Deadline's Contenders Film: London Takes Over Ham Yard Hotel Saturday
The awards-season event features preview clips and panels for Pixar's Ray Gunn, Laika's Wildwood, and films from Danny Boyle and Mike Leigh.
Deadline's Contenders Film: London event takes place Saturday at the Ham Yard Hotel, with preview clips, panels and insider insights for awards-season films, according to Deadline.
Pixar's Ray Gunn and Laika's Wildwood are both scheduled for their world premieres in London in October, with Ray Gunn presented by writer-director-producer Brad Bird and composer Michael Giacchino, and Wildwood presented by director-producer Travis Knight, cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, composer Dario Marianelli and costume designer Deb Cook.
Danny Boyle, James Graham and Jack O'Connell present their film Ink, while Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin and Jim Morrison present the documentary Everest: The Other Side. Mike Leigh and Kate O'Flynn present Tender Loving Care, and Guy Nattiv and Carrie Coon present Liberation.
Other panels include Siân Heder, Ruth Madeley, Bernard Telsey and Adam Caldwell for Being Heumann; Marie Kreutzer and Léa Seydoux for Gentle Monster; Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi, Miguel Bernardeau, Guitarricadelafuente, Carlos González and Penélope Cruz for La Bola Negra; Penélope Cruz and Florian Zeller for Bunker; and Greig Fraser and Charles Wood for Project Hail Mary.
Deadline launches the event's streaming hub with all panel videos on Monday. Surprise guests, including a festival favorite that won a significant award at Cannes, are likely to attend.
Background
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is still playing to sold-out houses at the BFI Imax cinema in London nearly three months after its release. Siân Heder last came to Contenders with her 2021 Oscar winner CODA, and the Spanish writer-director-producer team 'Los Javos' recently had success at the Toronto Film Festival.
Quick answers
When is Deadline's Contenders Film: London event?
The event takes place Saturday at the Ham Yard Hotel.
Where can I watch the panels?
Deadline launches the event's streaming hub with all panel videos on Monday.
Which films have world premieres at the event?
Pixar's Ray Gunn and Laika's Wildwood have their world premieres in London in October.