London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) is back with a diverse programme from East and Southeast Asia, including international and UK premieres. Seven strands runs throughout the festival: Official Selection, Competition, Documentary Competition, Actor Focus: Lee Jung-Jae, Filmmaker Focus: Cinematographer Mark Lee, Classics Restored and Halloween Horror Special.
The festival screenings and events will take place at five venues around London. Following the Opening Gala at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on 19th October, LEAFF will continue for 11 days at Odeon Luxe West End, the Cinema at Selfridges, Chiswick Cinema and the Cinema Museum in London! Squid Game star, Lee Jung-Jae will be attending LEAFF for the Opening Gala screening of “HUNT“.
LEAFF aims to champion the growing collaboration in East Asian filmmaking with a philosophy that marks a shift in the cinematic landscape of East Asia, and moves away from cultural and cinematic borders. The Festival vision is to bring a much wider, eclectic, and diverse programme of films from over 13 countries to show the richness and diversity of the region and its people. In short, draw people in with the familiar, and offer opportunities to see something new.
OPENING GALA
Hunt + Q&A with Director Lee Jung-Jae | Dir. Lee Jung-Jae | Korea | 2022 | 125 mins
CLOSING GALA
Warriors of Future | Dir. Ng Yuen-fai | Hong Kong | 2022 | 99 mins
LEAFF OFFICIAL SELECTION
Hommage + Q&A with Director Shin Su-Won and Actor Lee Jung-Eun | Dir. Shin Su-Won | Korea | 2021 | 108 mins
Emergency Declaration + Q&A with Actor Lim Si-Wan | Dir. Han Jae-Rim | Korea | 2021 | 147 mins
Murder Erased | Dir. Dennis Law | Hong Kong | 2022 | 90 mins
Goddamned Asura | Dir. Lou Yi-an | Taiwan | 2021 | 114 mins
The Roundup | Dir. Lee Sang-Yong | Korea | 2022 | 106 mins
Wandering | Dir. Lee Sang-il | Japan | 2022 | 150 mins
Love After Love | Dir. Ann Hui | China, Hong Kong | 2021 | 144 mins
It’s All My Fault | Dir. Yusaku Matsumoto | Japan | 2022 | 121 mins
A New Old Play | Dir. Qiu Jiongjiong | China | 2021 | 179 mins
Just Remembering | Dir. Daigo Matsui | Japan | 2022 | 115 mins
Coffin Painter | Dir. Da Fei | China | 2021 | 95 mins
Offbeat Cops | Dir. Eiji Uchida | Japan | 2022 | 119 mins
Fantasy·World | Dir. Freddy TANG Fu-jui | Taiwan | 2022 | 109 mins
Love Life | Dir. Kōji Fukada | Japan | 2022 | 123 mins
COMPETITION
Anima | Dir. Cao Jinling | China | 2021 | 120 mins
Pretty Heart | Dir. Terry Ng Ka-wai | Hong Kong | 2022 | 98 mins
The Abandoned | Dir. Tseng Ying-Ting | Taiwan | 2022 | 128 mins
The Apartment with Two Women | Dir. Kim Se-In | Korea | 2021 | 140 mins
Missing | Dir. Shinzô Katayama | Japan | 2021 | 124 mins
The Sparring Partner | Dir. Ho Cheuk-tin | Hong Kong | 2022 | 135 mins
Mama Boy | Dir. Arvin Chen | Taiwan | 2022 | 98 mins
Manchurian Tiger | Dir. Jun Geng | China | 2021 | 118 mins
A Hundred Flowers | Dir. Genki Kawamura | Japan | 2022 | 104 mins
Virgin Blue | Dir. Xiaoyu Niu | China | 2021 | 100 mins
Hunt | Dir. Lee Jung Jae | Korea | 2022 | 131 mins
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Fanatic | Dir. Oh Se-Yeon | Korea | 2022 | 84 mins
To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self | Dir. Mabel Cheung | Hong Kong | 2022 | 136 mins
Salute | Dir. Yao Hung-i | Taiwan | 2022 | 136 mins
Far Away Eyes | Dir. Wang Chun-Hong | Taiwan | 2021 | 79 mins
Virga | Dir. Won Ho-Yeon, Jung Tae-Kyoung | Korea | 2022 | 75 mins
ACTOR FOCUS: LEE JUNG JAE
The Young Man | Dir. Bae Chang Ho | Korea | 1994 | 115 mins
The Housemaid | Dir. Im Sang Soo | Korea | 2010 | 107 mins
New World | Dir. Park Hoon Jung | Korea | 2013 | 134 mins
Deliver Us From Evil | Dir. Hong Won Chan | Korea | 2020 | 108 mins
Hunt | Dir. Lee Jung Jae | Korea | 2022 | 125 mins
FILMMAKER FOCUS: CINEMATOGRAPHER MARK LEE
Let The Wind Carry Me | Dir. Chiang Hsiu-Chiung, Kwan Pun Leung | Taiwan | 2009 | 88 mins
Flowers of Shanghai | Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan | 1998 | 113 mins
Anima | Dir. Cao Jinling | China | 2021 | 120 mins
CLASSICS RESTORED
A Confucian Confusion | Dir. Edward Yang | Taiwan | 1996 | 121 mins
Flowers of Shanghai | Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan | 1998 | 113 mins
The Young Man | Dir. Bae Chang Ho | Korea | 1994 | 115 mins
HALLOWEEN HORROR SPECIAL
Warning From Hell | Dir. Danny Pang | Malaysia, Thailand | 2022 | 80 mins
Tales From the Occult 2 | Dir. Frank Hui, Doris Wong, Daniel Chan | Hong Kong | 2022 | 93 mins
The Funeral | Dir. Shen Dan-Guei | Taiwan | 2022 | 103 mins
For more information about tickets, please visit LEAFF Official Website
