Hollywood actresses lead London Film Festival
( 2003-09-19 16:06) (Agencies)
Meg
Ryan | Meg Ryan, Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Kidman
are expected to head a strong female line-up at this year's London Film
Festival, the festival organizer said.
The two-week festival, which will kick off on Oct. 22, is to open with Ryan's
thriller In The Cut, directed by Jane Campion, and close with Sylvia, starring
Paltrow as American poet Sylvia Plath.
Gwyneth
Paltrow | Kidman has two titles in the festival.
One is Dogville, directed by Lars von Trier, and the other is called The Human
Stain, in which she stars alongside Anthony Hopkins.
The festival also features films directed by Sofia Coppola, Emily Young and
Iranian sisters Samira and Hana Makhmalbaf.
Speaking at the program launch in London on Wednesday, Sandra Hebron, who is
the first female sole artistic director of the London Film Festival, said this
year's line-up had "both glamour and substance."
Nicole
Kidman | It featured films that were "bold,
intelligent and profoundly cinematic," she said, describing it as "one of our
strongest ever programs."
The festival's gala section features new works from Bernardo Bertolucci, John
Sayles, Notting Hill's Roger Michell and Amores Perros director Alejandro
Gonzalez Inarritu.
More than 45 countries are represented at the festival, which has a new
sponsorship deal with The Times newspaper, and more than 100,000 moviegoers are
expected to attend.
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