BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10521@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20250331 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20250405 DTSTAMP:20250331T143232Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/ljmu-ljmu-ma-short-film-festival / SUMMARY:John Lennon Art and Design Building: LJMU: LJMU MA Short Film Festi val DESCRIPTION:Liverpool John Moores University is proud to be hosting the fif th annual edition of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival this spring. The fest ival will launch online from the 28th of March\, with in person events run ning from the 31st of March until the 4th of April.\n\nSince it began in 2 021\, the festival has been able to build and improve every year\, transfo rming into a multiplatform event with an international reach. MA Film stud ents running the upcoming 2025 edition\, under the guidance of Dr Lydia Pa padimitriou and Martin Jones\, received an astounding 2\,691 film submissi ons from 112 countries\, ranging from Ecuador to Taiwan\, India to Bulgari a\, Kazakhstan to the UK.\n\nThe LJMU MA Short Film Festival is distinctly programmed by students for students\, helping to highlight the talent\, c reativity\, and remarkable storytelling ability of young and upcoming film makers across the globe. Inclusivity is our priority\, and we ensure that submission to the festival is free for student filmmakers as is audience a ccess for both the online and in person events.\n\nThis year’s programme features a diverse selection of 37 films ranging from light-hearted comed ies\, inspirational tales of overcoming adversity and challenging explorat ions of sexual violence and grief. The films are programmed into four stra nds: Fiction\, Documentary\, Experimental and Animation.\n\nOne film from each strand will be chosen by a jury\, made up of industry professionals\, academics\, previous winners and LJMU undergraduate students\, to win a c oveted Paper Bird Award. Visitors to the festival website will also be abl e to vote for their favourite film to receive the special Audience Award.\ n\nDr Lydia Papadimitriou says: ‘I am so proud to see this unique festiv al\, curated and run by a new group of MA Film students every year\, succe ssfully reach its 5th year and grow from strength to strength in terms of film submissions\, audiences and the quality of the work behind the scenes .’\n\nMartin Jones says: ‘Reaching our fifth edition marks a significa nt milestone—one that feels like a true turning point in our journey. It is an opportunity to reflect on how far we’ve come and to celebrate the incredible talent\, hard work\, and dedication of both our current and fo rmer MA students\, as well as the student filmmakers whose work we’ve ha d the privilege of showcasing.’\n\nFestival goers will have the ability to choose to watch the films on the festival website from the 28th of Marc h 2025\, or at live screening events commencing on the evening of Monday t he 31st of March\, with a different strand screening each night until the 3rd of April. The live events will take place in LJMU’s own Redmond’s Building\, followed by Q&\;As with some of the featured filmmakers.\n\n The festival closes on the 4th of April with a live awards ceremony\, brin ging filmmakers and audiences together to celebrate the films and the succ ess of the festival. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2025/03/Banner-2025-LJMU-MA-SFF-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Film LOCATION:John Lennon Art and Design Building\, Duckinfield Street\, Liverpo ol\, L3 5RD\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.405426;-2.96999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Duckinfield Street\, Liverp ool\, L3 5RD\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=John Lennon Art and Design Building:geo:53.405426,-2.96999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR