Nerves are always high on the opening night of the London film festival. But when this year’s edition begins on Wednesday, it won’t just be the cast, crew and British Film Institute bigwigs who anxiously await audience reaction.
The world premiere that kicks off proceedings is Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, which will be released by Netflix internationally following UK cinema distribution by Sony; it marks a first opportunity to see the fruits of Netflix’s most expensive content deal to date: the back catalogue of the children’s author.
