INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKERS & STARS CONFIRMED TO ATTEND THE 63RD BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL LONDON, THURSDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER: The 63rd BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express today announces more filmmakers and stars attending this years’ Festival. • Acting and Performing talent recently confirmed include: Nikki Amuka-Bird, Darren Boyd, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Bronagh Gallagher, Aimee Kelly, Anna Maxwell Martin, Dev Patel, Jairaj Varsani, Paul Whitehouse, Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Jamie Blackley, Dinita Gohil, Tim Key, Ollie Locke, Pearl Mackie, Caitriona Balfe, Noah Jupe, Ray Liotta, Bárbara Colen, James Turpin, Mia Wasikowska, Lucas Hedges, Shia LaBeouf, Sanne Arlø, Helene Aurø, Tallulah Greive, Abigail Lawrie, Sally Messham, Rona Morison, Marli Siu, Zak Adams, Ken Collard, Perry Fitzpatrick, Peter McDonald, Tanya Reynolds, Ivory Aquino, Eamon Farren, Domonic Barber, Kai Luke Brummer, Jennifer Ehle, Annette Bening, Mark Rylance, Wendell Pierce, Jack Huston, Naoki Kobayashi and Alicia Vikander. Updated and confirmed line-ups are (listed alphabetically in order of director, producer, screenwriter, cast): HEADLINE GALAS THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD: Armando Iannucci, Kevin Loader, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Darren Boyd, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Bronagh Gallagher, Aimee Kelly, Anna Maxwell Martin, Dev Patel, Jairaj Varsani, Paul Whitehouse; THE IRISHMAN: Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Stephen Graham; KNIVES OUT: Rian Johnson; THE AERONAUTS: Tom Harper, Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne; A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD: Marielle Heller; GREED: Michael Winterbottom, Damian Jones, Melissa Parmenter, Jamie Blackley, Steve Coogan, Dinita Gohil, Tim Key, Ollie Locke, Pearl Mackie; HOPE GAP: William Nicholson; JOJO RABBIT: Taika Waititi, Alfie Allen, Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Archie Yates; THE KING: David Michôd, Timothée Chalamet, Lily-Rose Depp, Joel Edgerton, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sean Harris, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Ben Mendelsohn; LE MANS ‘66: James Mangold, Caitriona Balfe, Noah Jupe; MARRIAGE STORY: Noah Baumbach, Laura Dern, Adam Driver, Ray Liotta. STRAND GALAS EMA: Pablo Larraín; BACURAU: Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Bárbara Colen, James Turpin; JUDY & PUNCH: Mirrah Foulkes, Mia Wasikowska; THE LIGHTHOUSE: Robert Eggers; OFFICIAL SECRETS: Gavin Hood, Ged Doherty, Keira Knightley, Martin Bright, Katharine Gun; THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON: Michael Shwartz, Tyler Nilson, Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf; THE TWO POPES: Fernando Meirelles, Jonathan Pryce; WESTERN STARS: Thom Zimny, Bruce Springsteen. