Programme

The first LJMU MA Short Film Festival took place from 16-23 April 2021.

EventDateTime
OpeningFriday 16 April10:00 GMT / 11:00 UK
Q&A DocumentarySaturday 17 April11:00 GMT / 12:00 UK
Q&A AnimationSunday 18 April11:00 GMT / 12:00 UK
Q&A FictionMonday 19 April11:00 GMT / 12:00 UK
Paper Bird Award CeremonyWednesday 21 April12:15 GMT / 13:15 UK
Closing Event, Audience AwardFriday 23 Aprilvoting closes 14:00 GMT / 15:00 UK
Note that you need to have a Zoom account and know your password in order to attend the Q&As.

2021 Official Selection

Fiction

TitleDirectorCountryYearFilm School / University
End of the WorldKarol UlmanPoland2020Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School
Ex-HumationAntonio GalarzoSpain2019ESCAC
FlickerLeonard MinkGermany2020Hochschule Darmstadt, h_da
Helena 25/65Joanna RóżniakPoland2020Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School
LoloMichał PiotrowskiPoland2019Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School
One More PleaseAleksei BorovikovUnited States2019Columbia College Chicago
TermitesJayabrata DasIndia2020Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
This PlaceAndy Heath & John TodUnited Kingdom2020Liverpool John Moores University
TrashbagLaury HerubelUnited Kingdom2018Northern Film School
WaidmannsheilTobias GaiserGermany2020DHBW Ravensburg

Animation

TitleDirectorCountryYearFilm School / University
Blue MondayKatarzyna OrłowskaPoland2020University of Fine Arts in Poznań
CompanionJack Walton & Joe HelliwellUnited Kingdom2020University of the West of England
FárosRayna BuxtonUnited States2021CalArts
I Call it HomeLeila AhangIran2020Tehran University of Art
In the WindFerdinand Ehrhardt & Oscar JacobsonGermany2019Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg 
Mom, Dad and IAnastasia SavkinaRussian Federation2020HSE Art and Design School
Scream for IceEmir AytemürTurkey2021Maltepe University
SERFRamon FariaBrazil2018Full Sail University
Story of a BeginningBalaram JIndia2020National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
The QuietRadheya JegathevaAustralia2019Curtin University, Perth
Winter MemoriesZahra Kababian, Amir Mahdi SafdariIran2020University of Tehran

Documentary

TitleDirectorCountryDateFilm School / University
And Then I Met ErichSorina ReiberUnited Kingdom2020National Film and Television School
Between Mountains and MermaidsBo ClausenDenmark2020European Film College, Ebeltoft
Lost Ore AbdurrahimPınar Yıldırım KaramanTurkey2020Anatolian University
Mother I amEfemia FardBulgaria2016New Bulgarian University
Obor City StoriesAda GaborRomania2019UNATC I.L. Caragiale
Rain PotGordon MooreUnited States2020Rhode Island School of Design
The Endless CircleArunav BelayyBangladesh2020University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh
The Last FishermanWang YusenChina2017Shanghai Normal University
You’re Not Bloody UselessAlexander PearsonDenmark2020Talentskolen in Næstved