Showcasing a series of striking and rarely seen images by Magnum photographers documenting the production of six unforgettable works of world cinema (all screening at LIFF 2017), this exhibition will provide a fascinating insight into the work of some of the most celebrated filmmakers, including Andrei Tarkovsky, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Abbas Kiarostami. The films screening to accompany the exhibition are: Aparajito, The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Orphée, Stalker, Taste of Cherry, and Zabriskie Point. The exhibition is in the Film Festival Bar at Leeds Town Hall from 1st to 16th November and open from 5pm to 9pm during weekdays, noon to 9pm at weekends.

Presented as part of Magnum’s 70th Anniversary celebrations. (Photo: ©Gueorgui Pinkhassov / Magnum Photos). An additional perspective on the story is told in the documentary Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum, also screening in LIFF 2017, and you can also see five documentaries from The Magnum Eye series.