Not Blu-ray admittedly, but The Hut have the Early Kurosawa BFI set for £13.45 if you use the code BHD10 - seems like a good deal since it includes 6 films (does anyone know if it has been cheaper?) Also ordered the recent Airport Blu at a crazy £3.56 using the same code.
Thanks for the heads up. I got Airport too, although it's not in stock at the moment and I picked up Superbad, as that was a good price after the discount
The good news is that there are three Tati shorts on Jour De Fete. I don't know how many there are all together, but it's nice to see these being available, especially as there was a separate release for these planned but never materialised
Sounds very good indeed. I just hope this film doesn't have prolonged fillments as I thought Playtime had. Was going to buy Playtime but I hate half done, IMO, films. Very funny 2/3 of Playtime though.
I posted a wee while back hoping the shorts might get a release of their own, but to have them bundled into these primary releases may be even better. I say "may", because I wonder if they'll be like Playtime, where the extras are tucked away in SD on the DVD?
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At least one of them is. But who cares, they're there and that makes me very happy
Some of us outside the UK have to care, because even though the BD is the same region, the DVD is not. Can make it trickier for playing, is all.
Anyway, I wasn't complaining, just expressing my druthers. You were a bit fast to snap, mattyl.
The only BFI titles I don't own are Kiss Of Death, Borderline, L'Armee Des Ombres, Nighthawks and Kurosawa Classic Collection (I have a very large BFI collection). Shame they aren't in the offer
The only BFI titles I don't own are Kiss Of Death, Borderline, L'Armee Des Ombres, Nighthawks and Kurosawa Classic Collection (I have a very large BFI collection). Shame they aren't in the offer
Too bad they don't have a better price on Powell's Edge Of The World. Been waiting for the price to go back down to around 10 pounds.
Too bad they don't have a better price on Powell's Edge Of The World. Been waiting for the price to go back down to around 10 pounds.
I contacted the BFI and was told that The Innocents and The Edge Of The World weren't going dual format, so I had to pick them up a while back. I think I paid £11 or so. The price had been putting me off, but I really wanted them so I went ahead and ordered them
It's quite funny really. I don't mind paying over £10 for a title that I pre-order, but if it is already out and I don't own it, then I wait for the price to drop as I don't want to pay over £10. There are about five Artificial Eye titles I need. I have only recently been pre-ordering them, so I waited for the ones I hadn't got to drop to about £6, but for these few I don't really want to pay over £10, which is what they are now. The logic makes no sense to me either, and I'm not just referring to steelbooks, or limited editions, but standard titles as well
This is the first time I am buying a BFI title so I have not been up to date about region coding on certain releases. Is the dual-format release of Anger's The Magick Lantern Cycle region free? I won't be "region-free" until November but want to get and see this one as soon as possible.
Julien Temple’s LONDON The Modern Babylon (2012) (DVD) and Jacques Tati’s Jour de fête (1949) and Mon Oncle (1958) (Dual Format Editions) will now be released on 29 October 2012 alongside the fifth volume of Ghost Stories and the Ghost Stories for Christmas box set.
The programme for the 56th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express
launched on Wednesday 5 September under the new creative leadership of BFI’s Head of
Exhibition and Festival Director, Clare Stewart, bringing a rich and diverse programme of
international films and events from both established and upcoming talent over a 12 day
celebration of cinema. The Festival will screen a total of 225 fiction and documentary
features, including 12 World Premieres, 12 International Premieres and 35 European
Premieres*. There will also be screenings of 111 live action and animated shorts. A stellar
line-up of directors, cast and crew are expected to take part in career interviews, master
classes, and other special events. The 56th BFI London Film Festival will run from 10-21
October 2012.
This year sees the introduction of several changes to the Festival’s format. Now taking
place over 12 days, the Festival expands further from its traditional Leicester Square
cinemas – Odeon West End, Vue West End, Odeon Leicester Square and Empire – and the
BFI Southbank to include four additional new venues – Hackney Picturehouse, Renoir,
Everyman Screen on the Green and Rich Mix, which join existing London venues the ICA,
Curzon Mayfair, Ritzy Brixton and Ciné Lumière.
