LIFF Spotlights - Special Screenings

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  Compensation (New 4K Restoration)

  Dir. Zeinabu Irene Davis

  LIFF Spotlights Closing Film

  Sun 16 Nov - 14:30

  An underseen gem, Zeinabu Irene Davis’s Compensation is a tender and original exploration of the Deaf Black American experience.

  Vue in the Light, Leeds

  Screen 7

  • USA
  • Women Filmmakers
  • Retrospectives
  • History
  • North America
  • Period
  • Romance
  • Disability
  • Restorations

  Past event
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  Chronicle of the Years of Fire (50th Anniversary)

  Dir. Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

  LIFF Spotlights - SPECIAL SCREENINGS

  Sat 15 Nov - 13:00

  This epic six-part tale of the Algerian Revolution became the first African film to win the Cannes Palme d’Or 50 years ago.

  Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds

  Screen 2

  • Algeria
  • Retrospectives
  • Africa

  Past event
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  The Arch (New 4K Restoration)

  Dir. T’ang Shushuen

  LIFF Spotlights Opening Film

  Sat 15 Nov - 11:15

  A beautiful 4K restoration of a little known film that should be elevated to classic status, the graceful, nuanced The Arch was made in 1968 by Hong Kong’s first female film director, T’ang Shushuen.

  Vue in the Light, Leeds

  Screen 7

  • Hong Kong
  • Women Filmmakers
  • Retrospectives
  • History
  • East Asia
  • Period
  • Restorations

  Past event
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  Sholay (50th Anniversary)

  Dir. Ramesh Sippy

  LIFF Spotlights - SPECIAL SCREENINGS

  Sun 9 Nov - 13:15

  Ramesh Sippy’s towering classic Sholay is an epic ‘curry western’ packed with exhilarating action, musical numbers, Indian cinema’s most iconic actors, and jaw-dropping widescreen cinematography.

  Vue in the Light, Leeds

  Screen 12

  • India
  • Retrospectives
  • Restorations
  • South Asia

  Past event
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  Our Heavenly Bodies (with Live Music Accompaniment)

  Dir. Hanns Walter Kornblum

  LIFF Spotlights - SPECIAL SCREENINGS

  Fri 7 Nov - 18:00

  Our Heavenly Bodies is an extraordinary German proto-documentary made in 1925 that harnesses the wonder of early cinema to explore no less than everything that was known about the universe at the time.

  Howard Assembly Room, Leeds

  Main Auditorium

  • Chile
  • Germany
  • Europe
  • Retrospectives
  • Music
  • Documentaries

  Past event