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Next Edition: 6 - 23 November 2025

CINEMA ON THE SQUARE 2025


31 JULY — 3 AUGUST
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Coming soon

Wed 18 Jun 18:00 Refugee Week We Dare to Dream
Dir. Waad Al-Kateab 		Tickets
Thu 19 Jun 17:00 Refugee Week Life Is Beautiful: A Letter to Gaza
Dir. Mohamed Jabaly 		Tickets
Wed 9 Jul 18:00 INDIs 2025 Leeds Filmmakers Network
Free Event 		Tickets
Thu 31 Jul 11:00 Cinema on the Square 2025 The Wild Robot
Dir. Chris Sanders 		Tickets
Thu 31 Jul 13:30 Cinema On The Square 2025 A League Of Their Own
Dir. Penny Marshall 		Tickets
Thu 31 Jul 16:15 Cinema On The Square 2025 Run Lola Run
Dir. Tom Tykwer 		Tickets
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Latest news

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New Programmers Announced for LIFF 2024

We’re proud to introduce the 21 new programmers who have joined the Leeds International Film Festival team. These roles were filled through an open application process, which included entry level posi…

Submissions Open for INDIs Awards 2025

Submissions are now open for the thirteenth edition of the The INDIs (Independent Directions) Film Awards, the UK's only award for independent young filmmakers. The INDIs champions and celebrates the …

Cinema On The Square 2024: Full Programme Revealed

We’re proud to launch the second edition of Cinema on the Square, the open-air summer cinema that celebrates movies and music on the big concert stage screen in Millennium Square. Last year, Leeds Int…

Leeds Young Film Festival 2024 | That's a Wrap!

The curtains have closed on the 25th Anniversary edition of Leeds Young Film Festival and we’re incredibly proud of all the young people and families who took part in this year's activities. Our missi…

INDIs Film Fest 2024 - First Details

This February, the INDIs Film Fest is back in Leeds, bringing a fresh twist on cinema for young filmmakers (15+) and the creatively inclined. It's a gathering where emerging talents in film, VR, and t…

LIFF 2023 Audience Awards

  We are delighted to announce the LIFF 2023 Audience Awards for Best Fiction Feature and Best Documentary Feature. Audience votes were collected at the end of every screening of a feature film from 3…

LIFF SHORTS 2023: The Winners

LIFF SHORTS celebrates the short film form in all its glory, with discoveries from around the world, across the UK and here in Yorkshire. We are thrilled to announce the winners in each short film awa…

LIFF 2023: First Details announced

Mark your calendars and brace yourselves for a cinematic odyssey as we gear up to unveil our most extensive and vibrant edition of Leeds International Film Festival. This year, Leeds International Fil…
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Best in Show: Bring Your Own Dog

Dir. Christopher Guest

Cinema on the Square 2025

Sun 3 Aug - 11:30 - 13:30

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We Dare to Dream

Dir. Waad Al-Kateab

Refugee Week

Wed 18 Jun - 18:00 - 19:38

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BFI Screen Culture

Leeds Film is supported by the BFI National Lottery Audience Projects Fund which supports ambitious audience-facing independent UK and international film and broader screen activity of national scale. The fund is part of the BFI's ten-year Screen Culture 2033 strategy.

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Leeds Film
Carriageworks Theatre
The Electric Press
3 Millennium Square
Leeds, LS2 3AD

0113 378 5999
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