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To see all the Story Bee activities and associated films visit www.leedsfilm.com or scan the QR Code.All dates and times can be found on pages 5 & 6

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30 March - 13 April 2020www.leedsfilm.com

Screenings / VR / Workshops

Film InfoWhere BBFC exists, it is indicated next to the film:

Where films are not classified by the BBFC, the Film Festival has recommended its own rating and age suitability. See website for up-to-date ratings.

For more details about film content and recommended ages, go to leedsfilm.com or ring the Leeds Young Film team on 0113 378 5999.

Children under 12 years old must be accompanied by an adult in the cinema. We are not responsible for anyone left alone in the cinema or any belongings taken into the cinema.

Cineworld Leeds &White Rose Shopping CentreFilm Screenings (all tickets)via cineworld.co.uk only £2.50Central Atrium Events FREE Drop-in

Carriageworks TheatreFilm ScreeningsAuditorium £3.30Studio £2.20Family pass (max 5 people) forall films from Mon 6 - Thu 9 Apr £20.00Special EventsThe Night Zookeeper FREE but places must be booked in advance BAFTA Kids Events FREE but places must be booked in advanceMeet the Aardman Modelmaker £3.30 or FREE with Aardman workshop ticketMinecraft Workshop &Climate Filmmaking 14 - 19 £7.70 per childAll Other Workshops £5.50 per childVR Family Cinema FREE but places must be booked in advanceSome workshops require an adult to accompany the child, in which case the adult goes free and does not require a separate ticket. See website for details. Workshops must be booked through City Centre Box Office by phone or in person or online at leedsfilm.com

The Electric Press, 3 Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 3AD0113 376 0318

Carriageworks Theatre

White Rose Shopping Centre, Dewsbury Rd, Leeds, LS11 8LU0333 003 3444

Cineworld Leeds & White Rose Shopping Centre

The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD0113 234 8080

Leeds Town Hall

Vicar Lane, Leeds, LS2 7HY0113 378 1950

Kirkgate Market

The Headrow, Leeds,LS1 3AA0113 378 5350

Leeds Art Gallery

We are 21!and we’re thrilled to return with the UK’s largest family film event. For 2020 we

have turned the Carriageworks Theatre into the UK’s first Children’s Cinema.Join us between Mon 6 - Mon 13 April and experience a world of film like never before!Every page here has a unique QR Code which will take you to leedsfilm.com where you can discover the full programme.Make sure you sign up to our social to catch updates and exclusives. See you at LYFF2020!Debbie & The Team

UK’s First Children’s Cinema!

TICKETS& PASSES

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Leeds Art GalleryFilm Screenings (all tickets) £2.20Central Court Events FREE Drop-in

All ticket prices include a 10% booking fee.Tickets can be bought from the City Centre Box Office (10am – 6pm, Mon – Sat) via telephone or in person or online at leedsfilm.com (apart from Cineworld Leeds screenings, which are only available from cineworld.co.uk).Tickets can be collected from City Centre Box Office up to the day of the event or from the venue 30 mins prior to the event.

0113 376 0318Leeds Town Hall, Lower AccessThe Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD

City Centre Box Office

Venues@leedsyoungfilm#LYFF2020

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Every day from 9:30am - 2pm from Mon 6 - Thu 9 April, your little ones can come along and join Story Bees to create a magical Story World where they can work with others or on their own to make enchanted creatures and other artworks based on the films showing each morning.

Story World has eight films, all with free activities. Full programme on pages 6 & 7.

Find out more at bit.ly/2T9u1yZ or scan the QR Code.

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TheatreMon 6 - Thu 9 AprilTickets £3.30 each

including FREE activity.Buy a family pass and

see as many Story World films as you

like for just £20!

