Clare Stewart introduces themed categories at London Film Festival 2012

Riz Ahmed as Changez in Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which will screen in the Dare section.

The programme for the 56th BFI London Film Festival launched today under the new creative leadership of BFI?s Head of Exhibition and Festival Director, Clare Stewart, who has introduced a new theme-based film categories.

Films screened at the festival will this year be clustered around the themes of Love, Debate, Dare, Laugh, Thrill, Cult, Journey, Sonic and Family.

With over 200 features screened during the Festival this new approach is designed to help Festival goers find the films that mean the most to them and to open up entry points for new audiences.

LOVE

The Love Gala is Michael Haneke?s Cannes Palme d?Or winner Armour, with Haneke making a welcome return to the festival this year.

Other titles in this section include: Broken starring Tim Roth and Cillian Murphy; Ira Sachs? Keep the Lights On; Xavier Dolan?s Laurence Anyways; Liz Garbus? documentary tribute to Marilyn Monroe Love, Marilyn; Robot and Frank starring Frank Langella and Susan Sarandon, and Ursula Meier?s Sister with L?a Seydoux and Gillian Anderson.

DEBATE

This year?s Debate Gala is the European Premiere of The Pervert?s Guide to Ideology a sequel to The Pervert?s Guide to Cinema from Sophie Fiennes featuring philosopher and cineaste Slavoj ?i?ek, who also takes part in an ?In Conversation? event during the Festival.

Other highlights in this section include Marco Bellocchio?s Dormant Beauty featuring Toni Servillo and Isabelle Huppert, Thomas Vinterberg?s The Hunt featuring Mads Mikkelsen?s Cannes award-winning performance, and the European Premiere of Zaytoun.

DARE

The Dare Gala is Mira Nair?s Venice-opener The Reluctant Fundamentalist, starring Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, Riz Ahmed and Liev Schreiber.

Other highlights in this strand include: the European Premiere of Helter Skelter featuring Japanese supermodel Erika Sawajiri, the World Premiere of Kelly + Victor, Kieran Evans? adaptation of the novel by Niall Griffiths, and the International Premiere of Antonio Campos? Simon Killer, Carlos Reygadas? Cannes-winner Post Tenebras Lux, Pablo Trapero?s White Elephant, and Sergei Loznitsa?s In the Fog.

LAUGH

A romantic caravan trip quickly descends into chaos when a young couple?s dream holiday takes a wrong turn in British director Ben Wheatley?s dark comedy Sightseers which has its UK premiere as the Laugh Gala.

Other titles in this strand include the International Premiere of Ayiya, the UK Premiere of romantic comedy Celeste and Jesse Forever starring Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg, the European Premiere of Stephen Gyllenhaal?s Grassroots, and the International Premiere of Australian cricketing comedy Save Your Legs!?

THRILL

The Gala presentation for this section is the World Premiere of Bollywood action epic Chakravyuh, directed by Prakash Jha who will be attending the Festival.

Other highlights in this section include: controversial Sundance hit Compliance, Nordic Noir double bill of Easy Money and its sequel; the Berlin Golden Bear winner Caesar Must Die and Korean box office smash Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time.?

CULT

The Cult Gala is the European Premiere of A Liar?s Autobiography chronicling the life of Monty Python?s Graham Chapman through multiple animation styles and featuring Chapman?s fellow Pythons in the voice cast.

Other highlights in this section include: Antiviral, the feature film debut of Brandon Cronenberg; the International Premiere of Actress Katie Aselton?s directorial outing, the survival horror Black Rock; Japanese maestro Takashi Miike?s For Love?s Sake and Juan Carlos Medina?s fantasy horror Painless.

JOURNEY?

Romanian director Cristian Mungiu returns to the Festival with Beyond The Hills screening as the Journey Gala.

The film won Best Screenplay at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where actresses Cristina Flutur and Cosmina Stratan also shared best actress award.

Other titles in this strand include: riveting Moroccan drama Horses of God, Raymond Depardon and Claudine Nougaret?s documentary Journal De France, Jem Cohen?s Museum Hours, Michel Gondry?s The We and The I and the World Premiere of Marc Isaac?s new documentary about the A5 ? The Road: A Story of Life and Death.

SONIC

Highlights in the Sonic screening programme include Mat Whitecross? film Spike Island about an indie band determined to see The Stone Roses play live; Good Vibrations, the biopic of Terri Hooley, which was declared the best Irish film at Galway Film Fleadh earlier this year; and world music is represented with films from Africa and Chile, Kinshasa Kids and Violeta Went to Heaven.?

FAMILY

This year?s Family Gala is Ernest and Celestine, from the directors of A Town Called Panic.?

Three of the family features are hand-drawn films from France, as well as Wolf Children, the new hotly anticipated animated title from Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda.

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