(L-R) Elizabeth Karlsen, Kahlil Joseph, Justin Chang. BFI London Film Festival/Getty Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Number 9 Films co-founder Elizabeth Karlsen (Carol, Made in Dagenham) and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph (BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions) will serve on the official competition jury at this year's BFI London Film Festival. The fest, running Oct. 8-19, unveiled on Wednesday that the Oscar-winning Karlsen has been named jury president, with Joseph and Pulitzer-Prize winning film critic Justin Chang joining. Among those competing for best film in the British capital this year are Nia DaCosta's Hedda with Tessa Thompson, Jonatan Etzler's Saoirse Ronan-led Bad Apples and Mona Fastvold's The Testament of Ann Lee, starring Amanda Seyfried. Related Stories TV SkyShowtime Unveils Spanish Original Thriller Series 'The Tribute,' Launches Teaser Movies Tokyo Fest Unveils Lineup: Fan Bingbing, Tadanobu Asano, Rithy Panh and Palestine Epic Among Competition Highlights Elsewhere, the first feature competition (Sutherland Award) jury will be headed up by British filmmaker and co-founder of Factory Fifteen, Kibwe Tavares. Tavares made his feature directorial debut with The Kitchen (2023), co-directed with Daniel Kaluuya, which premiered as the closing night film of the LFF in 2023. Zurich Film Festival's Anja Fröhner and director Nadia Latif will join Tavares. Leading the jury selecting the winner of the Grierson Award for best documentary is Eloïse King, whose debut feature doc The Shadow Scholars premiered at last year's LFF. She previously founded the Women on Docs curatorial programme to champion women and non-binary work in non-fiction, and founded White Teeth Films. Josh Siegel, curator at the Museum of Modern Art will serve alongside King, with Reece Goodwin, curator at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI). Ming-Jung Kuo, the artistic director of the Singapore International Film Festival, also an advisor at the Locarno Film Festival and currently a consultant for Cannes directors' fortnight, will lead the jury selecting the best short film. British Filipino writer-director of Stomach Bug (2024), Matty Crawford, and animation director Lee Ott (Dragfox) round out the short jury. "We are delighted to share our 2025 competition titles with audiences and our esteemed jury members," said Kristy Matheson, BFI London Film Festival director. "My thanks to each of them for their generous participation in the festival this year." Rian Johnson's next Knives Out installment, Wake Up Dead Man, was previously announced as the opening gala and Julia Jackson's 100 Nights of Hero is set to close the fest. See the 2025 lineup here. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Jim Carrey Jim Carrey to Receive Honorary César Award Tokyo International Film Festival Tokyo Fest Unveils Lineup: Fan Bingbing, Tadanobu Asano, Rithy Panh and Palestine Epic Among Competition Highlights Tokyo International Film Festival Paul Schrader's 'Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters' to Finally Screen in Japan After 40-Year De Facto Ban Obituaries Samuel M. Sherman, Producer of 'Satan's Sadists,' 'The Naughty Stewardesses' and Other Exploitation Films, Dies at 85 Noah Baumbach George Clooney Says 'Jay Kelly' Made Him "Thrilled That in Real Life I Hadn't Lived a Life of Regret" Outfest Outfest Reborn: LGBTQ Film Festival Hires Staff, Sets New Board and Screening Series After Turmoil Jim Carrey Jim Carrey to Receive Honorary César Award Tokyo International Film Festival Tokyo Fest Unveils Lineup: Fan Bingbing, Tadanobu Asano, Rithy Panh and Palestine Epic Among Competition Highlights Tokyo International Film Festival Paul Schrader's 'Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters' to Finally Screen in Japan After 40-Year De Facto Ban Obituaries Samuel M. Sherman, Producer of 'Satan's Sadists,' 'The Naughty Stewardesses' and Other Exploitation Films, Dies at 85 Noah Baumbach George Clooney Says 'Jay Kelly' Made Him "Thrilled That in Real Life I Hadn't Lived a Life of Regret" Outfest Outfest Reborn: LGBTQ Film Festival Hires Staff, Sets New Board and Screening Series After Turmoil