One more year the BFI London Film Festival arrives to its appointment with London cinephiles. From October the 5th until the 16h, over 240 features and a large programme of shorts and events will take place across our city. Roberawards will be bringing you all the excitement; reviewing the most awaited films of the season and scouting for hidden gems and surprises.
We kickstart our coverage with homemade video and audio playlists inspired by those films of interest for both music and cinema lovers. The Sonic Strand is the one that brings the two areas together. This year its ecclectic programme takes us around the globe, from Chicago in Spike Lee’s latest joing “Chi-raq” to an exploration through that treasure trove that is Today’s African music in “Fonko.” Interesting glances at Japanese glam metal musicians in “We Are X” or at the Israeli/Palestine hip-hop scene in music and politics-infused drama “Junction 48.”
Also featured are some accomplished documentary portraits. Among them, British new shoegaze band Wolf Alice in Michael Winterbottom’s “On The Road“; iconic rock photographer Mick Rock in “Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Manta of Rock“; Electronica maverick James Lavelle in “The Man From Mo’Wax;” the founder of a legendary LGBT nightclub in “Jewel’s Catch One” and Tinderstick’s frontman Stuart A. Staples co-directing with the man behind many of his band’s videos, David Reeves, “Minute Bodies: The Intimate Life of F. Percy Smith“, the story of the film pioneer.
Elsewhere, Damien Chazelle revitalises the classic musical in the winner of Toronto Film Festival’s coveted audience award “La La Land“; whereas the Treasures strand brings two restored gems of the genre: “King Of Jazz” featuring Bing Crosby and “You Were Never Lovelier” with Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth. We will witness R&B star Janelle Monáe’s big screen debut in the universally acclaimed “Moonlight“; Neneh Cherry teaming-up with Mark Cousins for the half documentary/half fiction film “Stockholm My Love; Israeli born, London Gay Men’s chorus member Sar in “Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?” and the dramatic murder of young jazz musician Lee Morgan in “I Called Him Morgan.”
Among the festival’s excellent selection of events, LFF connects will launch the collaboration between experimental electronica producer Forest Swords and archited Liam Young in their Music meets Performance tour “In The Robot Skies,” filmed entirely by drones, plus DJ Yoda will link music and games through his show “DJ Yoda Goes To The Arcades: A History Of Gaming.”
A dazzling selection offering something for everyone. Check our LFF Sonic inspired spotify and video playlists here.
| LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2016 PLAYLIST: SONIC STRAND AND BEYOND (Spotify Playlist HERE) | |
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| RYAN GOSLING-City Of Stars (From Damien Chazelle's musical "LA LA LAND") |
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| TINDERSTICKS-Medicine (Tindersticks frontman Stuart A. Staples and video director David Reeves co-direct "MINUTE BODIES: THE INTIMATE LIFE OF F. PERCY SMITH") |
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| WOLF ALICE-Bros (From Michael Winterbottom's Wolf Alice documentary "ON THE ROAD") |
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| DAVID BOWIE-The Jean Genie (From the documentary about iconic rock photographer Mick Rock "SHOT! THE PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL MANTRA OF ROCK") |
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| MORPHINE-Have a lucky day (From Robert Valley's short film "PEAR CIDER AND CIGARETTES") |
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| THE CLASH-Clampdown (From the punk era-set comedy "LONDON TOWN") |
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| X JAPAN-Kurenai (From the glam metal band Japan X documentary "WE ARE X") |
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| UNKLE FEAT. IAN BROWN-Be There (From the documentary about James Lavelle "THE MAN FROM MO'WAX") |
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| FOREST SWORDS-Rattling Cage (Forest Swords & Architest Liam Young premier at LFF Connects Music/Performance their audio-visual, drone-filmed tour "IN THE ROBOT SKIES") |
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| FRED MIRON & MALCOLM SEAGRAVE-Phantasm (Main Theme) (From Don Coscarelli's horror classic "PHANTASM: REMASTERED") |
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| SISTER FA-Milyamba (From the documentary about contemporary African music "FONKO") |
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| THELMA HOUSTON-Don't Leave Me This Way (From the documentary about Black LGBT legendary club "JEWEL'S CATCH ONE") |
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| NENEH CHERRY-Everything (Cherry collaborates in the latest Mark Cousins project "STOCKHOLM MY LOVE") |
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| BEYONCÉ-Formation (Inspired by 1991 Julie Dash restored treasure "DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST") |
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| NICK CANNON-Prayer 4 My City (From the Sonic Strand Gala, Spike Lee's "CHI-RAQ ") |
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| TAMAR NAFAR-Ya Reit (From the Palestinean/Israeli hip-hop drama "JUNCTION 48") |
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| DJ YODA-Sega RIP (DJ Yoda presents at LFF Connects his Music/Games show "DJ YODA GOES TO THE ARCADES: A HISTORY OF GAMING") |
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| JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & FILM CAST-Can't Stop The Feeling (From the Family Strand Gala "TROLLS") |
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| JANELLE MONÀE-Electric Lady (Janelle Monáe has her big screen debut in "MOONLIGHT") |
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| LEE MORGAN-The Sidewinder (From the documentary about his dramatic death "I CALLED HIM MORGAN") |
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| PAUL WHITEMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA-Happy Feet (From the restored classic musical "KING OF JAZZ") |
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| FRED ASTAIRE-Dearly Beloved (From the treasures strand's restored musical "YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER") |
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| LONDON GAY MEN'S CHORUS-Bridge Over Troubled Water (The story of Sar, israeli emigrant and one of LGM Chorus members, subject of documentary "WHO'S GONNA LOVE ME NOW") |
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| KENNY GRAHAM-Soho At Dawn (From the soundtrack of treasures strand's British gem "THE SMALL WORLD OF SAMMY LEE") |