Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver) and her young assistant, Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy), study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origin. Simon Silver (Robert De Niro), a legendary blind psychic, reappears after an enigmatic absence of 30 years to become the greatest international challenge for both orthodox science and professional skeptics. Tom starts to develop an intense obsession with ...

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first film in Columbia Pictures' and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s literary blockbuster The Millennium Trilogy. Directed by David Fincher and starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, the film is based on the first novel in the trilogy, which altogether have sold 50 million copies in 46 countries and become a worldwide phenomenon. The screenplay is by Steven Zaillian.

Day 14 of the Festival featured the UK premiere of Roland Emmerich's Anonymous, attended by Rhys Ifans and Joely Richardson. The Awakening, starring Rebecca Hall, had it European premiere, and finally Marc Evans' Hunky Dory, starring Minnie Driver, had its world premiere screening. For more festival content visit www.bfi.org.uk/live.