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LIFF 2022 - KEY DATES, VENUES AND PROGRAMME SECTIONS ANNOUNCED
The 36th Leeds International Film Festival takes place from 3 to 17 November 2022 and passes go on sale on 8 September. The full programme launches online on 6 October and the printed guide is available from 12 October when there is a live programme preview event. Venues include Vue in The Light, Everyman Leeds, Howard Assembly Room, and Cottage Road Cinema.
LIFF 2022 features established sections Official Selection for new narrative films, Cinema Versa for documentaries, Fanomenon for genre film, and Leeds Short Film Awards, plus three special themed sections: Films Femmes Afrique, with films by and about African women; Disability Futures, about disability and new technology; and Out of Many, celebrating Jamaican cinema.
A tense psychological thriller that examines the Caribbean’s colonial legacy through the story of three women. Wealthy teenager Sara and her nanny Yarisa have an intimate mother/daughter relationship. But after moving back to Yarisa's hometown and reuniting with her biological daughter, a tragic incident occurs that exposes the deep social tears between them.
‘A genuinely bizarre, startling, freewheelingly lo-fi and funny indie picture with the refreshing bad-taste impact of Todd Solondz or Robert Crumb.’ (Guardian)
Scalarama Leeds Film Festival 2022 is nearly here - a celebration of cinema, for everyone, by everyone, everywhere, taking place every September. Screenings are organized by a variety of film lovers across the city in a range of different non-traditional cinema spaces.
To see the full programme and trailer for this year's festival head to the programme launch night where they will be screening the suprinsingly surreal Burt Lancaster film, The Swimmer - a story about one man's long journey home solely via swimming through his neighbours' pools.
Leeds International Film Festival are partnering with Women X Film Festival with an exclusive 15% discount on festival passes for all newsletter subscribers. This years programme includes 46 short films alongside special industry talks, special events, chilled out zones and mother and baby screenings. Short films will be available to stream on Leeds Film Player between 3 - 11 September. Online passes are available.
Discount code: LEEWX15
A family navigates a long road trip alongside a range of conflicting emotions. As the chaotic, claustrophobia journey twists and turns and their destination draws ever closer, so does love and affection they have for each other. Panah Panahi’s thrilling debut feature is a treasure; tender, quirky, and laugh-out-loud funny. Showing this month at: Hyde Park Picture House, Square Chapel Picture House, Pictureville Cinema and Hebden Bridge Picture House.
Good news for anyone who missed our previous LIFF Presents screenings Fire of Love and Laurent Garnier: Off the Record as both films are screening this month. Other highlights include the directorial debut of Charlotte Colbert with the psychological horror She Will and Fadia's Tree - a remarkable documentary about memory and migration in association with Leeds Palestinian Film Festival.
The astonishing true story of Scotland’s most notorious impostor, Brandon Lee, a popular, top-of-the-class secondary school student hiding a big secret. Alan Cumming acts as an avatar to Lee, lipsynching his audio interviews. The documentary will be be screened at the Pictureville Cinema in the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford from 19 August.
An eccentric and aging millionaire, desperate to leave behind a legacy commissions two egomaniacs (played by Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas) to create an motion picture together in this sharp comedy skewering wealth, art, and pride. Showing at Pictureville Cinema from 26 August.
Are you passionate about film, world cinema and enjoy being part of something big? Our exceptionally talented Volunteers are the heart of LIFF and are vital to the success of the Festival each and every year. There is the opportunity to assist in a variety of roles between 3-17 November, gaining valuable experience and being part of the team of one of the UK's biggest film events.
As part of the preparation for our new Disability Futures Programme we are conducting a survey to find out more about the film festival and cinema experiences of disabled audiences in Leeds, which will help to inform improvements made to festival accessibility. All submitted surveys will be entered into a prize draw to win a £40 Amazon voucher.
Win August's releases on Blu-ray
Our exclusive monthly competition gives you the chance to win one of two bundles of the latest Blu-rays from The Criterion Collection. August's titles include Umberto D., The Breaking Point and The Big Chill.
To enter, answer the following question: Vittorio Di Sica also directed which 1948 neorealist Italian Oscar nominated, and BAFTA winning film?
Email answers to leeds.film@leeds.gov.uk by midnight on Wednesday 31st August 2022.
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