Clooney and Madonna set to premiere films in capital

Highly anticipated adaptations of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus – directed by Ralph Fiennes – and Wuthering Heights, the first to feature a black actor as Heathcliff, will also be screened.

This year’s event from October 12 to October 27 will feature 204 films, including 13 world premieres – two more than last year.

Clooney, a regular visitor to the LFF, will be in London to support two of his films – The Descendants and The Ides Of March, which he also directs.

Madonna’s new film W.E. looks at the romance between Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII, which led to the monarch’s abdication, as well as a parallel modern-day romance.