate A warm and unique tale of “the new Sweden” seen Official Competition – Best Film A moving portrait of a middle-aged farmer living in rural through the eyes of Raša, a feisty but loveable 21-year-old An impressive and delicate film of four young children NFT1 Ireland, Gerard Barrett’s low budget debut feature is an tomboy. are growing up with their mother while their father is in 09:30 Power to the Pixel incredible achievement for a first-time filmmaker. prison for a crime that is never dwelt on. RENOIR Event HACKNEY 20:30 Everybody Has a Plan The largest gathering of international digital experts, 18:30 The Patience Stone Official Competition – Best Film financiers, and talent who are innovating with 18:15 Obsessive and Compulsive Journey Ana Piterbarg’s debut feature is an engrossing and storytelling and pioneering new business models across Shorts Roman Polanski meets the Taliban in this unforgettable distinctive modern noir that evolves amidst the multiple platforms. See www.powertothepixel.com for These films examine obsessions which completely account of a beautiful Afghan woman who indulges her unfamiliar, unsettling environment of Argentine full info including how to buy tickets. dominate the lives of their protagonists, sometimes to an most secret desires in the most dangerous of places. swamplands extent which has become far from healthy. 18:30 You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet 21:00 House with a Turret Dare 20:45 Girls Against Boys Journey Veteran maestro Alain Resnais summons a dazzling Cult Eva Neymann’s moving and poetic account of a 9-year-old French cast for a witty, enthralling investigation of life, After being sexually assaulted, a young cocktail waitress boy’s journey home to Ukraine after the outbreak of the art and mortality through the plays of Jean Anouilh. goes on a rampage of vengeance in which no man is safe. Second World War. bfi.org.uk bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 10

WEDNESDAY 17 OCTOBER (CONTD.) ODEON WEST END 2 18:15 Black Rock NFT3 RICH MIX 12:15 Argo Cult 13:00 The Interval Accenture Gala Three young women fight for their lives when their Journey 18:30 Blood camping holiday is invaded by three maniacal ex-soldiers. Thrill The true story of CIA agent Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) Two teenagers, forced together in an abandoned building BAFTA award winning director Nick Murphy returns to and his risky plan to free six Americans trapped after 20:45 Post Tenebras Lux in Naples, one captive, one unwilling gaoler , who start a the Festival with a gripping cop thriller exploring issues their embassy is seized by revolutionaries. Dare fragile relationship whilst awaiting their fate. of morality and masculinity. 15:00 EVERYDAY A beautiful and challenging new film from Carlos 15:15 In the Fog Official Competition – Best Film Reygadas, winner of Best Director at the 2012 Cannes Dare 21:00 The Comedian Film Festival. First Feature Competition An impressive and delicate film of four young children A war movie that foregrounds emotions over polemics are growing up with their mother while their father is in and spectacle, and the stark, simple narrative, with its With an improvised script developed through workshops NFT1 with the actors, The Comedian is presents characters prison for a crime that is never dwelt on. metaphors and calm ethical enquiry, gives rise to chilling that are recognisable and real, while depicting London 18:00 It Was the Son 12:30 My German Friend ironies. with reflective honesty. Official Competition – Best Film Love 18:30 Ian Neil – Music Supervisor Operatic, original, satirical family drama about the My German Friend distills the momentous sweep of post- Event – Masterclass RITZY machinations that arise from a child’s death. Set in a war Argentinian history into a story that is intimate, Ian Neil is one of the industry’s most respected music tender, and always humane. 18:30 The Delay poor Camorra-infested neighbourhood of Palermo Sicily. supervisor having lent his talents to films from 127 Debate 20:30 Compliance 15:00 Journal de France Hours, The Deep Blue Sea, Shame and this year’s Festival A single mother finds it increasingly difficult to take care Thrill Journey film Spike Island. of her ageing father and three children in this One of the most talked about films of the year; bold and The life, times and out-takes of photographer-director 20:45 Something Wild compassionate, impressively performed feature from inventive filmmaking destined to leave a searing Raymond Depardon, who culls his archive for a film Treasures Rodrigo Plá. impression on its audience. mixing self-portraiture with modern French history at its Actors’ Studio veteran Jack Garfein’s offbeat urban rawest. 