28 March - 8 April 2011 leedsyoungfilm.com MediaFishpresents

1 Welcome to the 2011 Leeds Tickets City Centre Box Office Young People’s Film Festival 0113 224 3801 presented by MediaFish! Opening Gala All Other Films A big ‘Ay up’ from MediaFish, welcome to Young person (Under 19s) £4.50 £2.50 our Film Festival! We are a group of young people Adult with young person (Over 19s) £6.00 £3.50 who love film and want to share that passion with you. Adult without young person (Over 19s) £6.00 £5.00 We don’t just organise the Film Festival, we meet every week at Leeds Film Academy to talk film, eat popcorn Buy a Golden Ticket and see and come up with ideas for cool movie stuff. all the films* from just £12.50 Check out www.leedsyoungfilm.com to find out more (*excludes Opening Gala and We ❤ Anime films). and see how you could get involved. Single Golden Ticket £12.50 (1 person, either a young person or an adult) We hope you enjoy our festival! Double Golden Ticket £20.00 The MediaFish team (2 people, either 2 young people, 2 adults or 1 of each) Family Golden Ticket £30.00 (Upto 4 people, either 2 adults & 2 young people, or 1 adult & upto 3 young people)

We ❤ Anime Day Pass Saturday 2 April (Page 8) Young person (Under 19s) £8.00 Adult with young person (Over 19s) £12.00 Adult without young person (Over 19s) £16.00 The 12th Leeds Young People’s Film Festival returns to the The first 60 pass buyers will receive a FREE goodie-bag worth over £30. Golden unique Hyde Park Picture House with a new collection Tickets holders can get We ❤ Anime Passes for half price (not available online) of fantastic films that you won’t want to miss! We’ve got Harry Potter Day Pass Sunday 3 April (Page 9) movies from all over the world, including some never- Young person (Under 19s) £5.00 seen-before premieres and a selection of fan favourites. Adult with young person (Over 19s) £7.00 Adult without young person (Over 19s) £10.00 Film Academy returns with loads of workshops, many of (Special Wizard Pass to see all 3 films and the Dragon Hunter storytelling workshop) which are FREE, for you to learn about filmmaking and this Tickets can be bought from the City Centre Box Office (open 10am – 8pm, year we’ll be joined by some very special guests. So jump Mon – Sat) in person or by phone, or from Hyde Park Picture House on the in - and book your tickets early to avoid disappointment! day of the screening. You can also buy tickets online at www.leedsyoungfilm.com. Tickets will not Debbie, Martin & Scott (Leeds Young Film Team) be posted out. They can be collected from City Centre Box Office up to the 2 day of the event or from Hyde Park Picture House from 1 hour before the event. Classification Gaming is an established moving image medium and the Film Festival has always brought cutting edge workshops Where existing British Board of Classification certification exists, it and activities to you, from gaming events on the will be indicated next to the film. Where films are not certified by the BBFC, the suggested film certificates have received licensing big screen in Millennium Square to Machinima approval and the Film Festival has recommended an age animation workshops in the Film Academy. suitability next to the film. To cement our committment to U, PG, 12A, 15 gaming we are proud to unveil a brand new strand for 2011 with two For more details about film content and recommended ages, go brand new events. We know that to www.leedsyoungfilm.com or ring Leeds Young Film on 0113 247 8398. there are lots of gamers out there and we want to give a you a chance Children under 12 years old must be accompanied by an adult to play, develop and share. in the cinema. We are not responsible for anyone left alone in the cinema or any belongings taken into the cinema. We are also launching a national young games designers Babes-in-arms screening: we provide a relaxed environment, competition, if you want to know more about Games where parents and carers can relax and enjoy the film, Without Frontiers, please get in touch with debbie.maturi@ while babies and toddlers are free to be themselves. leeds.gov.uk. Premiere or preview: denotes that the film being screened ahead of a general release or is being shown for the first time in England, the UK, Europe or the world!. Leeds Film Network Audio described screening: cinema audio description is a We are proud to be a member of the newly formed Leeds service for people with visual impairments. As well as Film Network established in October 2009 by the Find Your the usual film soundtrack, a recorded narrator explains Talent Programme and ArtForms, Education Leeds. The what’s happening through individual headphones. Ask at the cinema to borrow a pair of A.D. headphones. core purpose of the network is to develop and increase opportunities for children and young people living in www.leedsyoungfilm.com Leeds to engage and excel in watching and making film. City Centre Box Office 0113 224 3801 This brochure is available in other Carriageworks, Millennium Square, Leeds Don’t worry if you can’t get through, leave a message and someone from Box formats including large type. For more Office will call you back. information call 0113 247 8398 3 Venues Partners

Hyde Park Picture House Presented by Brudenell Road, Leeds, LS6 1JD 0113 275 2045 From city centre take A660 towards Headingly. At Hyde Park corner turn left on to Hyde Park Road.Take the fourth right on to Funders Brudenell Road Bus 56 stops outside the cinema Buses 1, 28, 92, 95, 96, 97, 97A to Hyde Park Corner (5 min walk) Access: Free on street parking around the cinema. Street level Leading Partner access to stalls via fire exit. No wheelchair accessible toilets. Guide Dogs welcome.

Leeds Film Academy Media Partners Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD 0113 234 8080 Buses 49, 50, 50A stop outside the Art Gallery. Buses 1, 28, 56, 92, 97, 97A stop around the corner on Albion St. Partners Ten minute walk from Leeds train station. Access: Main entrance on Calverly Street via stairs, level access on ground floor via The Headrow entrance, with lift to all floors. Wheelchair accessible toilets. Studio 12 and Leeds Central Library Calverley Street, Leeds, LS1 3AB 0113 247 6016 Buses same as Leeds Film Academy, above Access: Ramp on the Headrow, with lift to all floors. Wheelchair accessible toilets.

4 Special Advance Events Age: Suitable for all ages The Wonder of Cinema with Olsen HPPH Tickets: £2.50 under 19s £3.50 over 19s Sun 27 March, 12.30pm Tickets can be booked Olsen present a screening of artists’ film and video for through the City Centre families, with music and homemade food. Including Box Office on 0113 224 new and old work and elements of expanded cinema. 3801 or online at The emphasis will be on active viewing and the open- www.leedsyoungfilm.com ended possibilities of the moving image. Suitable for all ages, children to adults. Noise, disruption and www.olsenorsen.org distraction anticipated and welcomed.

Dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, 2008, 101 min Ponyo Armley Mills Cinema Animation, Adventure Sun 27 March, 2pm See this if you liked: My Hayao Miyazaki, the greatest living animator, transforms Neighbour Totoro, Up The Little Mermaid fairytale into Ponyo, a magical Venue: Armley Mills, Leeds cinema experience for all the family. Ponyo is a little Industrial Museum, goldfish who escapes her underwater home of her Canal Rd, Leeds, LS12 2QF Tickets: FREE under 19s sorcerer father to explore the surface where she is £3.00 over 19s discovered by five year old Sosuke. As she grows closer Call 07870 581566 to book to him, her desire to become fully human gets stronger.

This is a private event; if you would like to know Screen Adventures HPPH Mon 28, Tue 29, Wed more please ring Martin on 0113 247 8398 30 March, 12.30pm Leeds Young People’s Film Festival is proud to be in partnership with Artforms and Leeds Film Network to present a special schools’ programme using film in a new and exciting way. We will be screening The Princes’ Quest, a remarkable animated film that looks at other cultures in a thought-provoking way. 5 WEDNESDAY 30th MARCH TBC Dir. Carlos Saldanha, USA, Opening Gala - Rio 3D Vue in The Light, 2011, 90 min Check website for BBFC classification. Special Not available at time of press. 6.30pm Animation, Adventure, Preview Comedy Rio is the latest family blockbuster from Blue Sky Studios, See this if you liked: Ice the makers of the “Ice Age” films and one of the most Age, Kung Fu Panda successful producers of animated films in the world. The comedy-adventure centers on Blu, a rare macaw who leaves the comforts of his cage in small town Minnesota for the exotic wonders of Rio de Janeiro. But Blu’s new life and adventures in Rio are complicated by the fact that he can’t fly. Lucky for Blu, his new menagerie of friends are ready to help him find his inner-hero – and teach him what it really means to soar. With voices by Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, and a whole host of other stars, Rio is the perfect family film to launch this year’s Leeds Young People’s Film Festival.

Screening at Vue, The Light, The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 8TL, 08712 240 240 THURSDAY 31st MARCH Dir. Tomm Moore, Nora Babes in Arms Screening Twomey, Ireland, 2009, 75 The Secret of Kells HPPH, 11am min Animation, Adventure Adventure, action and danger await 12 year old See this if you liked: How monk Brendan as he helps complete The Illuminator’s to Train Your Dragon, Wall-E manuscript. Overcoming his deepest fears he In undertakes a dangerous quest that takes him into the partner- enchanted forest where he meets the magical fairy ship with 6 Aisling who helps him with his mission. Dir. Susanna White, UK/ USA, 2010, 109 min Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang HPPH, 6.30pm Comedy, Family, Fantasy Leeds Young Film is delighted to be working with young See this if you liked: Mary people from Education Leeds No Limits project for Poppins, Charlotte’s Web people with visual impairments. They have watched cinema from across the world, shared ideas about their Audio Described. Ask at the cinema to borrow a likes and dislikes and turned their hands to animation. pair of A.D. headphones. This is the film they have chosen to watch and they would like to invite you to join them. Family fun starring Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Rhys Ifans. FRIDAY 1st APRIL (Kerity, la maison des contes) Eleanor’s Secret HPPH, 7pm Dir. Dominique Monfery, Seven year old Natanaël still doesn’t know how to read France/Italy, 2009, 75 min but when his eccentric aunt leaves her book collection Animation, Fantasy, to him, he discovers that the books are actually a shelter Adventure for all the heroes in children’s literature! If they leave See this if you liked: Alice the library, they will disappear along with their stories in Wonderland, Inkheart, forever so when his parents start selling off the books, The Witches, Toy Story 2 Nathanaël (who is shrunk by the evil witch Carabosse) braves everything to save his tiny friends.

(Panique au village) Dir. Stéphane Aubier / A Town Called Panic HPPH, 9pm Vincent Patar, France / A wonder to behold, giddy surreal and laugh out loud Belgium, 2009, 75 min, animated comedy with an energy that bursts off the French with English subtitles screen. Horse, Cowboy and Indian have to leave their little village to go an epic quest to retrieve Horse’s house Animation, Comedy from very strange underwater creatures, via the North See this if you liked: Shrek, Pole and the centre of the Earth, all in time for Horse to Toy Story, How to Train Your get back in time for his music lesson! Dragon 7 We ❤ Anime SATURDAY 2nd APRIL The We ❤ Anime roadshow comes to Leeds with a fantastic showcase of Anime films, old and new. Passes for the day start at just £8 - see page 2 for details. Anime expert Jonathan Clements will introduce the films and present his talk ‘Wrong with Manga’ before Redline. There will be prizes during the day for the best Cosplay outfits so make sure you come dressed up! First English (Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta) Language Screening Laputa Castle in the Sky HPPH, 11am Dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 1986, 124 min, English language Inspired by Gulliver’s Travels, a boy and girl with a magic Animation, Adventure crystal race to find the magical sky kingdom of Laputa. See this if you liked: Ponyo, They must thwart the pirates and the evil Muska, who Up, Stardust wants to use Laputa’s technology to rule the world. (Samâ wôzu) Dir. Mamoru Hosoda, 2009, Summer Wars HPPH, 2pm 114 min, English language When the Love Machine virus threatens to destroy the Animation, Action See this if you liked: Men vast online world of Oz, maths genius Kenzi and Natsuki in Black, Monsters vs Aliens must tear themselves away from her grandmother’s 90th birthday party and do battle in the virtual world. (Gekijouban Trigun: Badlands Rumble) Dir. Satoshi Nishimura, 12A Trigun Badlands Rumble HPPH, 4.30pm 2010, 90 min, Japanese In the western town of Makka the mayor has brought with English subs together bounty hunters to protect the townsfolk Animation, Action against the legendary robber Gasback. Action packed See this if you liked: The Girl Who Leapt Through adventure with Vash, Ameria and Nicholas D Woodford. Time, Ghost in the Shell

Dir. Takeshi Koike, 2010, 15 Redline HPPH, 7pm 102 min, Japanese with Hold on to your seat for the fastest, most frenzied film English subs you have ever seen. Redline roars across the screen Animation, Action with an amazing style and high-octane soundtrack. See this if you liked: Akira, 8 Join JP and his rivals as they race across the galaxy. Speed Racer SUNDAY 3rd APRIL Special wizard tickets Following the sucess of the first Harry Potter day in last start at just £5 for the year’s Film Festival we’re proud to return with another whole day - see page 2 day dedicated to everyone’s favourite wizard. Bring for details yourself up to speed with the latest three films in the series, ready for the final installment which comes out All three Harry Potter films in July. Get your wizarding robes on as we’ll be giving will be Audio Described. prizes to the best costumes throughout the day. Ask at the cinema to borrow a pair of A.D. headphones. The Order of the Phoenix HPPH, 10.30am Dir. David Yates, UK/USA, With most of the wizarding order distrustful of Harry 2007, 138 min and not believing that Voldemort has returned, the Drama, Family, Fantasy Ministry decide to replace Dumbledore. Harry, Ron and See this if you liked: The Hermione set up Dumbledore’s army to fight back. Sorcerer’s Apprentice Meet Julius Drake, Dragon Hunter HPPH, 1.15pm Julius is a Victorian adventurer whose love of dragons has led him into many amazing and unbelievable situ- ations. He has collected many interesting stories and The storytelling workshop curios that will delight your eye and boggle your brain. with Julius is FREE, so come along and join in with his amazing stories. The Half Blood Prince HPPH, 2.30pm With Voldemort well and truly back and attacking both Dir. David Yates, UK/USA, 2009, 153 min the muggle and wizarding communities, Harry and Drama, Family, Fantasy Dumbledore go in search of the Horcruxes while Malfoy See this if you liked: The takes on a special mission for the Dark Lord. Chronicles of Narnia

Dir. David Yates, UK/USA, The Deathly Hallows pt 1 HPPH, 5.30pm 2010, 146 min With Hogwarts closed and the Death Eaters hunting Drama, Family, Fantasy down wizards and half-bloods, Harry, Ron and Hermione See this if you liked: Lord go on the run while they try to decide how best to fight of the Rings back, but their friendship is pushed to breaking point. 9 Dir. Adam Elliot, Australia, Mary and Max HPPH, 8.30pm 2009, 80 min Toni Collette (Muriel’s Wedding) and Philip Seymour Animation, Comedy, Hoffman (Mission Impossible III) voice this brilliant Drama animated black comedy about Mary, a lonely little See this if you liked: Up, Australian girl who tears a page out of the New York Muriel’s Wedding, Wallace telephone book desperate to connect with someone. and Gromit She ends up contacting Max, an overweight, paranoid + Witness, Dir. Alfie Barker, Aspergers’ sufferer who feels duty bound to write back, UK, 2010, 3 min beginning a friendship destined to last for over 20 years! MONDAY 4th APRIL Muvizu 3D Animation Film Academy, 10am-3pm Age 14+ This is a FREE event but UK-based Digimania present Muvizu: free 3D animation you need to contact the software, that gives individuals or groups the power of Film Festival to book your Unreal Engine 3 to create compelling videos in minutes, place. Please ring Scott not months. You don’t need specialist kit or training, just on 0113 247 8398 a good idea. Our motto is: “Direct, don’t animate.” This workshop will give you the chance to use the software and create your very own animation with help from professional animators and filmmakers.

