Introduced by Gavin Millar
This week sees the opening of the 21st London Film Festival -the festival of festivals - with new films from 24 countries. Bertolucci, Angelopoulos, Herzog, James Ivory , Marguerite Duras and most of the brightest names in cinema will be here to see their films screened. Arena: Cinema reports on this year's highlights.
Producers DAVID CHESHIRE and GAVIN MILLAR
Assistant producer JULIAN JEBB
Researcher ROSEMARY BOWEN-JONES