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The 19th edition of the festival will open with a gala screening of Michael Winterbottom's The Look Of Love on April 11 and close with Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist on April 21.
This year the festival will celebrate a century of Indian film with a dedicated strand from the country and will celebrate the work of maverick Russian director Alexey Balabanov in a section of his films. They will also present Sir Tom Courtenay with a lifetime achievement award.
Families, meanwhile, can enjoy a series of Tom And Jerry fun days - showing selections of the classic cat and mouse shorts.
View Films by Strand:
- After Dark
- Alexey Balabanov Retrospective
- New Features
- Opening and closing galas
- Uncharted States Of America
View previous years coverage of the Bradford International Film Festival festival:
Bradford Latest Reviews

A fresh take on Shakespeare's romantic comedy about sparring couples.

A story of hit men and moral corruption is told through the eyes of the man who helps to burn the bodies.

A documentary looking at two women permanently displaced as a result of the Second World War.

An interior decorator who cares or his ailing father falls for a karate instructor.

Aided by two of their friends, a former couple steal their dead son's body and set off to drive it to Cornwall, but nothing goes to plan.

An introverted teenager forges a bond with his step-sister as he hides out in his family's basement.

One fearful night at a remote farmhouse echoes the breakdown of post-Soviet Russia.

Collage of fragments culled from an independent Sicilian TV station's output in the mid-90s.

This true-life 'Motorcycle Diary' recounts the epic trek of genial, thirtyish photographer Mihai Barbu as he rumbles to the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator - and back.

After inadvertently committing an act of violence, a group of friends journeys to a legendary tower in the hope of travelling to a better world.
Bradford International Film Festival Features

Filming sensations Mathieu Amalric on Pierre Léon, Jeanne Balibar and the sounds and colours of Barbara
Character arc Seth A Smith on filming with a two-year-old and bringing marbling to life in The Crescent
Keeping up appearances Marcello Martinessi on cultural conservatism and filmmaking honesty in The Heiresses
A different space Kelly Macdonald on working with Marc Turtletaub on Puzzle
Out of the past Susanna Nicchiarelli on Trine Dyrholm and the costume design in Nico, 1988
The iconic man Jonathan Baker on Becoming Iconic and Inconceivable
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