The first LJMU MA Short Film Festival took place from 16-23 April 2021.
| Event | Date | Time |
|---|
| Opening | Friday 16 April | 10:00 GMT / 11:00 UK |
| Q&A Documentary | Saturday 17 April | 11:00 GMT / 12:00 UK |
| Q&A Animation | Sunday 18 April | 11:00 GMT / 12:00 UK |
| Q&A Fiction | Monday 19 April | 11:00 GMT / 12:00 UK |
| Paper Bird Award Ceremony | Wednesday 21 April | 12:15 GMT / 13:15 UK |
| Closing Event, Audience Award | Friday 23 April | voting 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
| Title | Director | Country | Year | Film School / University |
|---|
| End of the World | Karol Ulman | Poland | 2020 | Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School |
| Ex-Humation | Antonio Galarzo | Spain | 2019 | ESCAC |
| Flicker | Leonard Mink | Germany | 2020 | Hochschule Darmstadt, h_da |
| Helena 25/65 | Joanna Różniak | Poland | 2020 | Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School |
| Lolo | Michał Piotrowski | Poland | 2019 | Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School |
| One More Please | Aleksei Borovikov | United States | 2019 | Columbia College Chicago |
| Termites | Jayabrata Das | India | 2020 | Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute |
| This Place | Andy Heath & John Tod | United Kingdom | 2020 | Liverpool John Moores University |
| Trashbag | Laury Herubel | United Kingdom | 2018 | Northern Film School |
| Waidmannsheil | Tobias Gaiser | Germany | 2020 | DHBW Ravensburg |
Animation
| Title | Director | Country | Year | Film School / University |
|---|
| Blue Monday | Katarzyna Orłowska | Poland | 2020 | University of Fine Arts in Poznań |
| Companion | Jack Walton & Joe Helliwell | United Kingdom | 2020 | University of the West of England |
| Fáros | Rayna Buxton | United States | 2021 | CalArts |
| I Call it Home | Leila Ahang | Iran | 2020 | Tehran University of Art |
| In the Wind | Ferdinand Ehrhardt & Oscar Jacobson | Germany | 2019 | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg |
| Mom, Dad and I | Anastasia Savkina | Russian Federation | 2020 | HSE Art and Design School |
| Scream for Ice | Emir Aytemür | Turkey | 2021 | Maltepe University |
| SERF | Ramon Faria | Brazil | 2018 | Full Sail University |
| Story of a Beginning | Balaram J | India | 2020 | National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad |
| The Quiet | Radheya Jegatheva | Australia | 2019 | Curtin University, Perth |
| Winter Memories | Zahra Kababian, Amir Mahdi Safdari | Iran | 2020 | University of Tehran |
Documentary
| Title | Director | Country | Date | Film School / University |
|---|
| And Then I Met Erich | Sorina Reiber | United Kingdom | 2020 | National Film and Television School |
| Between Mountains and Mermaids | Bo Clausen | Denmark | 2020 | European Film College, Ebeltoft |
| Lost Ore Abdurrahim | Pınar Yıldırım Karaman | Turkey | 2020 | Anatolian University |
| Mother I am | Efemia Fard | Bulgaria | 2016 | New Bulgarian University |
| Obor City Stories | Ada Gabor | Romania | 2019 | UNATC I.L. Caragiale |
| Rain Pot | Gordon Moore | United States | 2020 | Rhode Island School of Design |
| The Endless Circle | Arunav Belayy | Bangladesh | 2020 | University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh |
| The Last Fisherman | Wang Yusen | China | 2017 | Shanghai Normal University |
| You’re Not Bloody Useless | Alexander Pearson | Denmark | 2020 | Talentskolen in Næstved |