20:45 Romance Joe drama, set in authentic New York, starring Carroll Baker Love VUE5 18:00 Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (Baby Doll) as a rape victim. The story of Romance Joe, the guy who almost died for 12:30 Epilogue Treasures love, is just one of half a dozen interlinked strands which Love The ultimate diva movie, with Bette Davis chewing up HACKNEY run through Lee Kwangkuk’s playful movie, already the A beautiful , heart-breaking tale of an elderly Israeli the scenery as an ageing ex-child star dedicated to 18:15 The Sapphires most highly acclaimed Korean debut of the year. couple who look out their window and no longer tormenting Joan Crawford as her wheelchair-bound Nintendo Gala recognise the country or its people around them. sister. Three Aboriginal sisters – feisty Gail, foxy Cynthia and SOTG 15:00 Easy Money 2 21:00 The Jeffrey Dahmer Files the supremely talented Julie – are discovered in a country 18:30 The Wall Thrill Cult pub talent contest by down-on-his luck ‘soul brother’ Dare Slick multi-stranded Stockholm-set thriller. Sequel to A chilling documentary account of events leading up to Dave (Chris O’Dowd). Martina Gedeck stars in a mesmerising Austrian drama Easy Money also screening in this year’s LFF. and following the arrest of America’s most notorious 20:45 The Body serial killer. about a woman trapped in the Alps, confronting the 18:00 Caesar must Die Cult Great Outdoors and her own inner humanity. Thrill NFT2 A playful and imaginative Hitchcockian thriller about a cadaver that goes missing from a morgue. 21:00 Keep the Lights On Set in real Italian prison, compelling Berlin prize-winning 13:15 Tey Love docu-drama, depicts inmates preparing to give public Dare ICA A raw and frequently devastating depiction of a performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Tey is a phantasmic beautiful film that playfully awakens destructive relationship set over a decade in New York 20:30 Village at the End of the World and engages our subconscious mind by its rhythm, 14:00 Blancanieves City. Documentary Competition poetry and imagination. Cult Tim Burton meets The Artist in this ravishing silent, A compelling observation of Niaqornat, a remote village 15:30 The Great Kilapy THURSDAY 18 OCTOBER in Northern Greenland, population 59. The icy location black and white gothic relocation of the Grimm Brothers’ Love tale. ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE becomes the fifth character in this astutely constructed The Angolan filmmaker offers a quirky political real-life drama. 16:15 Tall as the Baobab Tree 19:00 Crossfire Hurricane observation of the lives and passions of flawed characters set in Luanda and Lisbon. Dare American Express Gala VUE7 An intimately and exquisitely performed, its strength is Commemorating rock ‘n’ roll legends The Rolling Stones 18:15 The Ethnographer 12:45 The Red and the Blue in its ability to effortlessly move and involve the viewer 50th anniversary is this new documentary by Academy Documentary Competition from the beginning to the end. Award-nominated Brett Morgen. Journey A memorable, sensitive documentary following the A beautifully observed, deftly directed, good looking film English anthropologist John Hillary Palmer who lives and 18:45 Silence EMPIRE comprising a series of interlinked stories set in a modern works with the marginalized Wichi community in rural Journey High School in Rome. Argentina. A haunting and poetic vision of Ireland which brings to 19:30 The Reluctant Fundamentalist mind few precedents and defies easy categorisation. Dare Gala 15:15 Hyde Park on Hudson 20:45 The Late Great Graham Chapman An ambitious young man’s identity pivots between a Centrepiece Gala Event 20:30 10 + 10 glittering stockbroker career in the Big Apple and his Centred on the weekend that a young King George and A unique compilation of rare TV apearences of the late Journey home culture thousands of miles away in Lahore, Queen Elizabeth pay a visit to Franklin D. Roosevelt who Monty Python star chronicling his turbulent life. Includes Twenty of the best directors in Taiwan (including Hou Pakistan. is embroiled in a secret love affair with his distant cousin, painstakingly reconstructed footage by the BFI Archives Hsiao-Hsien, who masterminded the project) contribute Margaret Stuckley. and a rare screening of Out of the Trees. mini-dramas and mini-docs to a wry anthology on what makes the island unique. bfi.org.uk bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 11

