Concerned about the future for his 4 year-old daughter, filmmaker Damon Gameau created an eco doc that looks at how the future could be better if we…
Continue readingConcerned about the future for his 4 year-old daughter, filmmaker Damon Gameau created an eco doc that looks at how the future could be better if we…
Continue readingAn essential piece of history in the making and a landmark film for a strange and difficult year, 76 Days is fly on the wall reportage from the…
Continue readingJulia Von Heinz’s immersive thriller follows 20-year-old Luisa, who leaves her wealthy parents to study law, but soon finds herself joining a…
Continue readingA Cinema Prayer profiles one of the greatest directors of all time, Andrey Tarkovsky, the Russian mastermind behind Andrei Rublev and Stalker. Made in…
Continue readingFeaturing a magnetic central performance from Deragh Campbell, Anne at 13,000 ft is a mesmerising, fast paced indie drama tracking one young woman’s…
Continue readingA documentary about Bor and Bestla, the only camels in the world that live in the Arctic Circle in the far north of Norway, and 9 year-old Torarin and…
Continue readingTom Sullivan’s striking gaelic language debut captures the desperation of the 1840’s potato famine on the spectacular shores of Ireland’s west coast.…
Continue readingWith A Silent Voice, Naoko Yamada unveiled her unique talent for observing the intimate dramas of adolescence through the strokes of anime for the…
Continue readingTibet’s leading director, Pema Tseden has made his best film yet with Balloon, a poignant tale of faith and modernity. Combining gentle comedy and…
Continue readingIn a remote cave, a travelling storyteller recounts a fascinating tale to his young assistant. Tonio, the Bear King's son, is kidnapped by hunters in…
Continue readingAdapted from a popular webcomic, Cho Kyung-hun’s animated body horror conveys the murderous lengths women will go to to be attractive. All her life,…
Continue readingWriter and director Uisenma Borchu takes on the role of Wessi, a woman who returns to the steppes of Mongolia from Germany to reconnect with her…
Continue readingLight and darkness combine in these taut and tense tales of pressure and success. An Iranian mother makes a catastrophic error under pressure in a…
Continue readingBring Down the Walls looks at the prison-industrial complex in America, the industry that profits from the expansion of prisons, and juxtaposes it…
Continue readingYoung boy Marco is fleeing from the terrible wizard Maga Kahn and his army of ape soldiers, as he’s stolen a magic diamond that can fulfil wishes at…
Continue readingKlara is a young city calf with a big dream of becoming a musical star. One day she receives a letter from her father whom she has not heard from for…
Continue readingIsaac, a lonely drifter suffering from partial memory loss, accepts a strange job looking after Olga, a psychologically troubled young woman living in…
Continue readingCEE Animation Talents highlights the most talented young animation filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe. It presents the best films made by…
Continue readingA murderous psychopath gets more than he bargained for when he targets a loving young couple, who may not be as innocent as they first appear. A night…
Continue readingIn a dystopian future, a dictator rounds up all the 'ugly' children to make the country a 'better' place. Using propaganda and alt-truth to convince…
Continue readingCollective is a gripping documentary revealing the uncompromising power of investigative journalism. A tragic fire at Bucharest’s Colectiv club leaves…
Continue readingNewspaper columnist and author Femke Boot is suffering from writers’ block and her mood isn’t improved by the torrent of abuse and death threats she…
Continue readingA sharply written and bitterly funny political satire from Germany based on an obscure true story that became one of the main catalysts for the Iraq…
Continue readingRussian master Andrei Konchalovsky returns with his most compelling film in years. Dear Comrades is a stylish and clinical expose of Soviet oppression…
Continue readingOne of the enduring strengths of animation is the ability to express the inner worlds and obsessions of its filmmakers. This year, we’re taking a deep…
Continue readingSet in Taiwan in 1962, during the White Terror martial law period, teenage student Fang and a classmate visit their high school after dark to try and…
Continue readingDownstream to Kinshasa is a compelling documentary that follows a group of war survivors from Kisangani. Civilians maimed in the Six-Day War, a…
Continue readingWhen a squadron of rookie pilots arrive in the midst of a space battle they find themselves heavily outnumbered and outgunned. When a trainee pilot…
Continue readingThe tangling and twisting of family ties in and outside the household, the workplace and the mean city streets. This programme takes us on a winding…
Continue readingThis year’s selection of horror shorts has an overarching theme of family, friends and self. Three of the films are from homegrown UK talent including…
Continue readingFrom outer space to inner space and the rise of the robots, we present a selection of possible futures. Eject from the UK and It’s Okay from the USA…
Continue readingWe are delighted to host for the first time the Film Africa Baobab Award for Best Short Film, organised by the Royal African Society. Established in…
Continue readingThe second programme of five short films nominated for this year’s Film Africa Baobab Award includes Egyptian drama Henet Ward about Halima, a…
Continue readingNewly appointed parliamentary candidate, You-wei Wang and his assistant, Ying-ying Hsiung are determined to stop the building of a chemical plant by a…
Continue readingMaturity is such a difficult concept, full of shifting perspectives and many questions. In this programme, we witness a grieving child querying the…
Continue readingHigh Ground is a gripping colonialist revenge thriller set just after the First World War, spectacularly shot in the Australian outback. Ex-sniper…
Continue readingKamir Aïnouz’s impassioned semi-autobiographical debut follows Selma, a headstrong French-Algerian teenager, trapped between countries and cultures.…
Continue readingMariusz Wilczynski’s astonishing debut feature is a deeply personal, hand drawn animation, over a decade in the making. The dreamlike images are…
Continue readingAn intimate portrait of one of the world’s most celebrated and studied directors, Stanley Kubrick. Drawing on previously unheard recorded interviews,…
Continue readingFrom their first golden era as a unique new medium that went global on MTV, through to major new releases that receive millions of views within just…
Continue readingLeeds Queer Film Festival is proud to be partnering again with LIFF to select short films focusing on LGBT+ stories. This first programme takes…
Continue readingFor the third year in a row, Leeds Queer Film Festival has had the honour of curating the Queer Short Film programmes for LIFF. This second programme…
Continue readingFrom the surreal image of a merman on a rubbish tip in Kinshasa, to Covid wary, clingfilm-wrapped bodies in an abandoned carpark, this compelling…
Continue readingA great chance to see the winners of this year’s Leeds Short Film Awards together in one programme of short film wonders. The size and diversity of…
Continue readingA provocative programme of films which weaves through wildly differing forms of female experience. In Egypt, a henna artist finds herself at the…
Continue readingSelected for this year's Cannes Film Festival, Love Affair(s) is a charming romantic comedy about the many practical and philosophical challenges of…
Continue readingMiniature explorations of the many facets of love ranging from the potent dynamic between a Taiwanese woman and her stepson; the quiet intensity of…
Continue readingFantasy is in danger. The evil Crudo has discovered a way to destroy the Magic Book that contains all the stories ever invented by Humanity, leaving…
Continue readingOften, but not always, rambunctious in tone, these films traverse the abattoirs and bouzoukis of the Greek psyche; the curious entanglement of a…
Continue readingWhen we die, there are still some practicalities that need to be taken care of before our time among the living is finally over. Swedish director Carl…
Continue readingAustrian director Robert Schabus makes a timely and insightful investigation into the crisis of democracy around Europe and the seemingly unstoppable…
Continue readingThe Mole Agent is a warm and funny docudrama and a spy story with a difference. When a client engages him to investigate suspected elder abuse in a…
Continue readingOur first BAFTA qualifying compilation of British Short films is an exploration of transformation, growth and change, as we follow a collection of…
Continue readingOur second BAFTA qualifying British Short Film Competition, is a depiction of endurance, survival and resilience, as our compilation of films shows…
