Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF) is one of the UK's biggest film events and the largest in England after London. 26th edition in 2012 is the first as an Academy Award Qualifying Festival for the long-running World Animation and Louis Le Prince International Short Film awards. LIFF is a portal for audiences to discover the real world of film that exists beyond the limitations of mainstream film exhibition. LIFF primarily supports the work of outstanding, fresh new talent in fiction and documentary filmmaking (both features and shorts), in artist film and video, and in world genre cinema – and work from existing talent that has not received deserved exposure yet in the UK.
LIFF is a qualifying film festival for the Oscars® for the Live Action and Animated Short Film.
LIFF awards for shorts and features:
Louis Le Prince International Short Film Competition (£1,000 winner prize)
World Animation Competition (£1,000 winner prize)
British Short Film Competition (£1,000 winner prize)
Yorkshire Short Film Competition (£500 winner prize)
Leeds International Screendance Competition (£500 winner prize)
Leeds International Music Video Competition
Leeds Short Film Audience Award
Leeds Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature
Leeds Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature
Dark Owl International Fantasy Short Film Audience Award
Dead Short Audience Award
If you have more than one film to submit, you may be entitled to fee discounts for multiple entries - please email [email protected] for more details.
Only films completed after 1st January 2022 will be considered for the competitive sections.
Any genre and any length of film will be considered – anything under 45 minutes is classified as a short, anything over 45 minutes is classified as a feature. Maximum film length for the Screendance Competition is 15 minutes.
For feature-length films, though we do not insist on a premiere, we may not consider films that have some circulation in the UK already - for example, if they have toured other UK film festivals.
For short films, we do not have a premiere policy.
Submissions are to be made via Filmfreeway systems.
Subtitles language: English