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS BAD EDUCATION: Cory Finley; BLACKBIRD: Roger Michell, BOMBAY ROSE: Gitanjali Rao; FIRST LOVE: Jeremy Thomas; GÖSTA: Lukas Moodysson, Sanne Arlø, Helene Aurø, Lars Jönsson; KRABI, 2562: Ben Rivers; OUR LADIES: Michael Caton-Jones, Brian Coffey, Laura Viederman, Tallulah Greive, Abigail Lawrie, Sally Messham, Rona Morison, Marli Siu; PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE: Céline Sciamma, Adèle Haenel, Noémie Merlant; ROCKS: Sarah Gavron, Ameenah Ayub Allen, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson. OFFICIAL COMPETITION FANNY LYE DELIVER'D: Thomas Clay, Robert Cannan, Zorana Piggott, Zak Adams, Ken Collard, Charles Dance; Perry Fitzpatrick, Freddie Fox, Peter McDonald, Tanya Reynolds; HONEY BOY: Alma Har'el, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, Shia LaBeouf; LINGUA FRANCA: Isabel Sandoval, Jhett Tolentino, Carlo Velayo, Ivory Aquino, Eamon Farren; LA LLORONA: Jayro Bustamante; MOFFIE: Oliver Hermanus, Eric Abraham, Domonic Barber, Jack Sidey, Kai Luke Brummer, Hilton Pelser; MONOS: Alejandro Landes; THE OTHER LAMB: Małgorzata Szumowska, Stephanie Wilcox, David Lancaster, Raffey Cassidy, Denise Gough; ROSE PLAYS JULIE: Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor, David Collins, Orla Brady, Ann Skelly; SAINT MAUD: Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman, Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle. FIRST FEATURE COMPETITION ATLANTICS: Mati Diop; BABYTEETH: Shannon Murphy, Alex White, Rita Kalnejais; CALM WITH HORSES: Nick Rowland; HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD: Bora Kim; INSTINCT: Halina Reijn, Frans van Gestel, Carice van Houten; THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO: Joe Talbot; MAKE UP: Claire Oakley, Emily Morgan; RELATIVITY: Mariko Minoguchi, Julius Feldmeier; SCALES: Shahad Ameen, R. Paul Miller, Stephen Strachan. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD: Mads Brügger, Andreas Rocksén, Bjarte Mørner Tveit; COUP 53: Taghi Amirani, Walter Murch; CUNNINGHAM: Alla Kovgan, Elizabeth Delude-Dix, Ilann Girard; I AM (NOT) A MONSTER: Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stepanian, Chloe McClellan, Marcus B. Thomas; THE KINGMAKER: Lauren Greenfield, Frank Evers; MYSTIFY: MICHAEL HUTCHENCE: Richard Lowenstein; OVERSEAS: Sung-a Yoon; A PLEASURE, COMRADES!: José Filipe Costa, Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra; WHITE RIOT: Rubika Shah, Ed Gibbs. SHORT FILM COMPETITION IF YOU KNEW: Stroma Cairns, Sorcha Bacon; WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE WATER AND THE MOON: Jian Luo, Paul Morris; WHITE GIRL: Nadia Latif, Omar El-Khairy; GUO4: Dóra Nedeczky; IN VITRO: Larissa Sansour, Søren Lind, Ali Roche; ALGO-RHYTHM: Mukul Patel, Makhtar Fall; BETWEEN: Ana Carolina Marinho, Bárbara Santos, Anna Zêpa; CHILD: Talia Zucker, Amanda Freedman; WATERMELON JUICE: Irene Moray; QUEERING DI TEKNOLOJIK: Timothy Smith. LOVE AND THEN WE DANCED: Levan Akin, Levan Gelbakhiani; LA BELLE EPOQUE: Nicolas Bedos; DEATH WILL COME AND IT SHALL HAVE YOUR EYES: José Luis Torres Leiva; THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MY MOTHER: Beniamino Barrese, Bertil Nilsson, Benedetta Barzini, Olivia Ross; DUCK DAZE: James Heath, Julia Taudevin; END OF THE CENTURY: Lucio Castro; KEEP BREATHING: Mark Corden, Emmeline Hartley, Damien Molony; LARA: Jan-Ole Gerster; LOST LIVES: Dermot Lavery, Michael Hewitt; MATERNAL: Maura Delpero; NOCTURNAL: Nathalie Biancheri, Coco Schneider, Colin Day, Lauren Coe, Amy Griffiths, Amber Jean Rowan; ONLINE: Marie Zabukovec; ORDINARY LOVE: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn, Lesley Manville; PINK WALL: Tom Cullen; PREMATURE: Rashaad Ernesto Green; REAL: Aki Omoshaybi, Matthew Butler-Hart, Tori Butler Hart, Paulette Mbassa, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Karen Bryson; REHEARSAL: Courtney Hope Thérond; THE SKY IS PINK: Shonali Bose; SPRING FEVER: Anna Snowball, Julia Ton; THE STROKER: Iona Roisin; TWO