The 59th London Film Festival opens on 8th October and runs until 19th October 2014. The full programme released today features world premieres and the best of this year's festivals. Featured films include the World War 1 drama Testament of Youth starring Game of Thrones stars Kit Harrington and Alicia Vikander, Carol Morley's The Falling and for sci-fi lovers Monsters:Dark Continent.
Other films to look forward to are Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo and Damien Chazelle's Whiplash which was a hit at the Sundance Film Festival. The festival will also stage the European premiere of Jason Reitman's Men, Women and Children starring Adam Sandler and Ansel Elgort and the biopic Wild starring Reese Witherspoon directed by Jean-Marc Vallee.
London Film Festival stalwart Mike Leigh is bringing Mr Turner to a main gala screening starring Timothy Spall as the grumpy artist.
The festival programme will again be organised into categories of Love, Debate, Dare, Laugh, Thrill, Cult, Journey, Sonic and Family demonstrating the diversity of film genres.
