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Leaff 2023 brings a diverse programme from East and Southeast Asia, including international and UK premieres. This year, our programme will be showcased through these strands: Retrospective: Director Chung Ji-Young, Leaff’s Official Selection, Competition, Stories of Women, Halloween Horror Special, Cherish the World, Lgbtqia+ and Classics Restored. The festival will open and close at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square. Other screenings and Q&As will take place at Odeon Luxe West End and the Cinema at Selfridges.

For more information about tickets, please visit: https://www.leaff.org.uk/2023tickets

Here is the full programme:

Opening Gala

The Boys + Q&a with the Director | Dir. Chung Ji-Young | Korea | 2023 | 124 mins

Closing Gala

Concrete Utopia + Q&a with Director, Actor Park Bo-young | Dir. Um Tae-hwa | Korea | 2023 | 130 mins

Leaff Official Selection

The Breaking Ice | Dir. Anthony Chen | Singapore | 2022 | 97 mins

Dan Dan | Dir. Song Chuan | China | 2022 | 103 mins

Hidden Blade | Dir. Cheng Er | Hong Kong | 2022 | 128 mins

In Broad Daylight | Dir.

The second movie from Hong Kong this year that focuses on people with disabilities, although in a completely different approach than “In Broad Daylight”, Au Cheuk Man's “Stand Up Story” follows a more dramatic approach, in order to present the relationship of a young man with his intellectually disabled father.

“Stand Up Story” is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema

From a young age, Mancer had realized that his father, Wah, was different from other adults, as he was frequently speaking illogically, had slow comprehension and was quite easily deceived. As he grew up, he realized that he was intellectually disabled, but his mother's abandonment of the two forced him to grow up early and also take care of his father. As the pandemic hits, the life of the two becomes even harder, with the young man facing financial issues also, as a number of people seem to exploit his father,...