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Clio
Barnard's Ali & Ava in cinemas, plus LIFF Presents previews
of The Phantom of the Open, Red Rocket, The Worst Person in
the World and more...
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LIFF 2021 Closing
Film Ali & Ava in cinemas from 4 March
Made in Bradford and supported by
Screen Yorkshire, Ali & Ava was a fantastic closing
film experience for the 2021 Leeds International Film Festival
and is coming to cinemas from 4 March. Enveloped in music, humour
and emotion, Ali & Ava is a heartfelt contemporary
love story written and directed by BAFTA-nominated Clio Barnard (The
Arbor, The Selfish Giant).
Sparks fly after Ali and Ava meet
through their shared affection for Sofia, the child of Ali’s
tenants, whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and
kindness while Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humour
irresistible. As they become closer, they try to keep their
newfound passion from being overshadowed by the stresses and
struggles of their separate lives and histories.
Watch Ali & Ava in cinemas
from Fri 4 March. Screening at Everyman Leeds and Harrogate, Vue Leeds in
The Light, Bradford's Science and Media Museum, City Screen York
& more
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LIFF Presents
previews at Vue in The Light, The INDIs Festival on Leeds Film
Player, International Women's Day 2022, plus Hive and Le Mif
in cinemas and more...
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The LIFF Presents on 9 March: The Phantom of
the Open
Mark Rylance shines as the hapless golfer Maurice Flitcroft
in Craig Roberts’ big hearted comedy. The Phantom of the
Open is based on the true story of a crane operator
from Barrow-in-Furness who blagged his way into playing in
the British Open in 1976, only to get (by far) the worst
score in the tournament’s history. Our LIFF Presents
preview is on 9 March at Vue in The Light and the film is
released in cinemas on 18 March.
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LIFF Presents on 9 March: Red Rocket
Sean Baker follows up Tangerine and The Florida
Project with another vivid, spiky and unaffected
comedy-drama set on the margins of modern American society.
Simon Rex delivers a horribly compelling performance as
Mikey, a self-centred and opportunistic ex adult industry
star who returns unwelcome to his hometown for a new start.
Our LIFF Presents preview is on 9 March at Vue in The Light
and the film is released in cinemas on 11 March.
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LIFF Presents on 23 March: Murina & The
Worst Person in the World
The outstanding debut feature from Antoneta
Alamat Kusijanović and winner of the Camera d’Or at Cannes
2021, the ‘sunshine noir’ Murina is a gripping story
of rebellion, jealousy and desire set on a Croatian island.
The highly anticipated Norwegian romantic drama The
Worst Person in the World (pictured) from Joachim
Trier follows Julie through four turbulent years in her
early twenties as she struggles to navigate her love life
and career choices.
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LIFF Presents on 6 April: Small Body
& Benedetta
In writer-director Laura Samani’s captivating feature debut
Small Body, a young woman embarks on a mythic
odyssey across the majestic landscapes of 1900s' Italy to
save her daughter’s soul. Following his acclaimed thriller Elle,
arch provocateur Paul Verhoeven returns with Benedetta
(pictured), a playfully irreverent period romp set in a
Tuscan convent and loosely based on the true story of 17th
Century nun Benedetta Carlini.
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The INDIs Festival - film programme
All the films from this
year’s INDIs festival are still available on Leeds Film Player until 20
March. This year's Official Selection covers a fascinating
range of topics from climate change to sexuality,
and to activism across the world. With visions of our
future riffing against the questions of today, these are
films full of wonder. In addition, the programme includes
Cult Classics, Docs and Retrospectives. Passes are
available.
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Leeds Young Film Festival: 9-15 April 2022
Leeds Young Film Festival
is excited to be back at the Carriageworks Theatre
for Easter 2022 after two years online. For the first
time we are joining forces with Leeds City Museum, Leeds
Central Library, Leeds Art Gallery, and children’s theatre
company Tutti Frutti, to provide a family film experience
like no other. The full programme will be announced
mid-March with tickets on sale at leedsfilm.com.
