The 64th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) in partnership with American Express has announced the full programme of its reimagined and innovative new 2020 offering, which will be delivered both virtually and via physical screenings. Over the 12 days, from 7 to 18 October, the festival will be its most accessible ever, presenting over 50 virtual premieres and a selection of highly anticipated new feature film previews at BFI Southbank as well as in cinemas across the UK, offering audiences a unique chance to engage with the festival in different ways.
With work from more than 40 countries, the programme includes fiction, documentary, animation, artists' moving image, short film, restored classics from the world's archives as well as previews of several episodic/series-based works made for the small screen.
Every screening will be presented with an intro or Q&A from filmmakers and programmers. The festival also includes many ways audiences can engage for free: LFF opening screenings of Mangrove in cinemas across the UK; selected feature films on BFI Player; an international programme of short films featuring established and breakthrough film talents; Screen Talks with major filmmakers and actors, as well as all online salons and Q&As across the festival that will give audiences an opportunity to delve more deeply into themes and talking points emerging from the programme.
Without further ado, let's have a look at all the Asian titles in the selection.
Alphabetical list of features screening in the 64th BFI London Film Festival:
180° Rule | Farnoosh Samadi | Iran | 2020
200 Meters | Ameen Nayfeh | Palestine | 2020
A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura | d. Hirokazu Kore-eda | w. Sakura Higa | Japan 2020 (Series)
The Chess Game of the Wind | Mohammad Reza Aslani | Iran 1976
Days | Tsai Ming-Liang | Taiwan 2020
The Disciple | Chaitanya Tamhane | India 2020
Genus Pan | Lav Diaz | Philippines 2020
Honeymood | Talya Lavie | Israel 2020
The Salt in Our Waters | Rezwan Shahriar Sumit | Bangladesh-France 2020
Sound for the Future | Matt Hulse | UK-China 2020
Striding Into the Wind | Wei Shujun | China 2020
Alphabetical list short films screening as part of the 64th BFI London Film Festival:
A Horse Has More Blood than a Human | Abolfazl Talooni |UK-Iran 2020
Asho | Jafar Najafi |Iran 2019
Bechora | Maya Armon |Israel-UK 2020
Bittu | Karishma Dube |India-USA 2020
Mountain Cat | Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir |Mongolia-UK 2020
Stray Dogs Come Out at Night | Hamza Bangash |Pakistan-UK 2020
Summer Shade | Shira Haimovici |UK-Israel 2020
Witness | Ali Asgari |France-Iran 2020
You can find more information about tickets and calendar on the official website
