Now that the 4th edition of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival has come to a close, it’s time to reveal which films were awarded the coveted Paper Bird Awards at our ceremony this past week. The event was a celebration of not only the films featured in this year’s programme, but also the hardContinue reading “2024 Paper Bird Winners & Special Mentions”
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Final Chance to Watch this Year’s Films/Celebrate the Festival Close
All good things must come to and end, and this year’s edition of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival is no exception. We’d love to be able to give you even more time to watch our excellent programme of Fiction, Documentary, Animation, and Experimental films, but the window for doing so closes this evening atContinue reading “Final Chance to Watch this Year’s Films/Celebrate the Festival Close”
Awards Ceremony and Festival Close
As we reach the close of the 4th edition of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival, it’s time to reflect on the work we have featured and celebrate the creative talents of the filmmaker’s who have been so gracious as to allow us to include their films in this year’s programme. Come and join usContinue reading “Awards Ceremony and Festival Close”
Free Experimental Screening/Vote for Audience Award
With only three days left of this year’s LJMU MA Short Film Festival, tomorrow evening (Thursday 21st) is you final chance to join us for one of our free, in-person screenings. As with our previous events, we’ll be joined by some of this year’s experimental filmmakers who will be discussing the meaning behind their filmsContinue reading “Free Experimental Screening/Vote for Audience Award”
Get Your Free Fiction Screening Tickets!
With the 2024 edition of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival at the half way mark, why not join us for our in-person Fiction screening? We’ll be screening the year’s Fiction programme in full, giving audiences the chance to watch 6 of the freshest and most captivating short films from the next generation of filmmakingContinue reading “Get Your Free Fiction Screening Tickets!”
Get Your Free Animation Screening Tickets
Hot on the heels of last night’s Documentary screening and Q&A, tonight is the turn of Animation. Grab your free tickets HERE and join us for 12 shorts that push the boundaries of animation. We’ll also be joined live by some of the directors from this year’s programme who will be discussing their films, influences,Continue reading “Get Your Free Animation Screening Tickets”
Join us for Documentary – tonight!
Get your free tickets HERE Tonight marks the first of our live screening and Q&A events, taking place at LJMUs Redmonds Building from 5:45 (doors open 5:30). We’re excited to screening this year’s full documentary programme, featuring fresh perspectives from across the globe, taking in countries such as Argentina, Iran, and Denmark. The films featuredContinue reading “Join us for Documentary – tonight!”
We are live! 2024 LJMU MA Short Film Festival
We’re proud to announce that the full programme of 36 films featured in this year’s LJM MA Short Film Festival is now live and completely free to watch over at our website. Here, you’ll be able to enjoy some of the best emergent filmmaking talent from across the world, featuring the best in short Fiction,Continue reading “We are live! 2024 LJMU MA Short Film Festival”
One Day Until the Launch of the 2024 LJMU MA Short Film Festival!
In a matter of hours we’ll be launching this year’s LJMU MA Short Film Festival and showcasing some of the best emergent filmmaking talent from across the world. This year’s entries cover a wide range of countries including Singapore, Brazil, Chile. Closer to home, we’re also featuring films from Estonia, Sweden, France, and Poland. HereContinue reading “One Day Until the Launch of the 2024 LJMU MA Short Film Festival!”
Still Time to Grab Your Free Screening Tickets!
With the festival fast approaching, we’re gearing up for the first of four live screenings which will take place on Monday 18th March at LJMUs Redmonds Building. We’ll be screening the documentary programme in full and what’s more, we’ll be following this with a live Q&A, where you’ll get the chance to ask questions toContinue reading “Still Time to Grab Your Free Screening Tickets!”
Only One Week to Go!
In just seven short days, the 4th edition of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival will be underway, meaning you’ll be able to watch all 36 of this year’s entries across Fiction, Animation, Documentary, & Experimental. This week, we’ve been introducing some of the filmmakers and films featured in this year’s programme over on ourContinue reading “Only One Week to Go!”
2024 Festival Jury
Meet your juries for the 2024 LJMU MA Short Film Festival Hot on the heels of the release of this year’s festival trailers, today we are able to introduce the juries for this year’s LJMU MA Short Film Festival. Fiction This year’s fiction jury is comprised of Kathrin Kohlstedde; Head of Programme at Filmfest Hamburg,Continue reading “2024 Festival Jury”
Festival Trailer Reveal & Live Screenings
After the release of our Experimental trailer yesterday, today marks the unveiling of our final overall festival trailer. This year’s edition of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival features 36 of the best in emergent student filmmaking, with entries from 22 countries including Singapore, Venezuela, and Estonia. You can see the full programme for thisContinue reading “Festival Trailer Reveal & Live Screenings”
2024 Fiction Trailer Reveal
As we draw ever close to the launch of this year’s LJMU MA Short Film Festival, today marks the release of our Fiction trailer, featuring 6 stunning films hand-picked from almost 1400 entries. This year’s selection of films features explores the consequences of childhood curiosity, poverty and loneliness in the elderly, and individuals being pushedContinue reading “2024 Fiction Trailer Reveal”
2024 Animation Trailer Reveal!
Hot on the heels of our first trailer release for this year’s documentary strand, today we bring to you the reveal of our 2024 Animation trailer. This year’s Animation trailer sees entrants from countries including Serbia, Taiwan, and Australia all hoping to take home the covered Paper Bird Award for Animation. From a field ofContinue reading “2024 Animation Trailer Reveal!”
Listen to us LIVE on BBC Radio Merseyside
As excitement around this year’s LJMU MA Short Film Festival builds, we’re delighted to announce that two of our students, Mhairi & Frank, will be live, this afternoon on BBC Radio Merseyside. They’ll be chatting with presenter Helen Jones about this year’s screenings, films, and discussing their roles behind the scenes at the festival –Continue reading “Listen to us LIVE on BBC Radio Merseyside”
2024 Poster Reveal
As with previous years, we like to make a big deal of the official poster reveal – this year is no exception, so it is my great pleasure to reveal to you the official poster for the 2024 LJMU MA Short Film Festival! This year, we’ve been. lucky enough to retain the creative skills ofContinue reading “2024 Poster Reveal”
Submissions For Our 2024 Edition Are Now Closed
The last two months have seen a phenomenal reaction to our call for entries for the 2024 LJMU MA Short Film Festival, but unfortunately, the submission period must come to an end. We’ve received a staggering amount of films from across the globe, with students from over 100 countries eager to showcase their work duringContinue reading “Submissions For Our 2024 Edition Are Now Closed”
STILL TIME TO SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES FOR THE 2024 LJMU MA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Still time to submit your entries for the 2024 LJMU MA Short Film Festival at https://filmfreeway.com/ljmumashortfilmfestival
Now Open for Submissions – The 2024 LJMU MA Short Film Festival!
We’re back! From today, submissions for the 2024 LJMU MA Short Film Festival are officially open. Each year, we showcase the best emergent student filmmaking talent from across the world in the categories of Fiction, Documentary, Animation, and Experimental. The competition last year was of an incredibly high standard and we’re sure that our 4thContinue reading “Now Open for Submissions – The 2024 LJMU MA Short Film Festival!”