LIFF 2018 Catalogue
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Welcome LEEDS INTERNATIONAL Welcome to FILM FESTIVAL the LIFF 2018 Catalogue The 32nd Leeds International Film Festival is presented in association with Leeds 2023, a partnership that has made possible the most extensive and diverse celebration of film in the city yet. From world premieres of films made in Leeds and Yorkshire to programmes chosen from over 6,000 films submitted from 109 countries, This festival’s winning short films may LIFF 2018 represents the epic scale and incredible qualify for consideration for the variety of global filmmaking culture. A big thank you to everyone who has contributed to the development of LIFF 2018 and to our audiences for their support of film culture in Leeds. Contents Partners 5 LIFF 2018 Team 6 Official Selection 9 Cinema Versa 63 Fanomenon 101 Time Frames 141 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Leeds Short Film Awards 185 Oscars.org/Rules Index 243 2 3 Partners Partners Presented by Leading Funders Leading Partners In Association with Major Partners Supporting Partners Sorry to Bother You 4 5 Team Director Leeds City Centre Box Office Staff Venue Assistants Chris Fell Adam Hogarty, Dena Marsh, Kate Parkin, Katy Adams, Lewis Anderson, Daria Arofikina, LIFF 2018 Production Manager Dean Ramsden, Helen Richmond, Shirley Shortall. Jonathan Atkinson, Natasha Audsley, Tom Jamie Cross Bache, Ross Baillie-Eames, Jack Beaumont, Communications Manager Venue Coordinators Sophie Bellová, Emma Bird, Angie Bourdillon, Nick Jones Sue Barnes, Laura Beddows, Alice Duggan, Simon Brett, Hannah Broadbent, Michael Programme Manager Nils Finken, Matt Goodband, Tom Kendall, Brough, Jenna Brown, Julie Carrack, Jess Carrier, Team Alex King Katie Lee, Melissa McVeigh, Joe Newberry, Peter Clarke, Jessie Clayton, Sarah Danaher, Development Managers Vicki Rolley, Natalie Walton, Sarah Wilson. Isabel Davies, Evan Davis, Alison Devine, Paul Lisa Brook, Dan Thomas Douglass, Dorothy Drayton, Gabriel Evans, Audience Development Coordinator Runners Claudia Fenoglio, Christian Field, Julie Frein, Chloe Patrickson Jozef Ashley, Katie Clark, Sophie Del’Nero Elliot Gaynon, Holly Glover, Sasha Green, Programme & Development Assistant Williams, Tomas Fish, Bethany Fitzpatrick, John Grieve, Paul Haigh, Isabelle Hall, Maddie Sofia Azevedo Emily Gibbons, Bethany Hazard, Molly Hewitt, Hancocks, Stewart Hemingway, Ha Hoang, Lead Designer Callaway Hoven, Geoffrey Humble, Rozalie Tom Hodgson, Lauren Hollowday, Daisy Lee Goater Kolinova, Hannah Onan-Read, Sally Pitts, Howarth, Peter Hughes, Stella Hughes , Harry Designer Katie Salisbury, Emma Stead, Sophia Warner. Jackson, Holly Jackson, Jack Jameson, Zhe Daisy Pearson Jiang, Rachel Jones, William Jones, Mary Joselin, Programme & Guests Coordinator Digital Content Manager Manpreet Kaur, Oriel Kenny, Ursula Klingel, Molly Cowderoy Sally Molineaux for Molineaux Productions. Stefaniia Konovalova, Lily Kovacs, Alex Kupse, Programme & Guests Assistant Lai Kwan, Alice Lassey, Emily Lawson, Daphne Alice Duggan Digital Content Assistants Lee, Harry Lomas, Meicheng Long, Llauren Volunteers Coordinator Katy Adams, Rizka Arianti, Lauren Bennett, Magnay, Georgia Margerison, Patrycja Maziarz, Sarah Cotterill Hannah Broadbent, Darryl Calvert, Liam Clark, John McAndrew, Kate McCall, Sam McCall, Venues & Volunteers Supervisors Chris Dearnley, Jenny Dixon, George Fryer, Kate Isobel McGarry, Jennifer McNeil-Moss, Jo Evelyn Griffiths, Mosa Mpetha Hathaway, Blake LaBonte, Yanina Maslouskaya, McSweeney, Ruyu Miao, David Mihell, Jack Feature Film Programmers Juliet Moore, Aakanksha Pant, Sarah Parkin, Milburn, Nishta Mital, Rachael Mitchell, Molly Cowderoy, Chris Fell, Martin Grund, Kelsey Ramseyer, Jessica Redhead, Geena Asma Mohseni, Hannah Myers, Mollie Alex King, Colm McAuliffe, Alice Miller. Sharma-Singh, Niki Stavrianou, Ryan Unwin, Naughton, Annika Newell, Zoe Nguyen, Feature Film Prints Manager Reid Valaitis. Ciara Nolan, Samantha Nouvel, Hannah Nick Randalls Philpott, Daniel Reddington, Karen Richardson, Short Film Programmers Alexis Rothery, Marina Salvarani, Susanne Sylvia Barber, Robb Barham, Daniel Callanan, Schmidt, Philip Shacklady, Kae Sinclair, Henry Molly Cowderoy, Chris Fell, Martin Grund, Smith, Nick Smith, Steven Smith, Stuart Smith, the Leeds Queer Film Festival team, Susan Stubbs, Andreea Tanase, Rosa Tandoh, Rebecca Hill, Jenna Isherwood, Colm McAuliffe, Bethan Tanner, Kerrie Thomson, Angela Torrecilla David Maguire, Gitta Wigro, Andy Wood. Winberg, Marina Toruella Bonsoms, Weronika Short Film Prints Manager Tupaj, Joanna van der Veen, Ezekiel Wallis, Jim Dummett at Cinebox Alexander Waring, Sophie Warwick, Holly Programme Advisors Weaver, Anna Whitmore, Jane Williams, Mairi Laurence Boyce, Henriette Mahamane, Wood, Lauren Wray, Lendita Xhemajli, Danjing Tom Vincent. Xu, Rob Yates, Rory Yeats Riddoch. Leeds International Film Festival is organised by the Leeds Film team at Leeds City Council, based at Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AD. Leeds Film also organises Leeds Young Film Festival and the Independent Directions Film Festival: Director, Debbie Maturi; Programme & Production Manager, Martin Grund; Youth Engagement Coordinator, Gage Oxley. 