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The 2013 edition of the London Film Festival will run from October 9 to 20. The full programme will be announced in September.
The London Film Festival returns for its 56th edition from October 10 to 21 with an exciting line-up of films and events. It includes some of the most highly anticipated movies of the year, from the stunning fantasy of Beasts Of The Southern Wild to the challenging social commentary of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and the sinister, controversial true story Compliance. The festival will open with the European premiere of Frankenweenie and close with Mike Newell's spectacular new version of Great Expectations, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes.
Alongside the new films, there's a chance to see classics brought back to the big screen, with legendary rivals Bette Davis and Joan Crawford facing off in Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? and little-seen early Hitchcock gem The Manxman getting its moment in the limelight. Festival guests will include Salman Rushdie, there to talk about the adaptation of his celebrated novel Midnight's Children, and Alex Gibney, introducing his latest work Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God. As always, we'll be bringing you all the latest news, reviews and exclusive features here at Eye For Film.
View Films by Strand:
- Cult
- Dare
- Debate
- Documentary Competition
- Experimenta
- Family
- First Feature Competition
- Galas
- Journey
- Laugh
- Love
- Official Competition
- Sonic
- Thrill
- Treasures
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A cautionary tale about European female sex tourists on the beaches of Kenya.
The story of the friendship between two priests who settle in a Buenos Aires slum area to carry out their ministry and social work.
Bittersweet personal stories interconnect in a high school in Rome.
Three stories explore Italian concerns in the context of a famous euthanasia case.
When a teenager does something shockingly out of character, his future is threatened.
A successful stockbroker finds his glittering career shattered after the Twin Towers fall, and is drawn back to the conflict in his homeland of Pakistan.
Juan and his family live in a country house, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. No one knows if these two worlds are complementary or if they strive to eliminate one another.
A brutal drama about a ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean and the subsequent struggles for survival and freedom.
A poor student with an expensive elite lifestyle sells cocaine to pay for his extravagant habits.
A recent college graduate goes to Paris after breaking up with his girlfriend of five years. Once there, he falls in love with a young prostitute and their fateful journey begins.
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