Next week the 55th BFI London Film Festival rolls into town (12-27 October), bringing with it a cast of A-list celebrities. But it will also be the end of an era: artistic director Sandra Hebron steps down after 14 years. Before she hands on the baton, Stylist asked her: What are the films that define your life?
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"I was in my early teens when I first saw this Fifties melodrama about a widow who falls for a young gardener. She's beautiful, he's handsome - it's the perfect Sunday afternoon movie."
All That Heaven Allows, £14.99 (as part of a box set, amazon.co.uk
"This has one of my favourite scenes in any movie, an agonisingly sad dance sequence between two lovers. I was a student when I discovered this."
"An elderly Tokyo couple leave their home to visit their grown up children in Tokyo, only to find that the kids are too busy to be bothered. A brilliant portrait of the generation gap."
"To end, a film that makes me smile, not cry. Campion wears her feminism lightly, and this darkly funny story of two sisters is told with a freshness and originality that gets you totally caught up."
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