THURSDAY 18 OCTOBER (CONTD.) SOTG 20:30 Song for Marion 15:15 The Jeffrey Dahmer Files CINE LUMIERE 18:30 Violeta Went to Heaven Mayfair Gala Cult Arthur (Terence Stamp) struggles with his terminally-ill A chilling documentary account of events leading up to 18:30 Atomic Age Sonic Andrés Wood’s bold and beautiful treatment of the wife Elizabeth’s (Vanessa Redgrave) participation in a and following the arrest of America’s most notorious Love contemporary choir. Detecting that Arthur is suppressing serial killer. Two young guys explore the Paris night: love, friendship, Chilean cultural icon and folk singer Violeta Parra boasts a terrific central performance by Francisca Gavilán more than just his feelings, Elizabeth gradually unlocks 18:00 Sleeper’s Wake rock ‘n’ roll and melancholy in this seductive mood piece his true voice. by new director Héléna Klotz. where her music takes centre-stage. First Feature Competition This directorial debut feature works through its 20:30 Thursday till Sunday 21:00 Wish You Were Here VUE5 Thrill exemplary cast and the setting with its sombre Journey 12:00 Lines of Wellington environment that add on to the film’s unsettling quality A remarkably assured film that takes place over the A tense and suspenseful thriller about the mysterious disappearance of a man whilst on holiday in Cambodia. Journey 21:00 This Is England with Live Score course of a long car journey from Santiago to a quiet Valeria Sarmiento directs a spectacular Napoleonic saga, vacation spot up north. Event BFI LIBRARY originally planned by Raul Ruiz, with a massive cast For the first time see Shane Meadow’s This Is England including John Malkovich as the Duke of Wellington. CURZON MAYFAIR 19.30 Film In Focus: with live score to celebrate Warp Films’ 10th Anniversary. The Road: A Story of Life and Death VUE5 18:30 Short Stories NFT2 Laugh An inside look at the production of Festival film The 15:00 A Liar’s Autobiography Mikhail Segal’s four contrasting stories provide an absurd Road: A Story of Life and Death. Free to attend with seats Laugh Gala 13:00 The Late Great Graham Chapman and comic take on a Russia preoccupied with the values allocated on a first come, first served basis. Graham Chapman’s (Monty Python) cod life story in 14 Event of the new consumerism. different animation styles, capturing the sprawling A unique compilation of rare TV apearences of the late Monty Python star chronicling his turbulent life. Includes 21:00 Villegas FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER nature of the original and offers rare insight into Chapman’s life between surreal flights of fantasy. painstakingly reconstructed footage by the BFI Archives Love EMPIRE and a rare screening of Out of the Trees. A beautifully performed Argentine road movie (with a 20:30 The Manxman 18:00 Our Children terrific soundtrack) brings two contrasting personalities Dare 15:30 Four Archive Gala Love together as they journey to their hometown for a family The conclusion to the BFI’s ‘Genius of Hitchcock’ season, Emilie Dequenne (Rosetta) and Tahir Rahim (A Prophet) funeral. are superb in an emotionally devastating tragedy of Adapted from a stage play by Christopher Shinn and with The Manxman tells the story of two brothers, a Neil LaBute credited as executive producer, the debut fisherman and young lawyer, who fall in love with the family life, from Belgian director Joachim Lafosse. RENOIR feature from Joshua Sanchez is a provocative rumination same girl. 20:30 Wish You Were Here on race and sexuality set on a sweltering 4th of July 18:30 A Respectable Family Thrill evening. Debate ODEON WEST END 1 A tense and suspenseful thriller about the mysterious 18:00 After the Curfew Iranian cinema delivers another jolting piece of suspense 18:30 White Elephant disappearance of a man whilst on holiday in Cambodia. and social commentary with this gripping tale of a Treasures Debate Little-known but highly significant, anger-driven drama college professor returning to confront his family after 22 A typically stimulating blend of raw documentary-style VUE7 years abroad from Usmar Ismail depicting the aftermath of the four- realism and carefully crafted suspense, applied this time 12:30 Living year Republican revolution which ended Dutch rule in 21:00 Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God to the work of Catholic priests in a massive Buenos Aires Dare Indonesia. Alex Gibney documents the most appalling scandal of our slum. Vasili Sigarev’s powerful and challenging film centres on times. three stories of life and death in the Russian province 20:45 Made in Ash 21:00 Good Vibrations Debate Sonic Yekaterinburg. RICH MIX Dorota, a young Roma girl, finds work in a town in The legend of Terri Hooley, Ulster’s Godfather of Punk. 15:15 Black Rock Western Bohemia but soon faces redundancy in Iveta 18:30 Peddlers Cult Grofová’s original take on a social realist theme. Dare ODEON WEST END 2 Three young women fight for their lives when their A film noir, multi-strand tale about a violent narcotics 12:30 It Was the Son camping holiday is invaded by three maniacal ex-soldiers. NFT3 cop, the drug dealers he hunts, and their struggles for Official Competition – Best Film 18:15 Citadel survival in the Mumbai night. 