For the fourth year running My SMASH Media has partnered with London Independent Film Festival to host a Pitching session ahead of the LIFF mini-market.
The SMASH Pitch session is open to all but is required attendance for shortlisted participants who will have the opportunity to practice their 3 minute pitch.
Pitching is rarely a walk in the park so the team at SMASH is keen to help filmmakers understand what to include in their pitch as well as feel as relaxed and confident as possible when it comes to selling a project to potential backers.
Join us and pick up some useful tips.
To submit your pitch visit https://www.mysmash.media/ideas/liff-mini-market. And the best part of it is that it’s all FREE to create & submit your SMASH Pitch.
Come and join us on Sunday 6th April at 1:30pm – 3:30pm at Genesis.
For Full Details, and to book, check out the Event Page at Genesis
The London Independent Film Festival (LIFF) is devoted to the advancement of first- and second-time filmmakers telling amazing stories with limited budgets. Hosted every spring at the Genesis cinema – repeatedly voted the best cinema in the UK – the 2024 London Independent Film Festival will screen the work of almost 100 filmmakers from around the world. Stretching over 10 days with numerous industry events, LIFF offers an unmissable opportunity for networking and building collaborations for future projects. It’s little wonder that Time Out Magazine has called LIFF “a treasure trove of undiscovered cinematic gems, one of Europe’s top indie film fests”.
With a reputable support system for emerging filmmakers, LIFF includes popular training programs run by industry professionals who understand the ins and outs of moving a filmmaker’s career to the next level.
LIFF have confirmed the 22th edition which will be at Genesis Cinema 4th-13th April 2025!
Preview format must be digital online screener. Submit either through a festival submission platform’s internal screener (like Film Freeway) or via a hosting site like Vimeo. If you are unable/unwilling to use digital submission, please contact us and we’ll work something out.
If you are submitting more than one entry, a separate submission is required for each film.
Deadlines: Check FilmFreeway for more information.
Fees for feature films are £65 early, £70 regular, £75 late.
Fees for short films are £40 early, £45 regular, £50 late.
Music videos and short shorts: £25 early, £30 regular, £35 late.
Fees for feature scripts are £40 early, £45 regular, £50 late.
Fees for short scripts are £25 early, £30 regular, £35 late.
Please send any related press materials, including electronic press kit, and photos to info@liff.org
The London Independent Film Festival is open to UK as well as international films in one of the following categories:
Best Low-budget Feature (over £100k)
Best Micro-budget Feature (under £100k)
Best No-Budget Feature (under £10k)
Best UK Feature
Best Documentary
Best Sci-Fi / Horror Feature
Best Female Director Feature
Best LGBT film
Best Short Film
Best UK Short
Best Short Documentary
Best Animated Short
Best Experimental Short
Best Short Short
Best Horror / Sci-Fi Short
Best Music Video
(b) Screenplay Award categories:
Best Feature Screenplay
Best Sci-Fi / Horror Screenplay
Best UK Screenplay
Best Short Screenplay
Best Screenplay Pitch
All stated information, eligibility and submission guidelines, terms and conditions of entry, and entry information is subject to change by the London Independent Film Festival, without notice.
