Overview

• The Screen Talks lineup also features Yorgos Lanthimos, Richard Linklater, Chloé Zhao, Jafar Panahi, Lynne Ramsay, and Tessa Thompson.
• LFF runs October 8–19, with the full programme set to be revealed on September 3.
• Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will open the festival.
• Julia Jackman’s 100 Nights of Hero has been set as the closing night film.
• Brendan Fraser’s Rental Family is the American Express Gala on October 16 at the Royal Festival Hall, with director Hikari and Fraser expected to attend.