13:15 The Ethnographer Operatic, original, satirical family drama about the Cult Documentary Competition 21:00 A Hijacking machinations that arise from a child’s death. Set in a An agoraphobic man is terrorised by a group of hooded A memorable, sensitive documentary following the Dare poor Camorra-infested neighbourhood of Palermo Sicily. thugs in this strikingly atmospheric modern horror tale. English anthropologist John Hillary Palmer who lives and Outstanding thriller set on board a hijacked Danish ship. 15:00 Compliance 20:45 Crazy Eyes works with the marginalized Wichi community in rural A fresh look at the emotional and moral cost of piracy. Thrill Love Argentina. One of the most talked about films of the year; bold and An LA love affair starts between a couple who love booze RITZY 16:00 Caesar must Die inventive filmmaking destined to leave a searing as much as they might love each other. Thrill 18:30 Kinshasa Kids impression on its audience. Set in real Italian prison, compelling Berlin prize-winning Debate 18:00 Seven Psychopaths NFT1 docu-drama, depicts inmates preparing to give public Some children living on the streets of Kinshasa aim to Official Competition – Best Film 12:45 Romance Joe performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. put on a show that will rock the city. Martin McDonagh’s follow-up to In Bruges is another Love 21:00 My Amityville Horror wise-cracking, profane comedy, propelled by an endlessly The story of Romance Joe, the guy who almost died for Cult inventive script and bursting with unrestrained love, is just one of half a dozen interlinked strands which Documentary about Daniel Lutz, who was 10 years old characters. run through Lee Kwangkuk’s playful movie, already the when his parents went public on the alleged haunting of most highly acclaimed Korean debut of the year. their family home. bfi.org.uk bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 12

FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER (CONTD.) 21:00 La Sirga 17:30 Celeste and Jesse Forever 18:15 Paradise: Love NFT3 Journey Laugh Dare William Vega’s debut feature is an intense, elliptical Smartly paced and bristling with great dialogue, this Frustrated, and looking for love in all the wrong places, 18:30 On Venom and Eternity drama that develops in a wildly evocative setting. thoroughly modern rom-com tackles the 30-something Teresa (Margarete Tiesel) travels to a beach resort in Experimenta relationship drift with wit and great insight. Kenya where she joins a gaggle of middle-aged white sex The return of one of the legendary archetypes of radical RICH MIX tourists known as ‘sugar mamas’. cinema: Isou’s Lettrist manifesto screens in a newly 20:30 Surprise Film restored print. 18:30 Helpless 21:00 Dormant Beauty Thrill ODEON WEST END 2 Debate 21:00 Breaking the Frame Byun Youngjoo adapts Miyabe Miyuki’s famous novel 13:00 Quartet Sophisticated, stylish and serious drama from Marco Experimenta Burning Train to Korea and does it proud: a young woman American Express Gala Bellocchio, that links three stories against the Breaking the Frame documents the life and work of disappears suddenly, her fiancé launches a desperate Dustin Hoffman makes his directorial debut with this background of Italy’s most famous euthanasia case. Carolee Schneemann, an artist who as has transformed search – and makes some shocking discoveries. charming, funny and insightful film in which four ageing discourses on the body, sexuality and gender. 21:00 Canned Dreams opera singers are reunited in a specialist retirement NFT1 home. HACKNEY Documentary Competition 12:30 Lawrence of Arabia A lyrical and moving documentary charting the 15:30 After Lucia Treasures 18:15 My Brother the Devil sometimes disturbing stories of the people and practices Official Competition – Best Film Sony Columbia’s brand-new 4K digital restoration of First Feature Competition behind modern food production. A harrowing and all too believable film looking at the David Lean’s Director’s Cut, with Peter O’Toole in his Featuring breakout performances from a terrific young relationship between a father and daughter. most famous role as the iconic, enigmatic Lawrence. cast, Sally El Hosaini’s vibrant and original debut feature RITZY dabbles with genre conventions and defies expectations. 18:00 The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology 18:00 TBC 18:30 Pilgrim Hill Debate Gala 20:45 Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me 20:45 Kiss of the Damned Debate Unleashing his voracious intellect on films from The Cult Sonic A moving portrait of a middle-aged farmer living in rural Sound of Music to Full Metal Jacket, Slavoj Žižek A reverent, inspiring portrait of the ultimate cult band. A cool and contemporary take on the vampire myth, Ireland, Gerard Barrett’s low budget debut feature is an postulates on the tenets of prevailing ideologies. steeped in atmosphere and brooding contemplation incredible achievement for a first-time filmmaker. 