Here is the full LIFF 2025 schedule: (tickets available here)April 4:
Opening Night Party – 19:30, April 4
Feature Film – 21:00, April 4
Cafe 404 by Alexandros Tsilifonis (book here)April 5:
EVENT — How to Finance Your First Feature
Workshop – 15:30 – 16:30 (book here)
Shorts Block 1 – 17:15, April 5 (book here)
Every Day’s A Bonus by Jane Sanger
Home Under the Bridge by Dmytro Honcharov
Path for the Sinners by Gianni Morreale
Long Black by Alex Barnes-Auld
I’m Not Brilliant by Julian Kerridge
Meme, Myself and AI by Chris Boyle
A Film in Another Language by César VelascoShorts Block 2 – 19:10, April 5 (book here)
Blood On Your Hands by Anastasia Bunce & Grace Joy Howarth
Eximo by Mayed Al Qasimi
Our Father by Aisling Bea
The Interview by Sioned Jones
Round the bend by Andy ParkmanFeature Film – 21:00, April 5 (Preview Screening)
Desi: A Pub Story by Zaki Solosho (book here)April 6:
EVENT — SMASH “Pitching Session”
Workshop – 13:30 – 15:30 (book here)
Shorts Block 3 – 17:20, April 6 (book here)
You Look So Beautiful by Mookie Ma
Code/ Switch by Alexander Moffat
Matilda and the Brave Escape by Ash Reed
Pomegranate by Zoë Morgan Chiswick
Rat King by Andrea Mae Perez
Soft by Scott DriverShorts Block 4 – 19:10, April 6 (book here)
A Bad Wish by Hugo Coelho & Tommy Le
A Message by Wenjing Xing
Avocado Heart Girl by Keeley Walter
The Wilde Sisters by Táine King
Jump by Tom WheelerFeature Film – 21:00, April 6
Signs Of Life by Joseph Millson (book here)April 9:
Shorts Block 5 – 19:00, April 9 (book here)
It’s Not Me, It’s You by Coco Taylor
Sisters by Josh Cowle
Sin by Airui Li
The Birds and the Bees by Florence Bell
The Carrot by Joakim BenumShorts Block 6 – 20:45, April 9 (book here)
Onset by Sean Siegfried
Dover 82 by Aria Danaparamita
Reconsolidation by Abbie Lucas
Sister Sister by Kitty Parker
Tunnels by Paul Bloomfield
Wall Banger by Thomas Wheeler
Dance, then by Philippine VelgeApril 11:
Special Event – 19:00, April 11
Women in Film and Television networking and screening (book here)Shorts Block 8 – 21:00, April 11 (book here)
The Long Pigs by Kerri Davenport Burton
Fish by Ian Yarwood
Mole by Shari Sharpe
Esmeralda by Vipin Venugopal
Making Juice by Vesta SkarApril 12:
EVENT — Big Picture Film Club – “Value Your Film”
Workshop – 15:30 – 16:30 (book here)
Shorts Block 9 – 17:20, April 12 (book here)
Tainted by the Visual by Laura Calzada
Slaps by Ali Kurr
Aguska by Tristan Loraine & Hannah Baxter-Eve
The Emotional Baggage by Annamaria Pennazzi
The Playground by Bella Glanville
Tick by Colin HubbardShorts Block 10 – 19:10, April 12 (book here)
Light Hearted by Sye Allen
Same Face Different Lens by Jon King
Terror Tunnels by Antony Crossfield
The Protector by Bruce Chong
Cobalt Veins by Nour Bechara
Dear Darlene, by Nabeel Renaaz
(In)Visible by Sam JosephFeature Film – 21:00, April 12
No Time For Goodbye by Don Ng (Preview Screening) (book here)April 13:
EVENT — LIFF Mini-Market – by invitation only (must also attend the SMASH pitching session on 6th, link above)
Market – TBA (details here)
Shorts Block 11 – 16:15, April 13 (book here)
One Brother by Oskar Nilsson
A Bed of Foxgloves by Holly Joyce
Bad Busker by Harry Sharp
Breaks by Christina Yianni
Early Twenties by Libby Burke WildeFeature Film – 18:00, April 13
Legend Has It by Niall Johnson (book here)Awards and Closing Night Party: 20:50, April 13
SHORT FILMS
The speed-pitching mini-market has been created in collaboration with SMASH, who are a platform dedicated to creating a pitch deck:
To submit, filmmakers must send their pitch presentations to LIFF via the SMASH platform and projects will be selected according to what the industry professionals are looking for. More information on who will be in attendance and what they are looking for. Please see the programme section for more information.
