Leeds International Film Festival 2022

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Thunder Thunder
Thunder and A Piece Of Sky
Baby Pyramid (Ønskebarn) (Country: Denmark; Year: 2022; Director: Cecilie McNair; Writer: Cecilie McNair, Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen, Christina Øster; Stars: Danica CurcicCarla Philip RøderHenning Valin Jakobsen, Christine Albeck Børge, Anders Mossling)
A psychological drama portraying the ugly feelings of injustice which can come with infertility.
Everybody Loves Jeanne (Tout Le Monde Aime Jeanne) (Country: France, Portugal; Year: 2022; Director: Céline Devaux; Writer: Céline Devaux; Stars: Blanche Gardin, Laurent Lafitte, Maxence Tual, Nuno Lopes, Marthe Keller)
Jeanne is headed to Lisbon with plans to clear her debt by putting her mother's apartment for sale. At the airport she bumps into Jean, a whimsical and somewhat intrusive former high school friend.
Love Dog (Year: 2022; Director: Bianca Lucas; Writer: John Dicks, Bianca Lucas; Stars: Becca Begnaud, Corinne Bordelon, Brooke Keel Bullock)
The personal and collective process of grief, repression of trauma of John who after finishing a job on a Texas oil rig returns to his home town in Mississippi.
Metronom (Country: Romania; Year: 2022; Director: Alexandru Belc; Writer: Alexandru Belc, Patrick Templin; Stars: Mara Bugarin, Serban Lazarovici, Vlad Ivanov, Mihai Calin, Andreea Bibiri)
A teenager finds herself grappling with love and the authorities during the rule of Ceaucescu.
A Piece Of Sky (Drii Winter) (Country: Switzerland, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Michael Koch; Writer: Michael Koch; Stars: Josef Aschwanden, Daniela Barmettler, Michèle Brand, Simon Wisler, Elin Zgraggen)
A young woman commits to standing by her husband after he is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.
Metronom Metronom
Metronom and Tengo Sueños Eléctricos
Tengo Sueños Eléctricos (I Have Electric Dreams) (Country: Belgium, France, Costa Rica; Year: 2022; Director: Valentina Maurel; Writer: Valentina Maurel; Stars: Reinaldo Amien, José Pablo Segreda Johanning, Daniela Marín Navarro, Vivian Rodriguez)
A teenager gets more than she bargained for when she goes to live with her dad.
Thunder (Foudre) (Country: Switzerland; Year: 2022; Director: Carmen Jaquier; Writer: Carmen Jaquier; Stars: Sabine Timoteo, Lilith Grasmug, Mermoz Melchior, Noah Watzlawick, Marco Calamandrei, Lou Iff, Benjamin Python, François Revaclier, Diana Gervalla, Barbara Tobola)
Summer 1900, Switzerland. The sudden death of her older sister forces Elisabeth to return home. Stiffled by the strict rules of the village, Elisabeth is slowly driven to rebel for her right to live her life.
We Might As Well Be Dead (Wir könnten genauso gut tot sein, Iris) (Country: Germany, Romania; Year: 2022; Director: Natalia Sinelnikova; Writer: Viktor Gallandi, Natalia Sinelnikova; Stars: Ioana Iacob, Pola Geiger, Jörg Schüttauf, Siir Eloglu, Susanne Wuest, Knut Berger, Moritz Jahn, Mina Sadic, Felix Jordan, Ludwig Brix)
The disappearance of a dog and the sudden isolation of a security guard’s daughter start a bizarre chain of events in an apartment complex obsessed with keeping up appearances.
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