45-865: Hackworth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ben Hackworth (born 1977), Australian writer and film director David Hackworth (1930–2005), United States Army colonel and prominent military journalist Green Hackworth (1883–1973), American jurist of international law John Hackworth (born 1970), American soccer coach John Wesley Hackworth (19th century), inventor of Hackworth valve gear Thomas Hackworth (died 1877), engineer and brother of Timothy Hackworth Timothy Hackworth (1786–1850), steam locomotive mechanical engineer Tony Hackworth (born 1980), English footballer Travis Hackworth , American politician See also [ edit ] Hackworth valve gear , locomotive valve gear [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
90-491: A formal competition was organised in 2012; films were organized into strands such as "Love", "Debate", "Dare" and "Thrill" and films started to be screened outside of London. The 2013 festival opened with Captain Phillips and closed with the world premiere of Saving Mr. Banks , both starring Tom Hanks . 248 films were screened in 2014 and the festival saw a record attendance of 163,000. Simultaneous screenings of
135-858: A Masters of Film at Victorian College of the Arts . In 2005, he completed a Masters of Film with his script for a feature film called The Serpent. In 2006, he was accepted into the prestigious Cannes Film Festival residence to develop this project in Paris. He has created several award-winning short films, including: In 2007, he released his debut feature-length film, Corroboree , which has been selected at Berlin , Toronto , Sydney, Melbourne , Brisbane and Perth International Film Festivals. His most recent film Celeste , starring Radha Mitchell , Thomas Cocquerel , Nadine Garner and Odessa Young had its world premiere at Melbourne International Film Festival , international premiere at BFI London Film Festival and
180-403: A public festival, it is also attended by large numbers of film professionals and journalists from all over the world. Importantly, it offers opportunities for people to see films that may not otherwise get a UK screening along with films that will get a release in the near future. Some films are accompanied by Q&A sessions which give the audience unique access to the filmmaker and/or a member of
225-619: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Ben Hackworth Ben Hackworth (born 12 July 1977) is an Australian writer and film director . He is best known for his work on the films Martin Four , Corroboree and Celeste . Ben was born in Brisbane , Queensland . His father is retired Colonel David Hackworth . He studied at Amherst College in the United States, before returning to Australian to complete
270-513: The BFI estimated that around 240 feature films and 150 short films from more than 70 countries are screened at the festival each year. At a dinner party in 1953, at the home of film critic Dilys Powell of The Sunday Times , attended by film administrator James Quinn , guests discussed the lack of a film festival in London. Quinn went on to start the first London Film Festival, which took place at
315-415: The surname Hackworth . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hackworth&oldid=1014268256 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
360-740: The Air ). In addition to Fantastic Mr. Fox and Up in the Air , George Clooney supported his role in The Men Who Stare at Goats . The Festival also welcomed back previous alumni such as John Hillcoat ( The Road ), Joe Swanberg ( Alexander The Last ) and Harmony Korine ( Trash Humpers ), whilst also screening films from Manoel de Oliveira ( Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl ), Jim Jarmusch ( The Limits Of Control ), Claire Denis ( White Material ), Ho-Yuhang ( At The End Of Daybreak ), Todd Solondz ( Life During Wartime ), and Joel and Ethan Coen ( A Serious Man ). American Express became
405-745: The BFI patron, and Diana, Princess of Wales . It was the largest ever to date, featuring 127 films. It also expanded outside of London for the first time with 12 programmes playing in eight cinemas around the country. It closed on 22 November with the British film Priest of Love directed by Christopher Miles . The 1982 festival opened 11 November 1982 with 4 independent British films - Claude Whatham 's The Captain's Doll , Peter Greenaway 's The Draughtsman's Contract , Barney Platts-Mills ' Hero and Mai Zetterling 's Scrubbers - and closed 28 November. In 1984, Wlaschin's role as program director for
450-625: The Children's London Film Festival was re-incorporated into the main festival. The opening night film was the European premiere of James Ivory 's The Remains of the Day . The 1994 festival opened with the world premiere of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein directed by Kenneth Branagh . A 12-film sidebar was added for Arabian and Middle Eastern films, in addition to sidebars for French and Asian films. Due to classification issues, special permission
