Launched in 1987, Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF) is now a major national platform for the work of worldwide filmmaking talent, a leading driver of audience development for film culture in the North of England, and an innovating curator of new film experiences both in and beyond cinemas. LIFF’s mission is to share the full scope of dynamic global filmmaking culture with an expanding audience through a highly accessible, deeply engaging, and unique annual programme of screenings and events that contributes to local, regional, national and European strategies. LIFF features a very popular mix of five core programme sections, with strong and distinct identities, presented across the city’s leading new and historic film and arts venues over 16 days every November. LIFF is increasingly collaborating with its partners in the UK, Europe and around the world on making elements of its huge annual programme selection more available for supplementary screenings, tours and other joint initiatives that will reach new audiences in different locations. LIFF28 will run from 5 – 20 November 2014 across four main venues – Leeds Town Hall, Hyde Park Picture House, Vue at the Light, and Leeds Everyman Cinema. The programme will comprise the five core sections of Leeds Official Selection, Retrospectives, Cinema Versa (documentaries), Fanomenon (genre filmmaking), and Short Film City (LIFF is a qualifying festival in short films for the Oscars and BAFTAs). The work of European filmmaking talent is a priority focus for selection throughout the programme and last year LIFF presented 241 European films out of a total of 312 (77%) from 27 MEDIA countries, including 99 films from smaller nations. For LIFF28, the aim is to achieve the same scale of European selection with continued innovations in programming and attract an increased overall audience of 40,000 with further creative collaborations in audience development led by Leeds Film and Leeds City Council year-round initiatives.