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This year’s BFI London Film Festival is getting a fairy tale ending.
Julia Jackman’s 100 Nights of Hero, a fresh twist on Middle Eastern folktales One Thousand and One Nights, will be bringing down the curtain on the London film fest (LFF) at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, October 19.
Starring Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, Maika Monroe, Amir El-Masry, Charli XCX, Richard E Grant and Felicity Jones, and written and directed by one-time BFI new talent winner Jackman, the film is an adaptation of Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel – itself a queer-coded spin on The Arabian Nights.
The story follows Cherry (Monroe), whose husband leaves home in the wake of a secret bet to test her fidelity, and her maid Hero (Corrin) as they fend off a seductive visitor, Manfred (Galitzine).
Expect folklore, medieval costumes and the first of a run of on-screen turns from Charli as she flexes her acting skills.
‘The BFI London Film Festival has championed my work since my very early shorts, so bringing 100 Nights of Hero here is profoundly special,’ says Jackman. ‘To return as the closing night gala is an incredible honour, and we can’t wait to share this film on our home turf with a London audience.’
This year’s LFF opens with Rian Johnson’s Knives Out threequel, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on October 8, with so-far announced galas including Brendan Fraser comedy-drama Rental Family and Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly.
The 69th BFI London Film Festival runs from October 8-19 at venues across London and the UK. Stay tuned for the full lowdown on the programme, tickets, talks, Q&As, immersive experiences and festival shindigs at our festival hub.
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