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Our esteemed Panel of Judges watched, assessed and debated the finer points of every single one of the films selected for competition. Read on to find out more about why each of our LIAF 2025 winners were awarded their accolades. Best Film of the Festival Award: On Weary Wings … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025: Judges’ Award Statements

Best Film of the Festival Award: On Weary Wings Go By - Anu-Laura Tuttelberg Best British Film Award: Film Film - Arturs Voblikovs Best Sound Design Award: Ploo - Thies Mynther & Peter Brokhøj (Dir. by Jon Frickey) Best Original Score Award: Dog Alone … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025: AND THE WINNER IS…

An Immersion in the Mise-En-Scenery: The Gentle Art of Giving A Frame We’ve probably had some version of this chat before, but just to recap – and for the sake of those new to the shenanigans – there are a number of reasons for a ‘Long Shorts’ programme. Some have to do with aesthetics, some to … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: LONG SHORTS

Time to talk about time “Yesterday's the past, tomorrow is the future but today is a gift. That's why they call it the present”  Bill Keane: Cartoonist (The Family Circus) Time! It’s a uniquely human edifice. It’s a uniquely human concept. It is one of the most potent and one of the … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 Article: BEING HUMAN

Play What You Can’t Say: Scribbled Words From A Desperate Moment of Real-Time Inspiration “I went home with a waitress, the way I always do…..” Ohhh, wait….. right song, wrong verse. “I’m hiding in Honduras, I’m a desperate man, send lawyers guns and money, the shit has hit the … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: PLAYING WITH EMOTION

With this edition of Figures in Focus, the title ‘Skin Shows’ is a nod to Jack Halberstam’s excellent book of the same name; a work that explores gothic horror, monstrousness, corporeality, otherness, and its representation in contemporary film. In this programme the perspective of the female body … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: FIGURES IN FOCUS – SKIN SHOWS