Festival Artistic Director Sandra Hebron announced today that The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival will take place from Wednesday 14 October through Thursday 29 October 2009.
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This highly regarded and anticipated event in Europe’s cultural calendar attracts leading international filmmakers, industry professionals and the media together with large public audiences to London for a two week showcase of the best in contemporary world cinema.
Last year’s Festival hosted 191 feature films and 109 short films from 43 countries including a record 15 world premieres. There were 398 screenings and 537 visiting international filmmakers, a record 1096 industry professionals, and the highest ever audience attendance. The Festival opened with the World Premiere of Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon and closed with the European Premiere of Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.
The full programme for 2009 will be announced on Wednesday 9 September.
For more information, go to www.bfi.org.uk
