The Lunchbox To Open The Bradford Festival

“The Lunchbox” – an Indian film is selected to open the 20th Bradford International Film Festival. The film directed by Ritesh Batra and starred by Irrfan Khan is to be featured on the opening night on 27th March.

The festival running from March 27 to April 6 will feature will screen 127 films, including 7 world premieres and 25 UK premieres.

Other films include a world premiere of Velorama – directed by Daisy Asquith. This feature was created from BFI archive material to celebrate a century of the bicycle as part of the Sheffield Doc/Fest Tour De Cinema in Yorkshire Festival.

Some of the other selections include John Curran’s Tracks, Hong Khaou’s Lilting, Conrad Clark’s A Fallible Girl, Leanne Pooley’s Beyond the Edge, and Pablo Llorca’s A Bouquet of Cactus.

The festival will be closed by Steven Knight’s Locke starring Tom Hardy.

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About Sankha Ghosh

Sankha Ghosh was never born in that 'City of Joy', never was a banker, never watched a Godard, never loved Kafka, never fell for that Solitary Reaper, never danced on a friend’s wedding, never fought for human rights, never had a crush at college and never ever aspired to work on a novel! Never was he as simple as this! #He wishes