GALAS
The Festival opens with the European Premiere of Tim Burton’s 3D animation
FRANKENWEENIE, whilst Mike Newell’s visually stunning adaptation of GREAT
EXPECTATIONS, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes will close the Festival,
with key talent from both films expected to attend. Among the highly anticipated Galas is the
American Express Gala World Premiere of CROSSFIRE HURRICANE, a documentary
celebrating 50 years of rock legendsThe Rolling Stones who are also expected to attend the
Festival. For the first time this year both the Opening Night Gala and the American Express
Gala red carpet events and screenings will be screened simultaneously to cinemas across
the UK. Other Galas include the American Airlines Gala of Dustin Hoffman’s directorial
debut, QUARTET, featuring an outstanding British cast including Dame Maggie Smith, Billy
Connolly and Michael Gambon; and Ben Affleck directs and stars in the Accenture Gala
presentation of political thriller ARGO which he also produced with George Clooney. British
film directors making their mark this year include Paul Andrew Williams with London-based
comedy drama, SONG FOR MARION, which screens as The May Fair Hotel Gala and
features a sterling cast headed by Vanessa Redgrave, Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton
and Christopher Eccleston; and Roger Michell, whose HYDE PARK ON HUDSON is the
Centrepiece Gala supported by the Mayor of London, stars Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia
Colman and Olivia Williams and is set on the eve of WWII when the King and Queen of
England make a visit to see Franklin D Roosevelt in upstate New York. Nintendo Gala THE
SAPPHIRES, is an inspirational Australian musical comedy set in the 60s starring comic man of the moment Chris O’Dowd, who appears alongside Australian Idol star Jessica
Mauboy; and THE SESSIONS, is a moving drama, based on a true story with superb
performances from John Hawkes, Helen Hunt and William H. Macy.
AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS
The BFI London Film Festival Awards have undergone a significant change this year by
introducing competitive sections that are given much more prominence in the Festival
campaign and programme. The Best Film Award in partnership with American Express;
the Sutherland Award for Best First Feature and the Grierson Award for Best Documentary
will now be presented to the winning films from three programme sections: Official
Competition, First Feature Competition and Documentary Competition. Each section is open
to international and British films and 12 films have been shortlisted for each Competition.
Official Competition
The inaugural Official Competition line-up, recognising inspiring, inventive and distinctive
filmmaking, includes four European premieres:
Michael Winterbottom’s EVERYDAY
Sally Potter’s Ginger and Rosa
Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children
Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths
Together with UK premieres of
Michel Franco’s After Lucia
David Ayer’s End of Watch
Rama Burshtein’s Fill the Void
Daniele Ciprì’s It Was the Son
François Ozon’s In The House
Cate Shortland’s Lore
Pablo Larraín’s No
Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone
Titles in consideration for the First Feature Competition recognising an original and
imaginative directorial debut are:
3 European premieres
Masaaki Akahori’s The Samurai that Night
Anand Gandhi’s Ship of Theseus
Barry Berk’s Sleeper’s Wake
and 10 UK premieres
Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild
Tom Shkolnik’s The Comedian
Maja Miloš’ Clip
Gabriela Pichler’s Eat Sleep Die
Sébastien Lifshitz’s Les Invisibles
Sally El Hosaini’s My Brother the Devil
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Neighbouring Sounds
Scott Graham’s Shell
Andrey Gryazev’s Tomorrow
Haifaa Al Mansour’s Wadjda
In the Documentary Competition category, in partnership with the Grierson Trust,
recognising documentaries with integrity, originality, and social or cultural significance, the
Festival is screening:
4 World Premieres
Charlie Paul’s For No Good Reason
Nick Ryan’s The Summit
Sarah Gavron’s Village at the End of the World
Greg Olliver’s Turned Towards the Sun
3 European Premieres
Jay Bulger’s Beware of Mr Baker
Shola Lynch’s Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Alex Gibney’s Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
4 UK Premieres
Katja Gauriloff’s Canned Dreams
Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns’ The Central Park Five
Ulises Rosell’s The Ethnographer
Amy Berg’s West of Memphis
Closing the Awards section is the prize for Best British Newcomer, in partnership with
Swarovski, which highlights new British talent and is presented to an emerging writer, actor,
producer or director. The recipient of this prize will also receive a £5,000 bursary, courtesy of
Swarovski.