Best Feature, Jury Award
Cafe 404 by Alexandros TsilifonisBest UK Feature
Signs Of Life by Joseph MillsonBest Feature, Festival Director’s Award
No Time For Goodbye by Don NgBest Documentary Feature Film
Desi: A Pub Story by Zaki SoloshoBest Sci-Fi/Fantasy Feature
Legend Has It by Niall JohnsonBest UK Short Film
Round the Bend by Andy ParkmanBest Thriller Short Film
You Look So Beautiful by Mookie MaBest Animated Short Film
Matilda and the Brave Escape by Ash ReedBest Experimental Short Film
Meme, Myself and AI by Chris BoyleBest Sci-Fi/Horror Short Film
Eximo by Mayed Al QasimiBest Short Documentary Film
Breaks by Christina YianniBest Short Film
A Film in Another Language by César VelascoBest Social Impact Short Film
Avocado Heart Girl by Keeley GaineyBest LGBT+ Short Film
Our Father by Aisling BeaBest Drama Short Film
Onset by Sean SiegfriedBest Short Short Film
Terror Tunnels by Antony CrossfieldBest UK Screenplay
Pet Project by Rachel Elizabeth Samuel
Best Romance Feature
10 Swords & The Moon by Fenella Greenfield
Best Crime Feature
Cookster The Darkest Days by Stephen Edward Roach
Best Drama Feature
Exodus by Serkan Nihat
Best Action Feature
Fyre Rises by Paul Knight
Best Comedy Feature
Just One Last Thing by Alexandra Gillespie
Best Thriller Feature
Sparrow’s Call by Tim Kent
Best Suspense Feature
The Final Chapter by Jeetendra Pidikiti, Shabeel Dhami
Best Documentary Feature
The Long Quiet by Lucy D’Cruz
Best Low-Budget Feature
Warhol by Adam Ethan Crow
Best International Feature
The Eye by Daphne Schmon
Best Short Film: LIFF Award
The Interpreter by Andrea M. Catinella
Best UK Short: Jury Award
Hedgehog by Adam Smethurst
Best Short Film: Jury Award
Mouse! by Max Fisher
Best UK Short: Festival Director’s Award
Deserters by Guido Zanghi
Best Short Film: Festival Director’s Award
Wuss by Nadine Wilson
Best Comedy Short Film
GUTS by Florence Winter Hill
Best Short Documentary
The Black Country Cowboy by Ryan Davis
Best Drama Short
Good Intentions by Yasen Zates Atour
Best Animated Short
The Winning Lottery Ticket by Natasha Price
Best Thriller Short
Hard Times by Elliott Gonzo & Elliot Warren
Best Short Short
Stir by Tiffany Whitney Chang
Best Horror Short
Only You and Me by Griff Lynch
Best Sci-Fi Short
Finger Food by Jacob Dudman
Best International Short
Life of Riley by Lisa Datz
Best European Short
The Visit by Katharina Sporrer
Best Music Video
Shake Your Hair by Roberto Vivancos
Best UK Screenplay
Barnaby and Bella by Georgina Boeheim
SHORT FILMS
5 Seconds by Aayushi Patel
A Forest by Cameron Stewart
A Little Flavour by Rebekah Murrell
All Is Calm by Daniel Kavanagh
Another Life by Jane Gull
Ash Wednesday by Cassie Barraclough
Beautiful Things by Maya Zupano
Beholden by Leon Lopez
Blanks & Tabs: A story of Love, Puzzles and finding an Antidote for the Hard Times by Josh Spindler
Bluebells by Penelope Mazza
Crossfire by Sarah Nicholls
Dancing Shoes by Bim Adaji
Deserters by Guido Zanghi
E-Wing by Oscar Flohr
End of Infinity by Flora Charlotte Lopategui
Fighting For Rachel by Ciara Robley
Finger Food by Jacob Dudman
First Anniversary by Abed Al-Hadi Deiry
Good Intentions by Yasen Zates Atour
Guts by Florence Winter Hill
Hard Times by Elliott Gonzo, Elliot Warren
Hedgehog by Adam Smethurst
Internal Abyss by Heléna Antonio
I Wonder What’s Keeping My True Love Tonight by Harry Baker
Immune by Jonathan Brooks
Into the Pass by Oliver Kidd, Monty Tremlett
Journey toward my Sister by Christopher Anthony Tajah
Lashing Out by Dionne Wynn
Leaning In by Orla Grace Worthington
Life of Riley by Lisa Datz
Like Going to a Hardware Store for Bread by Roque Nonini
Losing It by Elise Martin
Mates by Elly J Philipp
Meet Me Where I Am by Jasper Rouse
More Shenanigans by Lulu Valencia
Mouse! by Max Fisher
My First Time was in a Car Park by Phoebe Wood
No More Red by Indy Singh
Noah by Emma Louise Williamson
Noob by Elliott Malone
Not Like Us by Freddie Powell
Only You and Me by Griff Lynch
Opening Night by Rob Harman
Out Line by Ben Harlan
Outlands by Mark Hampton
Overpowered by Michael Bicarregui
Perspective by Montesa
Realness with a Twist by Cass Kaur Virdee
Scone by Sam Towle, Tori Amura
Shake Your Hair by Roberto Vivancos
Step into the Abyss by Vital Stomma
Stir by Tiffany Whitney Chang
Tell Me You Love Me by Paulette Randall MBE
That’s The Spirit by Sarah Phi Martínez
The Abyss by Virag Pazmany, C.A. Cooper
The Black Country Cowboy by Ryan Davis
The Consequence by Kammy Darweish
The Interpreter by Andrea M. Catinella
The Pub by Rosie Wilcox
The Red Diamond Cut by Nickolas Toth
The Visit by Katharina Sporrer
The Winning Lottery Ticket by Natasha Price
Torn by Emily Sewell
Typical? by Sarah Leigh
Under the Skin of a Guild: Wake of Lost Souls by Freddie Leyden
Unthinkable Conversations by Emma Richardson
Wuss by Nadine Wilson
Yours by Flaminia Graziadei
FEATURE FILMS
10 Swords & The Moon by Fenella Greenfield
Cookster The Darkest Days by Stephen Edward Roach
Exodus by Serkan Nihat
Fyre Rises by Paul Knight
Just One Last Thing by Alexandra Gillespie
Sparrow’s Call by Tim Kent
The Final Chapter by Jeetendra Pidikiti, Shabeel Dhami
The Long Quiet by Lucy D’Cruz
Warhol by Adam Ethan Crow
The Eye by Daphne Schmon
Best Documentary
Alex Lewis Mountain by Simon Ratigan
Best Micro-Budget Film
Dream Agency by Andy Field & Deborah Pearson
Best Thriller
I Bring Joy by David Stuart Snell
Best UK Film
Love Without Walls by Jane Gull
Best Horror Film
Older Gods by David A. Roberts
Best Sci/Fi Film
Revolution X by Matthew Philip Cannon
Best Debut Feature
To A Cinder by Henry Scriven
Best Short Film: LIFF Award
Can’t Let You Go by Walid Said
Best UK Short: Jury Award
Anna’s Song by Ben Collier & Enrico Luigi Hallworth
Best Short Film: Jury Award
The Women Inside by Bethany Ann McDonald
Best UK Short: Festival Director’s Award
Free by Lauren McLaughlin
Best Short Film: Festival Director’s Award
A Band Apart by Ruth Negasa Hunduma
Best Comedy Short Film
Desires and Delusions by Nicole Sarah Fry
Best Short Documentary
We Move by Souvid “JIJO” Datta
Best Drama Short
Boy in the Back Seat by Scott Pickup
Best Animated Short
Film One (Overcoming Trilogy) by Carcazan
Best Experimental Short
to my dying mother by Johanna von Salmuth
Best Short Short
You’re Alright Hun by Katie-Ann McDonough
Best Horror Short
Terror/Forming by Rylan Friday
Best Sci-Fi Short
The Draft by Raphaela Wagner
Best International Short
That’s Our Time by Alex Backes
Best Music Video
Speed Up (or The History Of Human Inventions) by neer human
Best UK Screenplay
I Bring Joy by David Stuart Snell
SHORTS
A Band Apart by Ruth Negasa Hunduma
A Certain Night by Sumin Kim
A Killer Service by Gio Randazzo
A Love Letter to Depression by Jesse Roth
Abyssal Zone by Antonis Kitsikis
Anna’s Song by Ben Collier & Enrico Luigi Hallworth
Apex by serkan nihat
Barnstorm by James Owen
Blinkers by Kerry Corran
Blueberry Smoothie by Darren Lee Murphy
Boy in the Back Seat by Scott Pickup
Can’t Let You Go by Walid Said
Colour Grading by Rahima Bibi
Counting Fingers by Nicole Atalla
Darlene by Julia-Maria Arnolds
Desires and Delusions by Nicole Sarah Fry
Do Sperm Get Killed By Coffee? by Mojiao Zhou
Doglike by Elias G. Avramidis
Film One (Overcoming Trilogy) by Carcazan
Fly Free by Ann Hawker
For The Lost Ones by Will Hartley