Tickets for the Young Young Filmmakers’ Day HPPH, 1pm - 6pm Filmmakers’ Day are A whole day dedicated to the brightest young filmmak- FREE but you do need ing talent from across the country. Come and spend to reserve seats. Please an afternoon with the filmmaking stars of the future. contact City Centre Box Office on 0113 224 3801 to book (not available First Light Showcase HPPH, 1pm online) See some of the best films made by young people with First Light funding from the last year, including the 10 public premiere of the films made by Leeds Young Film. IAC – The Film & Video Institute is an 8th National Young Filmmakers’ Award umbrella organisation Once again we are proud to present the NYFA, where we supporting amateur showcase the best short films made by young filmmakers movie-makers, whether from across the UK. A jury of film industry professionals will they work individually judge the shortlisted films and the winning filmmakers will or as part of a club or receive £250 towards their next project. larger organisation. We negotiate copyright Fridge Wars clearance for the use of Under 14 category 2.30pm-3.30pm music, provide guidance, Home Sweet Home, Dirs. Safeen Ismat, Abida Yasmin, training, constructive Nadeya Haque, 2 min feedback and the The Door, Dir. Hazel Fraser, 4 min opportunity to mix with Fridge Wars, Abbey Park Middle School, 7 min other film-makers through I’ve Got The Power, Dirs. Rhea Milson, Mia Secker, 10 min our network of local clubs How To Make Friends, Dirs. Abigail Thomson, Sam Kenny, 2 min and regional bodies in Witness, Dir. Alfie Barker, 3 min the UK. More especially, Hungry For Health, Dirs. Simon Lee, Imogen Spence, Alice we provide a showcase Golodnitski, Carlton Russell, 4 min for the work of amateurs, The Skills Exchange through local clubs, regions and the British Muvizu Animation Masterclass 3.30pm-4.15pm International Amateur Film Experts from Digimania, the creators of Muvizu software whose Festival. slogan is “direct, don’t animate” will show you how to create great animation in this FREE masterclass. To fulfill our remit as an educational charity, 15-19 category 4.30pm-6pm we are very keen to No God For The Sinner, Dirs. Becky Anderson, Nick Smith, 8 min encourage young people LeFay, Dir. Luke Arthur, 7 min in the field of filmmaking, The Door especially those who work He’s Not A Vegetarian, Dir. Oliver Smith, 6 min independently without Existence, Dirs. Sammie Caine, Charlotte Looker, 4 min external funding. This is Belonging, Dir. James Johnson, 4 min our reason for sponsoring School Uniforms Good Or Bad? Dir. Ophelia Murphy, 9 min a prize as part of NYFA. The Skills Exchange, Dirs. Jasmine Northover, Rory Ryan, Fushia Filbert Martin, Arran Green, Fingal Green, Lukas Renée-Cemmick, Leanne Paul, Hayley Mansfield, 10 min Education, Dir. Lucy Shepherd, 5 min My Town, Dir. Ben Acton, 4 min Green Roots, Pyrotechnic Vegetables, Dir. Lawrence Vincent, 3 min Witness 11 (Vorstadtkrokodile 2) 12A The Crocodiles Strike Back HPPH, 7pm Dir. Christian Ditter, It’s the summer holidays and with a cool new HQ – life Germany, 2010, 90 min, could be perfect for The Crocodiles, if it wasn’t for the German with English Subs strange goings-on in the plant where Ollie and Maria’s Drama, Action, Adventure parents work. If their parents lose their jobs it would mean See this if you liked: The the end of the gang! The Crocodiles must investigate Wild Chicks, The Goonies and this means stunts, chases and going undercover Age 12+ due to mild at the hippest club in town. With their souped up bikes threat, infrequent swearing and wheelchairs will they save the day in time? and age of characters. TUESDAY 5th APRIL Age 7+ Cost: Entry to the Gaming Tournament Film Academy 10am-4pm tournament is £2 per person payable on arrival. Little Big Planet 2’s the game, the quickest time’s the Sessions take place at aim. Think you have what it takes to survive Leeds Young 10am, 10:40am, 11:20am, Film’s very own level, The Cave? If so then enter the GWF 12pm, 12:40pm, 1:40pm, Gaming Tournament, and try to get the fastest time and 2.20pm, 3pm, 3.40pm the highest score. If you win, not only will you become Please ring Scott on 0113 the first ever GWF champion, you’ll pick up £100 worth 247 8398 to book your of Game vouchers! place.

(Pelle Politibil går i vannet) U Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash Dir. Rasmus A. Sivertsen, + Buba and the Global Warming, Dir. Eduardo Norway, 2009, 74 min, Takao Nakamura, Brazil, 2010, 1 min HPPH, 11am Norwegian with Eng Subs When Ploddy is electrocuted during a heroic rescue, a Animation, Adventure remarkable thing happens – he becomes an electric See this if you liked: Ice car! Join him as he battles to save the town from the Age, Cars, Herbie Fully dastardly Badger brothers as they try to steal the town’s Loaded water supply, draining the reservoir, endangering the Recommended 5+ due to 12 town and putting the princess’s visit at risk. subtitles. Age 15+ BBFC Masterclass with Let Me In HPPH, 1pm This is a FREE event but you need to contact the Emily Fussel, Education Officer for the BBFC gives an Film Festival to book your introduction to the work of this often maligned organisation place. Please ring Scott and an insight into the classifcation process. Following the on 0113 247 8398 screening there will be an in-depth analysis of the issues in the film and the reasons behind the BBFC’s decisions.

Dir. Matt Reeves, USA, 2010, 116 min + 45 min BBFC talk Let Me In Horror, Fantasy Lonely, bullied Owen befriends his new neighbour See this if you liked: Let Abby, but all is not what it seems. As their friendship the Right One In, Interview grows Owen realises that Abby isn’t the 12 year old she with the Vampire, Lost Boys appears to be, but something much older and deadlier. UK Premiere Dir. Elise Swerhone, Canada, 2009, 83 min PG TuTuMuch HPPH, 4pm Documentary TuTuMuch is the behind-the-scenes story of what it See this if you liked: Black takes to become a ballet dancer. Nine girls have been Swan, Bring It On, Fame, given the chance of a lifetime - a six week long summer Flashdance audition to get into a professional ballet school. Which Recommended 8+ due girl will have what they are looking for? Who will have to theme and age of the passion, the drive and the endurance to make it? characters. TuTu Much gives us all a rare look at nine remarkable girls and a summer that no one will ever forget.