6 7 Official SelectionOfficial In Official Selection we present some of the most anticipated films of 2018 alongside outstanding debuts and special events. Don’t miss acclaimed award-winners and audience favourites from other film festivals like Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum, Marielle Heller’s Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Hirokazu Koreeda’s Shoplifters and Steve McQueen’s Widows. Discover remarkable new talents including Eva Trobisch (All Good), Lukas Dhont (Girl), Tonia Mishiali (Pause) and Adina Pintilie (Touch Me Not). Plus, join us for special events with new films made in Leeds and Yorkshire including Fighting for a City, The Journey and Pond Life. 8 Official Selection 9 Official SelectionOfficial Premiere Status Premiere Status UK Premiere Northern Premiere All Good Original Title Arctic Country Alles ist gut Iceland Country Year Germany 2018 Year Running Time 2018 1hr 37min Running Time Language 1hr 33min English Language Director German Joe Penna Eva Trobisch’s stunning debut is a complex character study of a Director Brazilian YouTube phenomenon Joe Penna makes his feature Screenwriter strong willed woman, Janne, anchored by a mesmerising central Eva Trobisch (first feature) debut with a bold, almost dialogue-free drama about one man’s Joe Penna, Screenwriter Ryan Morrison performance from Aenne Schwarz. Janne’s attitude is ‘if you don’t Eva Trobisch solo fight for survival in the Arctic. Mads Mikkelsen rises to the Producer see any problems, you don’t have any’, even though her new boss’s Producer challenge of playing the film’s only lead role with an intense, Noah C. Haeussner, brother-in-law sleeps with her against her will. The film adopts a Josefine Götze, captivating performance as a downed airman waiting for rescue Christopher Lemole, gripping, first person perspective as she ploughs on with her life, Veronika Neuber while trying to stay alive in the most desperate circumstances. Tim Zajaros keeping the incident under wraps though unforeseen problems Leading Cast The stunning landscape of Iceland, cast as the film’s polar setting, Leading Cast Aenne Schwarz, Mads Mikkelsen, beset her from every direction threatening all her relationships Andreas Döhler, features throughout. ‘Arctic is stark and visceral, stripped of any Maria Thelma Smáradóttir and her work life one after the other. Hans Löw distracting elements, and for the survival movie purist, it’s an artful Cinematographer Cinematographer entry into the genre.’ (Vox) Tómas Örn Tómasson ‘At what point does defiance twist into denial? This is the fine Julian Krubasik Editor Editor Ryan Morrison precipice on which German writer-director Eva Trobisch’s searing Kai Minierski ‘Nothing brings home the fragility of a human quite as starkly as Music debut feature “All Good” balances its frayed-nerve drama... A Print Source the sight of a mere dot, tramping through an endless ocean of white Joseph Trapanese fascinating flip on themes contentiously raised in Paul Verhoeven’s Films Boutique snow. Nothing represents survival quite as vividly as an individual, Print Source “Elle,” underpinned by a breakout performance of raw candor slogging through a howling gale, barely visible through heavy Signature Entertainment by Aenne Schwarz, this is grown-up filmmaking of sharp, subtle spindrift...A parable of man against nature, yes: but also a story daring.’ Variety about the endurance of altruism under extreme circumstances.’ Joe Penna, Director. 10 11 Official SelectionOfficial Premiere Status Premiere Status Northern Premiere Northern Premiere Beautiful Boy Country Birds of Passage Original Title USA Pájaros de verano Year Country 2018 Denmark, Colombia, Running Time France, Mexico 1hr 52min Year Language 2018 English Running Time Director 2hr 5min Felix Van Groeningen Language After his breakout performance in Call Me By Your Name, Screenwriter In remote Columbia a peaceful Indigenous clan is disrupted Wayuu, Spanish, Timothée Chalamet returns to form with another dazzling Felix Van Groeningen, by the chance to get rich quick. This visually spectacular crime English Luke Davies Director performance in Beautiful Boy. Based on complementary memoirs Producer saga is set over a 12-year period and begins with arrogant young Cristina Gallego, by father and son David and Nic Sheff, Felix van Groeningen’s film Dede Gardner, bachelor Acosta asking to marry the daughter of the clan matriarch. Ciro Guerra