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 will return to the Phoenix in January 2025. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates. See you at the festival!

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