Echo Chamber - LFF 23 - Day Ten
Can 'Day 9' of the BFI London Film Festival @britishfilminstitute #LFF (4th to 15th It's 'Day 10' and @EchoChamberFP has two films to look at, as we keep 67th BFI London Film Festival (4th to 15th October 2023), coverage rolling!!!
Delving into the 'Journey' and 'Official Competition' strands, these are very different offerings, but both very captivating!!!
'All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt' is written & directed by Raven Jackson. Mack (Kaylee N. Johnson, Charleen McClure, Zainab Jah) has been taught to know the earth – the woods, the water, and the clay, which her ancestors drew sustenance from. But life itself, in all its messy beauty, is less predictable.
'The End We Start From' is directed by Mahalia Belo which he co-wrote with Alice Birch, it's an adaptation of Megan Hunter 2017 book of the same name. After an ecological crisis, a couple (Jodie Comer & Joel Fry) and their newborn baby abandon their home in flooded London and flee northwards looking for safety and a place to re-start their lives.
Today we have:
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt - Poster
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Watch Review: Here.
2023 Sundance Film Festival: 22nd January 2023
BFI London Film Festival
Film Strand: Journey
Friday, 13th 2023 at 20:55
BFI Southbank
Sunday, 15th 2023 at 12:00
Curzon Soho Cinema
Ticket Info: Here.
Director: Raven Jackson
Cast: Charleen McClure, Kaylee Nicole Johnson, Zainab Jah, Moses Ingram, Jayah Henry, Reginald Helms Jr, Preston McDowell, Sheila Atim, Chris Chalk
Credit: A24, Pastel Productions, Tender
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Running Time: 92 min
Cert: 18
Trailer: Here.
Website: Here.
The End We Start From - Poster
The End We Start From
Watch Review: Here.
50th Telluride Film Festival: 31st August 2023
BFI London Film Festival
Film Strand: Official Competition
Friday, 13th 2023 at 18:00pm
Royal Festival Hall
Saturday, 14th 2023 at 11:30am
Royal Festival Hall
Ticket Info: Here.
USA Theatrical Release Date: 8th December 2023
UK Theatrical Release Date: 19th January 2024
Director: Mahalia Belo
Cast: Jodie Comer, Joel Fry, Katherine Waterston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, Gina McKee, Nina Sosanya
Credit: SunnyMarch, Hera Pictures, Anton, BBC Film, BFI Film Fund, C2 Motion Picture Group, Signature Entertainment
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Running Time: 102 min
Cert: 18
Trailer: Here.
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67th BFI London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is in its '67th' year, and runs from 4 to 15 October 2023 at venues in London, around the UK and on BFI Player.
brimming with the world’s best new films, series and immersive storytelling
#LFF Trailer: Here.
Information
Festival Information: Here.
Gala Programme: Here.
Special Presentations Programme: Here.
LFF Awards Programme: Here.
Thematic strands Programme: Here.
Short Film Programme: Here.
Ticket Info: Here.
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