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Bjork's critically-acclaimed new film Biophillia Live will receive it's UK premiere at this year's BFI Film Festival in London.
BJÖRK: BIOPHILIA LIVE, directed by Peter Strickland and Nick Fenton, is a concert film about her September 2013 gig at London's Alexandra Palace - the final date of her multi-media extravaganza of a highly immersive and eductionaly, Biophillia tour.
The film will be presented as the Sonic Gala at this year’s Festival. Björk will attend the UK premiere with directors Peter Strickland and Nick Fenton on Thursday 9 October at the Odeon West End.
Reviewing the gig, we said: "The full realisation of the album as it's translated into an experience makes an awe-inspiring spectacle. The visuals and choreography for 'Thunderbolt', 'Moon' and 'Virus' make the tracks fully immersive, while older fan favourites 'Isobel', 'Possibly Maybe' and 'Where Is The Line' are embellished to sit comfortably alongside her newer material (and they've never sounded better).
"Any cynics who shrugged off the album as a prententious experiment would be quickly correctly by the frenzied performance and ecstatic reception of 'Crystalline' and 'Mutual Core', which will undoubtedly go down as Bjork classics for decades to come. Even the shizophrenic jitter of 'Náttúra' (heightened by the incredible drumming of Manu Delago) is treated less as a rarity and more of a celebration."
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Clare Stewart, BFI London Film Festival Director, comments: “Under the curatorship of BFI Head of Events and Production, Stuart Brown, our Sonic cinema programme in both LFF and year-round at BFI Southbank presents an exceptional selection of screenings and events that revel in the connection between music and film. Björk is a true innovator, collaborating with exceptional filmmakers and artists to produce intoxicating work at the intersection of music and film. We are delighted to be welcoming her, along with Peter Strickland and Nick Fenton, to the BFI London Film Festival’s UK premiere.”
Tickets will be on sale from 18 September. For more information visit here.
Below: 7 stunning photos of Bjork on the last ever night of her Biophillia tour at Alexandra Palace
