Well. In this moment, we are doing well. In this moment, we are doing well. That is why we have those results that is why we have those sheets. But we must continue to try to. The big guns in the Spanish League offending are going at the start of the season. There was another defeat last night for barcelona. They were beaten 2 0 with the pasco coming atjust the second minute. Granada are now top of the table. Messi started on the bench and his side are now within it when without even in all four matches in the season. That is all your support forjust in the season. That is all your support for just now. Remember that world cup clash between ireland and scotla nd world cup clash between ireland and scotland continues. You can follow live on the bbc sport website. You will also find all the build up to englands opening game against tonga. Thank you. Today is world car free day with hundreds of cities around the world banning vehicles from their streets for a few hours. More than 16 miles of roads in Central London will be closed today, with cities across the uk taking part. Well, do days like world car free day make a difference to those living in polluted cities . Beth gardiner is an environmental journalist and author of choked the age of air pollution and the fight for a cleaner future. Is there any point to a day like this. I do not think anyone thinks taking the cause of the road for one day will make a difference to anyones health, but the idea is it gives us a way to envision what our cities might look and feel like if we did not give so much space and dominance to cause. I went a couple of years ago, not a car free day, a festival in Central London where a lot of streets were closed and i walked down oxford street, normally one of the most congested and it was incredible how different it fell, people walking down the middle of the street. We dont even realise because we take it so much for granted, we give space and dominance in our cities to cause so that our kids have to stay inside, cannot play safely outside. When you take it away and let people see what life can be like without the traffic and the choking fumes, it lets people ta ke the choking fumes, it lets people take this leap of imagination. Are the authorities generally doing enough . We have congestion zones. There is a lot of attention in london on the ultra low emission zone and what sadik khan has done, they can bring incremental improvements in air quality and we know any improvement really delivers immediate benefits in terms of literally saving lives, preventing heart attacks, strokes, cancer, the science is very strong. I think fundamentally we are making a mistake in this approach that puts responsibility on cities, london, manchester, leeds, paris, to solve this on their own. This is a problem that stems from a failure of National Government across europe, including the uk, to properly enforce regulations. In fact, there we re enforce regulations. In fact, there were new statistics and at this week indicating four years after the volkswagen diesel gate scandal came to light, still 51 million cheating diesels on the roads across europe, 8. 5 million in the uk. These are ca is 8. 5 million in the uk. These are cars that are emitting three or more times are legally allowed limit of nitrogen dioxide. That is where this is coming from and we have fallen into this pattern of trying to control exactly where the cars can 90, control exactly where the cars can go, can they go near the school, and had a central city, rather than forcing companies to follow the law. Looking across to the us, volkswagen was forced to pay billions of dollars to clean up the cause, recall them and get them into compliance. In europe and the uk, they have been allowed to stay on they have been allowed to stay on the roads. Devastating for health. Environmental journalist. Author of choked the age of air pollution and the fight for a cleaner future. Now its time for a look at the weather. Very different dei compared to yesterday. We have got showers or longer spells of rain. On the chart, you can see weather fronts meandering slowly across the uk, thatis meandering slowly across the uk, that is the reason for the change. It stays with us through the rest of play today, dry weather in the north east of scotland and eastern england, brisk winds, not pushing the weather front very quickly north and east, but thundery showers ahead of it, longer spell of rain, and behind it, dry weather, but showers coming as well. Still warm, but not as warm as it has been because of the cloud and rain. Overnight making its way into scotland. Drier behind it. Tomorrow morning, mist and fog, watch for the rush hour. Another band of wet and windy weather coming into the south west, wales and northern ireland. As ever, more detail on the website. Thank you very much indeed. Now, in a special edition, talking movies reports from venice, toronto and new york on the excitement of film hello and welcome to talking movies. Im tom brooke. It is Film Festival season. We had venice and toronto, soon it will be new york and londons festivals. In tonights programme, well be looking at the festival films that have been making an impact, films that have been breaking new ground, films that might win oscars. All that and more in this special festival season edition of talking movies. Film festival season really began at the end of august when the venice Film Festival got under way. In recent times, venice, the oldest Film Festival in the world, has become a bit of an oscars launchpad, and that has brought it considerable attention. Emma jones is in venice for talking movies. Its nojoke. There are those who think the best picture oscar was already given out at venice. Amidst all the famous faces at this years festival, on a carpet whose glamour is only rivalled by camp, one event stood out. Joker Starring Joaquin Phoenix is directed by todd phillips. It shows the results when a lonely man with Mental Health problems is given a gun. One small thing. Yeah . When you bring me out, can you introduce me asjoker . Phoenixs performance was one of the most talked about performances of the festival. It scooped a traditionally arthouse prize, venices golden lion. Its all so exciting the way the movies been embraced by the venice Film Festival. This festival has always been known for bold decisions, i think they did that this year with a lot of these movies, we really took a bold swing with the film. The venice Film Festival has become the place to launch an oscar winner. From gravity to birdman to the shape of water they all had their first screenings here. Creating a buzz at venice can often launch it straight into awards contention. Whilejoker continued its progress towards toronto, another film also appearing at both festivals picked up venices golden lion for best screenplay. No. 7 cherry lane is a two hour hand drawn animation, pencil on rice paper, no less. Inspired by chinese paintings and written by chinese born director yonfan. This is his first animation and his first film for a decade. Set in hong kong in 1967, voiced by local talents that include sylvia chang, zhao wei and alex lam, its an intergenerational love triangle, set against protests and huge social changes in the then british governed territory. The film has very controversial opinions, but art is controversial. And it looks like an ordinary love movie, but then this movie deals with sexuality, it deals with the human mind and all those. Its a complicated movie. Its very nostalgic for me, seeing hong kong the way it was, with the aeroplane right on top of everybodys rooftops. But, you know, for me, its a very courageous film. You know, yonfan did it with a lot of courage. Because he never did any animation before, but he felt the subject matter and what he wanted to express can only be done with animation. What really rocked audiences was yonfans scenes of protests and riots, of a population on the streets. It seems to uncannily echo recent pictures from hong kong. Even though in 1967, the protesters were demanding chinese rule. I think this film is one of those weird times when life imitates art because its another Pivotal Moment for hong kong. I think that is the power of art. When something that was made without the intention, but now has a different meaning, it makes you think of things differently. I think the whole world is trying to make sense of everything and they have a lot of questions. But, for me, someone who didnt experience the political arrest in the 60s, it makes you think, you want to understand history. What did you want to say to hong kong with this movie . I would say to hong kong, hong kong, i love you. You know . When i first moved to hong kong and smelled the freedom in the air, on the street, the word freedom in hong kong. And then, until 1967, there was this strong force from the north, the continuation of the cultural revolution came to hong kong and there were big riots in hong kong. Hong kong was upside down. But no. 7 cherry lane should mainly be taken as a story of two womens emotional liberation and a work of exquisite nostalgia. Elsewhere in the festival, films that meant to provoke did well. The grand jury prize went to Roman Polanskis an officer and a spy, an intricate historical look at anti semitism in france through the dreyfus affair. Polanskis inclusion in the venice lineup was a source of fury to some. As was nate parkers american skin, in which he also acts. The film earned an eight minute standing ovation, despite mixed critical reviews. It may have rehabilitated his career, after his last film was derailed by historic rape allegations, from which parker had been acquitted. The most talked about film went on to toronto unrewarded. The painted bird by czech director Vaclav Marhoul is 169 minutes, a black and white study, in a made up language, slavic esperanto. It is about how a young jewish boy survives world war ii. It was made for arthouse awards, but its so unrelentingly grim that pummelled critics, never mind audiences, found it hard to stay in their seats. Screaming. The Toronto InternationalFilm Festival began while venice was still in progress. This year, toronto had some 2115 full length features in its lineup, films that included challenging artistic works and pictures hoping for oscars glory. Toronto had its share of films based on true stories. One of the more celebrated was a Beautiful Day in the neighbourhood, starring tom hanks who plays beloved american childrens tv pioneer fred rogers. Please wont you be my neighbour . Rogers wanted every child to feel loved. Mr fred rogers is the first person i have played that is not undergoing the great crisis of their business or their lives. Mr rogers doesnt want anything except for people maybe to understand themselves in the world a little bit better. So that is a different kind of gig. Thankfully, this story isnt just anotherformulaic biographical picture, driven by the relationship between mr rogers and a cynicaljournalist. During the film, we see the journalists values transformed over the time he spends with rogers. I spent a lot of time going, oh, my god, it is tom hanks. Then watching him transform into this embodiment of fred rogers, certainly not an impersonation, but really embodying him was something to behold. The film is directed by talented filmmaker marielle heller, it is her first main studio venture. She was drawn to fred rogers wisdom. He wanted children to know that they were lovable and ok exactly how they were. That was incredibly radical, to tell a child, you are loved for you, not for what you do, not for what you wear, not for