23:15 Girls Against Boys 21:00 Sightseers Cult CINÉ LUMIÈRE 21:00 Simon Killer Laugh After being sexually assaulted, a young cocktail waitress Dare The latest from Kill List director Ben Wheatley serves goes on a rampage of vengeance in which no man is safe. 18:30 The Dead Man and Being Happy The charming façade of a young sociopath slowly bloodshed and belly laughs in equal measure. Dare unravels in this provocative and visually arresting NFT2 A dying hitman, a stash of morphine, a car that’s seen drama. VUE5 better days – Spanish director Javier Rebollo offers a 13:30 TBC 12:30 Legends of Valhalla – Thor darkly humorous road movie on the possibilities of trying SOTG 16:15 Kauwboy to escape that which you fear most. Family 18:30 Shell A young blacksmith acquires a magical hammer and Family 21:00 Long Live the Family! First Feature Competition finds himself at war with any army of giants. Jojo turns to a young jackdaw for comfort when he finds Journey A powerful debut feature; an engrossing study of physical none at home. A banker goes on the run from justice and discovers the 15:00 Good Vibrations and emotional isolation which emerges as both artful Sonic 18:30 The Boys from Syracuse values of family life in Robert Sedlá ek’s satirical road and truthful. Treasures movie. The legend of Terri Hooley, Ulster’s Godfather of Punk. 20:45 Captive Light-hearted 1940s burlesque musical set in ancient 18:00 A Hijacking Greece, based on Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors, with CURZON MAYFAIR Journey Dare Isabelle Huppert stars in this true story of 20 hostages irresistible evergreen songs by Rodgers and Hart. 18:35 I Carried You Home Outstanding thriller set on board a hijacked Danish ship. kidnapped by an Islamic separatist group in 2001. A fresh look at the emotional and moral cost of piracy. 20:30 Romance Joe Journey Love Two semi-estranged sisters have to rebuild their 12:30 Horses of God SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER The story of Romance Joe, the guy who almost died for relationship as they prepare to bury their mother. Journey love, is just one of half a dozen interlinked strands which Tongpong Chantarangkul’s exceptional debut is a kind of ODEON WESTEND 1 Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch delivers a devastatingly run through Lee Kwangkuk’s playful movie, already the Thai road movie, rich in secrets and lies. 12:30 Seven Psychopaths powerful, and sweepingly cinematic, portrayal of what most highly acclaimed Korean debut of the year. 21:00 Virgin Margarida Official Competition – Best Film turns a group of football-loving kids into suicide bombers. Debate Martin McDonagh’s follow-up to In Bruges is another NFT3 VUE7 Revealing and illuminating about the mindless violence wise-cracking, profane comedy, propelled by an endlessly 14:00 Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler perpetrated against women in this small country at the inventive script and bursting with unrestrained 12:45 White Elephant Experimenta end of colonial rule. characters. Debate Dorsky and Hiler offer images of extraordinary beauty 15:00 Song for Marion A typically stimulating blend of raw documentary-style that transform our perception of the world around us. RENOIR realism and carefully crafted suspense, applied this time Mayfair Gala 16:00 Two Architecture Studies 18:30 Happy New Year, Grandma! Arthur (Terence Stamp) struggles with his terminally-ill to the work of Catholic priests in a massive Buenos Aires slum. Experimenta Laugh wife Elizabeth’s (Vanessa Redgrave) participation in a Thom Andersen’s film on the work of Portuguese A wicked Basque black comedy with gothic overtones pits contemporary choir. Detecting that Arthur is suppressing 15:15 Kinshasa Kids architect Souto de Moura, preceded by Catalina an enterprising grandmother against the family who more than just his feelings, Elizabeth gradually unlocks Debate Niculescu’s compendium of Romanian Modernism. want to put her in a home. his true voice. Some children living on the streets of Kinshasa aim to put on a show that will rock the city. bfi.org.uk bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 13

SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER (CONTD.) CURZON MAYFAIR RICH MIX BAFTA NFT3 13:30 House with a Turret 18:30 The Ethnographer 18:00 David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds Wasco 9:00 Mati Diop Journey Documentary Competition Event – Masterclass Experimental Eva Neymann’s moving and poetic account of a 9-year-old A memorable, sensitive documentary following the We're thrilled to welcome the production designers on The French actress and filmmaker introduces three of boy’s journey home to Ukraine after the outbreak of the English anthropologist John Hillary Palmer who lives and films such as Pulp Fiction and Rushmore to discuss their her award winning short films. Second World War. works with the marginalized Wichi community in rural work. 16:00 Village at the End of the World Argentina. 