2022 film festival
The 66th BFI London Film Festival was a film festival that took place from 5–16 October 2022.[2] British-American producer Tanya Seghatchian served as jury president.[3] Marie Kreutzer 's Corsage won the Best Film Award.[4]
The festival opened with Matilda the Musical directed by Matthew Warchus [5] and closed with Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery directed by Rian Johnson .[6]
Main Competition [ edit ] First Feature Competition [ edit ] Documentary Competition [ edit ] Immersive Art and XR Competition [ edit ] Short Film Competition [ edit ] Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, British producer Sorcha Bacon, British producer Caspar Salmon, British journalist Maddy Probst, British managing producer at Bristol Watershed Film screenings took place in 7 cinemas in London, while the Expanded section - dedicated to immersive art and extended realities (XR) - took place at 3 venues. Screenings for members of the press and film industry took place at two separate cinemas. Selected films were also screened at 10 additional cinemas across the UK.[8]
London cinemas [ edit ] Expanded venues [ edit ] UK-wide cinemas [ edit ] Broadway Cinema , Nottingham Chapter , Cardiff Edinburgh Filmhouse , Edinburgh Glasgow Film Theatre , Glasgow HOME , Manchester MAC , Birmingham Queen's Film Theatre , Belfast Showroom Cinema , Sheffield Tyneside Cinema , Newcastle upon Tyne Watershed , Bristol Official Selection [ edit ] The following films were selected for the Galas section, which screens world, European, and British premieres of the most anticipated films.
Special Presentations [ edit ] The following films were selected for the Special Presentations section.
In Competition [ edit ] There were five competition sections, each with a different selection of films and different juries.
Official Competition [ edit ] The following films competed for the Best Film Award.
First Feature Competition [ edit ] The following films competed for the Sutherland Award, which is awarded to a directorial debut.
Documentary Competition [ edit ] The following films competed for the Grierson Award, which is awarded to a feature-length documentary.
Short Film Competition [ edit ] The following films competed for the Short Film Award.
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country An Avocado Pit Um Caroço de Abacate Ary Zara Portugal Drop Out Ade Femzo United Kingdom I Have No Legs, and I Must Run 跑!跑!跑! Yue Li China The Ocean Analog El oceano analogo Luis Macias Spain, Mexico It’s Raining Frogs Outside Ampangabagat nin talakba ha likol Maria Estela Paiso Spain, Mexico The Ritual to Beauty Maria Marrone, Shenny de Los Angeles United States Rosemary A.D. (After Dad) Ethan Barrett United States A Sod State Eoghan Ryan Ireland, Netherlands Transparent Siobhan Davies United Kingdom
Immersive Art and XR Competition [ edit ] The following works competed for the Best Immersive Art and XR Award.
English Title Original Title Lead Artist(s) Production Country All Unsaved Progress Will be Lost Mélanie Courtinat France Apparatus Ludens Untold Garden United Kingdom, Sweden As Mine Exactly Charlie Shackleton United Kingdom Black Movement Library – Movement Portraits LaJuné McMillian United States The Choice Joanne Popinska Canada, Poland Digital Motions Helge Letonja, Marcel Karnapke, Björn Lengers, Anke Euler Germany FRAMERATE: Pulse of The Earth Matthew Shaw, William Trossell, ScanLAB Projects United Kingdom In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats Darren Emerson United Kingdom The Infinite Library Mika Johnson India, Germany, Czechia Intravene Darkfield, Crackdown, Brenda Longfellow United Kingdom, Canada The Last Time I Saw Snow Isobel Mascarenhas-Whitman, Alex Tennyson United Kingdom Line of Contact Dani Ploeger Netherlands, United Kingdom, Ukraine Missing Pictures: The Money Wrench Gang Clément Deneux France, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Luxembourg, South Korea Monoliths Lucy Hammond, Hannah Davies, Asma Elbadawi, Carmen Marcus United Kingdom On the Morning You Wake (To the End Of The World) Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, Mike Brett, Steve Jamison, Arnaud Colinart, Pierre Zandrowicz United Kingdom, France, United States Pan + Tilt Ruth Gibson, Bruno Martelli United Kingdom Planet City Liam Young, Kayvan Boudai, Elliot Ordower, James Clark United States, China Walzer Frieda Gustavs, Leo Erken Netherlands
Strands [ edit ] Most of the out-of-competition films have been organised into strands, each based on a different mood or emotion.
