Pippa Harris & James Wilson to Headline BFI LFF Forum
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- Pippa Harris and James Wilson are set to participate in individual spotlight conversations at the 70th BFI London Film Festival's Industry Forum in October.
- Harris, producer of "Hamnet" and "1917," co-founded Neal Street Productions with Sam Mendes and is currently filming a new project (details cut off in source).
- Wilson is the producer of "The Zone of Interest," the 2023 Jonathan Glazer film that won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
- The Industry Forum serves as the industry-facing component of BFI LFF, running alongside the festival's public screenings.
- Variety's separate headline confirms the same two producers but frames the announcement simply as a London Film Festival Industry Forum headline, with no additional details beyond the source text.
Why it matters: The 70th BFI London Film Festival's Industry Forum is spotlighting two producers behind some of the most acclaimed recent films — "Hamnet," "1917," and the Oscar-winning "The Zone of Interest" — placing the craft of film producing alongside the festival's main screenings for its milestone edition.
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