21:00 Rites of Passage BFI LIBRARY Experimenta Documentary Competition 21:00 What Richard Did Ritual and mythology explored in a programme of five A compelling observation of Niaqornat, a remote village Debate 19.30 Film In Focus: Good Vibrations films that includes work by Ben Russell, Hayoun Kwon in Northern Greenland, population 59. The icy location Lenny Abrahamson’s latest is a portrayal of affluent Irish An inside look at the production of Festival film Good and Gabriel Abrantes. becomes the fifth character in this astutely constructed youth that examines weighty moral issues with calm and Vibrations. Free to attend with seats allocated on a first real-life drama integrity. come, first served basis. HACKNEY 18:30 The Great Kilapy RITZY 13:00 Boy Eating the Bird’s Food Love SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER Dare The Angolan filmmaker offers a quirky political 14:00 Tomorrow ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE observation of the lives and passions of flawed characters First Feature Competition A provocative character study and an urgent parable for 19:00 Great Expectations Greece’s economic meltdown. set in Luanda and Lisbon. A raw, invigorating and pertinent, Tomorrow is the product of the appetite for protest evident in Russia today. Closing Night Gala 15:30 Violeta Went to Heaven 21:00 Argo Visually ravishing and rippling with immediacy, this new Sonic Accenture Gala 16:15 The Road: A Story of the A5 adaptation of the classic novel stars Ralph Fiennes as Andrés Wood’s bold and beautiful treatment of the The true story of CIA agent Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) Journey Magwitch and Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham. Chilean cultural icon and folk singer Violeta Parra boasts and his risky plan to free six Americans trapped after Renowned documentary filmmaker Marc Isaacs presents a terrific central performance by Francisca Gavilán their embassy is seized by revolutionaries. stories from people who have made their way to London ODEON WEST END 2 where her music takes centre-stage. from all over the world. RENOIR 12:30 Celeste and Jesse Forever 18:15 Kelly + Victor 18:30 Bayou Blue Laugh Dare 13:30 Something Wild Dare Smartly paced and bristling with great dialogue, this Adapted from the novel by Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor is Treasures Chilling documentary about serial killer Ronald thoroughly modern rom-com tackles the 30-something a haunting, candid depiction of a young couple embarking Actors’ Studio veteran Jack Garfein’s offbeat urban Dominique, who raped and murdered 23 men in the relationship drift with wit and great insight. on a passionate and transgressive love affair. drama, set in authentic New York, starring Carroll Baker Bayou Blue area of Houma, Louisiana. (Baby Doll) as a rape victim. 15:30 Ernest and Celestine 20:45 Wasteland 21:00 Four Family Gala Thrill 16:00 The Central Park Five Love Bears and mice never mix. It’s always been that way until Wasteland is a rare film, a thrilling British crime caper Documentary Competition Adapted from a stage play by Christopher Shinn and with Ernest and Celestine become great friends. that avoids the clichés of the genre. A significant and illuminating examination of an Neil LaBute credited as executive producer, the debut appalling crime and of the American justice system. feature from Joshua Sanchez is a provocative rumination 18:00 After Lucia Official Competition – Best Film CINÉ LUMIÈRE 18:30 Zaytoun on race and sexuality set on a sweltering 4th of July evening. A harrowing and all too believable film looking at the 13:30 Post Tenebras Lux Debate relationship between a father and daughter. From award-winning Israeli director Eran Riklis, Zaytoun Dare SOTG 20:30 TBC A beautiful and challenging new film from Carlos is the story of Yoni and Fahed, two exiles from a divided land. 14:00 Villegas Reygadas, winner of Best Director at the 2012 Cannes VUE5 Film Festival. 21:00 Short Stories Love Laugh A beautifully performed Argentine road movie (with a 12:15 A Hijacking 16:00 Atomic Age terrific soundtrack) brings two contrasting personalities Dare Love Mikhail Segal’s four contrasting stories provide an absurd and comic take on a Russia preoccupied with the values together as they journey to their hometown for a family Outstanding thriller set on board a hijacked Danish ship. Two young guys explore the Paris night: love, friendship, funeral. A fresh look at the emotional and moral cost of piracy. rock ‘n’ roll and melancholy in this seductive mood piece of the new consumerism. by new director Héléna Klotz. 