Programme Sections

Opening, Central and Closing Films

All the opening films for the festival, including each the opening and closing films for each of our main festival sections.

Events in Festival

All The Long Nights

Dir. Shô Miyake

LIFF 2024 Closing Film

Sun 17 Nov

Bringing LIFF 2024 to a fitting close is an uplifting and radiant tribute to friendship by Shô Miyake, one of Japan's most promising filmmakers.
Japan

UK Premiere

Drama

Friendship

Uplifting

East Asia

Past event
The Killers

Dirs. Kim Jong-kwan, Roh Deok, Chang Hang-jun, Lee Myung-Se

Fanomenon / Closing Film

Sat 16 Nov and Sun 17 Nov

This dark and stylish anthology film from South Korea features four individual visions of the hitman genre with mutual murder and mayhem.

Screen 12
South Korea

UK Premiere

Past event
Nightbitch

Dir. Marielle Heller

Constellation Closing Film

Sat 16 Nov and Sun 17 Nov

This genre-bending exploration of motherhood and identity stars Amy Adams as a stay-at-home mum who becomes convinced she’s turning into a dog.
USA

Drama

Women Filmmakers

Comedy

North America

Horror

Adaptation

Past event
It Was All a Dream

Dir. dream hampton

Cinema Versa / Closing Film

Sun 10 Nov - 19:30 - 20:53

A powerful memoir of the early hip hop scene via a Black feminist lens, constructed from the personal archive of leading director and music journalist dream hampton.

Main Auditorium
UK Premiere

Women Filmmakers

Music

North America

Conversation Starters

Biography

Documentaries

Past event
Earth with New Music Score Live

Dir. Aleksandr Dovzhenko

LIFF 2024 Central Classic Film

Sun 10 Nov - 13:00 - 14:05

Alexander Dovzhenko’s Earth is an impassioned homage to rural life in Ukraine and a visually breathtaking masterpiece of the silent era.

Main Auditorium
Soviet Union

Europe

Retrospectives

History

Music

Past event
All We Imagine As Light

Dir. Payal Kapadia

LIFF 2024 Central Film

Fri 8 Nov and Sat 9 Nov

Winner of the 2024 Cannes Grand Prix, Payal Kapadia’s second feature film is a luminous portrait of the lives, loves, and longings of three women in Mumbai.

Screen 12
France

India

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Drama

Women Filmmakers

Friendship

Uplifting

Award Winners

Southwest Asia

Past event
A Real Pain

Dir. Jesse Eisenberg

Constellation Opening Film

Fri 1 Nov and Thu 7 Nov

A whip smart road movie about odd couple Jewish cousins on a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother, a Holocaust survivor.
Poland

USA

Drama

Europe

Comedy

North America

Past event
Escape from the 21st Century

Dir. Yang Li

Fanomenon Opening Film

Fri 1 Nov and Sun 3 Nov

A wildly imaginative sci-fi action comedy adventure where three teenage friends sneeze and fight their way to the future and back to save their Earth-like planet.
China

UK Premiere

East Asia

Fantasy

Action

Past event
The Ties That Bind Us

Dir. Carine Tardieu

LIFF 2024 Opening Film

Fri 1 Nov - Sat 16 Nov

LIFF 2024 opens with Carine Tardieu's captivating and compassionate drama about the unexpected new bonds that can bloom in unsettling times.

Screen 12
Belgium

France

UK Premiere

Drama

Women Filmmakers

Friendship

Europe

Uplifting

Past event
Trans Memoria

Dir. Victoria Verseau

Cinema Versa Opening Film

Fri 1 Nov and Mon 4 Nov

Victoria Verseau presents an intimate documentary reflecting on her gender-affirming surgery and the emotions she couldn’t express in the aftermath.

Screen 4
UK Premiere

Women Filmmakers

Europe

Queer Stories

First Features

Conversation Starters

Documentaries

Past event
LIFF SHORTS 2024: The Award Winners

LIFF Shorts

Sat 9 Nov - Thu 14 Nov

A programme of the winning short films from the eight competitions at LIFF SHORTS 2024, with the winners announced at the first screening on 9 November.
Competitions

Short Films

Past event
LIFF SHORTS 2024: Opening Selection

Wed 6 Nov - 19:00

This special selection of short film gems opening LIFF SHORTS 2024 features comedy, music, drama, dance, documentaries, animation, and a fateful game of scrabble.

Screen 4
Short Films

Past event

Opening, Central and Closing Films

Events in Festival

All The Long Nights

The Killers

Nightbitch

It Was All a Dream

Earth with New Music Score Live

All We Imagine As Light

A Real Pain

Escape from the 21st Century

The Ties That Bind Us

Trans Memoria

LIFF SHORTS 2024: The Award Winners

LIFF SHORTS 2024: Opening Selection