We’ve been busy at the 67th edition of BFI’s London Film Festival!
Get a glimpse of the four UK premieres we presented, including the Dogwoof production Copa 71, Agniia Galdanova’s Queendom, the Sundance-winner The Eternal Memory and the Neve Campbell-produced Swan Song.
COPA 71
UK PREMIERE
Told by the pioneering women who participated in it and built from archive unseen for fifty years, this is the extraordinary story of the 1971 Women’s Soccer World Cup, a tournament witnessed by record crowds that has been written out of sporting history — until now.
The filmmaking team and 1971 football players.
Credit: Getty Images for BFI
Producer Victoria Gregory, co-directors Rachel Ramsay & James Erskine.
Credit: Getty Images for BFI
The directors Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine, producers Victoria Gregory, Anna Godas, Jannat Gargi, and the '71 players were in attendance and joined for an insightful and rapturous Q&A.
THE ETERNAL MEMORY
UK PREMIERE
Oscar®-nominated director Maite Alberdi (The Mole Agent) tells an uplifting yet heartbreaking love story that balances vibrant individual and collective remembrance with the longevity of an unbreakable human bond.
The Eternal Memory arrives in UK cinemas from 10 November. More info here.
QUEENDOM
UK PREMIERE
Gena (she/her, non-binary), a queer artist from a small town in Russia, stages radical performances in public that become a new form of art and activism - and put her life in danger.
Director Agniia Galdanova joined us for a Q&A at the ICA. Performance artist dahc Dermur VIII / chadd curry also joined us.
Queendom arrives in UK cinemas from 1 December, more info here.
SWAN SONG
uk premiere
Swan Song is an immersive look inside The National Ballet of Canada, as it mounts a legacy-defining new production of Swan Lake, directed by ballet icon Karen Kain on the eve of her retirement.
Director Chelsea McMullan, producer Sean O’Neill and Canadian former ballet dancer Karen Kain joined for a Q&A.