Special Dir. Stuart Beattie, Australia, Tomorrow, When the War Began HPPH, 7pm Preview 2010, 103 min Drama, Action Adventure Seven Australian teenage friends from a small town go See this if you liked: on a camping trip to be with nature. During their trip, Twilight, Gladiator they see military aircraft fly overhead. What they don’t realise is that their country is being invaded. Returning + Home Sweet Home, home, they discover that their country is at war, and it is Dir. Safeen Ismat, Abida up to them to rescue their families and fight the enemy. Yasmin, Nadeya Haque, UK, 2010, 2 min Special guest actor Rachel Hurd-Wood (Solomon Kane, Dorian Gray, Perfume) will introduce the screening. 13 WEDNESDAY 6th APRIL Animate! Film Academy, 9.30am-12pm Age 7+ Cost: £5.00 including a The Film Festival’s most popular workshop returns once DVD of the animation again to give you the chance to let your imagination created. run free in this introduction to stop motion animation. Plan your story, make your characters and then create Contact the Film Festival your very own animated adventure with sound effects to book your place. and music, titles and credits. Then see it come to life on Please ring Scott on 0113 247 8398 Friday 8th April at the Festival Showcase.

Dir. Tomm Moore, Nora The Secret of Kells HPPH, 11am Twomey, Ireland, 2009, 75 + Adrift, Dir. Ben Clube, UK, 2010, 5 min min Adventure, action and danger await 12 year old Animation, Adventure, monk Brendan as he helps complete The Illuminator’s Fantasy manuscript. Overcoming his deepest fears he See this if you liked: How undertakes a dangerous quest that takes him into the to Train Your Dragon, Wall-E enchanted forest. Along the way he meets fairy Aisling who helps him find the magical gem he needs to finish the book before the Vikings arrive to destroy everything.

An Introduction to Directing - Creating Performance Age 19-25 Studio 12, Leeds Central Library, 1pm-5pm This is a FREE workshop for first time filmmakers. Run in partnership with Panasonic, Film Nation: Shorts will To book your place email introduce young people to film-making, support them in [email protected] developing their talent, and give everyone who enters a chance to have their work screened around the UK. Winning films will be screened in front of the crowds in venues during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London in 2012. Working with 104 Films and a guest director, learn the necessary skills 14 & techniques to successfully direct actors on screen. (Mijn Opa De Bankrover) UK Premiere Dir. Ineke Houtman, 12A My Grandpa The Bankrobber Netherlands, 2011, 90 min, + Cravings, Dir. Jane Sablow, USA, 2008, 2 min Dutch with English Subs HPPH, 2pm When Grace’s eccentric grandfather tells her about her Comedy, Adventure real father she decides she’s going to go to Surinam to See this if you liked: Little track him down. Grandpa wants to help but after a series Miss Sunshine, of hilarious escapades his manipulative daughters Recommended 12+ due to freeze his bank account. Undeterred, Grace’s grandpa one brief nude shot & one resorts to robbing a bank dressed as a cowboy to pay use of strong language for the plane tickets! A madcap family adventure!

Age 12+ Game Design Workshop with Scott Ramsden Cost: £5.00 including a memory stick of the Film Academy, 2pm-4.30pm game created. Ever wanted to make your very own game but have no idea where to start? This workshop will take you through Contact the Film Festival a basic step by step lesson on how to make a simple to book your place. Please ring Scott on 0113 game. Based on a 2D game engine, you will learn how 247 8398 to create a fully working level, import characters and learn simple game coding that will be enough to get you started creating your own games.

