‘Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day,’ Starring Haley Bennett, Jack Whitehall and Lily Allen, to Open SXSW London Film Lineup

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Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day, starring Haley Bennett, Jack Whitehall, Lily Allen, Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders, Sally Phillips, Misia Butler and Elyas M’Barek, will open the 2026 SXSW London film lineup, organizers unveiled on Monday.

The rom-com from director Tina Ghavari and screenwriter Justine Waddell is an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel Night and Day. Talent so far confirmed to attend the film’s world premiere at SXSW London, which runs June 1-6, are Bennett, Whitehall, Phillips, Butler, Ghavari and Waddell. 

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