Echo Chamber - LFF 23 - Day One
It's that time of year people, the BFI London Film Festival (4th to 15th October 2023) has hit its 67th iteration!!!!
Your favourite film podcast @EchoChamberFP will be following each day with the not to be missed coverage!
So, on 'Day 1', we look at three short films, and two features, one of which being the opening night Gala!!!
'Area Boy' is written & directed by Iggy London. An aimless teenager, Eli, has moved to the outer edges of a provincial town with his mother. As he settles in, he tries to escape the bleakness of life and navigating questions of self-identity, by balancing his time between his delinquent friends and the church community. Torn between two worlds, Eli must find himself and embrace who he truly is.
'Mother of Mine' is written & directed by Jesse Lewis Reece. Directly following the loss of his lifelong partner and mother of his child, David (Robert Webb) struggles to find the time and place to release the news to his daughter (Phoebe Naughton), whilst dealing with the ever-present imprint of his lovers ghost in his own home.
'Blood' (aka Ratthum) is written & directed by Vathana Suganya Suppiah. Shanti (Bairavi Manoharan) finds blood in her underwear at the worst possible time. Against the backdrop of a Tamil coming-of-age ceremony where fertility is celebrated, menstruation is shunned and infertility is silenced, Shanti struggles to keep a secret.
'Girl' is written & directed by Adura Onashile. Grace (Déborah Lukumuena) and Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu) have each other and that’s all they need. Their lives are confined to their Glasgow flat, with Grace leaving only for her job as a cleaner and forbidding Ama to set foot outside. But as Ama becomes more inquisitive, Grace is forced to confront the traumas of her past in order to let the world in.
'Saltburn' is written & directed by Emerald Fennell. Struggling to fit in at Oxford University, Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi), who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s (Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver) sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.
Today we have:
Area Boy - Poster
Area Boy
Watch Review: Here.
BFI London Film Festival
Film Strand: Shorts (What Makes Us)
Wednesday, 4th October 2023
Prince Charles Cinema
Director: Iggy London
Cast: Joshua Cameron, Malcolm Kamulete, Jolade Obasola, Mensah Bediako, Merhawait Michael, Kola Banjo, Giveth Iyare
Credit: Sungazer, BBC Films
Genre: Drama, Short
Running Time: 19 min
Cert: 12a
Watch via BFI Player: Here.
Website: Here.
Mother of Mine - Poster
Blood (aka Ratthum) - Poster
Blood (aka Ratthum)
Watch Review: Here.
BFI London Film Festival
Film Strand: Shorts (What Makes Us)
Wednesday, 4th October 2023
Director: Vathana Suganya Suppiah
Cast: Bairavi Manoharan, Shruthi Yasothan, Taru Devani, Neelam Bakshi, Mohana Rajagopal, Jeffin Kunjumon
Credit: Little Stitch Productions
Genre: Drama, Short
Running Time: 10 min
Cert: 12a
Trailer: Here.
Girl - Poster
Girl
Watch Review: Here.
BFI London Film Festival
Film Strand: Love
Wednesday, 4th 2023 at 18:00pm
Curzon Soho Cinema
Friday, 6th 2023 at 15:00pm
BFI Southbank
Director: Adura Onashile
Cast: Déborah Lukumuena, Le’Shantey Bonsu, Liana Turner, Ayesha Antoine, Caroline Deyga, Danny Sapani, Lael Tamakloe, Jenni Keenan-Green, Owen Whitelaw, Mark Cox, Kai Bruce
Credit: barry crerar, iFeatures, BBC Film, BFI, Screen Scotland, New Europe Film Sales, Studio Soho Distribution
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 87 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Website: Here.
Saltburn - Poster
Saltburn
Watch Review: Here.
BFI London Film Festival
Film Strand: Galas
Wednesday, 4th 2023 at 19:00pm, World Premiere,
Royal Festival Hall
Thursday, 5th 2023 at 14:45pm, World Premiere,
Royal Festival Hall
Sunday, 8th 2023 at 12:20pm
Prince Charles Cinema
Ticket Info: Here. https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=saltburn-lff23
UK Theatrical Release Date: 17th November 2023
USA Theatrical Release Date: 17th & 22nd November 2023
Director: Emerald Fennell
Cast: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, Carey Mulligan, Paul Rhys, Lolly Adefope, Ewan Mitchell, Sadie Soverall, Reece Shearsmith
Credit: Amazon Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, MRC, LuckyChap Entertainment, Lie Still, Warner Bros. Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Running Time: 127 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Website: Here.
Twitter: @Saltburnfilm
Instagram: @saltburnfilm
67th BFI London Film Festival - logo
67th BFI London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is in its '67th' year, and runs from 4 to 15 October 2023 at venues in London, around the UK and on BFI Player.
brimming with the world’s best new films, series and immersive storytelling
#LFF Trailer: Here.
Information
Festival Information: Here.
Gala Programme: Here.
Special Presentations Programme: Here.
LFF Awards Programme: Here.
Thematic strands Programme: Here.
Short Film Programme: Here.
Ticket Info: Here.
Website: Here.
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