With Mike Leigh serving as Jury President, the International Jury will decide who will receive the Golden Bear and Silver Bears as well as the Alfred Bauer Prize of the 2012 Berlinale Competition. The other members of the International Jury will be Anton Corbijn, Asghar Farhadi, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jake Gyllenhaal, François Ozon, Boualem Sansal and Barbara Sukowa. Mike Leigh (Jury President) Mike Leigh has made a name for himself as one of the most outstanding filmmakers of auteur cinema and...

British film director Mike Leigh will be the Jury President of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. Over the course of his nearly 40-year film career, Mike Leigh has distinguished himself as one of the most outstanding filmmakers of auteur cinema and protagonists of New British Cinema. His approach includes giving actors much leeway to improvise in order to develop their characters. Leigh portrays British society in a bluntly realistic but humorous style. His films have received countles...

The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival, launched today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, showcases an array of highly anticipated films by both established and emerging talent from around the world. A particularly strong feature this year is the selection of British films including the previously announced Opening and Closing Night Galas. Over 16 days the festival will screen a total of 197 features and 112 shorts, including 11 World, 23 International and 33 European premieres, ma...

Martin Radich's brilliant film Crack Willow will be screening at the ICA, as part of the season of New British Cinema, on the following dates:Tuesday 16th June, 8.30 pm - Cinema 1 (with Q&A)Friday 19th June, 8.45pm - Cinema 2Saturday 20th June, 8.45pm - C2Sunday 21st June, 7pm - C2Monday 22nd June, 8.45pm - C2 (with Q&A)Tuesday 23rd June, 8.45pm - C2Wednesday 24th June, 8.45pm - C2Thursday 25th June, 8.45pm - C2The film is a bold and often disturbing tale of a man who struggles with death and lo...