the liverpool
film festival
LIVIFF looks to find the most bold and inventive stories that the independent film community has to offer. With the ambition to match the city’s cool and artistic identity, LIVIFF is an international film festival with credibility, passion and integrity and is a proud associate of The Manchester film festival.
LIVIFF 10 Award winners…
Best Feature - THE WAY WE SPEAK
Best International Short - THE BLACK BART OF TACO KING #17
Best UK Short - FRIDAY IS MUSHROOM SOUP
Best Doc Feature - THE LIFE AND DEATH OF WESTERLY WINDINA
Best Doc Short - STREETVET
Best Student Film - THE MARK
Best Experimental Film - ARE YOU WITH ME?
Best Music Video - THE TASTY KINGS WITH BLONDIE CHAPLIN "MAYBE I'M A QUEEN"
Best Animation - DISTANCE TO THE MOON
Best un-commissioned Screenplay - CLIFTOWN
Best Director - Ian Ebright (The Way We Speak)
Best Actress - ALISON CIMMET (Mr Donahoe's Mangoes)
Best Actor - PATRICK FABIAN (The Way We Speak)
Film of the Festival - THE WAY WE SPEAK
LIVIFF 9 Award winners…
best director
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor - DUSTY
best actress
Shannon Ryan - DUSTY
best actor
Travis Jeffery - DUSTY
Best feature film
Coastal Route
Best international short film
I’m Not a Robot
best uk short film
Scissors
best documentary feature
The Range
best animation film
New Idea
best student film
Hostage of Romance
best experimental film
Shock to the Body
best music video
Shadow of the Light
best documentary short
Unique Pieces
screenplay competition winner
Jump
the Liverpool Film Festival 2026
As always LIVIFF2026 is looking to find the most bold and inventive stories that the independent film community has to offer, to screen in the birthplace of the Beatles and a city of rich culturally creative history and passion. With the ambition to match the city’s cool and artistic identity, LIVIFF is an international film festival with credibility and integrity and is a proud associate of The Manchester film festival.
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LIVIFF Official 8th Edition
AWARD winners
Best International short
BEAT OF A HEART
Best UK Short
FRED
Best Feature
SLAM
Best Documentary
PERFECT SHOT
Best Music Video
WATCH OUT
Best Student Film
SAND MUM
Best Animation
EARTHLING
Best Experimental
WOUNDS
Best Screenplay
LOVERS
Best Actress
FIONA ROSENLAND
Best Actor
MATHEUS COSTA
Best Director
PEDRO AMORIM
The Film of the Festival
SLAM
LIviff 7th edition Award winners…
Congratulations to all our films of 2022… This year’s award winners are…
BEST FEATURE Grounds of Hope
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT The Manager Position
BEST UK SHORT Lilian
BEST DOC FEATURE Savage Waters
BEST DOC SHORT 0151: Liverpool Rap and Politics
BEST DIRECTOR Mikey Corker - Savage Waters
BEST ACTRESS Eloise Smyth - Cyn
BEST STUDENT FILM Oh, Little Spark!
BEST EXPERIMENTAL 2020
BEST MUSIC VIDEO Maya Yenn How Much Sadness Can You Swallow?
BEST ANIMATION Nightlink
BEST UN-COMISSIONED SCREENPLAY Retreating
BEST ACTOR Curtiss Cook Jr - The Manager Position
FILM OF THE FESTIVAL Savage Waters
The 2022 Liverpool Film Festival official selection and tickets… Check out the full official ‘22 trailer!
Liverpool Film Festival 2022 Official Trailer
