London Film Festival Interest List 2023
These are the films I want to see from The BFI London Film Festival 2023 in screening order, down to the closing night film, The Kitchen then alphabetically thereafter.
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- DirectorMarie Amachoukeli-BarsacqStarsLouise Mauroy-PanzaniIlça Moreno ZegoAbnara Gomes VarelaSix-year-old Cléo loves her nanny Gloria more than anything. When Gloria must return to Cape Verde to care for her own children, the two must make the most of their last summer together.
- DirectorThomas CailleyStarsRomain DurisPaul KircherAdèle ExarchopoulosAn adventure between a father and his son, in a world where some humans have started mutating into other animal species.
- DirectorRamata-Toulaye SyStarsKhady ManeMamadou DialloBinta Racine SyA young couple in Senegal must contend with the disapproval of their remote village.
- DirectorBertrand BonelloStarsLéa SeydouxGeorge MacKayGuslagie MalandaIn the near future artificial intelligence is in control of everyone's lives and human emotions are perceived as a threat.
- DirectorHansal MehtaStarsKareena KapoorKeith AllenChris WilsonA grieving cop who loses her child to murder and moves to another town where she's tasked with investigating the disappearance of a missing child. Exploring themes of trauma, grief, the immigrant experience, and our need for closure.
- DirectorVíctor EriceStarsManolo SoloJose CoronadoAna TorrentA Spanish actor disappears during the filming of a movie. Although his body is never found, the police conclude that he has suffered an accident at the edge of a cliff. Many years later, the mystery returns to the present day.
- DirectorJee-woon KimStarsSong Kang-hoLim Soo-jungOh Jung-seDescribed as an experimental and genre-defying drama shot entirely on sound stages in support of a film-within-a-film narrative.
- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsAnaïs DemoustierEdouard BaerJonathan CohenA French journalist meets the iconic surrealist artist Salvador Dalí on several occasions for a documentary project that never came to be.
- DirectorJames ErskineRachel RamsayStarsElvira AracenBrandi ChastainBirte KjemsTold by the pioneering women who participated, this is the extraordinary story of the 1971 Women's Soccer World Cup, a tournament witnessed by record crowds that has been written out of sporting history - until now.
- DirectorSudabeh MortezaiStarsLilith StangenbergJetnor GoreziSteljona KadillariBeate is an ambitious executive working at EUROPA, a mysterious corporation looking to expand into the Balkans region. Seemingly promoting philanthropy, Europa actually needs to buy off lands from locals in a remote valley in Albania.
- DirectorBill Ross IVTurner RossStarsTony AburtoMicah BunchNichole DukesFollows 5 teenagers from small-town Oregon who, with high school in the rearview, decide to embark on one last adventure: to make it to a place they've never been -the Pacific coast, 500 miles away. Their plan, in full: "F**k it."
- DirectorCédric KahnStarsArieh WorthalterArthur HarariStéphan Guérin-TilliéChronicles the trial of Goldman, a French left-wing revolutionary who was convicted of several robberies and was mysteriously murdered.
- DirectorMohamed KordofaniStarsEiman YousifSiran RiakNazar GomaJust before the secession of South Sudan, a married former singer from the north seeks redemption for causing the death of a southern man by hiring his oblivious wife as her maid.
- DirectorDeepa MehtaSirat TanejaStarsSirat TanejaA transgender woman must act as her mother's son at home in New Delhi, but can be the woman she really is with her friends and at work with the Government of India.
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsPaul SimonEdie BrickellCarrie FisherPaul Simon inside the studio making his new album Seven Psalms while looking back on his six-decade career with countless musical peaks from Sounds of Silence to Graceland.
- DirectorNeil BoyleKirk HendryStarsCillian MurphyKen WatanabeSally HawkinsYoung Michael, shipwrecked on a remote island, must adapt to life alone. Over time, he feels another presence, learning that this world is home to both unimaginable danger and beauty. A gripping animated adaptation of a beloved novel.
- DirectorLadj LyStarsAnta DiawAlexis ManentiAristote LuyindulaA local activist and a budding young mayor clash over the best path forward for their impoverished suburb.
