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LFF's Sandra Hebron, second from left, will receive a fond send-taken off "The Dark Blue Sea's" Tom Hiddleston, Terence Davies, Sarah Kants and Harry Hadden-Paton. Terence Davies paid out moving tribute for the BFI London Film Festival's departing artistic director, Sandra Hebron, within the gala screening of his film "The Dark Blue Sea," which closed the 55th edition Thursday.Hebron has walked lower after nine years in charge. She grew to become an associate from the British Film Institute just like a programmer in 1997, and become the LFF's artistic director in 2003. Under her leadership, the fest elevated from 120,000 admissions in 2003 with a record lots of 133,000 as of this year's event.Showing his film within the stage in the Odeon Leicester Square, Davies mentioned he first met Hebron in 1992 when she went Manchester's Cornerhouse cinema which since, she'd been instrumental to locate a crowd for his films."Once the audience is not there, the act (of filmmaking) is not complete," he mentioned. "Here's searching for you, kid." Tom Hiddleston, star of "The Dark Blue Sea," seconded that emotion, proclaiming that Hebron happen to be the initial person out to "give a pat round the back" to his 2007 debut movie "Unrelated" by Joanna Hogg. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com