New Awards for London Film Fest

The London Film Fest will now have Best Film and Best British Newcomer on its list of awards. The awards will unfurl October 28 in London.

The jury for the new award will be Anjelica Houston, John Akomfrah (doc director), Jarvis Cocker, Mathieu Kassovitz, Charlotte Rampling and Iain Softley (director).

Variety reports the short-listed films will be “Balibo,” “Bright Star,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “Micmacs,” “Nowhere Boy,” “A Prophet,” “The Road,” “A Serious Man” and “The White Ribbon.”