anything else, that you are loved just the way you are. Thats everything. Tom hanks was made to play this role, just about everyone in toronto admired his performance, which will definitely get the attention of oscar voters. Another toronto film based on a real story was just mercy, Brian Stevenson, an activist played by michael b jordan. All my people say youre going to fight for me. It means a lot. He fought to save a man on death row in alabama, a man wrongly convicted of murdering a white woman. The case was based on false testimony. In many ways, it was the result of racism. Things were really, really bad. Its 2019 and some things are still in the same place. Not a lot has changed. Being able to tell this story, use my platform to get the story out to the masses is really important. We can all understand each other a bit better and become closer to things we see on tv and film. Making it a little bit more personal and have some mercy. This film examines what justice and mercy are in america right now. And it contends with our racist past but also our racist present. Just mercy went over well with toronto audiences but there were complaints that the direction was pedestrian, lacking in flair. The central performances, those given byjamie fox as macmillan and Michael Bjordan as Brian Stevenson were seen as outstanding, a real triumph. You are a tough man, prepared to leave the house. One toronto film which had been greatly anticipated was jojo rabbit, a dark comedy set in world war ii. It is the story of a young german boy smitten with nazi ideology who has an Imaginary Friend who happens to be adolf hitler. Jojo, my old friend, how are you . Hi, adolf. He is a totally brainwashed, innocent child who hasnt had much parenting and is alone, scared in the world. What kind of relationship does he have with hitler . Hes his conscience, he is his only friend, he is who he looks up to. His mother, played by Scarlett Joha nsson, has been found to be hiding a jewish girl in the house. Scarlettjohansson thinks it works well to have this coming of age story told through a childs eyes. There is an innocence and i think roman is such a lovable actor and his performance is so touching and innocent, it really made the atrocity feel that much more visceral. Its a very unique film and its impossible to give people any sort of lob line for the story because it just doesnt do itjustice. But the film drew a mixed reaction with many critics expressing frustration. Some thought the film somehow minimised the horrors of nazism. Others thought the cartoonish depiction of the nazis as a bit of a gimmick, dressing up what is quite a conventional story, but audiences loved the film and it won the festivals peoples choice award, often a strong indicator of the oscars best picture winner. Yelling and an explosion. A strong dose of reality came through in the toronto film rocks. Set in london, its the story of a teenage girl called rocks with a set of friends and her younger brother trying to survive after being abandoned by their mother. This is not presented as a story of a victim but a joyous celebration of Close Relationships between girls. 100 , thats one of the main themes throughout the story, friendship. Its, like, as girls, you have to stick together and always back each other through everything, yeah. The film is cast with non professional actors. It was developed collaboratively through workshopping. The dialogue is improvised. The picture is directed by sarah gavron whose previous films include brick lane and suffragette. She likes to tell womens stories. Rocks was a very female production. It had 75 female crew which is hugely unusual and they were also young and there were also many women of colour involved. We wanted the girls themselves in the film to look behind the camera and see women who they could imagine themselves being one day. They could imagine maybe one day theyd be a writer, maybe one day they would be a producer, director, a member of the camera team, a member of the sound team, and that felt organic and it also created an environment that felt safe for them to do their best work. Rocks is bringing to audiences characters that dont get a lot of screen time. In this instance, young women of colour. So many people who have felt like the screen hasnt loved them back, i hope they feel loved and they take away that feeling of validation and of being seen and being worthy. Rocks is like a lot of young black girls i know, young women of colour i know, young women i know, who are stronger than they should have to be and, because of that, arent offered help and who dont ask for help in return but inside, a well ofjoy, of hope, of love, of generosity, but can appear tough on the outside. The performances in the film were strong. The actress playing rocks, bukky bakray, was adept at moving between strength and vulnerability. She really kept the picture anchored. Rocks was one of the more refreshing films at toronto, it told a very emotional story without becoming bound to any kind of formula. Toronto makes a big effort to define itself as an international Film Festival with a wide reach. Among the offerings this year was a film from nigeria. Its a satire exploring some big ideas. Its called the lost okoroshi. Tristan daley reports. Director abba makama came to toronto with a film that delivers comedy and questions about traditional beliefs in the modern age. The lost okoroshi is a movie about raymond obinwa, a man who is disillusioned with modern life. The ideal situation would be moving back to the village, live off the land, farming, and he has been haunted in his dreams by a okoroshi masquerade. A masquerade, for people who dont know, is a man dressed up in a costume that represents an ancestral spirit. People worship this masquerade, so i made a film about a man who is