‘Landmarks,’ ‘The Travelers,’ ‘One Woman One Bra’ Win BFI London Film Festival Awards

‘Landmarks,’ ‘The Travelers,’ ‘One Woman One Bra’ Win BFI London Film Festival Awards

The 69th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) is wrapping up Sunday night with the U.K. premiere of Julia Jackman’s star-studded 100 Nights of Hero, following the unveiling of this year’s award winners, led by Lucrecia Martel’s Landmarks (Nuestra Tierra), which was honored with the best film award in the official competition. David Bingong’s The Travelers (Les Voyageurs)…

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The Circus Comes to Rural England in Calif Chong’s Feature Debut ‘High Wire’: LFF

The Circus Comes to Rural England in Calif Chong’s Feature Debut ‘High Wire’: LFF

A small circus coming to rural England turns out to open up new opportunities and perspectives for a young woman in Calif Chong’s feature film High Wire, which world premiered at the 69th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF), which wraps on Sunday. “Go-Wing’s future feels predetermined,” reads a synopsis for the movie, which Chong co-wrote with…

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How Nicki Minaj Inspired Bradley Banton’s Instagram Livestreaming Film ‘More Life’: LFF

How Nicki Minaj Inspired Bradley Banton’s Instagram Livestreaming Film ‘More Life’: LFF

Instagram livestreaming hit the big screen during the 69th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF), courtesy of actor-director Bradley Banton and his feature film More Life, which world premiered during the fest. “Framed within the hyper-performative world of Instagram livestreaming, this is an impressive, fresh and beautifully observed debut,” notes the LFF website. The movie, backed by Michael Fassbender’s…

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How ‘Lady,’ a Mockumentary About a Deluded Aristocrat, Took Shape in a Real English Mansion

How ‘Lady,’ a Mockumentary About a Deluded Aristocrat, Took Shape in a Real English Mansion

Sian Clifford (Fleabag) as a narcissistic and lonely aristocrat in outrageous outfits and a camera crew chasing her through an English mansion are the stars of mockumentary Lady, the feature directorial debut of Samuel Abrahams, which he co-wrote with his partner Miranda Campbell Bowling. The film world premieres Thursday evening at the 69th edition of the BFI London Film…

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Yorgos Lanthimos Jokes He Needs an AI Avatar to Get Out of Promoting His Films: “Do I Have to Say the Same Thing a Thousand Times?”

Yorgos Lanthimos Jokes He Needs an AI Avatar to Get Out of Promoting His Films: “Do I Have to Say the Same Thing a Thousand Times?”

Yorgos Lanthimos might be on board with AI, after all. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker, director of movies The Favourite, Poor Things and Kinds of Kindness, jokingly told BFI London Film Festival attendees on Saturday that he’s willing to send out a computer-generated avatar of himself if it helps him get out of promotional duties. Lanthimos spoke…

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#‘The Shadow Scholars’ Director Eloise King on Diving Into the Essay-Writing Industry in Kenya and Using AI to Protect People

#‘The Shadow Scholars’ Director Eloise King on Diving Into the Essay-Writing Industry in Kenya and Using AI to Protect People

Eloise King’s documentary The Shadow Scholars takes a deep dive into a multilayered, complex topic: “a twilight academic industry” that has often been covered only from a very specific perspective. Filmed across three continents, the Film4 movie, being sold by Dogwoof, includes British writer and director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave, Blitz) among its executive producers….

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