Ranking of films I saw at the 2023 Leeds International Film Festival
A ranking of all the films I saw at the 2023 Leeds International Film Festival
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- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsPaul GiamattiDa'Vine Joy RandolphDominic SessaA curmudgeonly instructor at a New England school remains on campus during Christmas break. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school's cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsEmma StoneMark RuffaloWillem DafoeAn account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.
- DirectorAndrew HaighStarsAndrew ScottPaul MescalCarter John GroutA screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with his downstairs neighbor while discovering a mysterious new way to heal from losing his parents 30 years ago.
- DirectorTomás Gómez BustilloStarsMónica VillaIair SaidPablo MoseincoIn a tiny rural village in Argentina, Rita Lopez, a pious yet insatiably competitive woman, discovers that staging a miracle could be her ticket to sainthood.
- DirectorMike CheslikStarsRyland Brickson Cole TewsOlivia GravesDoug MancheskiIn this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.
- DirectorPaul SngStarsMaxine PeakeShin-Fei ChenElla MurthaA moving portrait of social documentary photographer and trailblazer Tish Murtha, who dedicated her life to documenting the lives of working-class communities in North East England.
- DirectorKen August MeyerStarsKen August MeyerA sick man discovers empathetic wisdom on how to cope with his deadly autoimmune disease within the colorful expressive works of the late Swiss-German modern artist, Paul Klee.
- DirectorPablo BergerThe adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in New York City during the 1980s.
- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsAnaïs DemoustierEdouard BaerJonathan CohenA French journalist meets the iconic surrealist artist Salvador Dalí on several occasions for a documentary project that never came to be.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsAlma PöystiJussi VatanenJanne HyytiäinenIn modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsSakura AndôEita NagayamaSoya KurokawaA mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.
- DirectorMarija KavtaradzeStarsGreta GrineviciuteKestutis CicenasPijus GanusauskasDancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet and form a beautiful bond. As they dive into a new relationship, they must navigate how to build their own kind of intimacy.
- DirectorEhsan KhoshbakhtStarsAhmad JorghanianEhsan KhoshbakhtNariman MassoumiThis poetic, dexterous film manifests Ehsan Khoshbakht's intense and multifaceted relationship to cinema, inspiring to reflect on your own trajectories.
- DirectorEmma SeligmanStarsRachel SennottAyo EdebiriRuby CruzTwo unpopular queer high-school students start a fight club to have sex before graduation.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsSoma SantokiMasaki SudaKô ShibasakiIn the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.
- DirectorEmerald FennellStarsBarry KeoghanJacob ElordiRosamund PikeA student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's sprawling estate for a summer never to be forgotten.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsRachel ZeglerTom BlythViola DavisCoriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games.
- DirectorPawo Choyning DorjiStarsTandin WangchukTandin PhubzKelsang ChoejayAn American travels into Bhutan in search of a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.
- DirectorIan WhiteStarsPhil CalvertNick CaveMick HarveyThe story focuses on the formation, anarchic ethos, confrontational style, and legendary live performances of Nick Cave's band The Birthday Party through interviews, archival footage, and concert clips.
- DirectorMohamed KordofaniStarsEiman YousifSiran RiakNazar GomaJust before the secession of South Sudan, a married former singer from the north seeks redemption for causing the death of a southern man by hiring his oblivious wife as her maid.
- DirectorMolly Manning WalkerStarsAnna AntoniadesMia McKenna-BruceLara PeakeThree British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday - drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.
- DirectorJustine TrietStarsSandra HüllerSwann ArlaudMilo Machado-GranerA woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.
- DirectorLuna CarmoonStarsHayley SquiresLily-Beau LeachDeba HekmatThe story follows Maria - a teenager whose mother used to be a hoarder. Now (set in the 90s) she lives in a foster home where a previous resident Michael inspires her to revisit her childhood memories and passions that she has repressed.
- DirectorKristoffer BorgliStarsLily BirdNicolas CageJulianne NicholsonAn ordinary family man finds his life turned upside down when strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams.
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsChristian FriedelSandra HüllerJohann KarthausAuschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.