LISFF will returned to London to showcase the best in new international short-form filmmaking in 2025, running at the Genesis Cinema on January 11th, from 6pm.

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LISFF Awards 2025

Best Short Film
Pablo by Olly Burn

Best Documentary Short Film
Song Of Ice by Arthus Kauffeisen

Best Experimental Short Film
Death Sentence by Arisa Nakane, Sorao Sakimura

Best Comedy Short Film
Unprecedented Crimes by Samuel Hurlock, Joseph Beverley

Best LGBT Short Film
M by Christina Burchard

Best Animation Short Film
Teaser Trailer by JJ Gibson

Best Horror Short Film
Dream Of Me by Matthew Sutton

Best Children’s Short Film
Animal Anthem by Ben Wild

Best Short Short Film
Clemenzia Visits Handel Hendrix House London by Melinda Hughes, Alison Grist

Best Micro Short Film
Apple Cider Love by Stuart McClymont

Best Music Video
One by Brice Blanloeil

January 11th

6:00pm
Time.zip by Nicole Jin
Song Of Ice by Arthus Kauffeisen
Sirens Call by Lois Basham
One by Brice Blanloeil
Animal Anthem (Music Video) by Ben Wild
Pablo by Olly Burn
The Bathroom by Sunny Yiyang He
Chancers by Sean Devaney
Unprecedented Crimes by Samuel Hurlock, Joseph Beverley
M by Christina Burchard
Time Share by Sarah Sawyer McCarthy

7:15pm
My Utopia Episode 1: Inclusive City by Doreen Edemafaka
Death Sentence by Arisa Nakane, Sorao Sakimura
Last Summer (Music Video For La Rosa) by Damien Krisl
Apple Cider Love by Stuart McClymont
Teaser Trailer by JJ Gibson
Beneath The Horizon by Michael Fafalios
Clemenzia Visits Handel Hendrix House London by Melinda Hughes, Alison Grist
Apparitions by Eric Fong
Steve The Queen by Zachary Lurje
Dream Of Me by Matthew Sutton