OF US: Filippo Meneghetti; WALKING WITH SHADOWS: Aoife O'Kelly, Victoria Thomas; WET SEASON: Anthony Chen. DEBATE APART: Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Barbora Vildová; THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM: Daniel Gordon, Sarah Thomson, Virginia Whitwell; BLACKWOOD: Kalu Oji; BY THE GRACE OF GOD: François Ozon; CHLORINE: Melissa Anastasi, Jessica Carrera; CITIZEN K: Alex Gibney, George Chignell, PJ van Sandwijk, John Battsek; CLEMENCY: Chinonye Chukwu, Bronwyn Cornelius, Julian Cautherley; COUNTY LINES: Henry Blake, David Broder, Victoria Bavister, Harris Dickinson, Conrad Khan, Ashley Madekwe, Marcus Rutherford; DAWN IN THE DARK: Runyararo Mapfumo; DESRANCES: Apolline Traoré, Mike Danon; THE GIRL WITH A BRACELET: Stéphane Demoustier; HOPE FROZEN: Pailin Wedel, Amanda Feldon, Nina Ijas; JUST MERCY: Michael B. Jordan; LYNN + LUCY: Fyzal Boulifa, Camilla Bray; MADE IN BANGLADESH: Rubaiyat Hossain, Shimu Reekita Nondine; MAHALIA MELTS IN THE RAIN: Carmine Pierre-Dufour; MARTIN EDEN: Pietro Marcello; MR. JONES: Agnieszka Holland, Andrea Chalupa, James Norton; NOURA'S DREAM: Hinde Boujemaa; THE REPORT: Scott Z. Burns, Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Daniel J. Jones; REWIND: Sasha Joseph Neulinger, Avela Grenier, Shasta Winston; SEBERG: Benedict Andrews, Kate Garwood, Anna Waterhouse, Joe Shrapnel; A SON: Mehdi M. Barsaoui; THE STREET: Zed Nelson; STAFF ONLY: Neus Ballus, Edmon Roch; TELL ME WHO I AM: Ed Perkins, Simon Chinn, Alex Lewis, Marcus Lewis; THEY: Louisa Rechenbach; THE VALLEY: Nuno Escudeiro, Luc Martin-Gousset, Valerio B. Moser; WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS: Ciro Guerra, Monika Bacardi, Michael Fitzgerald, Andrea Iervolino, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Mark Rylance; WORKFORCE: David Zonana, Eréndira Núñez Larios, Michel Franco. LAUGH ARAB BLUES: Manele Labidi; AXONE: Nicholas Kharkongor; BIG TOAST: Sacha Beeley; THE CLIMB: Kyle Marvin; DAWN OF A NEW GAY: Rosie Gaunt-Mathieson, Jake Cunningham, Jack Rooke; DAYS OF THE BAGNOLD SUMMER: Simon Bird, Matthew James Wilkinson, Lisa Owens, Earl Cave, Monica Dolan; A FAMILY AFFAIR: Florence Keith-Roach, Emily Barttelot; THE FATHER: Petar Valchanov; GRANDAD WAS A ROMANTIC: Maryam Mohajer; HOT AND TASTY: Laura Jayne Hodkin, Simona Mehandzhieva; IT MUST BE HEAVEN: Elia Suleiman; THE LOST OKOROSHI: Abba Makama, Rimini Makama, Seun Ajayi, Ifu Ennada, Abdulazeem Ibrahim; LOVE THE SINNER: Jennifer Sheridan, Bertie Peek, Susan Wokoma; LUCKY GRANDMA: Sasie Sealy, Cara Marcous, Tsai Chin; PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE DADS: Jim Picariello, Kyle Lamont, Lynne Williams; RARE BEASTS: Billie Piper, Vaughan Sivell; SERIOUS TINGZ: Abdou Cissé; SWEATER: Nick Borenstein; TIC: Josef Bates, Hayley West, Emma Mackey, Will Merrick; THE UNKNOWN SAINT: Alaa Eddine Aljem. DARE BEANPOLE: Kantemir Balagov, Alexander Rodnyansky; BREAST FRIENDS: Caitlin Young, Natasha Smurthwaite; BURNING CANE: Phillip Youmans, Wendell Pierce; DOGS DON'T WEAR PANTS: Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää; DON'T LOOK DOWN: Jacques Martineau, Olivier Ducastel, Cyriac Auriol; End-O: Alexandra Blue, Elaine Gracie; ETERNAL BEAUTY: Craig Roberts, Adrian Bate, Morfydd Clark, Sally Hawkins, Elysia Welch, Penelope Wilton; FIRE WILL COME: Oliver Laxe; FUNFAIR: Soroush Saeidi; HUMBLEBRAG: Sinead O'Shea, Lauren Larkin; I LOST MY BODY: Jérémy Clapin, Marc Du Pontavice; I N T E R S T I C E: Oskar Willers, Susanne Jaczewski; THE LAMB: