London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) 2017 is delighted to be celebrating 100 years of Japanese animation with the special screening of three landmark films. Curated by author and specialist in Japanese cinema, Jasper Sharp, it includes Satoshi Kon's award-winning Millennium Actress (2001) along with the premieres of two overlooked classics that have rarely been screened in the UK: Maasaki Yuasa's hallucinatory cult fantasy Mind Game (2004 - see the trailer above), and Osamu Tezuka and Eiichi Yamamoto's provocative Cleopatra: Queen of Sex (1970). In addition, there are two panel discussions in London and Bristol looking at the history and impact of anime. LEAFF runs 19th to 29th October.
