Deadline Contenders Film returned to London to be the host of an event that would spotlight 13 of the buzziest movies of the year.
The lineup included Ridley Scott, Emerald Fennell, Todd Haynes and Michael Mann. Panels at the event taking place at London’s Ham Yard Hotel included Scott’s Napoleon, Fennell’s Saltburn, Haynes’ May December and Mann’s Ferrari, J.A. Bayona presented Society of the Snow, Jeymes Samuel opened The Book of Clarence, and Christos Nikou highlighted Fingernails.
Nyad was featured with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi at the event and the teams behind Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and David Fincher’s The Killer.
Other films featured were Maestro, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget and Barbie.
Check out the Deadline Studio portrait gallery of the panelists below.
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘The Killer’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Kirk Baxter
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘The Killer’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Ren Klyce
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘The Killer’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline (L-R) Erik Messerschmidt, Ren Klyce and Kirk Baxter
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘The Book of Clarence’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Jeymes Samuel and Baz Bamigboye
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘The Book of Clarence’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Jeymes Samuel
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Society of the Snow’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline (L-R) Belén Atienza, J.A. Bayona and Sandra Hermida
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Society of the Snow’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Sandra Hermida
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Society of the Snow’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Belén Atienza
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Society of the Snow’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline J.A. Bayona
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Saltburn’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Suzie Davies
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Saltburn’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline (L-R) Emerald Fennell, Kharmel Cochrane, Victoria Boydell and Suzie Davies
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Saltburn’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Emerald Fennell
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Nyad’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline (L-R) Andrew Lazar, Bonnie Stoll and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Nyad’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Andrew Lazar
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Nyad’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Bonnie Stoll
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Napoleon’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline (L-R) Martin Phipps, Kate Rhodes James, Ridley Scott and Janty Yates
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Napoleon’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Janty Yates
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Napoleon’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Martin Phipps
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘May December’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline (L-R) Sophie Mas, Christine Vachon, Todd Haynes and Samy Burch
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘May December’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Christine Vachon
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘May December’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Samy Burch
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘May December’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Sophie Mas
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Maestro’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline (L-R) Kazu Hiro, Kevin Thompson, Mark Bridges and Kristie Macosko Krieger
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Maestro’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Kazu Hiro
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Maestro’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Mark Bridges
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Maestro’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Kevin Thompson
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Maestro’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Kristie Macosko Krieger
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Julie O’Keefe
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Jacqueline West
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline (L-R) Ellen Lewis, Rene Haynes, Jacqueline West and Julie O’Keefe
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Fingernails’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Christos Nikou
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Ferrari’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Maria Djurkovic
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Ferrari’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Michael Mann
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Ferrari’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline (L-R) Erik Messerschmidt, Michael Mann and Maria Djurkovic
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Darren Dubicki
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Sam Fell
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Leyla Hobart
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline (L-R) Sam Fell, Leyla Hobart and Darren Dubicki
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Barbie’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline (L-R) Jacqueline Durran, Glen Pratt, Nina Rice, Sarah Greenwood, David Heyman and Ivana Primorac
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Barbie’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline David Heyman
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Barbie’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Sarah Greenwood
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Barbie’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Jacqueline Durran
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Barbie’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Ivana Primorac
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Barbie’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Nina Rice
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Deadline Contenders Film: London — ‘Barbie’
Image Credit: Violeta Sofía / Deadline Glen Pratt
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