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Aftersun Charlotte Wells United Kingdom, United States Blue Bag Life Lisa Selby, Rebecca Hirsch Lloyd-Evans, Alex Fry United Kingdom The Blue Caftan Le Bleu du caftan Maryam Touzani France, Morocco, Belgium Bros Nicholas Stoller United States Close Lukas Dhont Belgium, France, Netherlands The Cloud Messenger Meghdoot Rahat Mahajan India Lady Chatterley's Lover Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre United Kingdom Last Flight Home Ondi Timoner United States Love Life ラブ ライフ Koji Fukada Japan, France Malintzin 17 Eugenio Polgovsky , Mara Polgovsky Mexico, Switzerland Mammals (episodes 1–3) Stephanie Laing United Kingdom Maya Nilo (Laura) Lovisa Sirén Sweden More Than Ever Plus que jamais Emily Atef France, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway One Fine Morning Un beau matin Mia Hansen-Løve France, Germany Pretty Red Dress Dionne Edwards United Kingdom She Is Love Jamie Adams United Kingdom Tori and Lokita Tori et Lokita Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Belgium, France Winter Boy Le Lycéen Christophe Honoré France
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Blaze Del Kathryn Barton Australia Blue Island 憂鬱之島 Chan Tze-woon Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan Bobi Wine: The People’s President Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp Uganda Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power Nina Menkes United States Call Jane Phyllis Nagy United States Declaration അറിയിപ്പ് Mahesh Narayanan India Exterior Night (episodes 1–6) Esterno notte Marco Bellocchio Italy, France Hidden Letters Violet Du Feng, Zhao Qing China, United States, Norway, Germany If the Streets Were on Fire Alice Russell United Kingdom Klondike Клондайк Maryna Er Gorbac Ukraine Next Sohee 다음 소희 July Jung South Korea Palm Trees and Power Lines Jamie Dack United States Stonewalling 石門 Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka Japan The Store Butiken Ami-ro Sköld Sweden, Italy
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Butterfly Vision Бачення метелика Maksym Nakonechnyi Ukraine, Czechia, Croatia, Sweden Coma Bertrand Bonello France De Humani Corporis Fabrica Lucien Castaing-Taylor , Véréna Paravel France EO IO Jerzy Skolimowski Poland, Italy Horseplay Los agitadores Marco Berger Argentina Inland Fridtjof Ryder United Kingdom Into the Ice Rejsen til isens indre Lars Henrik Ostenfeld Denmark, Germany Manticore Manticora Carlos Vermut Spain No Bears خرس نیست Jafar Panahi Iran Pacifiction Tourment sur les îles Albert Serra France, Spain, Germany, Portugal Shttl Ady Walter Ukraine, France Subtraction تفریق Mani Haghighi Iran, France Unrest Unrueh Cyril Schäublin Switzerland The Woodcutter Story Metsurin tarina Mikko Myllylahti Finland, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany Xalé Moussa Sene Absa Senegal, Ivory Coast
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Ashkal Youssef Chebbi France, Tunisia, Qatar The Blaze En plein Feu Quentin Reynaud France Boy from Heaven صبي من الجنة, Tarik Saleh Sweden, France, Finland, Denmark Emily the Criminal John Patton Ford United States Faraaz Hansal Mehta India The Good Nurse Tobias Lindholm United States The Origin of Evil L'Origine du mal Sébastien Marnier France, Canada Señorita 89 (episodes 1 and 2) Lucía Puenzo , Nicolás Puenzo, Jimena Montemayor, Sílvia Quer Mexico A Spy Among Friends (episodes 1 and 2) Nick Murphy United Kingdom The Stranger Thomas M. Wright Australia The Woman in the White Car Christine Ko South Korea
Journey [ edit ] English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country After Sherman Jon-Sesrie Goff United States Aisha Frank Berry Ireland Alcarràs Carla Simón Spain, Italy Autobiography Makbul Mubarak Indonesia, France, Singapore, Poland, Philippines, Germany, Qatar Crows Are White Ahsen Nadeem United States The Girl from Tomorrow Primadonna Marta Savina Italy, France High School (episodes 1–3) Clea DuVall United States, Canada Know Your Place Zia Mohajerjasbi United States Liquor Store Dreams So Yun Um United States Nayola José Miguel Ribeiro Portugal, Belgium, France, Netherlands The Passengers of the Night Les passagers de la nuit Mikhaël Hers France Shabu Shamira Raphaela Netherlands Small, Slow But Steady ケイコ 目を澄ませて Shô Miyake Japan, France Summer with Hope Tabestan Ba Omid Sadaf Foroughi Canada, Iran Super Eagles ‘96 Yemi Bamiro United Kingdom, Nigeria Under the Fig Trees تحت الشجرة Erige Sehiri Tunisia, France, Switzerland, Germany, Qatar Utama Alejandro Loayza Grisi Bolivia, Uruguay, France
Experimenta [ edit ] English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 100 Ways to Cross the Border Amber Bay Bemak United States, Mexico Becoming Plant Grace Ndiritu United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway The Blue Rose of Forgetfulness Lewis Klahr United States Herbaria Leandro Listorti Argentina, Germany The United States of America James Benning United States
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess Le Pharaon, le Sauvage et la princesse Michel Ocelot France Mini-Zlatan and Uncle Darling Lill-Zlatan och morbror Raring Christian Lo Sweden, Norway My Father’s Dragon Nora Twomey Ireland My Robot Brother Robotbror Frederik Nørgaard Denmark Neneh Superstar Ramzi Ben Sliman France
Treasures [ edit ] The short film programme was divided into the following seven sections.
