MUMBAI: The 53rd BFI London Film Festival opened with a dual world premiere of Wes Anderson‘s animated adaptation Fantastic Mr Fox.Wes Anderson and his cast namely George Clooney

, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Wally Wolodarsky, Eric Anderson and Jarvis Cocker attended both the screenings. However, Meryl Streep was unable to attend the screenings due to ill health.

The total capacity of the dual premiere was around 3000, significantly higher than last year‘s opening night.

Introducing Anderson, Festival director Sandra Hebron said "The opening night is always exciting for us, but never more so than this year, when the world premiere has seen us spread across Leicester Square and occupy London‘s two largest cinemas."