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The Elfkins

Captain Sabrertooth & the Magic Diamond

The Lunnis

Story World is run by Story Bees who run story-centred creative play sessions for children.

www.storybees.co.uk

With eight films to choose from including magical talking bears in The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily, a modern take on the Elves and the Shoemaker in The Elfkins and a journey into the world of fairy tales in The Lunnis, there are some wonderful stories to delight and inspire children of all ages. Shorts for Wee Ones is a perfect introduction to the world of cinema for the very young.

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Journey through brand new adventures of hand-picked films from around the world!

For full programme see pages 6 & 7.

See the whole programme at bit.ly/3c2aNUD or scan the QR code.

Reel Kids includes brand new films from around the world that you won’t get to see anywhere else as well as recent films you may have missed and a rare chance to see your favourite classic films on the big screen.Tickets start at just £2.20 (inc booking fee) and you can get a family pass for up to 5 people for just £20, which lets you watch as many films as you want between Mon 6 - Thu 9 April in the Carriageworks.

Carriageworks TheatreMon 6 - Mon 13 AprilTickets from £2.20Family pass just £20

Harry Potter DayRevisit the magic of Harry Potter with

the chance to see the first two films on the big screen on Sunday 12

April. Come in costume to be in with the chance to win some

fabulous prizes and take part in the FREE activities.

Tickets are just £3.30 each or £5.50 for both films.

Our programme reflects our passionate intention to make sure there is a balance of filmmakers’ work in our festivals, ensuring that we get to see a wealth of stories, not just those of the few.Highlights include the new documentaries 2040 and The Arctic Camels, multi-award winning drama Romy’s Salon and youth activism film Rocca Changes the World. Our archive programme includes a 50th anniversary screening of The Railway Children and a sing-a-long to The Greatest Showman.

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The Club of Ugly Children

Romy’s Salon

Too Far Away

Farmageddon

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Want to see all the films for FREE?! Join our Giant Jury!Join the Young Jury and you get to see new films before anyone else and pick the winning LYFF 2020 films. Being on the Young

Jury is fun and absolutely FREE. Join the Leeds Young Film

Festival team, get a free VIP pass to the Film Festival, a T-shirt and goodie-bag. We’ll provide training on how

to review films so that you feel confident about picking

the festival’s winners.All the films in competition will be shown at Carriageworks Theatre between Monday 6th and Thursday 9th April and you must be able to attend at least six of the screenings.If you are aged 8+ and are interested in taking part please [email protected] with your name and age by Friday 27 March 2020.

JOIN THE GIANT JURY!

To find out more about the Giant Jury and to apply go to bit.ly/2HNdBHi or scan the QR code.

MICRO MOVIE CHALLENGE: CLIMATE EMERGENCYSaturday 11 April at 6pm sees the launch of our brand new film-making challenge with a screening of 2040 plus a special event!

Check out thewhole programme at leedsfilm.com

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10:00 U 3+Captain Sabertooth & the Magic Diamond82mins

12:00 U 3+The Lunnis83mins

14:00 PG 8+Too Far Away88mins

16:00 12AClub of Ugly Children90mins

09:30 - 14:00 3+FREE Drop-in Story World creative play 11:00

Missing Link93mins

10:00 U 3+Shorts for Wee Ones45mins

11:15 PG 5+Shorts for Middle Ones50mins

12:30 U 5+Sheep & Wolves 274mins

14:15 PG 8+Team Marco90mins

09:30 - 14:00 3+FREE Drop-in Story World creative play

16:15 PGThe Arctic Camels77mins

11:00 Frozen 2103mins

11:00 - 17:00 3+FREE Drop-in creative play

13:00 Kirikou and the Sorceress + free activity60mins activity + 71mins film

10:00 - 16:00 11+FREE Filmmaking drop-in workshops with photographer Nick Singleton

