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Anime-Related Screenings at Leeds Film Festival in November (Updated)
posted on by Andrew Osmond
The following film screenings have been announced for the Leeds Film Festival in November. (There is more information about ticket options for the festival here.)
There will be two Mizuki Tsujimura's novel about three women who work in the anime industry. The screenings are on November 6 at Cottage Road Cinema at 1 p.m. and November 8 at Vue at the Light at 8.15 p.m.
There will be three A Place Further Than the Universe). The screenings are on November 6 at Cottage Road Cinema at 3.45 p.m.; November 9 at Vue at the Light at 6 p.m.; and November 10 at Vue at the Light at 12.45 p.m.
There will also be a screening of the 15-minute live-action film The Voice Actress, directed by Anna J. Takayama, about a veteran voice actress working in Tokyo. The cast includes the voice actors Saber Marionette J, while the director herself previously had a voiceover career under the name Anna Kirie. The film will be shown as part of the Louis Le Prince International Short Film Programme 2, screening on November 11 at the Everyman Leeds at 8.30 p.m.
There will also be a screening of the 12-minute animation Iizuna Fair, directed by Vimeo, won the prize for Best Non-Narrative Short at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in September. It will be shown as part of the World Animation Short Film Competition Programme 1, screening on November 11 at the Howard Assembly Room at 5.45 p.m.
Additionally, the festival will include Ring novel series, which is described on the festival website as a horror comedy. The two screenings will both be at the Vue at the Light cinema, on November 5 at 3.30 p.m. and on November 7 at 1.30 p.m.
Update - More details added.
Grateful thanks to Jordan Scott for the heads-up.
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