transformed into a masquerade and cant turn back into human and starts a spiritual journey as an okoroshi in the city of lagos. Unlike an okoroshi one would see at a masquerade festival in nigeria, in the film, raymond cant take off the mask because he is irreversibly transformed into a spirit. He cant communicate with words or interact with the world as a normal human would. He wanders the streets, dancing and receiving offerings from pedestrians, doling out divine punishment to wrongdoers, and making acquaintances with a Strange Group of characters. My inspiration for making this film stems back from my childhood. There would always be a masquerade festival. At night, when the masquerades would come out and roam the streets, we would all be in bed and i would just obsess about what was going on. I got older and i realised, yo, its just a guy dressed up in a costume, but what amazed me was there was an unspoken agreement that the moment this guy wore this costume, hes now been elevated to a spiritual being and thatjust blew my mind. There is also that thing of it being anonymous, there is power in that. I dont care who you are, if you see a masquerade, its intimidating. Thats magicalfor me. Though there are many comedic elements, the lost okoroshi is a film with an unconventional structure and main character. Something you might not see in some of the more popular comedy films made by makamas contemporaries in hollywood or the nigerian Film Industry. An actor who plays in the lost okoroshi relished the chance to work with him for this reason. In my acting career so far, ive done huge movies, ive done small movies, but when i got the call from abba to come and look at the script, i ran to it. Yes, its an indie film, but it has a unique voice and that is what is critical. Big productions can mimic this, but i think its important coming from a singular voice. Makamas independence of the nigerian Film Industry leaves him with limited budget, perhaps evident in the rough style of his production. However, it also gives him freedom to explore complex subject matters. His dedication to realising his unique vision offers festivals like toronto a film to run on their projectors and gives him a shot at an International Platform for his artistic voice. Listen, cocoyam head, i dont want him in my compound. The first feature film to land makama at Toronto InternationalFilm Festival in 2016, green white green, addressed issues of National Identity in nigeria and tensions between the ethnic groups that composed the west african nation. But with the lost okoroshi, the titular masquerade wanders the streets of lagos aimlessly, begging the audience to ask whether traditional african spirituality has a place in modern nigeria. With my work, i dont give answers, i ask questions and, again, im asking the question who are we, where are we going, whats going on . Are we displaced culturally, like, as a people . I think self awareness is important, but you can only be self aware if you ask the tough questions about who you truly are and thats exactly what im doing with this film. Luckily for me, the okoroshi followed makama to toronto. Although the director claims not to have answers to the questions posed by his film, i made an offering to the ancestral spirit, just in case. Toronto is being followed by the new york Film Festival which kicks off here in manhattan next week. It will show a relatively small number of films, including one very big attraction, the 3. 5 hour gangster drama the irishman, from director martin scorsese. Its the festivals Opening Night film. I heard you paint houses. It stars Robert De Niro and al pacino. It features lots of expensive de ageing technology to make the actors look younger at different points in the movie. The film is generating a must see cachet. Well, its martin scorsese, so i think its obviously this huge thing looming there in an award season. I think a lot of question marks around it too, though. You have him getting back into form in this particular kind of gangster movie, but also he is working with netflix which is a new partner. You have some of the masters of acting and filmmaking involved in this, so i do not think that it is going to go awry. I think its just New Territory for a lot of these people and, from the trailer, i wasnt sure how i felt about the digital de ageing yet. I didnt feel like it really gave me enough to let me immerse myself in it and see if i could really lose myself in the effect. Is this frank . Yes. Hiya, frank, this isjimmy hoffa. Well, that brings the special festival review edition of talking movies to a close. We hope youve enjoyed the show. Please remember, you can always reach us online at bbc. Com talkingmovies and you can find us on facebook too. From me, tom brook, and the rest of the talking movies Production Team here in new york, its goodbye as we leave you with a clip from number seven cherry lane which was shown both in venice and toronto. This is bbc news. The headlines at 11am. Jeremy corbyn says hed serve a full term as Prime Minister if labour won the next general election and plays down criticism of his leadership from a senior aide i think he said that because he was extremely distressed at that point about whatever was going on in discussions within the office at that moment. Thomas cook is holding emergency talks this morning as it tries to agree a rescue deal to prevent it from going bust. Live pictures here from hong kong as police clash with demonstrators on the 16th weekend of protests. Cities around the world will close their streets to traffic for world car free day organisers want to promote greener travel alternatives. And coming up at half past 11 shaun ley joins foreign correspondents based here in the uk, to dissect the weeks events. Jeremy corbyn has said he will serve a full term so