LIFF29th 29 Leeds International Film Festival THE BID FOR LEEDS TO BE EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2023 www.leeds-2023.co.uk leeds2023 facebook.com/2023leeds @leeds_2023 WELCOME CONTENTS Official Selection 13 Opening & Closing Films 14 Programme 15 Retrospectives 33 Arctic Encounters 34 Silent Film Classics 41 Film Favourites in Victoria Hall 43 Film Favourites in Victoria Hall: Luc Besson 45 Special Screenings 46 Cinema Versa 51 Above Brooklyn: Opening Feature Film Underground Voices 52 Left Sanjay’s Super Team: Music on Film 62 Opening Short Film Forum 69 Fanomenon 77 Fanorama 78 Fanathons: Day of the Dead 9, Night of the Dead 15, 84 Anime Day 2015 Planet Japan 90 Adventure Films 92 Retros: Special Screenings, John Carpenter, Piotr Szulkin, 93 Pupi Avai The front cover image of our catalogue this year is from the Arctic Game Changers 101 Encounters season in our Retrospectives section, the result of a Fanomenon Short FIlms: Dark Owl International Fantasy 103 major partnership with the University of Leeds that has produced Short Film Competition, Night of the Dead Shorts, Dead a unique line-up of fascinating events. LIFF29 is full of the fruits Shorts Competition of collaborations like Arctic Encounters across our programme sections which also include Official Selection, Cinema Versa, Short Film City 107 Fanomenon and Short Film City, and together they offer a vast Jury 108 and diverse choice of film experiences in Leeds from all over the Competitions: Louis Le Prince International Short Film 110 world. The catalogue is where the full extent of our 2015 Short Film Competition, World Animation Award, British Short City selection is revealed for the first time, with details for every Film Competition, Yorkshire Short Film Competition, film showingEurope at LIFF29, loves selected European from Filmmore Festivalsthan 4000 submissions Screendance Competition, Short Film Audience Award, from 97 countries, and launching with our first ever opening short, Leeds International Music Video Awards French Connections 130 Sanjay’s ASuper good Team. place Our toopening meet feature and to film exchange, this year is thefestivals provide a vibrant and accessible environment for widely-acclaimed Brooklyn, a brilliant example of a filmmaking Parallel Worlds 131 collaborationtalent which, stories also receivedand emotions support - from in short our two European main Film. The Tipple Taxi 132 European Film Festival Focus: Sleepwalkers 133 funding partners, the British Film Institute and Creative Europe. Thank you to all our partners this year, including our invaluable venues, European Film School Focus: Łódź 134 and to everyoneThe Creative who has Europe contributed - MEDIA to the creationSub-programme of LIFF29. of the IndexEuropean Union aims to foster the European 138 audiovisual industry's competitiveness, to promote its rich variety and to encourage the transnational circulation of films. The programme acknowledges the cultural, social and economic role of festivals in increasing audiences' interest in European films, by co-financing more than 80 of EUROPEthem LOVES across EUROPEANEurope every yearFILM. FESTIVALS A good place to meet and to exchange, festivals provide a vibrant and accessible environment for talent, stories and emotions - in short EuropeanThese Film. festivals stand out with their rich and diverse European programming, their activities in The Creativesupport Europe of - MEDIAyoung Sub-programme professionals, of their the European commitment Union aims to audienceto foster the devel Europeanopment audiovisual and film industry’s literacy competitiveness,, and to promotethe its importance rich variety and they to encourage give to networking the transnational and circulationmeeting opportunitiesof films. The programme for professionals acknowledges and the the cultural, public social and economicalike role. ofIn festivals 2014 ,in the increasing festivals audiences’ supported interest by in Europeanthe Creative films, Europeby co-financing - MEDIA more Sub than-programme 80 of them across proposed Europe every year. 