Leiden International Short Film Experience

About

LIsFE has offered both local and international visitors a high-quality selection of short films from across the globe, ranging from works of fiction to documentaries and animated films, directed by professional and cinema/media school student filmmakers. This has allowed our audience to discover internationally acclaimed works as well as short films by promising newcomers. The festival is organized around a competition in which a jury as well as the audience award the best films with a prize acknowledging the work of the most talented filmmakers. 

The key to LIsFE’s success is its threefold purpose:

• To allow people to have a complete and in-depth experience of short films, a creative and vibrant yet often overlooked part of cinematography,
• To support the next generation of filmmakers by introducing the works of cinema school students to a wider audience,
• To create a cultural event that can bring together both the local and the international people of Leiden (all films are subtitled in English).

Awards

• Critics Choice
• Audience Choice
• Best Student Film
• Best film from each submission category

Rules

• Films should have been completed after and including January 2016
• Submission to the Festival is open to all kinds of short films (animated, documentaries etc.).
• Films must be a maximum of 30 mins in length.
• Submit via Filmfestivallife, Festhome or Filmfreeway.
• Subtitles language: English

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement