Fanomenon Feature Film Competition

What's On

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  Sirens Call

  Dir. Miri Ian Gossing, Lina Sieckmann

  Fanomenon - FANOMENON FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

  Thu 6 Nov and Wed 12 Nov

  A reincarnated mermaid tries to find herself and adapt to the rigidity of the human world in this astonishing hybrid debut.

  Vue in the Light, Leeds

  Screen 7

  • Germany
  • Netherlands
  • UK Premiere
  • Europe
  • Award Winners
  • Queer Films
  • First Features
  • Competitions
  • Fantasy
  • Documentaries

  Past event
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  The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

  Dir. Laura Casabé

  Fanomenon - FANOMENON FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

  Thu 6 Nov - Thu 13 Nov

  In this captivating supernatural coming-of-age film from Laura Casabé, a young girl’s first love awakens something darker within her when another woman gets in her way.

  Vue in the Light, Leeds

  Screen 7

  • Argentina
  • Mexico
  • Spain
  • UK Premiere
  • Women Filmmakers
  • Horror
  • South America
  • Competitions

  Past event
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  Rains Over Babel

  Dir. Gala del Sol

  Fanomenon - FANOMENON FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

  Thu 6 Nov and Sun 9 Nov

  Blending steampunk, magic realism, and Afrofuturism, director Gala del Sol’s first feature is an exuberant dark comic fantasy inspired by Dante’s Inferno, with a terrific ensemble of trans and queer characters.

  Vue in the Light, Leeds

  Screen 7

  • Colombia
  • Colombia
  • Spain
  • USA
  • UK Premiere
  • Women Filmmakers
  • Queer Films
  • First Features
  • South America
  • Competitions
  • Fantasy

  Past event
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  Dandelion’s Odyssey

  Dir. Momoko Seto

  Fanomenon - FANOMENON FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

  Thu 6 Nov and Mon 10 Nov

  A creatively unique animated journey of friendship and survival, this mesmerising film follows a group of dandelion seeds as they escape a nuclear explosion in search of a new home.

  Vue in the Light, Leeds

  Screen 7

  • Belgium
  • France
  • UK Premiere
  • Women Filmmakers
  • Europe
  • Award Winners
  • First Features
  • Competitions
  • Political
  • Animation
  • Sci-Fi
  • Fantasy

  Past event
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  Roqia

  Dir. Yanis Koussim

  Fanomenon - FANOMENON FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

  Wed 5 Nov - 20:30

  Yanis Koussim’s first feature Roqia is an eerie supernatural horror that confronts the spectres of Algeria’s 'Black Decade' (1992–2002), when extremist violence engulfed the country and left traumas still felt today.

  Vue in the Light, Leeds

  Screen 7

  • Algeria
  • France
  • UK Premiere
  • Horror
  • Competitions
  • Africa

  Past event
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  Tinsman Road

  Dir. Robbie Banfitch

  Fanomenon - FANOMENON FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

  Wed 5 Nov and Sun 9 Nov

  Shot entirely on DV, this haunting found-footage horror follows a filmmaker investigating the mysterious disappearance of his long-missing sister.

  Vue in the Light, Leeds

  Screen 7

  • USA
  • UK Premiere
  • North America
  • Horror
  • Competitions
  • Thriller

  Past event
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  The Black Hole

  Dir. Moonika Siimets

  Fanomenon - FANOMENON FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

  Wed 5 Nov and Tue 11 Nov

  Otherworldly creatures disrupt the lives of the residents of an apartment block in this delightful Estonian sci-fi triptych.

  Vue in the Light, Leeds

  Screen 7

  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • UK Premiere
  • Women Filmmakers
  • Europe
  • Comedy
  • Horror
  • Competitions
  • Offbeat
  • Sci-Fi
  • Fantasy

  Past event