Forbidden Love on the Shores of Greece by Joshua Bransgrove
Free by Lauren McLaughlin
High Pitch by David Michael Hands
Huntsman by James Owen
I Never Had A View by Daniel Aremu
Curious by Rikki Beadle-Blair
Love Locs by Sebastian Tohouri
Mum and Me by Maninderpal Singh Sahota
No Freedom No Art by Pauline Avril Amos
Not The House by Oscar Hudson
November by Armand Christophe Etienne Ariel Daniaud
Obscurus by Marcello Mantero
On My Level by Grace Morgan
Ortolan – Bones and All by Tracy Mathewson
Phonetime by Jordan Chandler
Postcode Beef by Kevin Muendo
Road Kill by Steve Ramsden
Ruby Baby by Lee McQueen
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Search for the Blue Note by Stephen Brolan
Sanitising by Stavros Sayas
Séance by Charlie Robb & Douglas Tawn
Sex Fruits by Lee Tatlock & Patrick Regis
Shoot Your Shot by Mishaal Memon
Smile by Jo Smyth
Spare Room by Andrea Johannes
Speed Up (or The History Of Human Inventions) by Neer Human
Supervision by Sophie Colquhoun
Talking Head by Paul Blake
Terror/Forming by Rylan Friday
That’s Our Time by Alex Backes
The Draft by Raphaela Wagner
The Dreamer by Bella Rose
The Fool’s Mate by Cian Llewellyn
The Inside Joke by Comfort Emmanuel
The Rider by Justin Stillmaker
The School System by Jesse Roth
The Sight of Angels by Pasquale Esposito
The Women Inside by Bethany Ann McDonald
To My Dying Mother by Johanna von Salmuth
We Move by Souvid “JIJO” Datta
When it Rains by Hectorq Dockrill
With & Without by Chantal Gold
You’re Alright Hun by Katie-Ann McDonough
FEATURES
Alex Lewis Mountain by Simon Ratigan
Dream Agency by Andy Field & Deborah Pearson
I Bring Joy by David Stuart Snell
Love Without Walls by Jane Gull
Not a Jpeg by Vitor Vilela
Older Gods by David A. Roberts
Revolution X by Matthew Philip Cannon
To A Cinder by Henry Scriven
Best UK Short – Jury Award –Time and Tide — A Trilogy by Justin Spray, Marc Green & Jonathan Stow
Best Debut Short Film — My Baby Cries by Faith Elizabeth
Best Comedy Short Film — Paranormal Investigators by Markus Meedt
Best Short Documentary – Underdogs by Jamie Yuan
Best Drama Short — Beautiful Things by Saudat Sanusi
Best Animated Short – Checkpoint by Jana Kattan
Best Experimental Short – Venetian Men by Celia Willis
Best Thriller Short — Blunt Instrument by Matthew Hill
Best Short Short – Rusty by Zoe Villiers
Best Horror Short – Doghouse by Anabel Kutay
Best Sci-Fi Short – File Not Found by Lindsey Bennet Thompson
Best LGBT+ Short – We Are Bleach by Zoë Greenbaum
Best Short Film: Audience Award – Daughter by Athena Mandis
Audience Award for Best Feature – Six Years Gone by Warren Dudley
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Feature – When the Screaming Starts by Conor Boru
Best Micro-budget Feature – God’s Petting You by Jamie Patterson
Best UK Feature – Much Ado by Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare and Hillary Shakespeare
Best Feature Documentary – Frank Miller American Genius by Silenn Thomas
Best Music/Dance Feature – Iris Warriors by Roydon Turner
Best Music Video – Relapse by David Lumsden
Best International Screenplay – Rain Come Soon by Sharony Green
Best UK Screenplay – Warm October Nights by A J Roberts
Best Horror/Sci-fi Screenplay – The Virgin by Trysta A. Bissett
SHORT FILMS:
FEATURES:
Audience Award for Best Feature – Guinea Pig Diaries by Suzanne Mitchell & OIympia Stone
Best Sci-Fi Feature – The Clearing by Stephanie Trainer
Best Micro-budget Feature – Under The Radar By Simon J Frith
Best LGBT Feature – Hometown Proud by Naida Osline & Tyler Stallings
Best Horror Feature – The Horror Crowd by Ruben Pla
Best Low-budget Feature – The Runner by Michelle Danner
Best Feature Documentary – (K)nox by Aaron Truss
Best UK Feature – Give Them Wings by Sean Cronin
Best Short Film: Jury Award – From A to Q by Emmalie El fadli
Best Short Film: Audience Award – Losing Grace by Athena Mandis
Best UK Short – Becoming Everything by Dan Lowënstein
Best Short Documentary – You Can’t Stop Spirit by Vashni Korin
Best Animated Short – Yendor -The Journey of a Junior Adventurer by Rodney Matthews & Sarah Matthews
Best Experimental Short -Skin & Scales by Darcy Wallace
Best Short Short – Benchmarks by William Grave
Best Sci-fi/Horror Short – Koreatown Ghost Story by Minsun Park & Teddy Tenenbaum
Best Music Video – Absence-Présence by Antonino Chiaramonte
Best International Screenplay – Melina Mercouri: I Was Born Greek by Melina Chiaverini
Best UK Screenplay – Bardo by Richard Douglas
Best Horror/Sci-fi Screenplay – Zero Anima by Michael J. Krym
Best UK Short (chosen by Twickenham Studios) – The Snow Maze
Best UK Short (chosen by RODE Microphones) – Prospect
Best UK Short (chosen by Directors UK) – Brother
Best Short Film – The Cunning Man
Best Short Documentary – A Failure Of The Imagination
Best Animated Short – Pei’s Morocco Vlog
Best Experimental Short – StuK
Best Short Short – Next
Best Sci-fi/Horror Short – Bad Dreams
Best Music Video – Idles
Best Low-Budget Feature – Philophobia
Best UK Feature – Kat & The Band
Best Documentary – A Soul Journey
Best Sci-fi/Horror Feature – Reborn
Best Production Design – Palindrome
Best LGBT Feature – Your Eyes On Me
Best Female-Director Feature – L’age D’or/The Golden Age
Best Screenplay – 12 Days by Chari Eglinton
Best Horror/Sci-fi Screenplay – The Dog Star by Laura Matthews
The prizes are as follows and correspond to the chosen 3 winners above:
Best UK Short – Twickenham Studios – a day’s Baselight grade (projected or monitor) with a master file output
Best UK Short – RODE Microphones – RODE VideoMic NTG, WS11 Deadcat, VC1 Cable and a Micro Boompole Pro.
Best UK Short – Directors UK – prize TBC
Best Animated Short – Edward
Best Horror/Sci-fi Short – Child
Best Experimental Short – Ghost Dance
Best LGBTQ Short – Care (ClexaCon)
Best Short Short – Samira
Best Short Documentary – Secret Times
Best UK Short – Held For A Moment (chosen by Directors UK) – The Therapist (chosen by Twickenham Studios) – This Little Death (first choice by RODE) – The Beach House (second choice by RODE) – The Bomb (third choice by RODE).
Best Short – 3 Sleeps (chosen by Kodak)
Best Micro-budget Feature – Soundtrack To Sixteen
Best Low-budget Feature – The Price For Silence
Best International Feature – Frontera
Best Documentary – Pluck
Best LGBT Film – Poised
Best UK Feature – Dead Unicorns
Best Feature Screenplay: Mustache by Laura Murphy & Eileen Mathews
Best UK Screenplay: Cabbie by Kat Magrowitz
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Screenplay: Cove by Thomas O’Malley
Best Short Screenplay: Cut by Emily Hason
Best UK Short – 833
Best Short Documentary – Rebirth Is Necessary
Best Short Short – Mrs Maxwell
Best Short Comedy – The Overcoat
Best Short – Just Molly & Me
Best Horror Short – Bride Of Frankie
Best Music Video – Surrender With Strength
Best Animated Short – Via
Best Newcomer – Natacha Horn for Swing
Best Horror Feature – The Isle
Best UK Feature – Winter Ridge
Best Visuals – Richard Gorodecky for Little Shit
Best Micro-Budget Feature – Luba
Best Low-Budget Feature – Winter Ridge
Best Documentary – Children Of The Snow Land
Best Actor In An International Film – Elon Mulaj for The Albanian Recruit
If you have any questions write to us at info@liff.org
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