LIFF Presents previews on 23 March: The Worst Person in the World + Murina

The highly anticipated Norwegian romantic drama The Worst Person in the World (in cinemas from 25 March) follows Julie through four turbulent years in her early twenties as she struggles to navigate her love life and career choices. The winner of the Camera d’Or for best first film at Cannes 2021, the ‘sunshine noir’ Murina (in cinemas from 8 April) is a gripping story of rebellion, jealousy and desire set on a Croatian island.

The INDIs Movie Nights & LIFF Presents: Olga – Fundraising Screening for Ukraine

UK film organisations are uniting in support of Ukraine with a series of charity screenings of Olga, a gripping and moving new film about a young Ukrainian gymnast forced to train in exile during the Maidan protests in 2013-14. INDIs Movie Nights and LIFF Presents are together screening Olga at Carriageworks on 13 April and from each ticket sold a donation will be made to support Ukraine via the Disasters Emergency Committee.

LIFF Behind the Scenes: Lee Bentham

Our LIFF Behind the Scenes series brings you interviews with a wide range of people working in film exhibition who all have a connection with Leeds International Film Festival. For our latest instalment, we talk to Lee Bentham, Operations and Admin Coordinator for Sheffield DocFest and Director of What The Film Club, which screens cult films, B-movies and trash cinema in Leeds.

Read the LIFF Behind the Scenes interview

Leeds Young Film Festival 9-15 April 2022

Leeds Young Film Festival is excited to be back at the Carriageworks Theatre at Easter 2022 after two years online. For the first time we are joining forces with Leeds City Museum, Leeds Central Library, Leeds Art Gallery, and children's theatre company Tutti Frutti, to provide a family film experience like no other. Tickets are now on sale at leedsfilm.com.

The Hyde Park Picture House: On the Road at Leeds University Union

The Hyde Park Picture House's On the Road touring programme features a terrific selection of acclaimed new titles throughout March and April. These include two Yorkshire set productions, The Duke (27-28 March) which features scenes filmed at The Hyde Park Picture House) and Ali & Ava (3-4 April), plus Red Rocket (10-11 April), Sean Baker's follow-up to Tangerine and The Florida Project, all coming up at Leeds University Union.

National Science and Media Museum: Great Freedom, Flee & Drive My Car

There's a chance to see three Oscar-nominated international features at Bradford's Science and Media Museum this month. These include Great Freedom (23 and 25-27 March), a stirring portrait of gay resistance and resilience in post-war Germany, animated refugee documentary Flee (25 March), and Ryusuke Hamaguchi's haunting adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short story Drive My Car (26-27 and 30-31 March).

Golfing caper The Phantom of the Open now in cinemas

With a script by Simon Farnaby (Mindhorn, Ghosts), The Phantom of the Open features Mark Rylance in a terrific lead performance as a golfing unknown out of his depth in a tournament. Also starring Sally Hawkins as his long-suffering wife and Rhys Ifans as the stuffy club secretary, it's based on the true story of a crane operator from Barrow-in-Furness who blagged his way into the British Open in 1976. Now screening citywide

Belgrave Music Hall: Through the Night and Don't Look Now

Flix is a month-long programme celebrating women in documentary film. This week’s screening is Through The Night (29 March); a cinema verité portrait of three working mothers whose lives intersect at a 24-hour daycare centre in New York. In April Belgrave Music Hall's Don't Look Now programmes is back with a curated series of fantasy romance films. These include Border (4 April), Thelma (10 April) and November (19 April).

The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: Launch of a new Louis le Prince book

Leeds Central Library hosts an event with filmmaker and researcher Irfan Shah talking to writer Paul Fischer about his new biography of Louis le Prince, The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures. Le Prince shot what many now consider to be the world’s first films in Leeds in 1888 and disappeared shortly before unveiling his camera and projector. The book tries to uncover the truth behind the myths and hearsay.

Thu 28 April, 7pm. Leeds Central Library, Local & Family History

Two Unmissable Cult Film Screenings on 27 March

There’s a rare chance to see two great cult films in March. Hyde Park and What the Film Club team up to present the bonkers 70s sci-fi oddity, Zardoz at Leeds University Union as part of their Bad Film Theory strand, screening and discussing interesting films with dodgy reputations. And Scour Cinema present Rosa Von Praunheim’s queer classic City of Lost Souls at Wharf Chambers, a documentary on the vibrant queer underground in 80s Berlin.

Film Commission: Wakefield's Musical Heritage

The Upper Westgate Conservation Area High Street Heritage Action Zone is looking to commission a filmmaker, organisation or collective to create a mini-documentary film, and accompanying digital resources, to celebrate the rich history of the area and to engage audiences with the past, present and future of all things music in Wakefield. The film will be available to view online and will be screened at the first Wakefield Live event in September, which also coincides with Heritage Open Day.

Deadline for expressions of interest: 9am, Wednesday 6 April