Feature Competitions

Fanomenon Features Competition

Films at LIFF 2024

Jupiter

Dir. Benjamin Pfohl

Fanomenon / Competition

Thu 7 Nov and Sun 10 Nov

In this dark sci-fi drama, a teenage girl grapples with her family’s deepening devotion to a cosmic cult that promises a higher existence on Jupiter.
Germany

UK Premiere

Europe

First Features

Competitions

Thriller

Sci-Fi

Q&As, Talks and Panels

Tickets
- Thu 7 Nov
  
  16:15 - 17:55
  
  Vue in the Light, Leeds
  
  Screen 12
  
  Tickets
- Sun 10 Nov
  
  20:00 - 21:40
  
  Q&A with director Benjamin Pfohl
  
  Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds
  
  Screen 4
  
  Tickets
U Are the Universe

Dir. Pavlo Ostrikov

Fanomenon / Competition

Thu 7 Nov and Fri 15 Nov

After Earth explodes, space trucker Andriy believes he is the last person alive in the universe until a French woman named Catherine calls. A poignant sci-fi comedy gem.

Vue in the Light, Leeds

Screen 12
Ukraine

UK Premiere

Europe

Uplifting

Comedy

First Features

Competitions

Offbeat

Sci-Fi

Tickets
- Thu 7 Nov
  
  21:00 - 22:30
  
  Vue in the Light, Leeds
  
  Screen 12
  
  Tickets
- Fri 15 Nov
  
  20:30 - 22:00
  
  Vue in the Light, Leeds
  
  Screen 12
  
  Tickets
Vulcanizadora

Dir. Joel Potrykus

Fanomenon / Competition

Fri 8 Nov - Fri 15 Nov

Cult director Joel Potrykus presents a darkly comedic and unpredictable exploration of two aging slackers intent on carrying out a disturbing pact.

Vue in the Light, Leeds

Screen 11
USA

UK Premiere

Drama

Friendship

North America

Competitions

Offbeat

Mental Health

Thriller

Tickets
- Fri 8 Nov
  
  13:45 - 15:10
  
  Vue in the Light, Leeds
  
  Screen 11
  
  Tickets
- Sun 10 Nov
  
  21:00 - 22:25
  
  Vue in the Light, Leeds
  
  Screen 11
  
  Tickets
- Fri 15 Nov
  
  18:00 - 19:25
  
  Vue in the Light, Leeds
  
  Screen 11
  
  Tickets
Animalia Paradoxa

Dir. Niles Atallah

Fanomenon / Competition

Fri 8 Nov - 15:45 - 17:05

Niles Atallah conjures an astonishingly rich post-apocalyptic world in which a strange, human-amphibian creature struggles to survive.

Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds

Screen 4
Chile

UK Premiere

First Features

South America

Competitions

Animation

Tickets
Chlorophyll

Dir. Ivana Gloria

Fanomenon / Competition

Fri 8 Nov and Sun 10 Nov

In this intimate film fairy tale from Italy, Maia - whose hair and blood are naturally green - is constantly drawn to connect with nature, trees and flowers.

Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds

Screen 4
Italy

UK Premiere

Women Filmmakers

Europe

First Features

Competitions

Q&As, Talks and Panels

Tickets
- Fri 8 Nov
  
  18:30 - 19:45
  
  Q&A with director Ivana Gloria +
  
  Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds
  
  Screen 4
  
  Tickets
- Sun 10 Nov
  
  18:15 - 19:30
  
  Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds
  
  Screen 4
  
  Tickets
Else

Dir. Thibault Emin

Fanomenon / Competition / Day of the Dead

Sat 9 Nov and Thu 14 Nov

Thibault Emin's mesmerizing debut feature is a body horror romance set amid a strange epidemic that causes the infected to melt into their surroundings.
Belgium

France

UK Premiere

Europe

First Features

Competitions

Sci-Fi

Tickets
- Sat 9 Nov
  
  13:30 - 15:10
  
  DAY OF THE DEAD
  
  Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds
  
  Screen 1
  
  Tickets
- Thu 14 Nov
  
  18:00 - 19:40
  
  Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds
  
  Screen 4
  
  Tickets
She Loved Blossoms More

Dir. Yannis Veslemes

Fanomenon / Competition

Sat 9 Nov and Tue 12 Nov

The Greek weird wave just got gloriously weirder with Yannis Veslemes’ existential fever dream about time travel and family ties.

Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds

Screen 4
France

Greece

New Zealand

UK Premiere

Europe

First Features

Competitions

Sci-Fi

Tickets
- Sat 9 Nov
  
  18:00 - 19:26
  
  Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds
  
  Screen 4
  
  Tickets
- Tue 12 Nov
  
  20:30 - 21:56
  
  Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds
  
  Screen 4
  
  Tickets

Fanomenon Features Competition

Films at LIFF 2024

Jupiter

U Are the Universe

Vulcanizadora

Animalia Paradoxa

Chlorophyll

Else

She Loved Blossoms More