Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, Emerald Fennell to Deliver Screen Talks at BFI London Film Festival
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig and Emerald Fennell are among the filmmakers delivering screen talks at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, alongside Andrew Haigh, Lulu Wang and Kitty Green.
Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, is a headline gala at the festival.
He will be in conversation with filmmaker Edgar Wright about his body of work. Gerwig, an accomplished actor, co-directed “Nights and Weekends” and made her solo feature directorial debut with “Lady Bird,” followed by “Little Women,” both of which scored Oscar and BAFTA nominations.
Her latest effort, “Barbie,” is currently the biggest global hit of 2023 with more than $1.4 billion at the box office. Fennell is the author of three books, writer of the second series of “Killing Eve,” co-creator of a revamped musical version of “Cinderella” and an actor whose work includes “Anna Karenina,” “Vita & Virginia,” “Any Human Heart,” “Call the Midwife” and “The Crown.” In 2019, she wrote and directed her feature debut “Promising Young Woman,” which won two BAFTAs and an Oscar.
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