This year’s nominees are:
1. Rowan Athale – director/screenwriter Wasteland
2. Sally El Hosaini – director/screenwriter My Brother the Devil
3. Fady Elsayed – actor My Brother the Devil
4. Scott Graham – director/screenwriter Shell
5. Eloise Laurence – actor Broken
6. Rufus Norris – director Broken
7. Chloe Pirrie actor Shell
8. Tom Shkolnik – director/screenwriter The Comedian
STRANDS / PATHWAYS
This year significant changes have been made to the structure of the Festival programme
with new focused categories that are clustered around the themes of Love, Debate, Dare,
Laugh, Thrill, Cult, Journey, Sonic and Family. With over 200 features screened during the
Festival this new approach is designed to help Festival goers find the films that mean the
most to them and to open up entry points for new audiences.
LOVE
Sweet, passionate, tough – LOVE is a complex and many splendoured thing.
The Love Gala is Michael Haneke’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner AMOUR, with Haneke
making a welcome return to the Festival this year.
Other titles in this section include: BROKEN starring Tim Roth and Cillian Murphy; Ira Sachs’
KEEP THE LIGHTS ON; Xavier Dolan’s LAURENCE ANYWAYS; Liz Garbus’ documentary
tribute to Marilyn Monroe LOVE, MARILYN; ROBOT AND FRANK starring Frank Langella
and Susan Sarandon, and Ursula Meier’s SISTER with Léa Seydoux and Gillian Anderson.
DEBATE
Riveting films that amplify, scrutinise, argue and surprise screen in the DEBATE section and
this year’s Gala is the European Premiere of THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY an
absorbing documentary sequel to THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO CINEMA from Sophie
Fiennes featuring renegade philosopher and bionic cineaste Slavoj ?i?ek who also takes
part in an ‘In Conversation’ event during the Festival.
Other highlights in this section include Marco Bellocchio’s DORMANT BEAUTY featuring
Toni Servillo and Isabelle Huppert, Thomas Vinterberg’s THE HUNT featuring Mads
Mikkelsen’s Cannes award-winning performance, and the European Premiere of ZAYTOUN.
DARE
In-your-face, up-front and arresting, the films in DARE will take audiences out of their
comfort zone. The Dare Gala is Mira Nair’s Venice-opener THE RELUCTANT
FUNDAMENTALIST, starring Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, Riz Ahmed and Liev
Schreiber.
Other highlights in this strand include: the European Premiere of HELTER SKELTER
featuring Japanese supermodel Erika Sawajiri, the World Premiere of KELLY + VICTOR
Kieran Evans’ adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Niall Griffiths, and the International
Premiere of Antonio Campos’ SIMON KILLER, Carlos Reygadas’ Cannes-winner POST
TENEBRAS LUX, Pablo Trapero’s gripping and intelligent drama, WHITE ELEPHANT, and
Sergei Loznitsa’s critically celebrated IN THE FOG.
LAUGH
From laugh out loud through romantic comedy to dry and understated – humour in all its
forms can be seen in the LAUGH section. A romantic caravan trip quickly descends into
chaos when a young couple’s dream holiday takes a wrong turn in acclaimed British director
Ben Wheatley’s dark comedy SIGHTSEERS which has its UK premiere as the Laugh Gala.
Other titles in this strand include the International Premiere of Bollywood-meets-Tollywood
Amelie style AIYYAA, the UK Premiere of romantic comedy CELESTE AND JESSE
FOREVER starring Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg and the European Premiere of
Stephen Gyllenhaal’s GRASSROOTS, and the International Premiere of Australian
cricketing ‘bro’mantic comedy SAVE YOUR LEGS!
THRILL
The films in THRILL are nerve shredders that will get the adrenalin pumping and keep
audiences on the edge of their seat; The Gala presentation for this section is the World
Premiere of Bollywood action epic CHAKRAVYUH, directed by Prakash Jha who will be
attending the Festival.
Other highlights in this section include: controversial Sundance hit COMPLIANCE, Nordic
Noir double bill of EASY MONEY and its sequel; the Berlin Golden Bear winner CAESAR
MUST DIE and Korean box office smash NAMELESS GANGSTER: RULES OF THE TIME.
CULT
The CULT section features films from the mind-altering and unclassifiable, to fantasy, sci-fi
and horror. The Cult Gala is the European Premiere of A LIAR’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY chronicling the life of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman through multiple animation styles
and featuring Chapman’s fellow Pythons in the voice cast.
Other highlights in this section include: ANTIVIRAL, the feature film debut of Brandon
Cronenberg; the International Premiere of Actress Katie Aselton’s directorial outing, the
survival horror BLACK ROCK; Japanese maestro Takashi Miike’s FOR LOVE’S SAKE and
Juan Carlos Medina’s fantasy horror PAINLESS, along with documentaries MY AMITYVILLE
HORROR, THE JEFFREY DAHMER FILES, and ROOM 237.
