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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.

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Paradise: Love
Paradise: Love
A cautionary tale about European female sex tourists on the beaches of Kenya.
White Elephant
White Elephant
The story of the friendship between two priests who settle in a Buenos Aires slum area to carry out their ministry and social work.
The Red And The Blue
The Red And The Blue
Bittersweet personal stories interconnect in a high school in Rome.
Dormant Beauty
Dormant Beauty
Three stories explore Italian concerns in the context of a famous euthanasia case.
What Richard Did
What Richard Did
When a teenager does something shockingly out of character, his future is threatened.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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.
Post Tenebras Lux
Post Tenebras Lux
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 Hijacking
A Hijacking
A brutal drama about a ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean and the subsequent struggles for survival and freedom.
Easy Money
Easy Money
A poor student with an expensive elite lifestyle sells cocaine to pay for his extravagant habits.
Simon Killer
Simon Killer
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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London Film Festival Features

Maison d'être
Director François Ozon on In The House, teachers and falling in love.
Inside Shell
Scott Graham on his dad/daughter drama.
Man in the No
We talk to Pablo Larraín about his Oscar-nominated film.
Carnage and Caravanning
Steve Oram, Alice Lowe and Ben Wheatley talk about the blackly comic Sightseers.
A devil in the making
Filmmaker Sally El Hosaini talks about love, authenticity and persistence in her debut feature My Brother The Devil.
Great Expectations as London Film Festival wraps up
Stars come out for gala screening of Mike Newell's adaptation.
On the road with Javier Rebollo
The director on The Dead Man And Being Happy and the importance of dogs, accents, freedom and tenderness in film.
Every dog has his day
Tim Burton talks about the 28-year journey of Frankenweenie, while Martin Landau says there were no hitches with Hitchcock.

London Film Festival News

Underground and Japan In A Day added to LFF schedule
WikiLeaks drama and earthquake remembrance documentary join line-up
London line-up is looking good
Full festival programme announced.
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