LIFF 2021 - Fanomenon
The Fanomenon Selection From The 2021 Leeds International Film Festival
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- DirectorRuth PaxtonStarsSienna GuilloryJessica AlexanderRuby StokesA widowed mother is radically tested when her teenage daughter insists a supernatural experience has left her body in service to a higher power.
- DirectorRyan BraundStarsNick EriksenJeremy J. Smith-SebastoHarry DyerFollows a genius programmer who sacrifices everything in his personal and professional life to build a supercomputer of unprecedented power.
- DirectorLucy HarveyDanielle KummerStarsJason HillLydia HaywardJacqui RoeA very amateur dramatics group of Dorset Bus Drivers spent a year creating a serious stage adaptation of the sci-fi, horror film, Alien. With wobbly sets, awkward acting and special effects requiring more luck than judgement.
- DirectorMamoru OshiiStarsMako HyôdôJinpachi NezuKeiichi NodaA mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.
- DirectorFruit ChanStarsYou-Nam WongTai-BoPaul CheSavage satire comes with ghosts and cartoonish violence in Fruit Chan's Coffin Homes, a gruesome set of horror tales with Hong Kong's astronomically priced housing market as the backdrop.
- DirectorAyumu WatanabeStarsShinobu ÔtakeCocomiNatsuki HanaeA heartwarming comedy-drama about the bonds shared by an unconventional mother and daughter in a sleepy seaside town.
- DirectorJesse BlanchardStarsJerry Bell Jr.Aaron BoothRandolph F. ChristenTwo reanimated corpses, dependent on each other for survival, live a life of solitude until a power-hungry magistrate tricks a group of villagers into attacking their lonely castle, fulfilling an ancient prophecy: The Orgy of Blood.
- DirectorKatsuhito IshiiHajime IshimineShunichirô MikiStarsAndrew AlfieriHideaki AnnoMoyoco AnnoAn outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKokoro TeradaHana SugisakiRei InomataBrothers Dai and Kei are summoned by peace-loving spirits to stop an angry demon from destroying Tokyo. When they become separated, Kei?s mission is to save his brother and restore harmony between human and spirit worlds.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie HarrisClaire BloomRichard JohnsonHill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. Now Dr. John Markway has assembled a team of people who he thinks will prove whether or not the house is haunted.
- DirectorEskil VogtStarsRakel Lenora Petersen FløttumAlva Brynsmo RamstadSam AshrafDuring the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren't looking. In this original and gripping supernatural thriller, playtime takes a dangerous turn.
- DirectorTakahide HoriStarsTakahide HoriAtsuko MiyakeYuji SugiyamaIn a distant future, humanity has lost its ability to reproduce. An expedition is sent to an underground city where artificial humanoids are still fertile.
- DirectorRenata PinheiroStarsLuciano Pedro Jr.Matheus NachtergaeleClara PinheiroA young man's surreal ability to speak with cars sparks a revolution that could save his community. However, he soon finds himself in a fight for survival when this inadvertently accelerates underlying problems.
- DirectorFrida KempffStarsCecilia MiloccoAlbin GrenholmVille VirtanenA woman leaves a psychiatric ward after a nervous breakdown, only to start hearing mysterious knocking sounds in her apartment.
- DirectorRasmus MerivooStarsMari LillNora MerivooHarri MerivooChildren are left at grandma's house without their smartphones. Real life seems boring until they find instructions for kratt - a magical creature who will do whatever its master says. All they need now is to buy a soul from the devil.
- DirectorValdimar JóhannssonStarsNoomi RapaceHilmir Snær GuðnasonBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonA childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.
- DirectorPhilip StevensStarsEmmett J ScanlanSebastian De SouzaJaved KhanEngland 1555. An isolated group of salt farmers arrange illegal passage to Europe for an Indian Gypsy family in hiding. But a love affair between Patience, a mute English girl, and Rumi, the son of the Egyptians, threatens to destroy both communities.
- DirectorKazuhiko HasegawaStarsBunta SugawaraKenji SawadaKimiko IkegamiA high school science teacher builds an atomic bomb and uses it to extort the nation, but cannot decide what he wants. Meanwhile, a determined cop is catching up to him, as is radiation poisoning.
