Viewing films in the birthplace of cinema: An analysis of independent film exhibition and reception in Leeds

该项目旨在提供对利兹独立电影展览的分析，探索该市不断变化的展览实践和电影观众。研究的主要重点将是过去四十年的独立电影展览。仔细观察利兹国际电影节（LIFF）的历史，它将追溯电影文化在其成立之前的几年和在其存在的32年。除了对LIFF的历史和运营进行深入研究外，LIFF还将被用作透镜，通过它探索利兹更广泛的电影文化，从激进的放映集体到艺术电影院，到社区电影俱乐部和DIY参展商，以及展览实践和影响的交叉融合。

The project aims to provide analysis of independent film exhibition in Leeds, exploring changing exhibition practices and film audiences in the city. The main focus of the study will be independent film exhibition over the last forty years. Looking closely at the period that surrounds Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF) it will trace film culture in the years preceding its establishment and during its thirty two years of existence. As well as a close study of LIFF's history and operations, LIFF will be used as lens through which to explore the wider film culture of Leeds, from radical screening collectives, to art-house cinemas, to community film clubs and DIY exhibitors, and the cross-fertilisation of exhibition practices and influences.