Ritual and Magick [ edit ] English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Flowers Dumas Haddad United Kingdom I Have No Legs, and I Must Run 跑!跑!跑! Yue Li China In Light Alice Fassi Bulgaria, France, Italy Nant Tom Chetwode-Barton United Kingdom Bird in the Peninsula Atsushi Wada France, Japan Bucket in the Forest Blaise Borrer Australia Frontier Кордон Tymofii Biniukov Ukraine The Ritual to Beauty Maria Marrone, Shenny de Los Angeles United States
This is Planet Earth [ edit ] English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Skyward Jessica Bishopp United Kingdom Silence Arnas Pigulevicius United Kingdom Blue Room Merete Mueller United States Forest Coal Pit Siôn Marshall-Waters United Kingdom It’s Raining Frogs Outside Ampangabagat nin talakba ha likol Maria Estela Paiso Spain, Mexico Haulout Выход Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev United Kingdom
The Flight or Fight Response [ edit ] English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Tria Giulia Grandinetti Italy Birds Katherine Propper United States Groom Leyla Coll-O’Reilly United Kingdom Back to School Tyro Heath United Kingdom The Dependent Variables Le variabili dipendenti Lorenzo Tardella Italy Yung Michal Štepán Vodrážka Czechia My Year of Dicks Sara Gunnarsdóttir United States, Iceland
Night Walks and Happy Never Afterse [ edit ] English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Honey Madhu Tanmay Chowdhary, Tanvi Chowdhary India Outdoors John Fitzpatrick United Kingdom Rosemary A.D. (After Dad) Ethan Barrett United States An Avocado Pit Um Caroço de Abacate Ary Zara Portugal Curiosa Tessa Moult-Milewska United Kingdom The Pass Pepi Ginsberg United States Checoslovaquia Dennis Perinango Peru
Animated Shorts for Younger Audiences [ edit ] English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Suzie in the Garden Zuza v zahradách Lucie Sunková Czechia, Slovakia I’m Not Afraid! Ich habe keine Angst! Marita Mayer Germany, Norway Aeronaut Leon Golterman Netherlands Bellysaurus Philip Watts Australia Zootropolis + “Godfather of the Bride” Josie Trinidad, Trent Correy United States Bristles Quentin Haberham Netherlands Hush, Hush Little Bear Čuči čuči Māra Liniņa Latvia Mr. Spam gets a New Hat William Joyce United Kingdom Hello to Me in 100 Years Wu-Ching Chang Taiwan
Surprise Film [ edit ] The Menu , dir. Mark Mylod
Competition [ edit ] Audience [ edit ] Audience Award - Feature: Blue Bag Life by Lisa Selby, Rebecca Hirsch Lloyd-Evans, and Alex Fry Audience Award - Short: Drop Out by Ade Femzo References [ edit ] ^ "66th BFI London Film Festival announces UK-wide and London venues and programme structure" . BFI . Retrieved 14 August 2023 . ^ Loffhagen, Emma (4 October 2022). "BFI London Film Festival 2022: When is it, how to get tickets, what is showing?" . Evening Standard . Retrieved 14 August 2023 . ^ Ritman, Alex (4 October 2022). "London Film Festival: 'The Power of the Dog' Producer Tanya Seghatchian to Lead Main Jury" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 14 August 2023 . ^ " 'Corsage' nabs top honour at the London Film Festival" . faroutmagazine.co.uk . 17 October 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2023 . ^ Ravindran, Manori (5 October 2022). " 'Matilda' Musical Adaptation Right on Tune as Uplifting BFI London Film Festival Opener" . Variety . Retrieved 14 August 2023 . ^ Ntim, Zac (16 October 2022). " 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' Closes London Film Festival With Energetic Premiere" . Deadline . Retrieved 14 August 2023 . ^ Goldbart, Max; Ntim, Zac; Goodfellow, Melanie; Whittock, Jesse; Goldbart, Max (4 October 2022). " 'Power Of The Dog' Producer Tanya Seghatchian To Lead London Film Festival Jury; Luc Besson & James Gray Booked For Rome's Talks Program; Banijay Completes Sony Germany Deal; Bert Habets Named ProSiebenSat.1 Media Group CEO; Neom To Host Asian Winter Games In 2029 — Global Briefs" . Deadline . Retrieved 14 August 2023 . ^ "66th BFI London Film Festival announces UK-wide and London venues and programme structure" . BFI . Retrieved 13 August 2023 .