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The Oscar-qualifying Leeds international Film Festival opens this year with Yorgos Lantimos' Poor Things and has a packed line-up of high profile films and intriguing independent selections to enjoy.
With not all the films announced as yet, we're still adding details, so watch this space for more information.
The festival runs from 3 to 19 November.
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![Chronicles Of A Wandering Saint](/images/stills/c/chronicles_of_a_wandering_saint_2023.jpg)
When a devout elderly woman finds a statue she think is long lost, what she decides to do next upends her life.
![Orlando, My Political Biography](/images/stills/o/orlando_my_political_biography_2023.jpg)
Docufiction interpretation of Virginia Woolf's novel.
![Evil Does Not Exist](/images/stills/e/evil_does_not_exist_2023.jpg)
A rural village faces disruption from the construction of a glamping site for Tokyo tourists.
![River](/images/stills/r/river_2023.jpg)
One winter in Kibune, Kyoto, people find themselves stuck in a two minute time loop. As others try to work together to find out what's going on, one woman finds herself increasingly isolated.
![Samsara](/images/stills/s/samsara_2023.jpg)
Samsara is the Buddhist cycle of death and reincarnation. From the temples of Laos, alongside with teenage monks, we will accompany a soul in its transit from one body to another through the bardo.
![Your Fat Friend](/images/stills/y/your_fat_friend_2023.jpg)
Popular anonymous blogger Aubrey Gordon spent five years writing about the realities of living as a self-described “very fat person.” Now, she is about to face the public for the very first time.
![All Of Us Strangers](/images/stills/a/all_of_us_strangers_2023.jpg)
A screenwriter embarks on a relationship with a neighbour at the same time as making a journey into his troubled past.
![La Palisiada](/images/stills/p/palisiada_2023.jpg)
Two old friends, a detective and psychiatrist, investigate a murder of their colleague.
![Melk](/images/stills/m/melk_2023.jpg)
A mum who has lost her baby tries to work through her grief as she attempts to donate her milk.
![Poor Things](/images/stills/p/poor_things_2023.jpg)
The story of a young woman who has been brought back to life.
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