10:00 U 3+Cattle Hill65mins

11:30 U 5+Fantastic Return to Oz80mins

13:30 PG 8+Snow White & the Magic of the Dwarfs90mins

15:30 PG 8+Sune - Best Man88mins


11:00 The Addams Family86mins


13:00 Ernest and Celestine + free activity60mins activity + 80mins film

10:00 U 3+The Elfkins75mins

12:00 PG 8+The Bears Famous Invasion of Sicily90mins

14:00 PG 8+Rocca Changes the World100mins

16:00 PG 8+Romy’s Salon90mins


11:00 Toy Story 4100mins


13:00 The Secret of Kells + free activity60mins activity + 75mins film

10:00 - 16:00 11+FREE Filmmaking drop-in workshops with photographer Nick Singleton

DAY BY DAY GUIDE Subtitles Jury Screening UK Premiere Free Creative Activity

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11:00 Maleficent 2120mins

11:00-17:00 3+FREE Drop-in creative play

10:00 5+The Night Zookeeper75mins

12:00 5+Meet the Aardman ModelMaker60mins

14:00 Wallace & Gromit Shorts120mins

16:30 Sonic the Hedgehog100mins

10:30 5+Aardman - Gromit60mins

14:00 5+Aardman - Shaun60mins

15:30 5+Aardman - Gromit60mins

10:00 7+Minecraft90mins



12:30 5+Night Zookeeper60mins



10:30 8-13Climate Clips Film- making Workshop90mins


10:00-16:00 7+VR Family Cinema

See website for times & booking details

10:00 The Railway Children106mins

12:15 3+BAFTA Kids:Paddington60mins

14:00 6+BAFTA Kids: Thundercats Roar75mins

16:00 Farmageddon87mins

10:30 5+Aardman - Shaun60mins

12:30 5+Aardman - Lu-La60mins

14:30 5+Aardman - Bitzer60mins




10:00 8+Be A TV Presenter90mins

14:30 8+Be A TV Presenter90mins



10:00-16:00 7+VR Family Cinema

See website for times & booking details

13:00 Spirited Away + free activity60mins activity + 125mins film

18:00 2040 + Event92mins +

11:00 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone152mins

11:00 8+Doctor Simpo’s Cartoon Character Animation150mins




11:30 8+Movie Make-up & SFX120mins

14:30 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets161mins

14:00 8+Doctor Simpo’s Cartoon Character Animation150mins

11:00 8+Costume Design -Wizards & Witches120mins

14:00 8+Costume Design -Wizards & Witches120mins


10:30 The Greatest Showman Sing-a-long102mins

10:30 5+Claymation Splat!90mins

12:30 5+Create a Puppet90mins

14:30 5+Animation Tricks90mins


14:00 The Kid Who Would Be King120mins

10:30 8+Costume Design - Superheroes120mins

13:30 8+Costume Design - Superheroes120mins


11:00 The Lion King ‘9498mins

13:00 The Tigger Movie77mins

15:00 The Iron Giant86mins

Don’t forget to check out the other FREE drop-in events taking place across the festival including the amazing VR Van on Millennium Square over Easter weekend!

Book tickets online at leedsfilm.com or at City Centre Box Office on 0113 376 0318.See page 2 for venue details, prices and booking info.

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Join us in the world’s first VR Family Cinema specially put together by VR creator, Rosie Summers. For 2020 we have 3 new packages of experiences to allow you and your families to explore, relax and uncover stories inside virtual reality. Using Oculus Go VR headsets, you

can enjoy new worlds freely and untethered by wires! Meaning you can relax together, explore together and

experience all together. An inclusive space where youcan drift in and out of new realms.See website for session dates and times.

EXPLORE

Orsted Space SafariJoin a team of astronauts on a

virtual space mission. Together you will go on an awe-inspiring

experience as you travel through space and see our

home like never before.

TransitionA metaphor for death,

Transition takes you on a journey from one world into the next.

ShennongA VR Real-Time animation, Shennong is an adventure story about a hero of prehistoric China, which describes a

battle between Shennong and a beast from his illusion.

RELAX

Visit distant lands and journey through new worlds

TRIPPBased on scientific research, TRIPP is a deeply immersive experience that leaves you feeling calm and focused, less stressed and anxious.

