Ranking of films I saw at the 2022 Leeds International Film Festival
Here is a list of the films that I saw at the 2022 Leeds International Film Festival and how I ranked them.
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- DirectorNawapol ThamrongrattanaritStarsNat KitcharitUrassaya SperbundAnusara KorsamphanWhen a world champion of sport stacking is dumped by his long-time girlfriend, he has to learn basic adulting skills in order to live alone and take care of himself.
- DirectorLukas DhontStarsEden DambrineGustav De WaeleÉmilie DequenneThe intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.
- DirectorKim HopkinsStarsColin EgglestoneHarry NichollsJoe OgdenBradford Movie Makers is one of the oldest amateur filmmaking clubs in the world. Once a thriving community, these days the membership is dwindling and the group struggle to keep the wolf from the door.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsSong Kang-hoGang Dong-wonBae DoonaWhen a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption.
- DirectorOliver HermanusStarsBill NighyAimee Lou WoodAlex SharpIn 1950s London, a humorless bureaucrat decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis.
- DirectorA.B. ZaxStarsMatthew TannenbaumShawnee TannenbaumSophie TannenbaumIn the shadow of the pandemic, a small town rallies to protect a beloved local bookstore.
- DirectorKristoffer BorgliStarsKristine Kujath ThorpEirik SætherFanny VaagerIncreasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend's recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Oslo's cultural elite.
- DirectorPatricio GuzmánProtests that exploded onto the streets of Chile's capital of Santiago in 2019 as the population demanded more democracy and social equality around education, healthcare and job opportunities.
- DirectorCharlotte WellsStarsPaul MescalFrankie CorioCelia Rowlson-HallSophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't...
- DirectorCarla SimónStarsJosep AbadJordi Pujol DolcetAnna OtinThe life of a family of peach farmers in a small village in Catalonia changes when the owner of their large estate dies and his lifetime heir decides to sell the land, suddenly threatening their livelihood.
- DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsPablo SchilsJoely MbunduAlban UkajFrom two-time Palme d'Or-winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Tori and Lokita is a heart-stopping thriller that casts an unflinching eye on the trials of the young and dispossessed.
- DirectorRuijun LiStarsRenlin WuHai-QingGuangrui YangThe humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. To survive, they have to come together and build a home for themselves.
- DirectorAtsuko IshizukaStarsNatsuki HanaeYûki KajiAyumu MuraseDuring an unusual summer vacation in Iceland, the Don Glees boys discover a treasure.
- DirectorAlberto VázquezStarsJon GoiriJaione InsaustiRamón BareaWar-hungry teddy bears journey from bootcamp to the psychedelic terrors of the Magic Forest in this darkly beautiful horror animation.
- DirectorGeorgia OakleyStarsRosy McEwenKerrie HayesLucy HallidayIn 1988, a closeted teacher is pushed to the brink when a new student threatens to expose her sexuality.
- DirectorMoshe RosenthalStarsLior AshkenaziSasson GabayGabriel Omri LoukasA long-married couple becomes obsessed with their new, charismatic neighbor and his karaoke parties. Stars Sasson Gabay (The Band's Visit, Shtisel).
- DirectorStéphane LafleurStarsSteve LaplanteLarissa CorriveauFabiola Nyrva AladinA behavioral research team observes and attempts to replicate the experiences of the first manned mission to Mars.
- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsAlain ChabatLéa DruckerBenoît MagimelAlain and Marie moved to the suburb house of their dreams. But the real estate agent warned them: what is in the basement may well change their lives forever.
- DirectorSaim SadiqStarsAli JunejoRasti FarooqAlina KhanThe youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show.
- DirectorDavid EastealStarsAndrew RakowskiDavid EastealCheri LeCornuEvery evening a man in his late 50s commutes home at the end of the working day in the outer suburbs of Melbourne.
- DirectorJuly JungStarsKim Si-EunBae DoonaChoi Hee-jinHigh school student Sohee starts training for a job at a call center but the greed of her company leads to her death. Detective Oh Yu-jin, who has something in common with Sohee, starts to probe her demise and finds an unsettling truth.