495-626: The Crowd . The first edition was sponsored by The Sunday Times . The second festival saw the introduction of the Sutherland Trophy , an annual award for "the maker of the most original and imaginative film introduced at the National Film Theatre during the year", which was awarded to Yasujirō Ozu for Tokyo Story . The third festival featured François Truffaut 's The 400 Blows , for which he famously turned up to
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#1732772648589540-543: The European premiere of Kevin McDonald 's The Last King of Scotland . It also featured the European premieres of Todd Field 's Little Children and Anthony Minghella 's Breaking and Entering . It closed on 2 November with Babel . The world premiere of Frost/Nixon was the opening night gala of the 2008 festival. Previously a number of festival awards were presented at the Closing gala, but in 2009, with
585-629: The European premiere of Steve McQueen 's Widows . It saw the first film at the festival to premiere outside London with the UK premiere of Mike Leigh 's Peterloo being held at HOME in Manchester on 17 October as well as the world premiere of Peter Jackson 's They Shall Not Grow Old , which was also screened simultaneously around the UK. It closed with the world premiere of Stan & Ollie . The 2019 edition opened with Armando Iannucci 's The Personal History of David Copperfield which
630-502: The NFT was also used. David Lynch 's short film The Grandmother was also shown in 1970. The 1971 festival was expanded to include a directors' section, featuring the premiere of Mike Leigh 's feature film debut Bleak Moments . Between 13 and 29 November 1972, 44 films were screened in two categories; one for established directors and one for younger directors. The 1974 festival opened 18 November and featured 60 films starting with
675-588: The National Film Theatre (NFT) and festival director was split, with The Guardian film critic Derek Malcolm taking over as festival director, initially temporarily, and Sheila Whitaker as NFT program director. Malcolm expanded the festival to 7 theatres other than the NFT ( Dominion Theatre ; Odeon Leicester Square ; Queen Elizabeth Hall ; the ICA Cinema ; The Lumiere; The Premiere and London Film-Makers' Co-op ); introduced Festival on
720-599: The Pianist and Studs Lonigan . The 1962 festival featured the first midnight matinee, Tony Richardson 's The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner . Roman Polanski 's first feature-length film Knife in the Water and Jean-Luc Godard 's Vivre sa vie were also screened. A new strand of the festival called London Choices was added in 1965 which featured debut and lesser-known features. One of
765-1399: The South Bank, David Lean Cinema in Croydon, the Genesis Cinema in Whitechapel, The Greenwich Picturehouse, the Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley, Rich Mix in Old Street, the Rio Cinema in Dalston, the Tricycle Cinema in Kilburn, the Waterman Art Centre in Brentford and Trafalgar Square for the open air screening of short films from the BFI National Archive . The 2009 Festival featured 15 world premieres including Wes Anderson ’s first animated feature, Fantastic Mr. Fox , Sam Taylor-Wood ’s feature début Nowhere Boy , about
810-522: The Square, which showed more popular films; added a surprise film each year; and increased attendances, trying to change it from a festival for film buffs to one for the public. The 1984 festival opened with Gremlins at the NFT on 14 November and closed on 2 December with a gala presentation at the Dominion of a new print of the 1924 version of The Thief of Baghdad starring Douglas Fairbanks with
855-528: The White African . In 2009, directors travelling to London to introduce their latest work included Michael Haneke (Cannes Palme d'Or winner, The White Ribbon ), Atom Egoyan ( Chloe ), Steven Soderbergh ( The Informant! ), Lone Scherfig ( An Education ), Ang Lee ( Taking Woodstock ), Jane Campion ( Bright Star ), Gaspar Noé ( Enter The Void ), Lee Daniels ( Precious ), Grant Heslov ( The Men Who Stare at Goats ), and Jason Reitman ( Up in
900-770: The aid of some funding from the UK Film Council , a stand-alone awards ceremony was introduced. The UK Film Council helped fund the festival for three years until it was abolished in 2011. In 2009 the festival, whilst focused around Leicester Square ( Vue West End , Odeon West End and Empire) and the BFI Southbank in central London, also screened films across 18 other venues – Curzon Mayfair Cinema , ICA Cinema on The Mall, The Ritzy in Brixton, Cine Lumière in South Kensington, Queen Elizabeth Hall on
945-688: The cast and offer insight into the making of the film and occasionally an opportunity for the audience to engage directly and ask questions. Other than these events, the screenings at the Festival are quite informal and similar to the normal cinema experience. Stewart took a sabbatical for the 2018 edition of the festival and her deputy, Tricia Tuttle stood in as interim artistic director. She became artistic director in December 2018. Current film programmers include Kate Taylor (Senior Programmer), Michael Blyth and Laure Bonville. The 2018 festival opened with
