like this deal of trust in between us and the audience, and it is validated, and it feels really good. the bfi london film festival was also in the autumn, with stars such as george clooney and his new release the tender bar, and edgar wright with a 1960s horror comedy set in the capital city, last night in soho. the festival s big moment perhaps was bringing spencer to london. the story of diana princess of wales, it stars kristen stewart, is directed by chilean director pablo larrain, and was part made in germany. but stewart feels the film belongs to britain. i feel like we are bringing it home for her completly. i feel like we are bringing it home for her completely. one of the reasons it is fun to talk about this movie existing at all is that we get to have her again, even if it sjust through the inspiration that she gave to pablo, stephen, and myself.
media satire, speculating on what would happen if a giant comet was hurtling towards earth, spelling total extinction. what i see in her is obvious. what she sees in me is a little more puzzling. in sixth place, annette, the opening film at this year s cannes film festival, in which the story and songs came from the pop duo sparks. a seriously weird but thoroughly engaging film. taking the number five spot, joe wright s cyrano, an adaptation of the stage musical based on the cyrano de bergerac play. the songs were performed live, and that really connected with audience. i don t know where my family is. can i go and check on them? i won t be long. in fourth place, quo vadis aida? not a documentary, but it felt hauntingly real.
from kabul to moscow and then copenhagen. the director said choosing an animation as a way to tell the story freed amin to tell details of his life as a refugee that he had kept secret for 25 years. what you see in the film, what you hear in the film it s the first time, it talks about these things, and it is difficult to talk about. the fact that he could stay anonymous and wouldn t meet people in the street who would ask him about his traumas and secrets was really key to freeing him and enabling him to open up and share his story. flee s strength lies in humanising those who make a dangerous trek from hardship into safer parts of the world. he is gay, so it is also the story of a man becoming comfortable with his sexual orientation. rasmussen says the film is compelling because it tells a universal story of trying to find a place to belong.
is a little more puzzling. in sixth place, the opening film at this year s cannes film festival, in which the story and songs came from the pop duo sparks. a seriously weird but thoroughly engaging film. taking the number five spot, joe wright s cyrano, an adaptation of the stage musical based on the cyrano de bergerac play. the songs were performed live, and that really connected with audience. i don t know where my family is. can i go and check on them? i won t be long. in fourth place, quo vadis aida? not a documentary, but it felt hauntingly real. at number three, the velvet underground. filmmaker todd haynes turns his hand to documentary making with a brilliant chronicle
out of the shadows and basking in its own light. the film is filled with stars such as mahalia jackson, gladys knight, and stevie wonder. you can t separate the festival from what was happening in the nation during a very tumultuous era. cities were burning, tensions were high and black people were moving into a new phase in the fight for racial equality. it was no longerjust about civil rights, but there was a move in consciousness, and people were embracing blackness itself. like gladys knight said in a film, we want progress, we want our people lifting us up. two gentleman approached me about this mythical, alleged black woodstock festival it happened 50 years ago that i never knew about and none of my music expert friends knew about. they came in with a0 hours on a hard drive, and i was like, this really happened? the burning question of how could this just sit in someone s basement for 50 years and not one person had the power to bring it to light? that was on my mind.