Dario Argento is finally being recognised by the BFI for his outstanding body of work and contribution to filmmaking with an upcoming retrospective film festival of his greatest, and latest work.

This long overdue respect has finally extended beyond the horror community and led to the BFI curating a Dario Argento film festival at London’s South Bank from May 12th, thanks to season programmer Michael Blyth’s upcoming celebration of his work. The month long programme will include a rare live interview with Dario Argento in discussion with Prano Bailey-Bond about his screen career, Q&A discussions, films rarities, and film introductions from the great auteur himself.

Films:

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Cat o’ Nine Tails
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
The Five Days (a forgotten rarity)
Deep Red (including Q&A with the director)
Suspiria (including a personal introduction by the director)
Inferno
Tenebrae (including a personal introduction by the director)
Phenomena
Opera (including a personal introduction by Michael Blyth)
Trauma
The Stendhal Syndrome
The Phantom of the Opera
Sleepless
The Card Player
Do You Like Hitchcock?
Mother of Tears – The Third Mother
Dark Glasses

The entire season programme can be found here:

https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam%3A%3AWScontent%3A%3AloadArticle%3A%3Apermalink=darioargento

The main event takes place on Friday May 12th and tickets are available from the link below:

https://southbanklondon.com/events/bfi-southbank/dario-argento-doors-darkness

Watch the BFI promo trailer below: