Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Lineup
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 10, 2009 under Times BFI London Film Festival | 
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The programme for The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival, announced by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, includes a diverse selection of world and international premieres with a total of 191 features and 113 shorts screening alongside an exciting line-up of special events and expected guests.
Opening Night film, Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox(pictured), is one of the Festival’s 15 world premieres and will be presented by the director and cast members including Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman and Helen McCrory. Other films celebrating their world premieres include Sam Taylor-Wood’s Closing Night Gala Nowhere Boy and the Festival’s first ever Archive Gala, the BFI’s new restoration of Anthony Asquith’s Underground, with live music accompaniment by the Prima Vista Social Club, led by Neil Brand. The Festival will also host 23 European premieres, including Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s MICMACS, Scott Hicks’ The Boys Are Back and Robert Connolly’s Balibo, as well as Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni’s The WellMugabe and the White African. The 4 international premieres that will be featured are 45365 from Bill and Turner Ross, Celine Danhier’s Blank City, Mike Judge’s Extract and Rumle Hammerich’s Headhunter. Festival audiences will also have the chance to enjoy the UK premiere of John Lasseter’s Toy Story 2 in Disney Digital 3DTM. and Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson’s