Friday saw me dashing across Soho for an interview with Harmony Korine to discuss the unusual Mister Lonely, and how it came to feature Werner Herzog, David Blaine, James Fox, skydiving nuns, and a five year old Shirley Temple impersonator.

Based on his answers the film would seem to be some very public, and oddly star-studded, piece of psychoanalysis. Much as with my interview with Anamaria Marinca, the interview ended when Korine was dragged from the room to get to his premiere in time. I vainly attempted to get my hands on some photography as Korine fled for his taxi.

The Friday night showing of Brick Lane was planned to be a Royal Film Performance, with Prince Charles in attendance, but under odd circumstances lost its gala status. According to official sources, a diary clash left the Prince unable to make the event, but unofficially, it seems that the Palace might have wanted to dodge controversy over the film.

During shooting in the summer, protesters from the local East End community, where the film is set, successfully forced the crew off the real Brick Lane. The film's director, Sarah Gavron, told Variety “The clear message from audiences once they have seen the film is that it is absolutely not disrespectful or controversial in any way. None of those elements cited by the minority of protesters during the production period appear in the film.”

As events played out, no protests took place at the premiere and the controversy helped generate a huge amount of interest in the film which tells the story of the arranged marriage of a 17-year-old Bangladeshi girl to a London businessman. Brick Lane has been getting a very positive response from critics, and is precisely the internationalism the festival is in search of.