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#1732772648589990-535: The face on stage for changes Quarrier made to the film's ending. The world premiere of Lindsay Anderson 's If.... closed the festival. Ken Wlaschin became the festival director in February 1970 and expanded the size and diversity of the festival. His first festival featured 28 films, opening with Truffaut's L'Enfant sauvage and featuring Kurosawa's Dodes'ka-den and the world premiere of Anthony Friedman's Bartleby . A recently opened second screen at
1035-475: The festival in 1986 opened with Nicolas Roeg 's Castaway on 13 November and closed with Ken Russell 's film Gothic on 30 November. The festival had a "post script" the next day on 1 December with a Royal charity performance of Labyrinth attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales. Sheila Whitaker , who had been the manager of the National Film Theatre, replaced Malcolm in 1987. The 1987 festival
1080-517: The festival saw the opening of the temporary Embankment Garden Cinema, in Victoria Embankment Gardens . In the first 60 years of the festival, it had shown 27 films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder , 19 by Satyajit Ray and 18 by Jean-Luc Godard. While the programme still retains the 'festivals' feel, it also now shows new discoveries from "important and exciting talents" in world cinema. Whilst it continues to be first and foremost
1125-729: The festival showing films in South London for the first time with the addition of the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton and the Brixton Village Cultural Centre. The Screen on the Green in Islington and the Rio Cinema, Dalston were also added as venues. It featured Max Ophüls La signora di tutti (1934) in tribute to former festival director Richard Roud who had died in February 1989. The junior section of
1170-444: The festival was separated out into a Junior London Film Festival which ran from 21 to 29 October over the half term holiday featuring ten feature films, starting with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase . The 1990 festival featured 180 films compared to 145 in the previous year. It included a section Focus on Hong Kong which featured the world premiere of Jackie Chan 's Armour of God II: Operation Condor . The festival also featured
1215-458: The festival were to be shown around 15 towns around the country after the event. The films were grouped into regional categories. In 2009, these were: Galas and Special Screenings, Film on the Square, New British Cinema, French Revolutions, Cinema Europa, World Cinema, Experimenta, Treasures from the Archives, Short Cuts, and Animation. Since 1986, the festival has been "topped and tailed" by
1260-509: The festival without a ticket and unable to speak English. Richard Roud became festival director in 1960, the first year that a British film was shown at the festival; the world premiere of Karel Reisz 's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning . The fourth edition contained films from 14 other countries shown at seven other festivals, including Michelangelo Antonioni 's L'Avventura and Luis Buñuel 's The Young One , plus five films not shown at other festivals, including Truffaut's Shoot
1305-529: The festival's principal sponsor in 2010 and the name changed to the BFI London Film Festival . The 2011 festival opened with Fernando Meirelles ' 360 and closed with The Deep Blue Sea , both starring Rachel Weisz . Clare Stewart was appointed as head of exhibition at the BFI in August 2011 replacing Hebron and was the festival's director from the 2012 edition. Under Stewart,
1350-465: The festival's sponsor was changed to The Times and became known as The Times BFI London Film Festival . The festival was held between October 222 and November 6, opening with Jane Campion 's In the Cut and closing with Christine Jeffs ' Sylvia . The 2004 festival opened with the UK premiere of Mike Leigh 's Vera Drake . The fiftieth edition of the festival opened 18 October 2006 with
1395-483: The festival. By the end of her tenure as director in 1996, the festival had grown to include screenings of over 200 films from around the world, more venues had been added, and more tickets were sold to non-BFI members. She also began the festival's practice of including newly restored films from the National Film Archive and overseas institutions. The 1989 festival expanded the number of venues, with
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1440-568: The first London Choices features was Dear John , directed by Lars-Magnus Lindgren . 1967 saw the first features films directed by women screened - Shirley Clarke 's Portrait of Jason , Agnès Varda 's Les Créatures and Věra Chytilová 's Daisies . Jean-Luc Godard's first English language film, One Plus One , was shown under the London Choices strand in 1968. After the screening, Godard punched producer Iain Quarrier in
1485-529: The formative years of John Lennon , as well as 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. European premieres in 2009 included Jean-Pierre Jeunet ’s Micmacs , Scott Hicks’ The Boys Are Back and Robert Connolly's Balibo , as well as Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni's The Well and Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson's Mugabe and
