Organizers of the 54th BFI London Film Festival have announced that this year’s event will take place from Wednesday, Oct. 13, through Thursday, Oct. 28. The festival is now accepting submissions and the full program will be announced in September.
 
Last year’s festival hosted 193 feature films and 113 short films from 46 countries including 15 world premieres. There were 515 screenings and 553 filmmakers in attendance, drawing the highest ever audience attendance of over 130,000 filmgoers. The Festival opened with the world premiere of “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and closed with the world premiere of “Nowhere Boy.”