- Beats, Rhymes & Life follows one of the most influential and groundbreaking musical groups in hip-hop history. A Tribe Called Quest’s sudden break-up in 1998 shocked the industry and saddened the scores of fans, whose appetite for the group’s innovative musical stylings never seems to diminish. A hard-core fan himself, Rapaport sets out on tour [...]Click to read more about this film »
- The eagerly-awaited new anime adventure from Makoto Shinkai, director of the much-admired 5 Centimetres Per Second. Asuna is a young girl who has been forced to grow up fast after the death of her father. While walking home one evening she is attacked by a strange, fearsome monster. A mysterious boy called Shun rescues her [...]Click to read more about this film »
- A special Planet Japan double-bill of twisted romantic hilarity. Milocrorze is a delirious send-up of masculine romantic angst featuring a gyrating celebrity love therapist, a smitten oneeyed ronin, and a man-child subjected to the whims of a mysterious beauty. Artist and designer Yoshimasa Ishibashi’s visually rich debut balances ridiculous humour with arresting images to create [...]Click to read more about this film »
- This delightful Singaporean film follows a lovable Tamil magician (played by real-life magician Bosco Francis) whose magic tricks are brilliant to behold on screen! Performing magic to make the locals smile, including fire tricks, jaw-dropping glass-eating and loads more (all performed in reality!), this big-hearted magician is an important figure to his son but hard [...]Click to read more about this film »
- Involuntary is a dazzling and highly original black comedy from one of the most exciting new talents in Scandinavian cinema, Ruben Östlund. It’s summer in Sweden… A primary school teacher decides to teach her colleagues a lesson they’ll never forget. Teenage girls are indulging in a webcam tease and seducing strangers. University students are taking [...]Click to read more about this film »
- Like LIFF25, James Cameron’s action-packed sci-fi classic is turning 25 this year. Often hailed as one of the best sequels of all time, join us to celebrate our joint birthdays with a special anniversary screening in the splendour of Leeds Town Hall on our giant screen. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) returns after the horror of her [...]Click to read more about this film »
- First screened in 2007, Hitoshi Matsumoto’s brilliant Big Man Japan makes a welcome return to Leeds for this year’s Planet Japan celebration; and don’t miss our first screening of Matsumoto’s sublime Symbol from 2009. What happens when a has-been superhero becomes a victim of stronger baddies and falling TV news ratings? Dai Sato’s days seem [...]Click to read more about this film »
- The incredible rise of Jon Gnarr, iconoclastic comedian turned Reykjavik mayoral candidate and his controversial Best Party, which began as a parody and turned into a spectacular if controversial success story. No country epitomizes the boom and bust absurdities of capitalism better than Iceland since its sudden crash from economic success story to national bankrupcy. [...]Click to read more about this film »
- A hilariously over-the-top tribute to the transforming robots of ‘70s Japanese television, K-RZ is an exciting action/comedy that will stir the heart of anyone who longs for justice dispensed with a swift robot karate kick! Following the death of his scientist father, secret police officer Yutaka Daimon inherits a mighty robot warrior named Zaborgar. Equipped [...]Click to read more about this film »
- Eco-Pirate profiles the controversial environmental crusader Captain Paul Watson, a man on a mission to save the planet and its oceans. He repeatedly flouts the law to apprehend what he sees as the more serious law-breakers, the illegal poachers of the world. Featuring gripping verité sequences shot aboard his ship, the film interrogates his personal [...]Click to read more about this film »
