Pawel Pawlikowski to head London Official Competition jury
- Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kristin Scott Thomas amongst other jury members
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Filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski (Ida [+see also:
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Pawlikowski said, “It is an honour to be jury president for the BFI London Film Festival this year especially as my last film Ida won the Best Film Award in 2013 at the very beginning of its journey.”
The Best Film Award will be presented to the winner of the Official Competition on 17 October. Films in contention this year are Jerzy Skolimowski’s 11 Minutes [+see also:
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Juries for the First Feature, Documentary and Short Film competitions will be announced shortly.
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