See the latest list of titles announced
Three UK titles are competing in the World Cinema Dramatic strand this year: Shola Amoo's The Last Tree, Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir and Sacha Polak's Dirty God.
In the Premieres section, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (pictured above) will enjoy its world premiere on 24 January, with debut director Chiwetel Ejiofor having already been awarded the Alfred P Sloan Feature Film prize. In the same section, we're also looking forward to Sophie Hyde’s Animals, Gurinder Chadha’s Blinded by the Light and Gavin Hood’s Official Secrets
See below for the list of UK titles so far announced…
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Dirty God - Dir. Sacha Polak
(Netherlands/UK/Belgium/Ireland) IP
The Last Tree - Dir. Shola Amoo
(UK) WP
The Souvenir - Dir. Joanna Hogg
(UK) WP
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Midnight Traveler - Dir. Hassan Fazili
(USA/Qatar/UK/Canada) WP
Untouchable - Dir. Ursual Macfarlane
(UK) WP
PREMIERES
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - Dir. Chiwetel Ejiofor
(UK) WP
Animals - Dir. Sophie Hyde
(UK/Ireland/Australia) WP
Blinded by the Light - Dir. Gurinder Chadha
(UK) WP
Official Secrets - Dir. Gavin Hood
(USA/UK) WP
Fighting with my Family - Dir. Stephen Merchant
(UK/USA) WP
DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool - Dir. Stanley Nelson
(USA/UK) WP
MIDNIGHT
The Lodge - Dirs. Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
(USA/UK) WP
Wounded - Dir. Babak Anvari
(USA/UK) WP
SPOTLIGHT
Maiden - Dir. Alex Holmes
(UK) US Prem
NEW FRONTIERS
Aquarela - Dir. Victor Kossavosky
(UK/Germany/Denmark/USA) US Prem
INDIE EPISODIC
Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared - Dirs. Becky Sloan, Joseph Pelling, Terry Baker
(UK) WP
State of The Union - Dir. Stephen Frears
(UK) WP
KIDS
The Elephant Queen - Dirs. Victoria Stone, Mark Deeble
(UK/Kenya) US Prem
NEW FRONTIERS - Exhibition
Emergence - Dir. Matt Pyke
(UK) WP
Sweet Dreams - Dirs. Robin McNichols, Ersin Han Ersin, Barnaby Steel, Nell Whitley
(UK) WP
The Seven Ages of Men - Dirs. Robert Gilbert, Jessica Curry
(UK/USA) WP
SHORTS – International Narrative
The Field - Dir. Sandhya Suri
(UK/India/France)
SHORTS - Documentary
Life in Miniature - Dir. Ellen Evans
(UK) US Prem
SPECIAL EVENTS
Leaving Neverland - Dir. Dan Reed
(UK/USA) WP
KEY
WP = World Premiere
IP = International Premiere
US Prem = United States Premiere