The Leeds International Film Festival 2018 took place 1–15 November 2018. The opening films were the world premiere of "Fighting for a City", a documentary about the Leeds boxer Josh Warrington, and Boots Riley's satire "Sorry to Bother You"; the closing film was Hirokazu Kore-eda's Palme d'Or-winning drama "Shoplifters". The Retrospective strand ran under the title "Time Frames", featuring films that take place within 24 hours. The winner of the Audience Award for fiction feature was "Capernaum" and for documentary feature was "The Dawn Wall".