- DirectorCameron CairnesColin CairnesStarsDavid DastmalchianLaura GordonIan BlissA live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.
- DirectorZeno GratonStarsKhalil Ben GharbiaJulien De Saint JeanEye HaidaraIn a juvenile reform center, a place governed by the prohibition of physical contact, Joe and William fall in love. To love each other, they will have to break the law.
- DirectorAmjad Al RasheedStarsMouna HawaHaitham AlomariYumna MarwanA widow pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan's patriarchal inheritance laws.
- DirectorBalojiStarsMarc ZingaYves-Marina GnahouaMarcel Otete KabeyaAfter spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.
- DirectorMonia ChokriStarsMagalie Lépine BlondeauPierre-Yves CardinalFrancis-William RhéaumeSophia's life is turned upside down when she meets Sylvain. She comes from a wealthy family, while Sylvain comes from a family of manual workers. Sophia questions her own values after abandoning herself to her great romantic impulses.
- DirectorLillah HallaStarsAyomi DomenicaLoro BardotGrace PassôOn the eve of a volleyball championship decisive for her future as an athlete, 17-year-old Sofía discovers an unwanted pregnancy. In an attempt to interrupt it clandestinely, she ends up becoming the target of a fundamentalist group.
- DirectorFelipe CarmonaStarsAndrew BargstedHugo MedinaBastián BodenhöferBrutal torturers of Pinochet's dictatorship are serving sentence in a luxury prison at the foot of the Andes. Fearing of transferring to a regular jail, the officers will go to great lengths to stay fury and violence in the mountains.
- DirectorAxel PetersénStarsJoel SpiraChristopher WagelinJulia SporreA worried former fraudster arrives in Malta only to encounter significant difficulty in a hedonistic Swedish expat society.
- DirectorPascal PlanteStarsJuliette GariépyLaurie BabinElisabeth LocasA model becomes obsessed with a high-profile murder trial.
- DirectorJaione CambordaStarsJanet NovásSiobhan FernandesCarla RivasIlla of Arousa, 1971. María earns her living fishing and also helps other women in their deliveries. After an unexpected event, she is forced to flee from her and begins a dangerous journey that will make her fight for her survival.
- DirectorMoin HussainStarsFaraz AyubNatalie GavinClaire RushbrookAdam Muhammed works nightshifts at a fast food restaurant in a motorway service station. A directionless and unassuming man, he lives a lonely life. Upon hearing that his father has died Adam finds himself in search of answers.
- DirectorMarija KavtaradzeStarsGreta GrineviciuteKestutis CicenasPijus GanusauskasDancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet and form a beautiful bond. As they dive into a new relationship, they must navigate how to build their own kind of intimacy.
- DirectorSean Price WilliamsStarsTalia RyderEarl CaveSimon RexA picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the U.S undertaken by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina. She gets her first glimpse of the wider world on a class trip to Washington, D.C.
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsDavid DencikJonas KarlssonHenrik LundströmA group of very different individuals who in 1975 lived in a commune called "Together". Now it is 1999, and the collective has turned into the world's smallest. It's time for a reunion with old friends.
- DirectorDaina Oniunas-PusicStarsArinzé KeneLola PetticrewJulia Louis-DreyfusA mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
- DirectorCaroline IngvarssonStarsAnna PróchniakThomas W. GabrielssonKris HitchenA Swedish TV presenter's well-ordered life unravels when she finally confronts her domineering husband about an accusation against him. Her subsequent flight precipitates a chain of lies and paranoia in this taut psychological thriller.
- DirectorStéphan CastangStarsKarim LeklouVimala PonsFrançois ChattotIt follows Vincent who finds himself under attack for no apparent reason overnight. When the phenomenon intensifies, he must run and change his way of life completely.
- DirectorAlexandre O. PhilippeStarsWilliam ShatnerAn intimate portrait of William Shatner's personal journey over nine decades on this Earth, You Can Call Me Bill strips away all the masks he has worn to embody countless characters, and reveals the man behind it all.
- DirectorWang BingZhili is one of the centers of the textile industry and people around rural areas flock there for work. They toil away tirelessly, live in squalid conditions, face prejudice from their families, and have to fight for better pay.