The Leiden film festival's 2011 edition is almost here. For six days, from 25-30 October, Leiden will host their annual film festival. From the website:

Our Panorama programme includes a wide variety of films from all over the world, ten of which will compete for the award of the LFF - the Iron Herring. A professional jury will hand out a prize of € 10.000,-, that will benefit the distribution of the winning feature in the Netherlands. With this competition, the LFF hopes to provide an incentive so that more films will be able to have their deserved theatrical release. The second Iron Herring award is reserved for new Dutch talent, that will be chosen from our 'Hollandse Nieuwe' shorts competition. Furthermore, the LFF programme has a strong emphasis on Russian and, in collaboration with the Japan Foundation and the Sieboldhuis, Japanese cinema. Outside the traditional movie theatres our visitors can experience film in a different way, with lectures, concerts and workshops - all film related.

Interested in attending? Films cost €7.50 each. A passepartout costs €50. The full program is online here. Tickets can be reserved at www.leidsfilmfestival.nl.