2022 film festival
The 66th BFI London Film Festival was a film festival that took place from 5–16 October 2022.[ 2] Tanya Seghatchian served as jury president.[ 3] Marie Kreutzer 's Corsage won the Best Film Award.[ 4]
The festival opened with Matilda the Musical Matthew Warchus [ 5] Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Rian Johnson .[ 6]
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]
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 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.
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
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
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
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
The short film programme was divided into the following seven sections.
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
The Menu Mark Mylod
Audience Award - Feature: Blue Bag Life by Lisa Selby, Rebecca Hirsch Lloyd-Evans, and Alex Fry
Audience Award - Short: Drop Out by Ade Femzo
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