The 69th BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its 2025 program, featuring a star-studded lineup of films including Chloé Zhao‘s “Hamnet,” an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, and Bradley Cooper’s third directorial effort “Is This Thing On?” fronted by Will Arnett and Laura Dern.
“Moss & Freud,” James Lucas’s biopic of supermodel Kate Moss starring Ellie Bamber, will also get its world premiere at the festival. Isabella Eklöf’s series adaptation of Nick Cave novel “The Death of Bunny Munro,” featuring Matt Smith, is set to premiere at the festival in its series strand.
As previously revealed, Rian Johnson’s third instalment of his “Knives Out” trilogy, “Wake Up Dead Man” will open this year’s festival while Noah Baumbach will bring “Jay Kelly,” which stars George Clooney, Adam Sandler and Laura Dern, alongside Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut “The Chronology of Water.”
Julia Jackman’s “100 Nights of Hero,” based on Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel, will close the festival.
This year’s BFI LFF will include 247 features, of which 6 are world premieres, 10 are international premieres and 11 are European premiers.
The LFF will also host an accompanying industry forum, including a program of filmmaker talks which this year features Daniel Day-Lewis, Yorgos Lanthimos and Richard Linklater among others.
“This autumn we invite audiences to craft their own festival journey across our programme of premiere screenings, dynamic interactive exhibitions and compelling talks programmes with some of cinemas leading practitioners,” said BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson. “We look forward to you joining us this year to experience the incredible state of the medium in 2025 – brimming with formal innovations, provocations and essential roadmaps for navigating the world around us.”
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