Ten days at the London film festival

A view from the National Gallery during the London Moves Me outdoor screening of historic London transport films, part of the 53rd London film festival, at Trafalgar Square on 22 October 2009 Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images

Gail Porter at a screening for Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr Fox, which opened the London film festival on 14 October 2009 Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty Images

(from left) Nicholas Hoult, Tom Ford, Colin Firth and Matthew Goode at the premiere of fashion designer Ford's directorial debut, A Single Man, on 16 October 2009. Firth's performance is already being talked up as being Oscar-worthy Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images

Director Atom Egoyan, actors Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried, and producer Ivan Reitman at the London film festival press conference for Chloe on 22 October 2009. The film portrays the lengths a woman goes to in order to prove her husband's infidelity Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images

Ben Whishaw and Jane Campion at the London film festival photocall for Bright Star at Keats House in Hampstead on 19 October 2009. The film is based on the three-year romance between poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, which was cut short by Keats's untimely death at 25 Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Cast, crew and guests of Penny Woolcock's 1 Day at the film's premiere on 21 October 2009. The film is a grime musical, shot on the streets of Birmingham with an entirely black cast Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images

Director Scott Hicks (centre) is flanked by actors George MacKay and Clive Owen at the premiere of The Boys Are Back on 21 October 2009. The film, which revolves around a wisecracking sportswriter's struggle to come to terms with the death of his wife while trying to bring up his two sons, is Hicks's first in Australia since Shine (1996) Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images

Director Hans-Christian Schmid shares a joke with actor Kerry Fox at the British premiere of Storm, a drama based on the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, on 20 October 2009 Photograph: Max Nash/AFP/Getty Images

(from left) Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and his wife Liza Sullivan chat with London film festival artistic director Sandra Hebron at the premiere of MICMACS, a satire on the arms trade, on 18 October 2009 Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images

Director Michael Haneke at the London film festival photocall for The White Ribbon on 21 October 2009. The White Ribbon, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in May, is Haneke's first film in German since Funny Games in 1997 Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Paper Heart screenwriter Charlyne Yi and director Nicholas Jasenovec at the film's premiere on 16 October 2009. The film is billed as a 'postmodern take on whether or not true love exists' Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images

(from left) Actors Matthew Beard, Dominic Cooper, Emma Thompson and Carey Mulligan, producers Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, screenwriter Nick Hornby and director Lone Scherfig onstage to introduce An Education on 20 October 2009. The film, adapted from the memoir by Lynn Barber, depicts the sexual awakening of a teenaged girl in 60s London Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images

Steven Soderbergh at the 19 October 2009 premiere of The Informant!, which stars Matt Damon as the highest-ranking corporate whistle-blower in American history Photograph: Ian West/PA

Swedish-Egyptian film director Tarik Saleh at the premiere of his latest film Metropia on 21 October 2009 Photograph: Max Nash/AFP/Getty Images

The Road director John Hillcoat and writer Joe Penhall at the film's UK premiere on 16 October 2009 … Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images

… while outside, The Road star Viggo Mortensen drums up business for Cormac McCarthy's book, on which the film is based Photograph: Max Nash/AFP/Getty Images

Actors Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga share a laugh at the premiere of Jason Reitman's Up in the Air on 18 October 2009. The film, which also stars the ubiquitous George Clooney, is only the third feature from the director of Thank You for Smoking and Juno Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images