It’s been an amazing week at the 2nd LJMU MA Film Festival that saw over 16,000 visits to our website to watch all our amazing films, participate in our live Q&A sessions, and attend our award ceremony. We can’t thank you all enough for making the festival so successful and we can not emphasise enoughContinue reading “Festival Closed: Audience Award Goes To…”
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Award Winners Announced!
Today we held a live awards ceremony on zoom/YouTube with our jury members and filmmakers to announce the winners in our Paper Bird Categories for Animation, Documentary, and Fiction! (Don’t worry if you missed it, you can always catch the ceremony again on our YouTube channel) We’re very proud to announce that the following filmsContinue reading “Award Winners Announced!”
2022 Festival Now Open!
The 2022 LJMU MA Film Festival is now open! Head on over and watch the 39 amazing student films from across the globe and vote for your favourite!
Back on the BBC & Festival Opens Tomorrow
Ahead of the festival going live TOMORROW, we were featured on the BBC once again!
Message from Ukraine
Please watch and share this important message from one of our Ukrainian filmmakers
More Press!
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Announcing: 2022 Jury Line-Up!
We’re so excited to be able to announce our jury line up! Read more on our blog…
Meet the Programmers!
Learn about the process of putting the fest together and hear from some of our MA students at @LJMU
LJMU MA SFF In The News!
Check out this fab write-up from @LJMU student publication, Mersey News Live
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Industry Pros Give Insight to the Students
The MA Film students got the chance to learn from three industry professionals with expertise in particular areas
Loving the New Poster for 2022!
Get a look at the brand new poster for the 2022 LJMU MA Short Film Festival and give us your thoughts!
New Banner Hits Facebook
As you may have seen, we have recently put up a new Facebook banner! This design is a re-sizing of the poster design that was created on by Alejandra from this year’s MA class. Alejandra made the design based on her own concept, as well as a concept by fellow MA student Natalie, as bothContinue reading “New Banner Hits Facebook”
Crunch Time: Finalising the Programme
When our submissions closed on Film Freeway, we had over 1400 films that were sent to us from around the globe! Our student programmers worked diligently over the winter break and now have that number down to under 300, but there’s still a long way to go! How do we manage the selection process? TheContinue reading “Crunch Time: Finalising the Programme”
Submissions Closed!
We have just closed submissions for the 2nd LJMA MA Short Film Festival. I’m proud to say we got a whopping 1485 films from 90 countries!
New Festival Coordinator
We are very pleased to announce that Jacqui Griffin has accepted the role of Film Festival Coordinator & Tutor for the LJMU MA Short Film Festival! Jacqui’s background with filmmaking and as Festival Founder & Director of the Drunken Film Fest make her an exciting addition to the LJMU MA Short Film Festival staff. JacquiContinue reading “New Festival Coordinator”
WE ARE HIRING!
A new post of ‘Film Festival Coordinator and Tutor‘ at the Film Department of Liverpool John Moores University has just been announced (closing date for applications: 6th September 2021): https://jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/…/film-festival-coordinator… We are looking for someone with a range of technical and creative skills (web design, graphic design, post-production skills), knowledge/experience of how film festivals operateContinue reading “WE ARE HIRING!”
In Numbers
With over 2000 visitors from 47 countries, the first edition of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival exceeded our expectations. In addition to this, we received very positive feedback: from filmmakers, calling it very well organised; from audiences, who were surprised by the high quality of the films; and from our MA in Film students,Continue reading “In Numbers”
The Paper Bird Audience Award
The audience has voted for Lost Ore Abdurrahim, directed by Pınar Yıldırım Karaman. Congratulations! The festival is now closed and we would like to thank everyone for an amazing first edition!
Paper Bird Awards
Congratulations to the Paper Bird Award winners! Strand Film Director Fiction End of the World Karol Ulman Animation Blue Monday Katarzyna Orłowska Documentary Rain Pot Gordon Moore 2021 Winners Highlights of the ceremony: Jury statements Fiction: “An introspective view into the concept of mortality and the relationships formed through loss. The film is at once concrete and abstract.Continue reading “Paper Bird Awards”
Q&A Fiction
Here is yesterday’s recording of the fiction Q&A, hosted by Connor Norcott. Thanks to everyone for a great turnout! Filmmakers: Aleksei Borovikov (One More Please), Andy Heath & John Tod (This Place), Laury Herubel (Trashbag), Leonard Mink & cinematographer Julian Zalac (Flicker), Michał Piotrowski (Lolo), Joanna Różniak (Helena 25/65), Karol Ulman & cinematographer Maksymilian PlaterContinue reading “Q&A Fiction”