360 to open 55th London Film Festival
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Xinhua, August 25, 2011
The 55th BFI London Film Festival announced on Wednesday that this year's festival will open on October 12 with the European premiere of Fernando Meirelles' new drama 360.
360 is a modern and stylish kaleidoscope of interconnected love and relationships linking characters from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply moving tale of romantic life in the 21st century.
Starting in Vienna, the film beautifully weaves through Paris, London, Bratislava, Rio, Denver and Phoenix into a single, mesmerizing narrative.
"I'm delighted that 360 will be our opening night film," said Sandra Hebron, the Festival's Artistic Director.
"With its impeccable film making credentials and intriguing premise, 360 combines masterful visual story telling with a modern and moving narrative, helped by strong performances from a terrific ensemble cast," she said, "It will be a pleasure to open this year's festival with such an accomplished film from one of international cinema's finest film makers."
Meirelles, the director of 360, is no stranger to the Festival after The Constant Gardener (for which Rachel Weisz later won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar) opened it in 2005.
"In the past decade I've been to the BFI London Film Festival six times, some of them as a guest, and some as part of the audience. The BFI London Film Festival is one of the best festivals in the world due to its selection of films and the number of theatres the films are shown in," Meirelles said.
The BFI London Film Festival is a highly regarded and anticipated event in Europe's cultural calendar, attracting leading international filmmakers, industry professionals and the media together with public audiences to London for a two week showcase of the best in contemporary world cinema.
Last year's Festival hosted 201 feature films and 112 short films from 68 countries including 34 world premieres.
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