Go For a WalkWalk through a world made of music with your canine buddy.

With no set beginning or end just point at stuff to make chill beats!

VR FAMILY CINEMA

Discover the full VR programme at bit.ly/37Sk7Hr or scan the QR Code.

STORYTIME

Carriageworks Theatre

Fri 10 & Sat 11 Apr

FREE 60 minute sessions which must be booked in advance online at leedsfilm.com or at City Centre Box Office (0113 376 0318).Age 7+ (children must be accompanied by an adult)

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BAFTA Kids presents Cartoon Network’s new animated series produced by Warner Bros Animation. Lion-O and the ThunderCats - Tygra, Panthro, Cheetara, Wilykat and Wilykit — escape the sudden destruction of their home world, Thundera, only to crash land on the mysterious and exotic planet of Third Earth.

BAFTA Kids presents a special preview screening of Nick Jr.’s new animated series The Adventures of Paddington. The show focuses on a younger Paddington as he writes letters to his Aunt Lucy celebrating the new things he discovers throughout the day.

Co-produced by Studio Canal and Heyday Films and animated by BAFTA award-winning studio Blue Zoo.

Find out more about the Special Events at bit.ly/2SRLf4Y or scan the QR Code.

SPECIALEVENTS

As senior model maker for Aardman Animations, Jim Parkyn is responsible for creating some of the UK’s most-loved Plasticine characters, from Morph to Shaun the Sheep.

Join Jim as he talks about his career from joining Chicken Run to make beaks and cheeks (and sanding chickens’ bums), to working on Shaun the Sheep and even voicing a character in Rex the Runt. Find out more about your favourite Aardman characters and how to become a model maker or an animator.

Meet the Aardman 5+Animator

In Joshua Davidson’s world of the Night Zoo, children discover purple elephants, invisible spying giraffes, Wednesday flavoured ice cream and a city made entirely of igloos.

Watch the entire first series of The Night Zookeeper, presented by creator Joshua Davidson. Discover how the Night Zookeeper animated series was made and learn the secrets of character creation for storytelling.

The Night Zookeeper 5+

Carriageworks TheatreFri 10 & Sat 11 Apr

The Adventures 3+of Paddington

Thundercats Roar 6+

FREE events which must be booked in advance online at leedsfilm.com or at City Centre Box Office (0113 376 0318). Aardman event FREE with Aardman Modelmaking workshop ticket (p10), £3.30 without.

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Aardman Modelmaking 5+

the Night Zookeeper 5+

Doctor Simpo’s Cartoon comic 8+

Animation Skills 5+

Climate doc filmmaking 8-13 / 14-19

So You Want to Be a TV Presenter? 8+

Movie Make-up & SFX 8+

Costume Design 8+

Venture into a world of movie magic at The Carriageworks, learning animation and filmmaking skills from the professionals!

Make your very own Gromit, Shaun, Lu-La or Bitzer character to take away and keep in these fun, hands-on clay modelling workshops. Led by one of Aardman’s expert model makers.

FILM ACADEMYWORKSHOPS

Joshua Davidson, creator of the Night Zookeeper, will lead a creativity workshop where you will be able to invent your own magical character to feature in his interactive world!

Horrible character creation and design with Leeds-based artist and animator Doctor Simpo. Use your imagination to develop a cartoon character and bring it to life in a short comic strip!

Learn pro animation skills to improve your filmmaking. Choose from three fun sessions focusing on claymation, puppet-making and how to animate fire & water and make things fly!

Join Minecraft Marketplace Partner Adam Clarke for an epic Xbox Build Battle. Start with some warm up builds and learn some tips and tricks from Adam, then prepare for battle!

Linked to our brand new Micro Movie Challenge, professional documentary filmmaker Mirjam Marks will teach you the basic film-making skills to make a short doc about your feelings on the Climate Emergency.

Officially Amazing TV presenter Ben Shires hosts a fun, interactive session on the exciting world of television presenting. Learn how to prepare for filming, work in a live studio, interview techniques and lots more!