JOURNEY
Whether it’s the journey or the destination, the films in JOURNEY will transport and shift
perspectives.
Celebrated Romanian director Cristian Mungiu returns to the Festival with BEYOND THE
HILLS screening as the Journey Gala . The film won Best Screenplay at the 2012 Cannes
Film Festival, where actresses Cristina Flutur and Cosmina Stratan also shared best actress
award.
Other titles in this strand include: riveting Moroccan drama HORSES OF GOD, Raymond
Depardon and Claudine Nougaret’s documentary JOURNAL DE FRANCE, Jem Cohen’s
MUSEUM HOURS, Michel Gondry’s THE WE AND THE I and the World Premiere of Marc
Isaac’s new documentary about the A5 –THE ROAD: A STORY OF LIFE AND DEATH
SONIC
Music inspired films and events that will have audiences dancing in the aisles can be
discovered in SONIC.
Highlights in the Sonic screening programme include Mat Whitecross’ coming-of-age story
SPIKE ISLAND about an Indie band of 1990 vintage, who are determined to see their heroes
The Stone Roses; GOOD VIBRATIONS, the biopic of Terri Hooley, Belfast’s Godfather of
Punk, which was declared the best Irish film at Galway Film Fleadh earlier this year; and
world music is represented with films from Africa and Chile, KINSHASA KIDS and VIOLETA
WENT TO HEAVEN.
The Festival is delighted to include two popular events from the year-round programme at
BFI Southbank for the first time – BUG and Sonic Cinema, both celebrating the links
between music and film. Sonic Cinema presentations include a focus on the Sigur Ros
Valtari Mystery Film Experiment featuring premieres of new clips and, in celebration of Warp
Films’ 10th Birthday, a special presentation of Shane Meadow’s THIS IS ENGLAND
screening with a live score from composer Ludovico Einaudiand and musician Gavin Clark.
Regular BUG host Adam Buxton will present a special artist focus with talent to be
announced.
FAMILY
The Festival showcases films for all ages in its FAMILY section and this year’s Family Gala
is ERNEST & CELESTINE, the delightful animated story of an unlikely friendship between a
bear and a mouse from the directors of A TOWN CALLED PANIC. In addition to Opening
Night Gala FRANKENWEENIE, there are five other animated features screening in the
Festival as well as an animated shorts programme. Three of the family features are handdrawn films from France, and WOLF CHILDREN is the new hotly anticipated animated title from Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda.
SHORTS
An original and innovative line-up of short films and animation that will enthral audiences
young and old make up this year’s SHORTS programme including a dedicated section for
younger audiences. Animated shorts for children include THE SANDPIXIES: DA CAPO
GEORGE, THE MISSING MEATBALLS and I WANT TO SEE DWARFS.
Short film compilation programmes include Crime & Punishment with films featuring
criminals, their actions and the consequences; Blood is Thicker Than Water with films
examining interactions and relationships between friends, lovers and families and
Obsessive and Compulsive with films that examine far-from-healthy obsessions.
Once again the London Calling section features a selection of shorts from budding
filmmakers from across the capital and this year student films from some of the UK’s best
film schools will be showcased in Back to School
These short films feature a host of well known faces including: Alison Steadman, Ralf Little,
Tom Hollander, Martin Freeman, Stephen Graham and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
EXPERIMENTA
This year’s the Festival will present its largest ever series of artists moving image
programmes, culminating in the annual EXPERIMENTA Weekend from 19-21 October 2012.
In collaboration with the ICA, the Festival will also present several screenings of artists’ films
to coincide with the Frieze Art Fair, from 10-13 October 2012. Peter Kubelka’s new work
ANTIPHON will screen with ARNULF RAINER in an expanded projection event – Monument
Film. Both films will be physically installed on the walls of the BFI Southbank Atrium for the
duration of the Festival. The extraordinary presentation of Monument Film in the NFT1
cinema forms the centrepiece of an Experimenta Weekend which is full of outstanding
visions. Thom Andersen, Nathaniel Dorsky and Laida Lertxundi return with new films, whilst
Mati Diop introduces her award-winning work in London for the first time, and Beatrice
Gibson premieres THE TIGER’S MIND.
TREASURES
Treasures brings recently restored cinematic treasures from archives around the world to
the Festival.
