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Leeds International Film Festival

1 November – 17 November 2024

The Oscar-qualifying film festival returns for another exciting year with some of the hottest titles on the festival circuit, including both features and shorts looking likely to win big awards in the months ahead. It also includes some fantastic retrospectives, with a particular focus on cult ozploitation classics.

The festival runs from 1 to 17 November.

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  • Tim Travers And The Time Traveler's Paradox
    Review preview for Tim Travers And The Time Traveler's Paradox

    Successful films like this are few and far between, whilst the genre is littered with the bones of those that didn’t make it.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A scientist creates a time machine and kills his younger self to see what would happen. That self-obsessed, misanthrope, mad genius of a scientist is Tim Travers, and the universe was bad enough with only one of him.
  • Vulcanizadora
    Review preview for Vulcanizadora

    Although its characters are middle aged, their childish games in the first half signal a kind of coming of age; and yet unlike most films on that theme, which end when childhood is left behind, it keeps us there to explore what it means to be an adult.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Two friends embark on a disturbing mission in the Michigan woods. When their plan unravels, one must face the surreal and unsettling consequences back home.
  • She Loved Blossoms More
    Review preview for She Loved Blossoms More

    The spectacular visual effects are less a product of slick new technology than of pure imagination, and they really are unforgettable.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Hoping to bring their dead mother back to life, three brothers build a time machine.
  • Trans Memoria
    Review preview for Trans Memoria

    While Verseau talks about how crucial the surgery was to her mental health, the complexity of the emotions experienced afterwards is also made clear.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    An intimate documentary diary, which sees the director return to Thailand and to the year 2012, when she underwent gender-affirming surgery.
  • Sister Midnight
    Review preview for Sister Midnight

    Every frame feels like the product of conscious decision-making, with nothing merely carrying us from one point to another.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Black comedy about a woman trying to navigate a newly arranged marriage.
  • The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
    Review preview for The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

    Grittily compelling

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    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.
  • A Real Pain
    Review preview for A Real Pain

    Eisenberg takes us through the entire journey in a brisk 90 minutes, but the film never feels rushed.

    Jeremy Mathews · 4 out of 5
    Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
  • How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
    Review preview for How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

    This kind of layered story construction is a difficult thing to pull off and it makes the film shine.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A man quits work to care for his dying grandmother, motivated by her fortune. He schemes to win her favour before she passes.
  • Nickel Boys
    Review preview for Nickel Boys

    Nickel Boys is a tremendously daring film.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    The tale of two Black teenagers who become wards of a barbaric juvenile reformatory.
  • No Other Land
    Review preview for No Other Land

    No Other Land brings humanity and particularity to a topic that is too often discussed in the abstract.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli authorities and the unlikely alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

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