Friday 1 November 2024

Leeds International Film Festival 1-17 November 2024

 Starts today:

 

The latest news, events and updates from LIFF (Leeds International Film Festival) |  

 

LIFF 2024 OPENS ON 1 NOVEMBER - TICKETS GOING FAST

 

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LIFF 2024 Constellation Opening Film - A Real Pain

 

 

We can’t wait to welcome you to the 38th Leeds International Film Festival from 1-17 November, with 278 screenings and events over 17 days. Tickets are going fast for many of the films, with best sellers including A Real Pain, All the Long Nights, Bird, Conclave, All We Imagine as Light, Good One, No Other Land, Flow, Universal Language, Nickel Boys, Cloud, and La Cocina.

 

 

The best value way to see films at LIFF is through our passes, with a wide range of options available, and you can use tickets from most of our passes for sharing with others. You can continue to buy passes during LIFF too if you use up tickets from a pass you have already bought. Individual tickets are also available for all screenings and events.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIFF 2024 Q&AS, TALKS AND PANELS

 

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We present several Q&As, talks and panels at LIFF 2024 and you can view those confirmed so far on our website using the link below. They include: director Jethro Massey with a Q&A for Paul and Paulette Take a Bath; film curator Dr Omar Ahmed with an introductory talk about Indian film icon Smita Patil; director Ivana Gloria and actress Sarah Short with a Q&A for Chlorophyll; and actor Mark Oosterveen for a Q&A with documentary Grand Theft Hamlet.

 

 

NORDIC FEATURES AT LIFF 2024

 

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Films from the Nordic countries are always popular at LIFF, and we have four outstanding features in this year’s programme. 

 

From Norway, we present the multi-award-winning marital drama Loveable and the candid comedy drama Sex. When the Light Breaks is a story of friendship, grief and secrecy set against the breathtaking Icelandic scenery. Finally, The Girl with the Needle is a gripping and chilling drama set in Copenhagen soon after World War I.

 

 

 

 

 

RENÉ LALOUX DOUBLE BILL

 

 

 

 

The films of French writer and director René Laloux (1929-2004) remain a huge inspiration on animation. 

 

 

At LIFF 2024 we present a double bill celebration of Laloux’s work, with the mesmerising psychedelic sci-fi Fantastic Planet (1973) and the UK Premiere of the new 4K restoration of existentialist space adventure Time Masters (1982). 

 

 

The films are screening at Hyde Park Picture House in the afternoon on Saturday 3 November, and both are rated PG.

 

 

BOX OFFICE HIT FROM THAILAND PREMIERES AT LIFF

 

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From the makers of previous LIFF audience favourites Bad Genius and Fast & Feel Love, How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies is the Thai box office hit about a college dropout's growing bond with his terminally-ill grandma. 

 

You can see it first at LIFF2024, with screenings on 2 November at Cottage Road Cinema and 12 & 14 November at Vue in The Light. 

"Pat Boonnitipat’s touching debut feature is an irresistible tearjerker." - Allan Hunter, Screen International

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENJOY EARLY FESTIVE COMEDY AT LIFF 2024

 

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Michael Cera in Christmas Eve in Miller's Point

 

 

Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point is Tyler Taormina's freewheeling festive comedy about an eccentric Italian American family gathering, starring Michael Cera and Francessca Scorcese. 

 

 

Gathering for what could be the last Christmas in their ancestral home, four generations of the Balsano family intertwine, as tensions boil and relatives reconnect. Screening at LIFF 2024 on 4 November at Hyde Park Picture House and 8 - 9 November at Vue in The Light.

 

 

 

 

 

LIFF 2024 SOCIAL EVENTS

 

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Enjoy a range of social events hosted by local venues and event groups, each with a special LIFF touch.  From film quizzes and creative life drawing to meetups over drinks, these events offer a relaxed way to connect with fellow film enthusiasts. 

 

 

For those interested in developing their own film career, there will also be industry events hosted by Film Hub North and BFI NETWORK. 

 

 

 

LIFF IS ON LETTERBOXD!

 

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We've joined Letterboxd! Follow us @leedsfilmfest on the social network for film lovers. And this year we want to hear all about the films you loved at LIFF! 

 

Tag #LIFF2024 in your reviews to make sure we can see what you watched, liked and loved at the 38th edition of Leeds International Film Festival 2024. We'll be sharing some of our favourites! 

 

 

 

 

 

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Leeds Film is supported by the British Film Institute.

Leeds Film is proud to have achieved the BFI Diversity Standards.

 

Leeds International Film Festival is part of Leeds Ticket Hub, the city's cultural ticket office: Leeds Ticket Hub, Carriageworks Theatre, The Electric Press, 3 Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 3AD. 


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