BFI London Film Fest comes to Warwick Arts Centre
midlandsmovies • September 27, 2021
The best of BFI London Film Festival set for Warwick Arts Centre
Exclusive screenings at Warwick Arts Centre, 6-17 October 2020
Film fans will get a chance to see the very best of the 65th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express, thanks to an exclusive tie-in with Warwick Arts Centre.
As the only West Midlands partner, the Coventry-based arts centre will screen ten BFI LFF films from Wednesday 6 to Sunday 17 October 2021.
The curated selection kicks off with Jeymes Samuel’s The Harder They Fall (6 Oct), inspired by the real-life stories of African-American cowboys and featuring an all-star cast, including Idris Elba, and concludes with The Tragedy Of Macbeth (17 Oct), director Joel Coen's dazzling adaptation of Shakespeare's drama with Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington.
Other highlights include Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch (10 Oct), with Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Benicio Del Toro and Frances McDormand; Edgar Wright's time-travelling horror, Last Night In Soho (9 Oct), which features Diana Rigg's last film role; Pablo Larraín’s Spencer (7 Oct), starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana; French techno-chiller Titane (12 Oct), one of most provocative Palme d’Or winners ever; and Flee (16 Oct), which scooped the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival.
Also screening are Jane Campion's The Power Of The Dog (11 Oct), starring Benedict Cumberbatch, the Bradford-set romance Ali And Ava (14 Oct), and French fairy tale/ ghost story Petite Maman (15 Oct).
Warwick Arts Centre’s Cinema Programmer, Melissa Gueneau, said: "We’re very proud to be one of the regional partners for this year’s BFI London Film Festival, and to be offering our audience preview screenings of some of the most exciting films of the year. It’s an honour to be bringing such a recognised event to the region. This selection of high-profile titles, British independent and foreign language gems is a perfect representation of what we look to achieve with our regular programme as we re-open, and we hope audiences will join us in exploring the wide and diverse world of cinema in our brand new screens."
Tickets for all Warwick Arts Centre’s BFI London Film Festival screenings are on sale now via: www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
Opening Night World Premiere:
THE HARDER THEY FALL (Jeymes Samuel, USA, 130min)
6 Oct, 8pm
SPENCER (Pablo Larraìn, Germany-UK, 111min)
7 Oct, 8pm
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (Edgar Wright, UK, 116min)
9 Oct, 8pm
THE FRENCH DISPATCH (Wes Anderson, UK-France-Germany, 107min)
10 Oct, 8pm
Amex Gala:
THE POWER OF THE DOG (Jane Campion)
11 Oct, 8.30pm
TITANE (Julia Ducournau. France-Belgium, 108min)
12 Oct, 8pm
ALI & AVA (Clio Barnard, UK, 95min)
14 Oct, 8.30pm
PETITE MAMAN (Celine Sciamma, France, 72min)
15 Oct 8pm
FLEE (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Denmark-France-Norway-Sweden, 83min)
16 Oct, 8pm
Closing Night Gala:
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (Joel Coen)
17 Oct, 8.30pm
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