The BFI London Film Festival is coming our way this fall and its program is shaping up to be pretty amazing. Kibwe Tavares’s dystopian thriller The Kitchen led by the Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya will serve as the festival’s opening film.
This promising project is set in a dystopian London, where “the kitchen” remains the only form of social housing after the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. Members of this community refuse to leave the place they call home, fighting a ruthless system that is stacked against them.
Kristy Matheson, BFI London Film Festival Director, praised Tavares and Kaluuya for making the film that challenges our expectations of contemporary British cinema and added they’re proud to close the festival with a project that showcases an incredibly talented team who call London their home.
“The Kitchen offers such scope for audiences – the essential social politics and high-octane energy gel perfectly to create an electrifying big-screen experience. We could not be more excited to close the festival with this inventive film set in a near future London,” said Matheson in a statement.
The BFI London Film Festival will take place between October 4-15, with Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn serving as its opening film.
