There’s still time to grab your tickets to tonight’s Fiction screening and Q&A and also our live Awards Ceremony tomorrow night at Scale! Tickets are absolutely free and can be booked on our website or via Ticketsource. What a week of screenings an Q&A’s it’s been, were we’ve heard from a number of the filmmaker’sContinue reading “What a Week So Far!”
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One Week Left Until the Launch of the 2026 LJMU MA Short Film Festival
Watch the full programme online from Friday 20th – Friday 27th March Get your free event tickets here and celebrate the 2026 edition of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival in style! In less than a week’s time we’ll be launching the 6th edition of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival, where you’ll be ableContinue reading “One Week Left Until the Launch of the 2026 LJMU MA Short Film Festival”
Revealed: Our 6th Edition Poster!
It’s been a long time coming, but today we can officially reveal the poster design for the 2026 LJMU MA Short Film Festival. This year we’re taking to the skies once more with our signature avian theme representing the colours of the festival’s individual strands. We’re sure you’ll agree that this year’s poster is aContinue reading “Revealed: Our 6th Edition Poster!”
Experimental Screening and Q&A Tonight!
Last night, we showcased an incredible selection of Fiction films, and tonight we have our final live screening: Experimental! We have 10 incredible examples of cinema which will challenge, intrigue, and push the boundaries of filmmaking. If you missed our screening last night, you can check out the rerun on our YouTube channel. Grab YourContinue reading “Experimental Screening and Q&A Tonight!”
It’s Here! The 2025 LJMU MA Short Film Festival is Live!
After months of work behind the scenes, today marks the launch of the 2025 edition of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival. Until Friday 4th April, you can watch all 37 films featured in this year’s programme, completely free, on your desktop, laptop, or mobile device. Click below to access the individual strands. Watch theContinue reading “It’s Here! The 2025 LJMU MA Short Film Festival is Live!”
One week to go until the launch of the 2025 LJMU MA Short Film Festival!
In just 7 short days, the 2025 edition of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival will officially be underway. From the 28th of March to the 4th of April, we’ll be bringing you 37 student films that will challenge, inspire, and delight in equal measure. This year’s selection of films is all about diversity, withContinue reading “One week to go until the launch of the 2025 LJMU MA Short Film Festival!”
Episode 2 of our Fifth Edition Official Podcast Available Now on Spotify & YouTube!
Catch up with all the news from this year’s LJMU MA Short Film Festival by listening to the second episode of the Official 2025 Edition Festival Podcast. Hosts Devan and Max are joined by fellow MA students Leo and Bridget, as they discuss the highs and lows of this year’s Oscars, creating the 2025 festivalContinue reading “Episode 2 of our Fifth Edition Official Podcast Available Now on Spotify & YouTube!”
It’s Here! The Official 2025 Festival Trailer
If you’ve been following our social media lately, you’ll have seen that the campaign for our 5th edition is well and truly underway. The exciting news for today is that we have released the Official 2025 Festival Trailer! Each year, we task the MA students with crafting 10 trailers in total; 2 for each ofContinue reading “It’s Here! The Official 2025 Festival Trailer”
5, 4, 3, 2, 1… We’re Coming Back!
Things have been quiet since we closed our call for entries back in November of 2024, but today marks the start of our social media campaign for the 5th edition of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival! If you follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or any other social media platforms, you’ll no doubt haveContinue reading “5, 4, 3, 2, 1… We’re Coming Back!”
Revealed – Our 5th Edition Poster!
We gave you a sneak peek earlier this week, but now it’s time for the big reveal – it gives me great pleasure to reveal the official poster for the 2025 LJMU MA Short Film Festival! You can read more about the design process for the 5th edition poster below. This year’s poster was designedContinue reading “Revealed – Our 5th Edition Poster!”
Coming Soon… Our 5th Edition!
As we gear up for the start of a new academic year, we’re excited to announce that submissions for the 5th edition of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival will open very soon. From Monday 23rd September, you’ll be able to submit your work for consideration for the 2025 programme of the festival, in theContinue reading “Coming Soon… Our 5th Edition!”
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”
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
Back on the BBC & Festival Opens Tomorrow
Ahead of the festival going live TOMORROW, we were featured on the BBC once again!
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
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”