London Film Festival Tag Archive

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DN LFF2012: Shoot Me! – Kate Hardie

Actor, turned director Kate Hardie’s film Shoot Me screened as part of the Obsessive and Compulsive shorts programme at this year’s London Film

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DN LFF2012: Spike Island – Mat Whitecross

Director Mat Whitecross held his cool in a special ‘speed round’ London Film Festival interview for his new feature Spike Island, which captures

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DN LFF2012: Le Grand Soir – Benoît Delépine

Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern continue their filmmaking partnership by transforming two of France’s most famous actors into anti-establishment

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Film Festival, Live Action

LFF2012: Sightseers

Following a stint in Cannes, DN favourite Ben Wheatley premiered his new film as part of the Comedy Gala at the 56th BFI London Film Festival. His third

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DN LFF2012: Kelly + Victor – Kieran Evans

I’ve been a keen follower of the work of director Kieran Evans ever since the DV experimental documentary Finisterre he co-directed with Paul Kelly for

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Documentary, Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN LFF2012: Love Story – Florian Habicht

The London Film Festival is currently in full force for its 56th edition, which can only mean that DN has navigated the dangerous territory of the Filmmakers

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Film Festival

Looking Back, Moving Forward – Midpoint of the 56th London Film Festival

Once again it’s that time of year when my usual DN output grinds to a halt and is replaced by a stream of all things London Film Festival related. This

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Live Action

Junkhearts

Opening with close up shots of a disturbed looking Eddie Marsan as he greedily swigs from miniature whisky bottles and rummages through the remains of a

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF2011: Superheroes – Michael Barnett

Some are called, some are chosen but all attempt to work for the greater good of their communities. No it’s not the synopsis for Kick-Ass 2, but rather

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DN LFF2011: Li and the Poet – Andrea Segre

Andrea Segre’s debut feature Li and the Poet tells the story of Shun Li, a Chinese woman working off her debt to a better life in Italy and the forbidden

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DN LFF2011: Natural Selection – Robbie Pickering

Although I’ve been chasing Robbie Pickering for an interview since seeing his multi-award winning Natural Selection at SXSW, it was the London Film

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DN LFF2011: The Dish and the Spoon – Alison Bagnall

Alison Bagnall’s The Dish and the Spoon features a woman betrayed, who takes a romantic English teen on her journey through blind rage. Alison and I

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