- DirectorMichael LovanStarsMikelen WalkerErich LaneHenry Alexander KellyThree friends have created a board game, MURDER BURY WIN, and they think it has what it takes to become a bestseller on the indie charts. When their attempt to crowdfund fails, a mysterious man makes them an offer: he will publish their game on the condition that he takes credit as the sole creator and owner. After a dispute over the gaming rights leaves them with a body on their hands, the young men realize how suspiciously like murder the freak accident appears. Now, with few options remaining, they look to their game for guidance. The premise of their game? How to murder someone and get rid of the body.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffMelvyn DouglasCharles LaughtonSeeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
- DirectorIuli GerbaseStarsRenata de LélisEduardo MendonçaGirley PaesAfter a toxic and mysterious pink cloud appeared, Giovana finds herself stuck in a flat with a man she just met, changing her life in a way she never expected.
- DirectorRob JabbazStarsBerant ZhuRegina LeiYing-Ru ChenA young couple trying to reunite amid a city ravaged by a plague that turns its victims into deranged, bloodthirsty sadists.
- DirectorRandall OkitaStarsKim CoatesJessica Parker KennedyLaura VandervoortWhen blind former skier Sophie cat-sits in a secluded mansion, three thieves invade for the hidden safe. Sophie's only defense is army veteran Kelly. Kelly helps Sophie defend herself against the invaders to survive.
- DirectorYasuhiro YoshiuraStarsTao TsuchiyaHaruka FukuharaAsuka KudôThe story of a new transfer student interested in her surroundings and a song that brings happiness to her and her classmates.
- DirectorLoundrawStarsKyla CarterClifford ChapinDavid Errigo Jr.An urban legend speaks of a summer ghost, a spirit girl who appears when fireworks are set off.
- DirectorKatsuyuki MotohiroStarsEita NagayamaYoshiaki YozaDaijirô KawaokaA sci-fi club concocts a plan to repair a remote by using a time machine that suddenly appears.
- DirectorYernar NurgaliyevStarsDaniyar AlshinovAsel KaliyevaAzamat MarklenovDastan can no longer stand the constant nagging of his highly pregnant wife and decides to run away for at least one day with his friends. The men go fishing, which would have gone smoothly, if not for a series of unforeseen events.
- DirectorHitoshi MatsumotoStarsHitoshi MatsumotoDavid QuinteroLuis AccinelliA man wakes up in a white room empty other than buttons on the walls, he must find out which button to push to get what he wants.
- DirectorShinji ArakiStarsTomoya NakamuraShizuka IshibashiEri TachibanaPursued by loan sharks, Aoyama is rescued by a mysterious man in orange overalls, and spirited away to "The Town," where other dropouts hide out from debtors, abusive partners or the police. It's a perpetual holiday resort where every need is catered to but hidden in it is a sinister conspiracy.
- DirectorAdam ShermanStarsRon PerlmanNatasha HenstridgeVanessa MaranoA modern, dark-humored tale of greed, romance, and lost innocence in a consumer-crazed, alienated society that functions as a harsh critique of society today without taking itself too seriously.
- DirectorBee Thiam TanStarsYaoGuat Kian GohJalyn HanAh Bee goes on a comedic odyssey through Tiong Bahru Social Club, a data-driven project to create the happiest neighborhood in the world. Little by little, his encounters with the neighborhood's residents reveal the absurdity of life.
- DirectorJulia DucournauStarsVincent LindonAgathe RousselleGarance MarillierFollowing a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for ten years.
- DirectorTsutomu HanabusaStarsTakumi KitamuraYuki YamadaYôsuke SuginoA middle-aged loser travels in time to his school years, and, in order to save the love of his life from future doom, he must become the leader of a dreaded school gang.
- DirectorMai TominagaStarsKyôko KishidaKazuko YoshiyukiAyu KitauraA pair of elderly junk collectors find their lives turned upside down when their latest procurement brings them into contact with an obsessive young knitter in the hallucinogenic feature debut of prominent short filmmaker Mai Tominaga.
- DirectorYasuhiko ShimizuStarsTokio EmotoMasaki OkadaTakumi SaitôIn this remake, without remembering how they got there, several strangers awaken in a prison of cubic cells, some of them booby-trapped. The prisoners must use their combined skills if they are to escape.
- DirectorAnita Rocha da SilveiraStarsMari OliveiraLara TremourouxJoana MedeirosIn order to resist temptation, Mariana and her girlfriends try their best to control everything and everyone around them. However, the day will come when the urge to scream will be stronger than it ever has been.