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Björk’s Biophilia film to premiere at London Film Festival
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 21 August 2014
A film of Björk’s ‘Biophilia’ live performance at Alexandra Palace in London last year is to premiere in the Sonic Gala slot at this year’s London Film Festival.
Directed by Peter Strickland, who made ‘Berberian Sound Studio’, the film captures Björk performing her ‘Biophilia’ album in full, complete with a variety of instruments both familiar and entirely new.
London Film Festival Director Clare Stewart says: “Under the curatorship of BFI Head of Events And Production, Stuart Brown, our Sonic cinema programme in both LFF and year-round at BFI Southbank presents an exceptional selection of screenings and events that revel in the connection between music and film. Björk is a true innovator, collaborating with exceptional filmmakers and artists to produce intoxicating work at the intersection of music and film. We are delighted to be welcoming her, along with Peter Strickland and [editor] Nick Fenton, to the BFI London Film Festival’s UK premiere”.
Strickland added: “Being offered the Sonic Gala is gleeful revenge for all those many occasions when people complained about the music I was playing!”
The film will be shown at the Odeon West End in London on 9 Oct.
