bfi.org.uk bfi.org.uk/lff 020 7928 3232 Page 1 WEDNESDAY 10 OCTOBER FRANKENWEENIE 3D GALA 19:00 ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE 19:00 BFI IMAX 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.