Leeds International Film Festival 2024

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Bird Bird
Bird and Hard Truths
Anora (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Sean Baker; Writer: Sean Baker; Stars: Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov, Ivy Wolk, Lindsey Normington, Karren Karagulian, Ross Brodar, Mark Eydelshteyn, Emily Weider, Alena Gurevich, Paul Weissman, Luna Sofía Miranda, Masha Zhak, Vache Tovmasyan, Charlton Lamar)
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch.
Bird (Country: UK, US, France, Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Andrea Arnold; Writer: Andrea Arnold; Stars: Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, Nykiya Adams, James Nelson-Joyce, Jasmine Jobson, Rhys Yates, Joanne Matthews, Frankie Box)
12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids and Bailey who is approaching puberty seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.
La Cocina (Country: Mexico, US; Year: 2024; Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios; Writer: Alonso Ruizpalacios, Arnold Wesker; Stars: Rooney Mara, Oded Fehr, John Pyper-Ferguson, Laura Gómez, James Waterston, Spenser Granese, Finnerty Steeves, Raúl Briones, Kerry Ardra, Leo James Davis, Lee R Sellars, Motell Gyn Foster, Pía Laborde-Noguez, Anna Díaz, Eduardo Olmos)
It’s the lunch rush at The Grill in Manhattan, and money has gone missing from the till. All the undocumented cooks are being investigated, and Pedro is the prime suspect...
Familiar Touch (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Sarah Friedland; Writer: Sarah Friedland; Stars: H. Jon Benjamin, Katelyn Nacon, Kathleen Chalfant, Andy McQueen, Carolyn Michelle, Alison Martin, London Garcia, Joahn Webb, Sandy Velasco)
Follows an octogenarian woman’s transition to life in assisted living as she contends with her conflicting relationship to herself and her caregivers amidst her shifting memory, age identity, and desires.
Flow (Year: 2024; Director: Gints Zilbalodis)
Animated adventure about a group of animals who must work together to survive.
Julie Keeps Quiet Julie Keeps Quiet
Julie Keeps Quiet and Familiar Touch
Hard Truths (Country: UK, Spain; Year: 2024; Director: Mike Leigh; Writer: Mike Leigh; Stars: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Bryony Miller, Michele Austin, Llewella Gideon, David Webber, Tuwaine Barrett, Elliot Edusah, Tiwa Lade, Ani Nelson, Felicita Ramundo)
Life's a constant struggle for Pansy. Racked with physical and mental pain, her dealings with the world are channeled through anger and confrontation - only her sister understands and is able to help her.
I'm Still Here (Ainda estou aqui) (Country: Brazil, France, Spain; Year: 2024; Director: Walter Salles; Writer: Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega, Marcelo Rubens Paiva; Stars: Brazil, 1971: a country in the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence.)
Brazil, 1971: a country in the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence.
Julie Keeps Quiet (Julie zwijgt) (Country: Belgium, Sweden; Year: 2024; Director: Leonardo van Dijl; Writer: Ruth Becquart, Leonardo van Dijl; Stars: Tessa Van den Broeck, Grace Biot, Alyssa Lorette, Ruth Becquart, Koen De Bouw, Pierre Gervais, Claire Bodson, Laurent Caron)
As the star player at an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the game she loves. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club's players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet…
Layla (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Amrou Al-Kadhi; Writer: Amrou Al-Kadhi; Stars: Bilal Hasna, Louis Greatorex, Safiyya Ingar, Terique Jarrett, Darkwah, Sarah Agha, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Emma McDonald, Buket Kömür, Adam Howden, Aetheria Angel, Smilla, Tim Bowie, Ali Barouti, Huw Morgan)
When Layla, a struggling Arab drag queen, falls in love for the first time, they lose and find themself in a transformative relationship that tests who they really are.
Nightbitch (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Marielle Heller; Writer: Marielle Heller, Rachel Yoder; Stars: Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Zoë Chao, Jessica Harper, Mary Holland, Kerry O'Malley, Ella Thomas, Laura Meadows, Roslyn Gentle, Michaela Baham, Stacey Swift, Michael Andrew Baker, Adrienne Rose White, Preston Galli, Garrett C. Phillips)
Feminist fable about motherhood.
I'm Still Here I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here and Rumours
Paul And Paulette Take A Bath (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Jethro Massey; Writer: Jethro Massey; Stars: Marie Benati, Jérémie Galiana, Fanny Cottençon, Gilles Graveleau, Laurence Vassiere)
A young American in Paris meets a girl with a morbid curiosity for the darker sides of the city's history.
A Real Pain (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Jesse Eisenberg; Writer: Jesse Eisenberg; Stars: Kieran Culkin, Jennifer Grey, Jesse Eisenberg, Will Sharpe, Ellora Torchia, Liza Sadovy, Kurt Egyiawan)
Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
Rumours (Country: Canada, Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy Maddin; Writer: Evan Johnson; Stars: Alicia Vikander, Cate Blanchett, Charles Dance, Takehiro Hira, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Denis Ménochet, Roy Dupuis, Zlatko Buric, Ralph Berkin, Rolando Ravello, Alexa Kennedy, Tomi Kosynus)
World leaders become stranded in the woods during a G7 summit.
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig (Year: 2024; Director: Mohammad Rasoulof)
Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
Universal Language (Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Matthew Rankin; Writer: Ila Firouzabadi, Pirouz Nemati, Matthew Rankin; Stars: Matthew Rankin, Mani Soleymanlou, Danielle Fichaud, Pirouz Nemati, Sobhan Javadi, Saba Vahedyousefi, Rojina Esmaeili)
Multilayered film that interweaves a story about a group of people trying to get frozen money out of the ice, a tale of a tour guide and a man who quits his job to visit his mother.
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