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Star-studded line-up for the Bradford International Film Festival

Bradford International Film Festival will be presenting John Hurt with its annual Lifetime Achievement Award at the 16th edition of the Festival in March this year.

John Hurt will attend the Festival to receive the award, take part in a live on-stage Screentalk interview at the National Media Museum, which will also host a retrospective of his work.

10 films, representing the very best work in a career spanning almost 50 years, will play during the 11-day run of the Festival, 18 – 28 March 2010, at the Museum and venues across Bradford and Yorkshire.

The films include John Huston’s Sinful Davey, 10 Rillington Place, Alan Parker’s Midnight Express, David Lynch’s The Elephant Man, 1984, Scandal, Love and Death on Long Island, Jim Sheridan’s The Field, Shooting Dogs and Ridley Scott’s seminal sci-fi shocker Alien in glorious 70mm.

John Hurt commented, “I am absolutely delighted to be receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at Bradford International Film Festival this year. It is a Festival that I have long admired for its eclectic mix of films and innovative programming and am very much looking forward to visiting the world’s first City of Film in March.”

Nicolas Roeg will be receiving the prestigious Fellowship Award which honours a practitioner of film. A selection of his films will be shown during the Festival and will include, Eureka, Don’t Look Now and his most recent film Puffball.

Joining John Hurt in Bradford this year is award-winning actress Imelda Staunton. Ms Staunton will also be taking part in a Screentalk and discussing her amazing success as a British character actress, her ongoing collaboration with the acclaimed director Mike Leigh and her varied career which has straddled all acting disciplines.

Complementing the line-up is Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles. He adds a truly international flavour to the Festival and will be in Bradford to support his first-ever UK retrospective.

Nicolas Roeg is now unfortunately unable to attend Bradford International Film Festival due to work commitments. We are very sorry for any inconvenience caused and hope to work with Mr Roeg in the future.

If you have booked for his Screentalk event, please call 0870 70 10 200 for a refund.

 

John Hurt in Shooting Dogs

John Hurt in Shooting Dogs