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Leeds International Film Festival

5 November – 20 October 2014

Testament Of Youth kicks off the festival
Testament Of Youth kicks off the festival

The 28th edition of the festival will run from November 5 to 20, opening with the adaption of Vera Brittain's war memoir Testament Of Youth. The festival will close with Birdman - starring Michael Keaton - which has received a lot of critical buzz since it premiered in Venice.

Guests attending this year's festival will include Edwyn Collins and Gilles Peterson. The retrospective strand will include Comfort And Joy, Good Vibrations and Jour Du Fete - all screening as part of new initiative Leeds Free Cinema Week.

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  • The Creeping Garden
    Review preview for The Creeping Garden

    There’s is some intriguing material about the history of science here.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A real life science fiction story devoted to the world of myxomycetes, or fungus-like ‘slime moulds’.
  • What Now? Remind Me
    Review preview for What Now? Remind Me

    Brings a sense of immediacy to events now far away in time.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The director muses on 20 years of life with HIV.
  • Song Of The Sea
    Review preview for Song Of The Sea

    The flowing feel of the sea runs through Moore's animation, just as illuminated manuscript ran through Kells.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A brother and sister find themselves on a magical adventure.
  • Tokyo Tribe
    Review preview for Tokyo Tribe

    Like rap without rhythm, Tokyo Tribes is missing something vital: plot and characters.

    Donald Munro · 1.5 out of 5
    Hybrid of Yakuza gang action and hip-hop musical.
  • The Samurai
    Review preview for The Samurai

    Considerably more enjoyable than it ought to be.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A young police officer is drawn into a mysterious maniac's murderous plans.
  • Maidan
    Review preview for Maidan

    Purely observational though it is, this is a film that becomes devastating in its intensity.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A documentary about the unrest in Ukraine in 2013 and 2014.
  • The Boy And The World
    Review preview for The Boy And The World

    Every bit as interesting to listen to as it is to watch.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A boy goes in search of his dad.
  • X+Y
    Review preview for X+Y

    A strong film with an impressive central performance by up and coming star Asa Butterfield.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An autistic teenage prodigy travels from the English suburbs for a maths competition in Taipei, challenging his safely defined outlook.
  • Timbuktu
    Review preview for Timbuktu

    The way Sissako exposes the double standard makes the Jihadists' behavior no less threatening, on the contrary.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    After a herdsman accidentally kills someone, he finds himself a victim of Sharia law fundamentalists.
  • Point And Shoot
    Review preview for Point And Shoot

    As a study of one man's narcissistic motivations, Curry's film is taut but the bigger picture remains frustratingly out of reach.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    How a naive American with OCD joined the Libyan revolution.

A–Z of Leeds International Film Festival 2014 reviews