With summer firmly in the rearview mirror, the film industry is bringing out its biggest guns, and 2025 is set to go out with a bang. So many movies, so few awards. Luckily, Deadline is here to help cut through some of that noise with Contenders Film: London, our annual UK stop that has kicked off Saturday featuring nine movies in the awards-season conversation.

As regulars already know, our event is like speed-dating for movie lovers, packed with juicy preview clips, star-studded panels and insights from all the best behind-the-scenes players.

Fresh from their world premiere in Toronto, director Rian Johnson, producer Ram Bergman and actor Josh O’Connor will share the secrets of Wake Up Dead Man , the latest Knives Out murder-mystery starring Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc

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