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We hope you enjoy a rich and stimulating event. www.leeds-2023.co.uk leeds2023 facebook.com/2023leeds @leeds_2023 http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/opportunities/audiovisual3 -support/film- festivals_en.htm PARTNERS Presented by Funding Partners Leading Partners Supporting Partners Centre for World Cinemas School of Modern Languages and Cultures 4 TEAM Chris Fell Director Lisa Brook Social Media Coordinator Alex King Programme Manager Laurence Boyce Short Film City Programmer Nick Jones Communications Manager Sylvia Coates Short Film City Programmer Molly Cowderoy Programme Coordinator Rebecca Hill Short Film City Programmer Caroline Döring Film Festival Coordinator Wendy Cook Short Film City Programmer Martin Grund Design Manager Andy Wood Short Film City Programmer Jamie Cross Production Manager Gitta Wigro Short Film City Programmer Sylvia Coates Venues & Volunteers Supervisor Robb Barham Short Film City Programmer Patrick Jones Prints Manager David Maguire Fanomenon Short Film Researcher Symon Culpan Projections Manager Laura Ager Cinema Versa Advisor PROGRAMMING Official Selection Alex King, Chris Fell, Molly Cowderoy Short Film City Molly Cowderoy, Caroline Döring, Laurence Retrospectives Alex King, Chris Fell Boyce, Rebecca Hill, Wendy Cook, Sylvia Fanomenon Martin Grund, Chris Fell, David Maguire Coates, Chris Fell, Andy Wood, Gitta Wigro, Cinema Versa Alex King, Molly Cowderoy, Nick Jones, Laura Ager Robb Barham LEEDS CITY CENTRE BOX OFFICE STAFF FILM FESTIVAL HUB COORDINATORS Shirley Shortall, Helen Richmond, Margaret Rooke, Ashley Sagar, Becky Harrison, Ella Statham, Georgina Booth, Jenna Brown Caroline Döring, Florence Fawcett, Emma Shortall FILM FESTIVAL VENUE COORDINATORS FILM FESTIVAL RUNNERS Alexandra Dorisca, Evelyn Griffiths, Holly Butler, Jess Doyle, Laura James Barker, Lauren Dove, Katie Olbiks-Hill, Sophie Wackerbauer, Ager, Laura Beddows, Liina Sipilä, Liz Ainge, Mosa Mpetha, Paisley Victoria Aldwin , Sarah Wilson, Rachel Robinson, Mary Broome, Boyd, Tom Kendall Champa Begum FILM FESTIVAL VENUE ASSISTANTS Abbie Moakes , Abigail Moulds, Adris Asghar , Alex Kupse, Alex Palmer, Alex Wright, Alexandra Howell, Alice Cox, Alice Duggan, Alistair Ryder, Alix Gates, Amanda Ward, Amelia Grace Eve, Amy Brackenridge, Anouska Ralph, Ben Addlestone, Ben Booth, Ben Purkiss, Boyko Panayotov, Brett Ashton Haythorpe, Casey Tenhue, Celia Ashman, Charlotte Bruce, Chelsea Marie Barlow, Chester Sherburne, Chris Middlehurst, Christopher Canavan, Christopher Martin, Colin Hall, Daisy Truman, Dan Sareen, Daniel Reddington, David Fryer, Declan Seargeant, Devlin Neil Orton, Dominic Vinton, Donny Weerasekera, Elisa Bonaminio, Elisabeth Borrowdale, Elizabeth Cartwright, Emily Grimshaw, Emily Rose Jackson, Emily Sharman, Emma Sanderson, Emma Victoria Hardaker, Erin Whittaker, Euan Gorrie, Faye Lily Parrish , Frances Rose Molyneux, Giulia Pasquale, Grace Breslin, Grace Clay, Hannah Bates, Hannah Broadbent, Hannah J Alexander, Hannah Whitfield, Harriet Garnet, Harriet Norman, Harry Tolmie-Thomson, Hibah Zareen Ahmed, Isobel Bryan, Isobel McMahon, Jack Heys, James Blackie, Janina Engler, Jessica Brown, Jessica Johnson, Jessica Lane, Jonathan Kerans-Willoughby, Joseph Henry Jackson, Joseph Pratt, Kate McCall, Kirsty Tobin, Klaudia Gawrysiak, Lai Kwan, Laura Barrow, Laura Burrows, Laura Richardson, Lauren Kiley, Liam Clark, Louise Weaver, Lucy Bradshaw, Lucy Carter, Lucy Taylor, Maria Harrison, Melissa Jacobs, Molly Jean Hewitt, Molly Proverbs, Nabihah Parkar, Natalie Marsh, Nguyen Dieu Huong, Nicolae Ioana, Oriel E Kenny, Owen Atkinson, Raza Khan, Richard Bruce, Robb Barham, Sam McCall, Sara Santolini, Sarah Victoria Tranter, Si ieng Fung, Simon McGarry, Steven Smith, Susie Kilburn, Talitha Precious, Thomas Hodgson, Tizzy Gill, Ursula Klingel, Victoria Musialek, Violet Jean Costandi, Wylie Caton, Zac Stones FILM FESTIVAL DIGITAL CONTENT ASSISTANTS Char Wetherhill, Christina Homburg, Cosme fernandez, Emily Coghlan, Emma Miller, Erin Caine, Fern Sripungwiwat, Hannah Jones, Hannah Smith, Heru Lesmana, James Raynor, Jessie Leong, Joseph Haskey, Naomi Blakeborough, Nastassia Winge, Nathan Buckley, Nick J R Thompson, Nicola Beedham, Niki Stavrianou, Paul Hunter, Paulina Moskwa, Rosie K Stoker, Ryan Blackwell, Sam Arrandale, Sean Mullan, Sharley Mirsadi, Trinh Huynh Vo Mai, Yanqing Xu, Zoe East LIFF29 Venue Assistants 5 VENUES Leeds Town Hall Belgrave Music Hall The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD 1A Cross Belgrave St, Leeds, LS2 8JP 0113 247 7988 0113 246 0744 Access: Level access on ground floor Access: Wheelchair access and via The Headrow entrance,