This year marks 400 years of our lovely city of Leeds.
At Hyde Park Picture House, we’re marking the occasion by screening Billy Liar, which features scenes filmed here. And the HPPH team have been thinking about other Leeds film connections, including our greatest pride of all – Louis Le Prince’s first films here in 1888!
Written by Martha Boyd
A cinematic history of Leeds
From the birth of cinema in the 1880s, with Louis Le Prince’s Roundhay Garden Scene and Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge, the city has been immortalised in celluloid – and continues to be a favourite of filmmakers over the years.
Hear from our staff about their favourites – social realist classics, pioneering early cinema, global blockbusters, and everything in between!
Our Picture House
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