Continue readingFor the first time in twenty years, due to COVID-19, Night of the Dead isn’t happening 😭 But don’t despair! Thanks to the new Leeds Film Player, we…
Continue readingThree city children are forced to spend the summer on their deranged grandfather’s farm in rural Estonia. When they accidentally free his prized cow,…
Continue readingSet in 1961 in Kapuivik, an island in the Canadian arctic, One Day in the Life of Noah depicts a pivotal day in the life of an Inuit seal hunter.…
Continue readingA searing tragicomic drama set in a sweltering southern town, where the annual ‘Hands on the Truck’ contest gives twenty contestants the chance to win…
Continue readingThe Krakow Film Foundation have lovingly curated a programme that showcases the very best Polish animations forged by exceptional female filmmakers…
Continue readingDeftly balancing an intimate personal story and a large-scale dramatisation of a historical tragedy, Jasmila Zbanic has made one of the best films of…
Continue readingEngland, 1665: the Great Plague is sweeping the land and fear and superstition is rife among the population. Grace, a recent widow, is falsely accused…
Continue readingA true meeting of artists’ minds: drawn from poet and activist Stephen Watts’ book Republic Of Dogs / Republic Of Birds, Huw Wahl’s 16mm essay film…
Continue readingRocca is a unique 11 year-old girl with a gung-ho attitude to life. As her father is an astronaut on the International Space Station, she is sent to…
Continue readingA selection of 4 Romanian shorts, lovingly curated by the Transilvania International Film Festival. Havana, Cuba explores the concept of being alone…
Continue readingRomy’s mother has to work a lot. That’s why Romy goes to her grandmother every day after school. If you think that sounds like fun, then you’re wrong,…
Continue readingThe united village of sheep and wolves leads its steady and peaceful life until two unexpected guests suddenly arrive - a Polar fox and a small ewe.…
Continue readingSisters With Transistors is a joyous celebration of pioneering women in electronic music, featuring the composers and musicians Daphne Oram, Pauline…
Continue readingAraz lives at home with his mother, Marhamat, who is a witch. When he discovers that she has bewitched him to stay with her, rather than pursue the…
Continue readingAfter her father’s death, Snow White is at the mercy of her self-loving stepmother. Locked in a tower by the evil queen, Snow White repeatedly escapes…
Continue readingMajid Majidi’s critically acclaimed, heartfelt heist film will have its UK premiere at LIFF, after screening in competition at Venice. A gang of…
Continue readingSune is going to be his grandfather's Best Man but when he discovers that the wedding is on the same day as the class trip, he decides to try and do…
Continue readingThe Trouble with Nature is a highly original period drama set in 1769. Arch conservative philosopher Edmund Burke has fled London, debt collectors and…
Continue readingWouldn’t it be great if you could rewrite history to make it more entertaining? That’s exactly what Matthew Rankin has done in his debut feature, as…
Continue readingA deeply moving story of the unshakeable love between two women. Having kept their relationship secret from family members, Nina and Madeline keep up…
Continue readingThe Whaler Boy is a hugely engaging comedy drama set in the bleak Russian tundra by the Bering Strait. Teenager Leksha works as a whale hunter in a…
Continue readingIn this year of disruption and isolation, we bring you accounts of unsettled identities, personal discovery and collective action. Colonial legacies…
Continue readingThe Oscar-nominated animation studio behind The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea returns with the tale of a magical, unlikely friendship between…
Continue readingWe pick the most outstanding animated short films from a diverse selection, for our ever popular World Animation Award. In this programme, climate…
Continue readingOur World Animation Award programmes bring together animations of every kind, from festival award winners, to freshly minted graduation short films.…
Continue readingWith 30 films from 20 different countries selected from hundreds of entries, we present the very best in contemporary short animated films. The last…
Continue readingEqually as enthralling as the county it represents, the Yorkshire Short Film Competition continues to go from strength to strength, encapsulating the…
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