BFI LFF 2024
16th April 2026
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BFI LFF 2024
Talent
The 67th BFI London Film Festival plays 9 to 20 October with the line up including…
Sister Midnight directed by Karan Kandhari – Cinematography by Sverre Sørdal FNF
Layla directed by Amrou Al-Kadhi – Production Design by Soraya Gilanni Viljoen
Holloway directed by Sophie Compton & Daisy May Hudson – Editing by Stella Keith Heir
In Heat (short film) directed by Rory Fleck Byrne – Production Design by Soraya Gilanni Viljoen
All Of You directed by William Bridges – Hair & Make Up Design by Haelywn Adams
Karavidehe directed by Eoin Doran – Cinematography by Tim Sidell BSC





SVERRE SØRDAL FNF || CV || WEBSITE
SORAYA GILANNI VILJOEN || CV || WEBSITE
STELLA HEATH KEIR || CV || WEBSITE
HAELWYN ADAMS || CV || WEBSITE
TIM SIDELL || CV || WEBSITE
Stella Heath Keir
Stella edited the feature, Girl, directed by Adura Onashile, which was nominated in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance, as well as Chloe Abrahams’ BIFA winning feature documentary The Taste of Mango. Other work include Netflix’s feature documentary How To Rob A Bank as well as award winning shorts including Molly Manning Walker’s Good Thanks, You?, Ruth Greenberg’s Run starring Niamh Algar and End-O directed by Alice Seabright.
Haelwyn Adams
Haelwyn Adams is a South African Hair, Makeup & SFX Designer based in London. Haelwyn has a diverse skillset with the ability to work with all hair and skin types as well as do prosthetic pieces. Haelwyn has designed for directors like Joe Stephenson, Rich Hill and Dan Emmerson, and for brands, Haelwyn’s clients include Nike, Call of Duty and BMW. For longform work, Haelwyn designed the feature All of You written and starring Brett Goldstein and directed by William Bridges, the feature Lord of Misrule directed by William Brent Bell and A Hand Rises directed by Louise Stern.
Sverre Sørdal
Sverre’s features include BIFA / BAFTA nominated County Lines directed by Henry Blake, award winning Unruly directed by Malou Reymann which will receive its World Premiere at TIFF, and BIFA / BAFTA nominated Sister Midnight, directed by Karan Kandhari, which premiered at Cannes Directors Fortnight 2024.
He shot documentary feature Cries to the Border directed by Matthew Halsall on location in Korea, and his shorts include Gus & Sons directed by Henry Blake as well as A Very Short Film About Longing directed by Eimear McBride. Whilst attending the NFTS he also shot BAFTA nominated and BIFA winning short film Slap and the award winning & high-octane Group B, starring Richard Madden, both directed by Nick Rowland.
Sverre received a nomination from IMAGO for the Best Emerging Cinematographer of 2020 for his work on feature County Lines.
Tim Sidell
Features include Peter Strickland’s Flux Gourmet, the National Theatre’s cinematic production of Romeo & Juliet starring Josh O’Connor and Jessie Buckley, and Two For Joy directed by Tom Beard, shot on 35mm and starring Samantha Morton & Billie Piper. Tim also shot 2nd Unit on Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio, creating the optical FX sequence. Television drama as lead Cinematographer include The Night Manager S2 alongside director Georgi Banks-Davies, and Sky’s I Hate Suzie created by Lucy Prebble and Billie Piper, and directed by Georgi Banks-Davies.
Tim has collaborated with artists such as Runa Islam, Shezad Dawood, Zarina Bhimji, Emily Wardill and Bethan Huws as well as photographer/director Nadav Kander.
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