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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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Spring into March with Leeds Lit Fest. Be
delighted by a Shoecake Comedy Club Literature
Special, and inspired by a passionate choral
performance from Boff Whalley and Commoners Choir with Harmony
Choir. Comedy and music continue with fringe favourites Tom
Houghton and Rowan Rheingans, as well as Bite My
Thumb's highly anticipated touring production of RENT.
Leeds Children's Theatre rounds off the month by bringing
literary favourite Skellig to life.
See you soon,
Carriageworks Theatre
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The
Shoecake Comedy Club: Literature Special
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Fri 4 March
This special edition of Shoecake
Comedy Club will be 100% raw improvisation,
inspired by literature, brought to you by The Discount
Comedy Checkout. You can expect to see TV favourites Chris
Lumb, Natalie Smeaton and Phil Smith,
starring alongside Eddie French, Tom King and
Mandy McCarthy.
More
info →
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A
Song For Us West Yorkshire
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Sun 6 March
Join Leeds-based Commoners Choir and Harmony
Choir as they reach outside our city and recognise the
way we’re stitched into the rest of the planet. Both choirs
will perform their own songs before joining as one
60-70-strong vocal chorus to sing ‘Looking Out…’.
More
info →
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The iconic musical RENT is about
falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. It has
become a pop cultural phenomenon with songs that rock and a story
that audiences of all ages can relate to. Jonathan Larson’s RENT
follows 'a year in the life' of a group of young artists
struggling to survive at the end of the millennium,
following their dreams, loves and conflicts. Don’t miss this
ground breaking musical sensation that won the Tony Award for
best musical, ran for twelve years on Broadway and would go on to
inspire the smash hit musical Hamilton.
This show is produced by Bite My Thumb, a
community arts group.
More info →
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Tom
Houghton: Honour Tour
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“The Honourable” Tom Houghton has
been storming the comedy circuit with his hilarious stories
and sharp-eyed silver spoon observations.
The total fringe sell-out, star of Comedy
Central’s Roast Battle and critically-acclaimed
star of BBC and Channel 4’s First Dates,
Tom is the ultra-privileged master of making the seemingly
unrelatable, relatable.
You can expect to see larger than life
characters, hilarious mis-adventures and discover that true
honour often lies where you’d least expect.
Presented by Phil McIntyre Live Ltd by arrangement with
Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd.
More info →
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Rowan
Rheingans: Dispatches on the Red Dress
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Dispatches on the Red Dress is an intimate and courageous new show by Rowan
Rheingans (BBC Radio 2 folk award-winning songwriter)
and dramaturg Liam Hurley.
Unravelling the joy and pain from a story of
her grandmother’s youth in 1940s Germany, Rowan celebrates
small acts of resistance and boldly asks a troubling
question for our times: can hope for our future be found in
the very darkest pockets of our history?
More info →
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Man, bird or angel? Who, or what, is Skellig?
When Michael steps into the crumbling garage, he
discovers something beneath the spider webs and dead flies. A
human being? Or a strange creature never seen before? Together
with his friend Mina, they carry the creature into the light and
Michael’s world changes forever.
Winner of the Carnegie Medal and Whitbread
Children’s Book Award, this play is David Almond’s adaptation of
his celebrated novel.
This show is produced by Concord Theatricals
Ltd, a community arts group, on behalf of Samuel French
Ltd.
More info →
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Celebrating International Women's Day
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Fairey
Band: Leeds Best of Brass
From our
friends Leeds International Concert Season who are
marking International Women's Day this month
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 Fairey Band presents a
selection of light music on Sat 5 March at Morley Town
Hall to celebrate International Women’s Day. The band
welcomes female conductor Sarah Groarke-Booth - the first
time in recent history the Leeds Best of Brass
series has featured a female on the podium.
More
info →
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What's coming up
for children, families and young people
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From
toddlers to university students, be
inspired by music and the arts this
spring and beyond with activities,
ensembles and more. Interactive
workshops, family films, after school
activities, and immersive training
programmes, there’s a whole host of opportunities
to get involved.
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Mmm Ahh Whoosh
Sun 6
Mar, 11.30am & 2pm
A
brand-new jazz-inspired gig for
0–5-year olds which will immerse you in
a swirling world of colour and take you
on a musical journey through
afro-centric soulful folk and scat.
"I
couldn’t stop smiling the whole way
through.”
- Audience member
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Little ONes
Weekly
from 11 Mar, 10.15am / 11.30am
Bring
your Little ONes to explore the
wonderful world of opera, in sessions
designed especially for your babies,
toddlers and pre-schoolers.
Expect a whole range of multi-sensory
magic; music, singing, dancing, craft,
storytelling and more.
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FILM: Sing + Workshop
Sun 10
Apr, from 2pm
Dapper
koala Buster Moon's ambitions are
crumbling...he takes one final chance
to restore his beloved theatre to its
former glory, by producing the world’s
greatest singing competition.
Join us before the screening for an
interactive movement and singing
workshop.
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Carnival
of the Animals
Thu
14 Apr, 11.30am & 1.30pm
What
sound does an elephant make? Or a
tortoise? Or a kangaroo? Join
players from the Orchestra of Opera
North for this relaxed concert for
young children and their families.
Moving around and responding naturally
to the music is actively encouraged!
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Do
you know someone who loves to
SING, PERFORM or PLAY a musical
instrument? We have a wide range of
opportunities to get involved with our
specialist team and the Orchestra
of Opera North.
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Opera North Ltd.
Howard Opera Centre
8 Harrison Street
Leeds
LS1 6PA
Box Office: 0113 223 3600
Registered Charity No.
511726
© Opera North 2022
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