- DirectorLaura PoitrasStarsNan GoldinDavid VelascoMegan KaplerFollows the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty who was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic's unfathomable death toll.
- DirectorKôji FukadaStarsFumino KimuraWin MorisakiTomorô TaguchiTaeko and her husband, Jiro, are living a peaceful existence with son, Keita. A tragic accident brings the boy's father, Park, back into her life. Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man to cope with pain and guilt.
- DirectorNikolaus GeyrhalterA film about our garbage that is found in the most remote areas and about the people who try to dispose of it.
- DirectorOfir Raul GraizerStarsOshrat IngadashetMichael MoshonovOfri BitermanAn Israeli swimming tutor living in Chicago returns to Israel after 10 years of absence to bury his father. An encounter with a beloved childhood friend and his newly engaged girlfriend will set a series of events in motion that will affect everyone's lives. A story set between a flower shop and an ancient monastery, between a swimming pool in Chicago and the Mediterranean, between life and death - and somewhere in the middle.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsLee Hye-yeongKim Min-heeSeo YounghwaA novelist visits a bookstore run by a young colleague who's been out of touch, then takes a walk with a film director and his wife. She meets an actress and tries to convince her to make a film together.
- DirectorCarmen JaquierStarsLilith GrasmugMermoz MelchiorBenjamin PythonIn a Swiss village, Elisabeth, 17, returns home from the convent after learning of her sister's mysterious death. Reunited with her three childhood friends, she discovers that faith and desire can sometimes be intertwined.
- DirectorMarie KreutzerStarsVicky KriepsFlorian TeichtmeisterKatharina LorenzA fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth Of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.
- DirectorNatalia SinelnikovaStarsIoana IacobPola GeigerJörg SchüttaufA tower block on the edge of a forest, people hoping to join the building's community as it is one of the last bastions of civilization in a world that has fallen apart.
- DirectorMaya CuevaLeah GalantBrings us into the lives of three Latinx people in McAllen Texas, whose different beliefs end up coming to a head at the last abortion clinic in the US/Mexico border.
- DirectorEva VitijaStarsAnnina ButterworthPatricia HighsmithMarijane MeakerBased on Patricia Highsmith's personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer's life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.
- DirectorLola QuivoronStarsJulie LedruYannis LafkiAntonia BuresiJulia, a young misfit who is passionate about riding, meets a crew of dirt riders who fly along at full speed and perform stunts. She sets about infiltrating their male-dominated world, but an accident jeopardizes her ability to fit in.
- DirectorRyan CooglerStarsLetitia WrightLupita Nyong'oDanai GuriraThe people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.
- DirectorCarlos ConceiçãoStarsJoão ArraisAnabela MoreiraGustavo SumptaIn 1974, after years of liberation war, the Portuguese and their descendants fled the colony of Angola where pro-independence groups gradually claimed their territory back. A tribal girl discovers love and danger when her path crosses that of a young Portuguese Officer. Meanwhile, another group of Portuguese soldiers is barracked inside an infinite wall from which they will have to escape once the past comes out of the grave to claim its long-awaited justice.
- DirectorDavy ChouStarsPark Ji-minOh Gwang-RokGuka HanA twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.
- DirectorAli AbbasiStarsAlice RahimiDiana Al HussenSoraya HelliA journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
- DirectorThe Myanmar Film CollectiveHow does it feel to be forgotten by the world? After the military coup in 2021, these film diaries of young opposition activists in Myanmar use the cinema screen to communicate with the world in a different way than allowed TV news.
- DirectorMathieu FournierStarsGhyslain RazaAndy BaioJean-Michel BerthiaumeGhyslain Raza, better known as the "Star Wars Kid, " breaks his silence to reflect on our hunger for content and the right to be forgotten in the digital age.
- DirectorAlbert SerraStarsBenoît MagimelPahoa MahagafanauMarc SusiniOn the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the high commissioner of the Republic and French government must investigate an ongoing rumor: the sighting of a submarine whose ghostly presence could herald the return of French nuclear testing.
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsJafar PanahiVahid MobasseriBakhtiyar PanjeeiTwo parallel love stories in which the partners are thwarted by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition, and the mechanics of power.