This year’s previously announced Archive Gala is the World Premiere of the restoration of
Alfred Hitchcock’s THE MANXMAN at the Empire Leicester Square with a live
accompaniment by Stephen Horne. The Gala marks the grand finale of the BFI’s The
Genius of Hitchcock project which commenced in June 2012 and is currently screening at
BFI Southbank.
Digital restoration can have spectacular results, as shown in, David Lean’s LAWRENCE OF
ARABIA, the full length director’s cut of the brand new 4K digital restoration which will
premiere at the NFT1 showcasing BFI Southbank’s new 4K projector for the first time. The
screening will be accompanied by a presentation from Grover Crisp, who will give a talk
about the restoration work. Sir Laurence Olivier’s iconic RICHARD III also benefits from a
fully restored print which will be screened at the Festival. Other highlights include silent
movie THE SPANISH DANCER, a lavish costume romp with a live piano accompaniment;
the BFI-backed revival of Roman Polanski’s TESS; a newly made documentary BERGMAN
& MAGNANI:THE WAR OF VOLCANOES screening alongside a restoration of Roberto
Rossellini’s VIAGGIO IN ITALIA and the latest restoration by Martin Scorsese’s World
Cinema Foundation, AFTER THE CURFEW which is a political commentary on what
happened after Indonesia was liberated from Dutch occupation.
EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
The EVENTS programme features the highly anticipated Screen Talks and Masterclasses.
This year’s Screen Talks in partnership with American Express, includes celebrated
author Salman Rushdie whose adaptation of his own novel MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN
screens in Official Competition and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex
Gibney who is at the Festival with his new film MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD in Documentary Competition.
The Masterclasses, presented in partnership with Swarovski, feature leading music
supervisor Ian Neil (SPIKE ISLAND) and production design team David Wasco and Sandy
Reynolds-Wasco who designed Martin McDonagh’s SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS. Time Out
continues to support the free access ‘In Focus’ events, which this year sees four events with
a focus on British Cinema.
The Art of Frankenweenie Exhibition supported by American Express is taking place at the
Festival Village, Southbank Centre. In addition, the Festival is proud to be working alongside
the V&A’s major autumn exhibition Hollywood Costume with two events celebrating the role
of costume on film and featuring the exhibition’s senior curator, the Academy Award nominated costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis.
FILM GUESTS
Guests expected to attend include: Alex Gibney, Alice Englert, Alice Lowe, Allison Abbate,
Barnaby Southcombe, Ben Affleck, Ben Wheatley, Benh Zeitlin, Benjamin Renner, Billy
Connolly, Brandon Cronenberg, Cate Shortland, Catherine O’Hara, Charlie Paul, Charlie
Watts, Charlotte Rampling, Chris O’Dowd, Cristian Mungiu, David Walliams, David Nicholls,
David Wasco, Deepa Mehta, Dustin Hoffman, Eddie Marsan, Elle Fanning, François Ozon,
Gabriel Byrne, Hayley Atwell, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Neil, Jacques Audiard, Jake
Schreier, Jeremy Irvine, Julian Roman Pölsler, Keith Richards, Liz Garbus, Marion Cotillard,
Martin McDonagh, Martina Gedeck, Martin Landau, Martin Short, Matthias Schoenaerts,
Melvil Poupaud, Michael Haneke, Michael Palin, Mick Jagger, Mike Newell, Nick Murphy,
Paolo Taviani, Pablo Larraín, Paul Andrew Williams, Pauline Collins, Quvenzhanée Wallis,
Ronnie Wood, Rufus Norris, Sally EI Hosaini, Sally Potter, Salman Rushdie, Rodney Ascher,
Sandy Reynolds Wasco, Saskia Rosendahl, Slavoj ?i?ek, Sophie Fiennes, Steve Oram,
Suzanne Cléement,Tamzin Outhwaite,Terry Jones, Thomas Bidegain, Tim Burton, Tom
Courtenay, Winona Ryder.
The Festival will announce its complete guest line-up in early October.
I'm trying to decide between the BFI version of Battleship Potemkin, and the Kino version. The Kino has a documentary I believe, but BFI will have multiple films in its set.
It's been confirmed that Battleship Potemkin runs at its original 18fps speed so, if you're not worried about Potemkin-specific extras and are region B capable, the BFI is the release to go for.
It's been confirmed that Battleship Potemkin runs at its original 18fps speed so, if you're not worried about Potemkin-specific extras and are region B capable, the BFI is the release to go for.
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