16:30 Silence 15:00 End of Watch RICH MIX Journey Official Competition – Best Film 18:30 Journal de France A haunting and poetic vision of Ireland which brings to Two police officers (Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña) Journey 13:30 A Few Hours of Spring Love mind few precedents and defies easy categorisation. patrol the streets of south central Los Angeles in this The life, times and out-takes of photographer-director gripping adrenalin-fuelled thriller. Raymond Depardon, who culls his archive for a film Stéphane Brizé’s quiet but emotionally devastating 18:30 Broken mixing self-portraiture with modern French history at its drama stars Vincent Lindon as a man coming to terms Love 18:00 The Dead Man and Being Happy rawest. with his own weaknesses and his elderly mother’s The debut feature from award-winning theatre director Dare mortality. Rufus Norris is a powerful drama featuring an A dying hitman, a stash of morphine, a car that’s seen 21:00 Winter of Discontent outstanding ensemble cast. better days – Spanish director Javier Rebollo offers a Dare 15:45 Hold Back Debate 21:00 Compliance darkly humorous road movie on the possibilities of trying Ibrahim El-Batout delivers a searing account of the root to escape that which you fear most. causes of the Egyptian revolution with this hard-hitting Fearless, inventive filmmaking featuring frequent Thrill political thriller. moments that surprise and disarm. One of the most talked about films of the year; bold and 20:30 Kiss of the Damned inventive filmmaking destined to leave a searing Cult impression on its audience. A cool and contemporary take on the vampire myth, steeped in atmosphere and brooding contemplation. bfi.org.uk bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 14

SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER (CONTD.) 20:45 Long Live the Family! 16:00 You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet RICH MIX VUE7 Journey Dare 13:15 Our Children A banker goes on the run from justice and discovers the Veteran maestro Alain Resnais summons a dazzling 12:45 The Big Gundown Dare values of family life in Robert Sedlá ek’s satirical road French cast for a witty, enthralling investigation of life, Emilie Dequenne (Rosetta) and Tahir Rahim (A Prophet) Treasures movie. art and mortality through the plays of Jean Anouilh. Influential and undervalued Spaghetti Western, with a are superb in an emotionally devastating tragedy of 18:30 In the House family life, from Belgian director Joachim Lafosse. revivified Lee Van Cleef as a steely-eyed avenger on the NFT3 trail of a Mexican killer rapist. Official Competition – Best Film 15:45 The Reluctant Fundamentalist 13:00 Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me François Ozon's latest film is a coolly ironic adaptation of 15:15 I Carried You Home Dare Gala Sonic Juan Moyoraga's play The Boy in the Last Row. An ambitious young man’s identity pivots between a Journey A reverent, inspiring portrait of the ultimate cult band. Two semi-estranged sisters have to rebuild their 21:00 Horses of God glittering stockbroker career in the Big Apple and his relationship as they prepare to bury their mother. 16:00 The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper and the Journey home culture thousands of miles away in Lahore, Tongpong Chantarangkul’s exceptional debut is a kind of Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch delivers a devastatingly Pakistan. Thai road movie, rich in secrets and lies. Experimenta powerful, and sweepingly cinematic, portrayal of what 18:30 Happy New Year, Grandma! Turner Prize nominee Luke Fowler explores the role turns a group of football-loving kids into suicide bombers. 18:15 Dormant Beauty Laugh played by left wing intellectuals in the working class A wicked Basque black comedy with gothic overtones pits Debate communities of post-war Yorkshire. CURZON MAYFAIR Sophisticated, stylish and serious drama from Marco an enterprising grandmother against the family who Bellocchio, that links three stories against the 19:00 Where the Magic Happens 13:30 The Comedian want to put her in a home. background of Italy’s most famous euthanasia case. Experimenta First Feature Competition 21:00 Seven Psychopaths Between the real world and the camera, and between the With an improvised script developed through workshops Official Competition – Best Film 20:45 The Pervert’s Guide To Ideology screen and you. Includes films by Ben Rivers, David with the actors, The Comedian is presents characters Debate Gala Martin McDonagh’s follow-up to In Bruges is another Gatten, Nick Collins and others. that are recognisable and real, while depicting London wise-cracking, profane comedy, propelled by an endlessly Unleashing his voracious intellect on films from The with reflective honesty. Sound of Music to Full Metal Jacket, Slavoj Žižek 21:00 Fly into the Mystery inventive script and bursting with unrestrained postulates on the tenets of prevailing ideologies. Experimenta 16:00 It Was the Son characters. Six films of cryptic connections and dreamlike Official Competition – Best Film NFT1 narratives. Includes Lewis Klahr, Laida Lertxundi, and Operatic, original, satirical family drama about the RITZY Beatrice Gibson’s new work based on a score by Cornelius machinations that arise from a child’s death. Set in a 14:00 Sleeper’s Wake 14:00 Monument Film Cardew. poor Camorra-infested neighbourhood of Palermo Sicily. Experimenta First Feature Competition 18:30 Living This directorial debut feature works through its For this unique lecture screening, the Austrian HACKNEY filmmaker premiers his highly anticipated new work in a Dare exemplary cast and the setting with its sombre unique expanded cinema presentation. 