LISFF returned to London’s Phoenix Cinema to showcase the best in short-form filmmaking, on December 10th, 2023. Thanks to all our amazing filmmakers and short film fans!

LISFF Awards December 2023

Best Short Film
Hell Week – Kassy Mahea

Best UK Short Film
Cope – Anthony Sutcliffe

Best Student Short
Dock Day – Luca Campodifiori

Best Short Documentary
Thank You, Alice Oseman – Jackie-Ross Lavender

Best Comedy Short
When You Go For A Take – Martin Yeung

Best Experimental Short
Breathless – Anne Eva Isaksson

Best Sci-Fi Short
Gigo – Tayo Olatokunbo Olarewaju

Best Animated Short
Sentence – Rosemary Lee, Hugo Glendinning

Best LGBT Short
Mahjong Butterfly – Yinlin Chen

Best Short Short
All Truly Great Thoughts Are Conceived While Walking, But… – Junshu Gu

Best Music Video
Camp – Kelvin Kyungkun Park

Hell Week – Kassy Mahea, winner of Best Short Film

LISFF December 2023

5:00 PM

When You Go For A Take – Martin Yeung
All Truly Great Thoughts Are Conceived While Walking, But… – Junshu Gu
Camp – Kelvin Kyungkun Park
Mahjong Butterfly – Yinlin Chen
Thank You, Alice Oseman – Jackie-Ross Lavender
Kevin – Sheri Effres
Sentence – Rosemary Lee, Hugo Glendinning
Operation: Big Itch – Rafique Ossman

6:00 PM

Not Another Bat-Mitzvah! – Anna Glasman
Disparate Threads – Hannah Roza Fisher
These Days – Michael Schiralli
Gigo – Tayo Olatokunbo Olarewaju
Cope – Anthony Sutcliffe
Breathless – Anne Eva Isaksson
Hell Week – Kassy Mahea
Dock Day – Luca Campodifiori

Gigo – Tayo Olatokunbo Olarewaju, winner of Best Sci-Fi Short