"Julia Jackman's adaptation of Isabel Greenberg's graphic novel screens on the festival's closing night. The feminist fairy-tale plot is inspired by One Thousand and One Nights (also known as Arabian Nights), the legendary collection of folk tales. includes Black Mirror star Emma Corrin, as well as Nicholas Galitzine, a favourite of LGBTQ+ film-goers, Richard E Grant and Brat superstar Charli XCX. The film chronicles a bet about whether Manfred (Galitzine) can seduce Cherry, the wife of his friend Jerome (Amir El-Masry) within 100 nights."
"Following the success of Challengers and , there's a lot of hype surrounding Luca Guadagnino's latest project. The psychological thriller follows Yale professor Alma, played by Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts, whose promising career is threatened by a scandal facing her colleague and friend Hank ( Andrew Garfield, who played three times between 2012 and 2021). The film also stars Ayo Edebiri, and Chloë Sevigny, who worked with the director in and the HBO series We Are Who We Are."
BFI London Film Festival runs from 8 to 19 October and features multiple LGBTQ+ must-watch films. Julia Jackman's 100 Nights of Hero adapts Isabel Greenberg's graphic novel into a feminist fairy tale inspired by One Thousand and One Nights, starring Emma Corrin and Nicholas Galitzine and centering on a seduction bet that sparks yearning between Cherry and her maid Hero. Luca Guadagnino's After the Hunt is a psychological thriller starring Julia Roberts as Yale professor Alma and includes Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri, Chloë Sevigny, Michael Stuhlbarg and trans actor Lio Mehiel. Richard Linklater's Blue Moon is a biographical musical about lyricist Lorenz Hart, played by Ethan Hawke.
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