12:00 Slavoj Žižek in Conversation Vasili Sigarev’s powerful and challenging film centres on environment that add on to the film’s unsettling quality Event three stories of life and death in the Russian province 16:15 Song for Marion 16:15 The Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of the World-renowned philosopher, intellectual provocateur Yekaterinburg. Tanks Mayfair Gala and cultural critic, Slavoj Žižek joins us for this ‘In 21:00 Fill the Void Arthur (Terence Stamp) struggles with his terminally-ill Treasures Conversation’ event. Evocative images of tanks and trench warfare on the Official Competition – Best Film wife Elizabeth’s (Vanessa Redgrave) participation in a Somme in 1916, in this record of the British Army’s 15:00 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? A masterpiece of forbidden love set in the unlikeliest of contemporary choir. Detecting that Arthur is suppressing winter campaign, restored with new music by the Treasures surroundings in an ultra-orthodox Jewish community. more than just his feelings, Elizabeth gradually unlocks Imperial War Museum. The ultimate diva movie, with Bette Davis chewing up his true voice. the scenery as an ageing ex-child star dedicated to RENOIR 18:30 The Spanish Dancer 18:30 Good Vibrations tormenting Joan Crawford as her wheelchair-bound 13:30 Made in Ash Sonic Treasures sister. Lavish, dashing, comic costume romp with popular silent Debate The legend of Terri Hooley, Ulster’s Godfather of Punk. star, Pola Negri, as a gypsy singer caught up in royal 18:00 Sightseers Dorota, a young Roma girl, finds work in a town in 21:00 My Brother the Devil intrigue in the Spain of 1625. Laugh Western Bohemia but soon faces redundancy in Iveta First Feature Competition The latest from Kill List director Ben Wheatley serves Grofová’s original take on a social realist theme. 21:00 TBC Featuring breakout performances from a terrific young bloodshed and belly laughs in equal measure. 16:00 Paradise: Love cast, Sally El Hosaini’s vibrant and original debut feature NFT2 20:30 Black Rock Dare dabbles with genre conventions and defies expectations. 13:00 Le Tableau Cult Frustrated, and looking for love in all the wrong places, Family Three young women fight for their lives when their Teresa (Margarete Tiesel) travels to a beach resort in SOTG The inhabitants of a piece of art begin a journey across camping holiday is invaded by three maniacal ex-soldiers. Kenya where she joins a gaggle of middle-aged white sex 13:45 Thursday till Sunday other paintings in this animated triumph. tourists known as ‘sugar mamas’. Journey CINÉ LUMIÈRE 15:45 La Sirga 18:30 Neighbouring Sounds A remarkably assured film that takes place over the Journey 13:30 Winter of Discontent First Feature Competition course of a long car journey from Santiago to a quiet William Vega’s debut feature is an intense, elliptical Dare A tense, bold and fiercely compelling portrait of urban vacation spot up north. drama that develops in a wildly evocative setting. Ibrahim El-Batout delivers a searing account of the root life in modern-day Brazil. 16:00 Everybody Has a Plan causes of the Egyptian revolution with this hard-hitting 21:00 Crazy Eyes Official Competition – Best Film 18:15 Animation Panorama political thriller. Shorts Love Ana Piterbarg’s debut feature is an engrossing and A selection of short animated films from around the An LA love affair starts between a couple who love booze distinctive modern noir that evolves amidst the world. as much as they might love each other. unfamiliar, unsettling environment of Argentine swamplands. bfi.org.uk bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 15

SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER (CONTD.) SOTG 18:30 EVERYDAY Official Competition – Best Film An impressive and delicate film of four young children are growing up with their mother while their father is in prison for a crime that is never dwelt on. 21:00 Citadel Cult An agoraphobic man is terrorised by a group of hooded thugs in this strikingly atmospheric modern horror tale.

This screening will have audio-description

This screening will have subtitles

This screening is suitable for family audiences

This film will be screened in 3D

Films not in the English language will be screened with English subtitles.

SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER CLOSING NIGHT GALA GREAT EXPECTATIONS 19:00 ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE