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The 69th BFI London Film Festival announced its 2025 lineup featuring notable films such as Chloé Zhao's 'Hamnet,' Bradley Cooper's 'Is This Thing On?,' and a Kate Moss biopic 'Moss & Freud,' along with other premieres and industry events, highlighting a diverse and star-studded program.
Rian Johnson's third Knives Out film, 'Wake Up Dead Man,' will open the 69th BFI London Film Festival with a star-studded cast including Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, and Glenn Close, premiering on Netflix in December.
Tricia Tuttle, former head of the BFI London Film Festival, has been appointed as the new director of the Berlin Film Festival starting in 2024. Tuttle will succeed Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek, who have co-led the festival since 2020. The Berlin Film Festival is the second largest international film festival in the world and hosts the European Film Market. Tuttle, known for her work in expanding the BFI London Film Festival, expressed excitement about leading the Berlinale and bringing both established and underrepresented voices to the festival.
The BFI London Film Festival has chosen Emerald Fennell's sophomore feature, "Saltburn," as its 2023 curtain-raiser. Described as a "beautifully wicked tale of privilege and desire," the film stars Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, and Carey Mulligan. Set in the mid-2000s, the story follows a struggling student who becomes entangled in the world of an aristocratic family. The festival's director praised the film's exceptional performances, plot twists, and soundtrack, and expressed excitement to share it with audiences in October. "Saltburn" will be released in cinemas on November 24.
Emerald Fennell's film "Saltburn," starring Carey Mulligan, will open the 67th BFI London Film Festival. Produced by Fennell and Margot Robbie, the movie follows a student struggling to find his place at Oxford University and his summer at an eccentric family's estate. The film will have its international premiere in London on October 4th and is set to be released in cinemas on November 24th.