The 59^th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express has announced the international stars and filmmakers attending this years’ Festival. Updated and confirmed line-ups for gala presentations are:

SUFRAGETTE: Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw, Romola Garai, Samuel West and writer Abi Morgan join Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham-Carter, Meryl Streep, Sarah Gavron.
STEVE JOBS: Jeff Daniels, Michael Stuhlbarg, Katherine Waterston and writer Aaron Sorkin join Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Danny Boyle.
HIGH-RISE: Luke Evans, Sienna Miller, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Peter Ferdinando, Sienna Guillory, Enzo Cilenti, Augustus Prew, Stacy Martin join Tom Hiddleston, Ben Wheatley.
CAROL: writer Phyllis Nagy joins Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Todd Haynes.
TRUMBO: John Goodman joins Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren.
BLACK MASS: Benedict Cumberbatch, Scott Cooper.
BROOKLYN: Saoirse Ronan, John Crowley, Nick Hornby, Colm Toíbín.
THE LADY IN THE VAN: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Nicholas Hytner, Alan Bennett.
A BIGGER SPLASH: Luca Guadagnino.
THE LOBSTER: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Yorgos Lanthimos
THE PROGRAM: Chris O’Dowd, Ben Foster, Stephen Frears
BRAND A SECOND COMING: Ondi Timoner
BEEBA BOYS: Gulshan Grover joins Randeep Hooda, Deepa Mehta
BONE TOMAHAWK: S. Craig Zahler
THE IDOL: Mohammed Assaf joins Hany Abu-Assad
THE FORBIDDEN ROOM: Guy Maddin
HE NAMED ME MALALA: Davis Guggenheim
TRUTH: Cate Blanchett and James Vanderbilt.

Filmmakers and actors supporting their work in Official Competition for Best Film include:

11 MINUTES – dir. Jerzy Skolimowski

BEASTS OF NO NATION – dir. Cary Fukunaga, Uzodinma Iweala

CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR (RAK TI KHON KAEN) – dir. Apitchatpong Weerasethakul

CHEVALIER – dir. Athina Rachel Tsangari

THE DAUGHTER – dir. Simon Stone

DESIERTO – dir. Jonás Cuarón

EVOLUTION – dir. Lucile Hadžihalilović

OFFICE – dir. Johnnie To, act./wri./prod. Sylvia Chang

ROOM – dir. Lenny Abrahamson, act. Brie Larson

SON OF SAUL (SAUL FIA) – dir. Lázló Nemes, act. Levente Molnár

SUNSET SONG – dir. Terence Davies, act. Agyness Deyn

TANGERINE – dir. Sean Baker; act. Mya Taylor

VERY BIG SHOT – dir. Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya

Filmmakers and actors supporting their work in First Feature Competition for the Sutherland Award include:

3000 NIGHTS – dir. Mai Masri, act. Mayisa Abd El Hadi

BANG GANG (A MODERN LOVE STORY) – (BANG GANG (UNE HISTOIRE D’AMOUR MODERNE) – dir. Eva Husson, act. Finnegan Oldfield

THE HERE AFTER (EFTERSKALV) – dir. Magnus von Horn

KRISHA – dir. Trey Edward Shults

LAMB – dir. Yared Zeleke

LIGHT YEARS – dir. Esther May Campbell

PARTISAN – dir. Ariel Kleiman

PAULA – dir. Eugenio Canevari, act. Denise Labbate

TANNA – dir. Bentley Dean

THE WAIT – dir. Piero Messina

WEDDING DOLL – dir. Nitzan Gilady

THE WITCH – dir. Robert Eggers

Directors supporting their work in Documentary Competition for the Grierson Award include:

(BE)LONGING (VOLTA À TERRA) – dir. João Pedro Plácido

CENSORED VOICES – dir. Mor Loushy

THE FEAR OF 13 – dir. David Sington

FRAME BY FRAME – dir. Alexandria Bombach and Mo Scarpelli

JIA ZHANGKE, A GUY FROM FENYANG (JIA ZHANGKE, UM HOMEM DE FENYANG) – dir. Walter Salles, subj. Jia Zhangkee

MR. GAGA – dir. Tomer Heymann

THE PEARL BUTTON – dir. Patricio Guzman

PUBLIC HOUSE – dir. Sarah Turner

SHERPA – dir. Jennifer Peedom

SOMETHING BETTER TO COME – dir. Hanna Polak

Directors supporting their work in the Short Film Award include:

EDMOND – Nina Gantz

LILI – An van Dienderen

MOTHER(S) – Maïmouna Doucouré

OPERATOR – Caroline Bartleet

OVER – Jörn Threlfall

RED MOON RISING – Vivienne Dick

Further actors and filmmakers presenting their work at the Festival include: 35MM: THE QUAYS MEET CHRISTOPHER NOLAN: Christopher Nolan, Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay; AFERIM!: Radu Jude; THE AMERICAN EPIC SESSIONS: Bernard MacMahon, Bettye Lavette; ASSASSINATION: Dong-hoon Choi; BLOOD OF MY BLOOD: Piergiorgio Bellocchio; BURN BURN BURN: Chanya Button, Laura Carmichael, Jack Farthing, Chloe Pirrie; CELESTIAL CAMEL: Jury Feting; CHEMSEX: William Fairman, Max Gogarty; CLOSET MONSTER: Stephen Dunn; THE CLUB: Pablo  Larraín; COUPLE IN A HOLE: Kate Dickie, Tom  Geens; COWBOYS: Thomas Bidegain; DEPARTURE: Andrew Steggall; DHEEPAN: Jacques Audiard, DON’T GROW UP: Thierry Poiraud; ELEPHANT DAYS: James Caddick, James Cronin, Orlando Weeks;  FIFTY: Biyi Bandele; FROM AFAR: Lorenzo Vigas; GREEN ROOM: Jeremy Saulnier; HEART OF A DOG: Laurie Anderson; I AM BELFAST: Mark Cousins; THE INVITATION: Karyn Kusama; IXCANUL (VOLCANO): Jayro Bustamante;  LISTEN TO ME MARLON: Stevan Riley; THE MEMORY OF JUSTICE: Marcel Ophuls; MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART: Jia Zhangke, Zhao Tao; MURMER OF THE HEARTS: Sylvia Chang; MY GOLDEN DAYS: Arnaud Desplechin; MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE: John Dower, Louis Theroux; MY NAZI LEGACY: David Evans, Phillipe  Sands; NICOLA CONSTANTINO: THE ARTEFACTA: Nicola Costantino , Natalie Cristiani; THE ONES BELOW: David Farr; OUR LITTLE SISTER: Hirokazu Kore-Eda; QUEEN OF EARTH: Alex Ross Perry; RATTER: Branden Kramer; REMAINDER: Omer Fast; REMEMBER: Atom Egoyan; SEMBENE!: Samba Gadjigo; THE  SKY TREMBLES AND THE EARTH IS AFRAID AND THE TWO EYES ARE NOT BROTHERS: Ben Rivers; THE SURVIVALIST: Stephen Fingleton; A TALE OF THREE CITIES: Mabel Cheung, Alex Law; TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: Matt Sobel; (T)ERROR: David Felix Sutcliffe;  THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL US FIRST: Johanna Schwartz; TRUMAN: Cesc Gay; VALLEY OF LOVE: Guillaume  Nicloux; VICTORIA: Sebastian Schipper; WAVE VS. SHORE: Martin Štrba; WHAT WE BECOME: Troels Lyby; THE WAVE: Roar Uthaug and YOUTH: Paolo Sorrentino.