The 2021 BFI London Film Festival set to run Oct. 6-17 has unveiled its full program, with a sizeable haul of major titles joining the lineup.
Alongside already announced opener, The Harder They Fall, gala screening The Power of the Dog, closing night film The Tragedy of Macbeth and the official competition titles, other films added to the mix now include Kenneth Branagh’s Telluride-bowing Belfast, Wes Anderson’s all-star feature The French Dispatch, Pablo Larrain’s Spencer, and Last Night in Soho.
The full list of LFF headline galas, to screen at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, is as follows:
The Power Of The Dog, Jane Campion
Belfast, Kenneth Branagh
The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson
Benedetta, Paul Verhoeven
King Richard, Reinaldo Marcus Green
Last Night In Soho, Edgar Wright
Mothering Sunday, Eva Husson
The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Souvenir: Part II, Joanna Hogg
Spencer, Pablo Larraín
Ron’s Gone Wrong, Sarah Smith, Jean Philippe-Vine
Also screening at the Royal Festival Hall, this year’s Special Presentations include:
Ali & Ava, Clio Barnard
Drive My Car, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Benediction, Terence Davies
Great Freedom, Sebastian Meise
The Phantom Of The Open, Craig Roberts
Memoria, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Titane, Julia Ducournau
Paris, 13th District, Jacques Audiard
The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes
Flee, Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Neptune Frost, Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman
Succession, Jesse Armstrong (creator-showrunner)