Learn special effects secrets from professional artist Nikoleta Tzani, who will demonstrate techniques that are used on movie sets.Learn the art of creating fake blood and slime and make your own severed finger!

Professional costume designer Jane Allen will help you understand how to put together a costume and bring your imagination to life. Design a wizard or witch costume (Sun 12 Apr) or Superhero (Mon 13 Apr).

Carriageworks TheatreFri 10 - Mon 13 AprFrom £5.50

For full programme see centre pages.

See the whole workshop programme at bit.ly/32k457S or scan the QR code.

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OTHER VENUES & EVENTS

Room on the Broom and The Highway Rat with the orchestra of Opera North.Terry Davies conducts René Aubry’s inspired scores for this wonderful double bill, Room on the Broom and The Highway Rat, based on the much-loved children’s books written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. See website for details.

Tickets from £7.952.30pm (relaxed performance)& 4.15pm

Bramley Community Centre

In a new partnership for 2020 LYFF presents three screenings for families and young people at Bramley Community Centre. See website for full details.

Fri 3 April, 10am, Age 3 - 6, £1 per familyThu 9 April, 7.30pm, Age 8 - 14, £1 entryFri 10 April, 10am, Age 7 - 12, £1 per family(Tickets only available from the venue)

These FREE school screenings are in partnership with Into Film, a film education charity delivering film education to young people aged 5-19 across the UK. If you are a teacher or home educator and want to book places please go towww.intofilm.org/events. These screenings are not available to the public.

In addition to our core programme in the Carriageworks Theatre we have lots of other exciting activities happening across the city with our key partners. Check out all the other things going on! See the website at leedsfilm.com for full details.

Tue 7 - Thu 9 & Sat 11 AprilWith Hyde Park Picture House closing for 12 months while it

undergoes exciting new developments, we

have partnered with Hyde Park on the Road and Leeds Art Gallery to bring you an exciting programme of animated films from around the world.

Each film will have a FREE one-hour creativity activity linked to it which starts at 1pm, with the film following at 2pm. See centre pages or website for details. All tickets £2.20, 1pm (film starts at 2pm), 3+On Tuesday and Thursday there will also be FREE filmmaking & photography drop-in workshops in Central Court with photographer Nick Singleton.10am - 4pm, age 11+

Mon 6 - Fri 10 AprilOnce again we have a fun-filled programme of films at Cineworld Leeds in the White Rose Shopping Centre.A fantastic chance to catch some of the best kids’ movies from last year that you may have missed or just want to see again on the big screen.

See centre pages or website for details. All tickets £2.50, 11am, 3+ (tickets only available from cineworld.co.uk)

From Tuesday to Friday there will also be FREE drop-in craft activities in the Atrium provided

by BoomChikkaBoom!11am - 5pm, age 1+(children must be accompanied by an adult)

Mon 15 & Tue 16 Apr

LYFF presents Shorts for Wee Ones - a wonderful selection

of short animated films, mostly dialogue-free, brought to you by The Discovery Film Festival in Dundee. Meet a little mouse with big dreams, a cheerful robot and his canine companion, a boy whose best friend is a tree and a very cool bear who loves his sneakers!FREE, See website for times, 3+

wed 8 - Sat 11 April

Sat 11 April

Fri 3, thu 9 & Fri 10 April

Another chance to see all the films competing

in the Animated Shorts Award on the Big Screen on Millennium Square. Among the many stories are a grumpy green monster who learns to share his toys and a young girl who lives in the sky and looks after the stars. Truly wonderful!

FREE, Screening on a loop throughout the day, 3+

Mon 30 March -Sat 11 April

FAMILY FILMS, FOOD & FREE PARKING.

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Make your next family movie night a blockbuster in our 11- screen Cineworld with IMAX and ScreenX! It’s a wrap with after-school eats and outdoor play area in The Village, with free parking right outside.

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