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International Women's Day 2022: Film
screenings and events
International Women's Day (IWD), held on 8
March 2022 is a global day celebrating the social,
economic, cultural, and political achievements of all women
with this year's theme being 'Break The Bias'. We've put
together a guide to various film and arts events accessible
to those in the Leeds region throughout March that we will
keep updated. See what's
happening for IWD 2022
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The Criterion Collection Competition: Win
March's releases on Blu-ray
Our exclusive monthly competition gives you
the chance to win one of two bundles of the latest Blu-rays
from The Criterion Collection. March's titles include
Japanese New Wave gem Pale Flower, Charlie
Chaplin's final film Modern Times and Hong Kong New
Wave feature Boat People. To enter, answer the
following question: In which city was Charlie Chaplin born? Email
answers to leeds.film@leeds.gov.uk by midnight on Thu 31 March 2022.
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Reclaim the Frame Presents Hive + Q&A in
York
At City Screen in York on 8 March you can see a recorded
Q&A with Kosovan director Blerta Basholli at a preview
of her debut Hive, a triple award-winner at the 2021
Sundance Film Festival. Hive is based on the true
story of Fahrije, a woman who goes against a patriarchal
society to become an entrepreneur - selling ajvar and honey
- and provide for her kids after her husband went missing
during the 1998-1999 Kosovo War.
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The Hive + Q&A screens
on Tue 8 March, 8.30pm. City Screen Picturehouse, York
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Oscar-nominated documentary Writing with Fire
comes to BBC iPlayer
The stirring and inspiring Writing with
Fire was a double award-winner at the 2021 Sundance
Film Festival and the first Indian feature documentary to
be Oscar-nominated. From directors Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu
Thomas, Writing with Fire is the story of Khabar
Lahariya, India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. The
film follows the dedicated and determined journalists as
they shift from 14 years of print journalism to digital.
Wed 9 March, 10pm on
BBC Four - streaming on iPlayer shortly after
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LIFF 2021 Selection La Mif in cinemas
Frederic Baillif’s remarkably authentic
docu-style drama follows a group of teenage girls in a
residential care home. Emerging from difficult backgrounds,
here in the safe house, the girls find a new sense of
community full of unexpected tensions and intimacies. La
Mif tenderly questions what it might actually mean to
be part of a family. Screening at Leeds University Union (13
March) & Science and Media Museum,
Bradford (11-12 & 16-17 March).
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Here Before: Stacey Gregg's debut screens at
Science and Media Museum
An unsettling and intense debut feature by
writer and director Stacey Gregg, Here Before stars
Andrea Riseborough (Possessor, Mandy) as
Laura, a mother whose memories of her late daughter are
disturbed when a new family moves in next door. The strange
behaviour of the family's own young daughter (Niamh Dornan)
captivates Laura, triggering an obsession to get to
the bottom of what's going on. Screening at Science
and Media Museum, Bradford (4–5 & 9–10
March).
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Holmfirth Film Festival 2022: 14-20 March
Taking place in the beautiful setting of Holme
Valley, Holmfirth Film Festival returns for its 12th
edition in March. International dramas Fatima
(10 March) and Corpus Christi (11 March) screen in
the lead up, before the main event featuring documentaries The
Truffle Hunters and M C Escher: Journey to Infinity at
Holmfirth Tech, and Oscar-nominated LIFF 2020 selection
Quo Vadis, Aida and more at Holmfirth Civic Hall.
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Film Industry
Opportunities
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Production Coordinator training programme for
unscripted TV - Leeds
Production management offers an exciting
career path in TV and high levels of employability. The
Production Coordinator holds a dynamic and challenging role
which requires key skills and industry training.
ScreenSkills are offering a subsidised, £200 five day
course (28 March - 1 April) for freelancers working in and
around Leeds, to provide a comprehensive overview of the
Production Coordinator role in unscripted television. Apply by Mon 14 March
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Leeds Film is
supported by the British Film Institute
Leeds Film is proud
to have achieved the BFI Diversity Standards
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