Age 10+ Charlie Higson’s History of Horror HPPH, 4pm This is a FREE event but you need to contact the Join children’s author, TV actor and comedian Charlie box office to book your Higson as he shares his love for all things horror and place on 0113 224 3801 talks about his heart-stopping zombie-thriller series The Anyone attending this Enemy. ‘Brutal, blood-soaked, full of zombies… it’s ace’ event can get a FREE FHM ticket for Coraline, screening at 7pm Charlie will be on hand after his talk to sign books. 15 Dir. Henry Selick, USA, 2009, Coraline HPPH, 7pm 96 min When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored Animation, Family, Horror and neglected by her parents. Finding a hidden door See this if you liked: she crosses into a parallel world where everybody has The Nightmare Before buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her Christmas, Spirited Away dreams coming true. But her fantastical adventure turns nasty when her ‘Other Parents’ try to keep her forever. Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, bravery and a talking cat to get home. Scary stuff for all ages! THURSDAY 7th APRIL Animate! Film Academy, 9.30am-12pm Age 7+ Cost: £5.00 including a The Film Festival’s most popular workshop returns once DVD of the animation again to give you the chance to let your imagination created. run free in this introduction to stop motion animation. Plan your story, make your characters and then create Contact the Film Festival your very own animated adventure with sound effects to book your place. and music, titles and credits. Then see it come to life on Please ring Scott on 0113 247 8398 Friday 8th April at the Festival Showcase.

(Magiczne Drzewo) U The Magic Tree HPPH, 2pm Dir. Andrzej Maleszka, + Height, Dir. Alfie Barker, UK, 2010, 3 min Poland, 2009, 80 min, Polish When three children stumble across a chair made from with Eng Subs the heart of a magical oak tree they are overjoyed to Comedy, Adventure find that it makes their wishes come true! But when See this if you liked: Five their parents sit on the chair and become successful Children and It, James & musicians, the children find themselves abandoned. the Giant Peach Determined to find their parents while being pursued Recommended 5+ due to 16 by the evil ringmaster their adventures really begin. subtitles. Age 8+ Superhero Science Leeds Uni, 2pm-3.30pm This is a FREE event but you need to contact the This interactive workshop led by Dr Annette Taylor and Dr Film Festival to book your Mark Wilson from Leeds University looks at the science place. Please ring Scott behind superpowers from genetic mutation to the on 0113 247 8398 chilling power of the atmosphere and how scientists try Venue: Lecture theatre to mimic the real world to achieve remarkable things. A, School of Chemistry, The superheroes discussed are: University of Leeds. · Spiderman - how does he walk up walls? Contact the Film Festival · Storm from the X-men - how does she freeze objects? for details / directions · Daredevil - how does he see when he is blind? The workshop involves video-clips, demonstrations and activities with volunteers from the audience.

(Superbror) Dir. Birger Larsen, Sweden, PG Superbrother HPPH, 4pm 2009, 90 min, Swedish with + He’s Not a Vegetarian, Dir. Oliver Smith, UK, 2010, 6 min English Subs Ten-year-old Anton wishes that his older brother could Comedy, Adventure help him against the bullies at school. Instead, Buller is See this if you liked: ET, obsessed with outer space and his autism means that Monster Busters he is in a different school and his awkward behaviour Recommended 8+ due embarrasses Anton. One day the brothers come across to theme and age of an intergalactic gadget which transforms Buller into the characters. ‘cool’ brother Anton always wanted. But for how long?

Dir. Mark Cousins, UK, 2009, 103 min The First Movie HPPH, 7pm Documentary An innovative ‘magic realist’ documentary set in Iraq. See this if you liked: The Filmmaker Mark Cousins, who was brought up in a Red Balloon, Farenheit 911, Northern Irish war zone, travels to a Kurdish-Iraqi village Magic Feather and Many and tries to make a dream film about a place that is Other Stories normally only portrayed in current affairs programmes. He gives the kids cameras. They make little movies about war, love, a fish that goes to a magical place, and a chicken who debates justice. 17 FRIDAY 8th APRIL (Gadkii utyonok) English U Closing Gala - The Ugly Duckling HPPH, 11am Dir. Garri Bardin, Russia, Premiere A wonderful adaptation of the classic Hans Christian 2010, 75 min (+ 30 min Anderson tale about a rather odd looking duckling Showcase), Russian with that actually turns into a beautiful swan. English Subtitles + Cats and the Moon, Dir. Maria Kuznetsova, Russia, 2010, 6 min Animation, Family, Musical + Showcase 2011 and Jury Awards See this if you liked: Bolt, Come and see the world premiere of the amazing animations and Snow White, Bee Movie mini-movies that our budding young filmmakers have been making Recommended 5+ due to in the Film Festival workshops and discover which films our young jury subtitles. have chosen as their favourites.

Wereworld with Curtis Jobling Age 8+ This is a FREE event but Leeds Central Library, 1.30pm you need to contact the Meet fabulous children’s animator, author, and Film Festival to book your place. Please ring Scott illustrator Curtis Jobling. Curtis designed the hit BBC on 0113 247 8398 TV characters Bob the Builder and Frankenstein’s Cat. His picture books include Cheeky Monkey and he has just published his 1st novel for teens, Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf. Find out all about Curtis’ work as a film-maker, illustrator and writer at this FREE family event.