1530-474: The new National Film Theatre (now renamed BFI Southbank) from 16 to 26 October 1957. The first festival screened 15–20 films that were already successful at other festivals, including Akira Kurosawa 's Throne of Blood (which opened the festival), Satyajit Ray 's Aparajito , Andrzej Wajda 's Kanał , Luchino Visconti 's White Nights , Ingmar Bergman 's The Seventh Seal , Federico Fellini 's Nights of Cabiria and Elia Kazan 's A Face in
1575-585: The opening and closing films (( The Imitation Game and Fury ) took place around the UK. The Odeon West End, which accounted for 23% of admissions in 2014, closed 1 January 2015, so more screenings moved to the Vue West End as well as moving to the Cineworld Haymarket and Picturehouse Central. Festival attendances fell 4% for the 2015 edition. The festival featured 14 world premieres and 40 European premieres. The 60th edition of
1620-414: The opening and closing galas which have become major red carpet events in the London calendar. The opening and closing galas are often world, European, or UK premiere screenings, which take place in large venues in central London. They are attended by the cast and crew of the films and introduced by the festival director, the film's director or producers, and often the actors themselves. The 30th edition of
1665-510: The premiere of Peter Hall 's Akenfield . The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was screened in a members-only screening due to it not being classified by the BBFC . Similar screenings were held for The Beast in 1975 and Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom in 1977. The 25th festival opened on 4 November 1981 with a gala presentation of Gallipoli attended by Charles, Prince of Wales ,
1710-477: The premiere of Robert Altman 's Gosford Park on 7 November and closed on 22 November with Iain Softley 's K-PAX . The 2002 festival was held 6–21 November, attracting a then record 110,000 visitors, opening with Stephen Frears ' Dirty Pretty Things and closing with Thaddeus O'Sullivan 's The Heart of Me . Hebron became artistic director of the festival in 2003, replacing Wooton. The same year,
1755-509: The score composed and conducted by Carl Davis . It was the most popular festival to date with 57,000 tickets sold, and Malcolm was retained to organize the festival the following year. The 1985 festival was expanded to feature 161 films and ran from 14 November to 1 December, opening with Akira Kurosawa 's Ran and closing with Michael Cimino 's Year of the Dragon and Peter Greenaway's A Zed & Two Noughts . The best films of
1800-525: The world premiere of Jeymes Samuel 's The Harder They Fall at Royal Festival Hall . The 2022 festival opened with the world premiere of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical at the Royal Festival Hall. Tuttle stepped down as festival director after the festival and was replaced by Kristy Matheson. The 2023 festival opened with the European premiere of Saltburn . It closed with
1845-460: The world premieres of Mike Leigh 's Life Is Sweet and Anthony Minghella 's Truly, Madly, Deeply (under the title Cello ). The 1991 festival was dedicated to David Lean , who had died earlier in the year. The festival opened with the world premiere of Mike Newell 's Enchanted April and closed with the European premiere of Mark Peploe 's debut film Afraid of the Dark . In 1993,
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1890-685: Was needed from Westminster City Council to screen Oliver Stone 's Natural Born Killers in 1994 and David Cronenberg 's Crash in 1996. The 1996 festival featured Shane Meadows ' debut film Small Time . Adrian Wooton was appointed festival director and Sandra Hebron as festival programmer in 1997. From 2000, the festival was sponsored by Regus and became known as the Regus London Film Festival . The first festival under Regus opened with Cameron Crowe 's Almost Famous on 1 November 2000 and closed on 16 November with Born Romantic . The 2001 festival opened with
1935-556: Was selected for competition at Santa Barbara International Film Festival . This article about an Australian film director is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . BFI London Film Festival The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival held in London , England , in collaboration with the British Film Institute . The festival runs for two weeks every October. In 2016,
1980-697: Was shown at the Odeon Leicester Square and at the Embankment Garden Cinema. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom , the 2020 festival featured up to 50 online films with only 12 films being shown in London and around the United Kingdom. The festival opened with the European premiere of Steve McQueen's Mangrove and closed with Ammonite , directed by Francis Lee . The 2021 festival opened with
2025-694: Was the first to open at the Empire, Leicester Square on 11 November 1987. It was due to open with A Prayer for the Dying , a film about an IRA member but was pulled 2 days before the opening following the IRA's Remembrance Day bombing in Enniskillen on 8 November. The film was replaced with Dark Eyes . The closing gala was held on 29 November featuring Stephen Frears ' Sammy and Rosie Get Laid . During her period as director, Whitaker continued to expand
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