Leeds artists and creatives are invited to pitch ideas for short-form film projects for broadcast on Sky Arts, as part of the LEEDS 2023 Year of Culture.
We are asking artists to submit ideas that respond to the question:
Future Perfect: What’s worth fighting for?
The Hyde Park Picture House invite you to submit your short film to the BFI DIY Film Challenge, with a screening and networking event on 25th March.
For this challenge, we want you to Transform. This can be a physical transformation or a narrative transformation, we want you to run with this theme.
The winner of the DIY challenge will receive:
• £1000 BURSARY to put towards your career; whether to buy some kit, put towards studying or making your next short film
Leeds International Film Festival is looking for volunteers from 3rd - 17th November 2022! Volunteering with LIFF is a unique and unparalleled experience, and they are looking for a small, dedicated group of people who are:
Passionate about film, especially world cinema
Reliable and available across at least four different days from 3rd - 17th November 2022
Enjoys being part of a team and collaborating with others
Driven to help make Leeds International Film Festival one of the best audience experiences in the UK.
Hyde Park Picture House are presenting the first wave of a new African film strand, supported by Leeds African Communities Trust.
African cinema has historically been excluded and underrepresented locally, nationally and internationally. This film strand aims to raise awareness of African life and culture through excellent films for the African and non-African audiences in Leeds.
Here's a review of Cook Off (2017, Zimbabwe) the first film in the series, which is being screened at Headingley HEART on 4th March at 7.30pm. The review is by Leeds writer Lucy Ndlovu.
After a long period of uncertainty and Covid-related delays, we’re pleased and somewhat relieved to report that the Picture House’s redevelopment project is now well under way and making good progress.
This means we can now look ahead to the cinema’s reopening, which all being well should be late summer next year. But in order to reach that milestone, and complete the project as planned, we still have some final funds we need to raise.
LIFF are looking for people to join the LIFF 2021 volunteer team who:
The benefits of being part of the LIFF 2021 volunteer team will include:
A video project which aims to help refugees and those seeking sanctuary feel welcome and at home in the city’s arts and community venues has been launched by Arts Together to mark Refugee Week which this year runs from 14 -20 June.
Hyde Park Picks shares some of some of the best films available online, with picks coming from Picture House staff, volunteers and partner organisations. We'll also be including occasional non-film recommendations too, from podcasts and books, to other fun bits that we think you'd like.
Hyde Park Picks shares some of some of the best films available online, with picks coming from Picture House staff, volunteers and partner organisations. We'll also be including occasional non-film recommendations too, from podcasts and books, to other fun bits that we think you'd like.
Whilst many cinemas are closed and screenings on hold, sadly its not possible for us to share films in the usual way. Thankfully though, a growing number of top independent films are available to stream from home – often for free – allowing you to continue discovering brilliant films from around the world.