, it was clear we’d met our opening night film,” said incoming London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, marking her first festival since taking the role earlier this year. “Academy Award winner Emerald Fennell returns with an expertly crafted and exhilarating thrill ride of a film that showcases an enormous depth of U.K. talents in front of and behind the camera.
Amazon Studios and MGM will release the film, which comes from MRC and Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment , in cinemas on Nov. 24. “I’m honored that our film is able to open this year’s BFI London Film Festival,” said Fennell, who won both the best original screenplay Oscar and BAFTA for. “It is a festival that inspired me so much growing up, one that I followed excitedly from my bedroom on the other side of London. It feels extra-special that, this very British tale of excess, is able to make its international debut at the wonderful BFI.
The 67th edition of the BFI London Film Festival runs Oct. 4-15. The full lineup is due to be unveiled on Aug. 31.