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LONDON 2014

BFI London Film Festival announces juries

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- Jeremy Thomas, Sophie Fiennes, Finola Dwyer amongst jury presidents

BFI London Film Festival announces juries
Jeremy Thomas

Veteran producer Jeremy Thomas (Only Lovers Left Alive [+see also:
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) is the Official Competition Jury President at the 58th British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival (8-19 October). His fellow jurors include director Ahmad Abdalla (Rags & Tatters [+see also:
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), actress Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine), producer Lorna Tee (Postcards from the Zoo [+see also:
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), actor James McAvoy (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby) and film critic Scott Foundas.

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Producer Luc Roeg (We Need to Talk About Kevin [+see also:
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) will preside over the First Feature Competition jury and joining him are actor Ian Hart (The Bridge), actress Hermione Norris (television’s In the Club), president of production at EOne, Xavier Marchand, and filmmaker Ben Rivers (Two Years at Sea).

The Documentary Competition jury is led by filmmaker Sophie Fiennes (The Perverts Guide To Ideology) and alongside her are filmmaker Roy Ackerman (The House I Live In), producer Nick Fraser (Man on Wire [+see also:
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), Dogwoof’s head of distribution Oli Harbottle and filmmaker Penny Woolcock (1 Day).

Jury President of the Best British Newcomer Award is producer Finola Dwyer (An Education [+see also:
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) and her jury consists of novelist Monica Ali (Brick Lane), actor James Corden (Begin Again), director, actor and writer Dexter Fletcher (Sunshine on Leith [+see also:
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), and screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh (The Look of Love [+see also:
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).

The awards will be presented on October 18.

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