Artemis Fowl’s 10th Anniversary with Eoin Colfer Age 8+ This is a FREE event but HPPH, 4.30pm you need to contact the A rare opportunity to hear from the fantastically box office to book your place on 0113 224 3801 funny and bestselling author Eoin Colfer. Eoin will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of his wickedly brilliant Artemis Fowl series, as well as the paperback release of ‘Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex’. You may even get to meet Artemis himself! A great event, both 18 for established fans and those new to the series. 19 Film Festival Programme 2011

Time Title Venue Age Page Time Title Venue Age Page Sunday 27 March Monday 4 April 12.30pm Olsen: The Wonder of Cinema Hyde Park Pic House U 5 10am Muvizu 3D Animation Workshop Leeds Film Academy 14+ 10 2pm Ponyo Armley Mills U 5 1pm First Light Showcase Hyde Park Pic House PG 10 2.30pm NYFA 14 and Under Hyde Park Pic House PG 11 Monday 28 March 3.30pm Muvizu Animation Masterclass Hyde Park Pic House 8+ 11 4.30pm NYFA 15 - 19 Hyde Park Pic House 12A 11 12.30pm Artforms Screen Adventures Hyde Park Pic House PG 5 7pm The Crocodiles Strike Back Hyde Park Pic House 12A 12 Tuesday 29 March 12.30pm Artforms Screen Adventures Hyde Park Pic House PG 5 Tuesday 5 April 10am Games Without Frontiers Gaming Tournament Leeds Film Academy 7+ 12 Wednesday 30 March 11am Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash Hyde Park Pic House U 12 1pm Let Me In with BBFC Masterclass Hyde Park Pic House 15 13 12.30pm Artforms Screen Adventures Hyde Park Pic House PG 5 4pm TuTuMuch Hyde Park Pic House PG 13 6.30pm Opening Gala - Rio 3D Vue in The Light U (tbc) 6 7pm Tomorrow, When the War Began Hyde Park Pic House 12A 13

Thursday 31 March Wednesday 6 April 11am Babes in Arms Screening: The Secret of Kells Hyde Park Pic House PG 6 9.30am Animate! Leeds Film Academy 7+ 14 6.30pm Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Hyde Park Pic House U 7 11am The Secret of Kells Hyde Park Pic House PG 14 1pm Film Nation: An Introduction to Directing Studio 12, Leeds Library 19-25 14 Friday 1 April 2pm My Grandpa the Bankrobber Hyde Park Pic House 12A 15 7pm Eleanor’s Secret Hyde Park Pic House PG 7 2pm Games Design Workshop Leeds Film Academy 12+ 15 9pm A Town Called Panic Hyde Park Pic House PG 7 4pm Charlie Higson’s History of Horror Hyde Park Pic House 10+ 15 7pm Coraline Hyde Park Pic House PG 16 Saturday 2 April 11am Laputa Castle in the Sky Hyde Park Pic House U 8 Thursday 7 April 2pm Summer Wars Hyde Park Pic House 12A 8 9.30am Animate! Leeds Film Academy 7+ 16 4.30pm Trigun Badlands Rumble Hyde Park Pic House 12A 8 11am Interplay Hyde Park Pic House 7pm Redline Hyde Park Pic House 15 8 2pm The Magic Tree Hyde Park Pic House U 16 2pm Superhero Science Workshop Leeds University 8+ 17 Sunday 3 April 4pm Superbrother Hyde Park Pic House PG 17 7pm The First Movie Hyde Park Pic House 12A 17 10.30am Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Hyde Park Pic House 12A 9 1.15pm Meet Julius Drake, Dragon Hunter Hyde Park Pic House 8-15 9 2.30pm Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Hyde Park Pic House 12A 9 Friday 8 April 5.30pm Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt.1 Hyde Park Pic House 12A 9 11am Closing Gala - The Ugly Duckling + Showcase Hyde Park Pic House U 18 8.30pm Mary and Max Hyde Park Pic House 12A 10 1.30pm Wereworld with Curtis Jobling Leeds Central Library 8+ 18 4.30pm Artemis Fowl 10th Anniversary with Eoin Colfer Hyde Park Pic House 8+ 18 www.leedsyoungfilm.com Box office 0113 224 3801