Anime at the 25th Leeds International Film Festival
The 25th Leeds International Film Festival in November has a rather exciting line-up of films including Steven McQueen’s Shame and Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights. Now details have been released with its line-up of Japanese films and it includes anime and some pretty awesome live-action films.
Makoto Shinkai’s Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below will be screened on Tuesday November 15 at 6 p.m. at Vue in the Light 2; and again on Saturday November 19 at 12 noon at the Hyde Park Picture House.
Colorful will be screened on Monday November 14 at 6 p.m. at Vue in the Light 2.
Grave of the Fireflies will be screened on Saturday November 5, Hyde Park Picture House, 12 noon).
Also screening at the festival are live-action movies including:
Smuggler will be screened on Sunday November 13 at the Hyde Park Picture House (8 p.m.), is a live-action adaptation of Shohei Manabe’s Smuggler manga, by director Katsuhito Ishii. In the film, Ryōsuke Kinuta (Satoshi Tsumabuki) is a failed actor with serious d
Karate Robo Zabogar will be screened at Vue in the Light 2 on Monday November 14 at 4 p.m. and Tuesday November 15 at 8 p.m.
Detroit Metal City, a “death metal romantic musical comedy” based on the manga by Kiminori Wakasugi will be screened on Wednesday November 16, Leeds Town Hall 1, 6 p.m.).
Yakuza Weapon, the live-action film of a manga by Ken Ishikawa (protégé of Go Nagai) will be screened on Thursday November 17, Vue in the Light 2, 8p.m.
Milocrorze: A Love Story will be double-billed with the opening episode of the anime series The Tatami Galaxy in a screening on Tuesday November 15, Hyde Park Picture House, 8 p.m).
Tickets for all these screenings are £6.50 or £5 concessions, and can be booked here or by phone: 0113 224 3801.
