The British Film Institute has announced that the new initiative London Film Day will feature the World Public Premiere of Susanna White's Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, starring Emma Thompson (who also wrote the screenplay adaptation), Ralph Fiennes, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith, and Daniel Mays. This BFI London Film Festival and Film London partnership will offer 15 simultaneous public premieres across London on Sunday 21 March. Tickets for each public premiere will be £5 for adults and £1 for children.
Another BFI announcement: The 2010 BFI London Film Festival dates have been announced. The Festival will run from 13-28 October, 2010. According to the festival's press release, "the programming team are busy scouring the globe for the best in new world cinema for our forthcoming programme, and are currently at the Berlinale, having been in Sundance earlier this year."