Selected International Film Festivals
BFI - London International Film Festival
BFI London Film Festival
National Film Theatre
South Bank
SE1 8XT London
United Kingdom
phone +44-20-78 15 13 22
fax +44-20-76 33 07 86
http://http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff
email: andrea.bigger@bfi.org.uk
Festival Director
Mrs. Clare Stewart
Program Director
Mr. Michael Hayden
Program Manager
Mrs. Andrea Bigger
andrea.bigger@bfi.org.uk
Year of Foundation 1956
Event Date from 09 October 2013 till 20 October 2013
in London, United Kingdom
Sections Opening Closing nights and galas, Film on the Square, New British Cinema, French Revolutions, Cinema Europe, World, Experimenta, Treasures from the Archives, Shorts, Guardian Interviews, Masterclasses
Terms of Entry no prior exploitation in United Kingdom, films may not be older than 18 months, no length restriction
Subtitles English subtitles recommended
Format 35 mm, 70 mm, DCP
Registration Deadline Deadline for short films (under 40 minutes):
22 June 2012
Deadline for feature length films: 6 July 2012
Fees shorts: £ 15, features: £ 45
Attendance Figures 200,000
Participants of the Film Industry approx. 1000 international producers, sales agents and distributors, almost all UK distributors attend the screenings
Prizes/Awards Best Film Award (with American Express), Best Documentary (the Grierson Award), Best First Feature Film (the Sutherland Award)
2012
Gala
AMOUR (LOVE) by Michael Haneke (FR/DE/AT, X Filme Creative Pool)
Official Competition
LORE by Cate Shortland (DE/AU/GB, Rohfilm)
First Feature Competition
WADJDA by Haifaa Al Mansour (DE/SA, Razor Film Produktion)
Love
MY GERMAN FRIEND (DER DEUTSCHE FREUND) by Jeanine Meerapfel (DE/ AR, Geißendörfer Film)
Debate
CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO by Aida Begic (BA/DE/FR/TR, Rohfilm)
Dare
PARADIES: LIEBE (PARADISE: LOVE) by Ulrich Seidl (AT/FR/DE, Tatfilm)
IN THE FOG (IM NEBEL) by Sergei Loznitsa (DE/LV/NL/BY, ma.ja.de fiction)
JUST THE WIND by Bence Fliegauf (HU/DE/FR, The Post Republic)
POST TENEBRAS LUX by Carlos Reygadas (MX/FR/DE/NL, The Match Factory)
THE WALL (DIE WAND) by Julian Pölsler (AU/DE, Starhaus Filmproduktion)
3 by Pablo Stoll Ward (CO/DE/AR, Pandora Film)
YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET by Alain Resnais (FR/DE, Alamode Film)
Experimenta
I’M GOING TO CHANGE MY NAME by Maria Saakyan (AM/RU/DK/DE)
TEN MINUTIAE by Peter Miller
Family
LEGENDS OF VALHALLA – THOR by Óskar Jónasson (IS/DE/IE, Studio Rakete)
Journey
CAPTIVE by Brillante Mendoza (Frankr/Philip/UK/DE, B.A. Produktion)
THE PATIENCE STONE by Atik Rahimi (FR/AF/DE)
Shorts
AFTERNOON by Izabela Plucinska (PL/DE)
BALLET STORY by Daria Belova
FATHER by Ivan Bogdanov, Moritz Mayerhofer, Asparuh Petrov, Rositsa Raleva, Velico Popoic und Dim Yagodin (BG/HR/DE)
Treasures
THE LOVES OF PHARAO (DAS WEIB DES PHARAO) by Ernst Lubitsch (Ernst Lubitsch-Film, Europäische Film Allianz)
Thrill
EASY MONEY by Daniél Espinosa (SE/DE/DK, Intervista Digital Media, Networkmovie)
EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN by Ana Piterbarg (AR/ES/DE, Terz Filmproduktion)
Number of Films Shown over 200 features and 106 shorts from over 65 countries
Media Coverage over 1000 national and international accredited journalists, broad response from the English print media and TV channels as well as international press, mainly specialist publications
Specific Characteristics Recognized by FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations) as Non-Competitive Feature Film Festival.Evaluation The best address in Great Britain; international audiences. The most important festival at which to present commercially relevant films in Great Britain and thus to attract British distributors.
Services Festival covers two-way print/ video transport and insurance.
