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PHOTOS from Festival 2009

LIFF at the Coronet in Notting Hill		BFI is a Champion of Independent Cinema
Mike Figgis speaks at LIFF 2009	THE BURIAL Co-directors		Julien Temple at LIFF 2009
LIFF class of 2009		Q & A with the BEYOND THE FIRE team
Gala Premiere at the Curzon Mayfair		Julian Temple and LIFF director Erich Schultz

LIFF 2009 Winners

Here is the official selection for 2009
Here is the festival site for 2008:

Best Screenplay
Devi Snively for PAIGE AND HADLEY’S PROM FROM HELL

Best Youth Feature
Dave Parker for TOMMORROW IS...

Best No Budget Film
Nick Pilton for RESERVATIONS

Best Actor
Greg Wakehan for ZEBRA CROSSINGS

Best Film (International)
Danielle Boucher & David Mills for THE BURIAL

Best Film (UK)
Maeve Murphy for BEYOND THE FIRE

Best Screenplay (UK)
Shane Perez for BLOOD AND SAND

Best Sci-Fi / Horror Film
Andy Thompson & Pete Benson for SCAR CROW

Best Sci-Fi / Horror Screenplay
Zach Nelson for THE VOID

Best Music Video (UK)
Paula Rae Gibson for THE POET WITHOUT TRAGEDY

Best Music Video (International)
Marco Missano for JOY MACHINE

Best Youth Short
Sally McGinnins for SORROWFUL DAY

Best Music Video (International)
Christian Ammann for ANNAKIN ALIVE

Best Short (Jury Award)
David Tree for AUTONOMY

Best Short (Audience Award)
Andy Pearson for SOUVENIRS

Best Short Screenplay
Ragnar Olssen for MY LIFE, IN BRIEF

Best Short (International)
Michael Lavelle OUT OF THE BLUE

Best LGBT Film
Max Barber for HOMOWORLD

Best Short Documentary (UK)
Marie Billegrav Bryant for LIFE ON THE GRAVE SIDE

Best Short Documentary (International)
Barbara Klutinis for SEVERING THE SOUL

Best Short (International)
Michael Lavelle  for OUT OF THE BLUE

Best Film Pitch
Debbie Milspaugh for JANEEN

Best Documentary (UK)
Animal Monday for HERE’S JOHNNY

Best Short Animation
Karl Tebbe for MILBE

Best Documentary (International)
Gabriel Lakey for PIGWEED PHILOSOPHER

Best Director
Sam Holland for ZEBRA CROSSINGS

THE BURIAL: Dir. Danielle Boucher & David Mills When three estranged brothers gather for their mother’s funeral the last thing they expected was a family road trip. Mother’s final wish was clear: “Take me to the river and bury me with your Father”. The reluctant sons, a girlfriend and a coffin squash into a vintage hearse, bumble their way from France to England, and realise that to bury the past there’s some digging up to do.
	BEYOND THE FIRE: dir. by Maeve Murphy Beyond the Fire tells the story of Sheamy (Scot Williams), a gentle Irish ex-priest who arrives in London to find his old family friend and mentor Father Brendan. After an unsuccessful search Sheamy reaches out to the only other person he knows in London, Rory (Chris O’Neil). Rory, a talented musician and band member, takes Sheamy under his wing and introduces him to his flatmate Katie (Cara Seymour). Immediately, the attraction is undeniable between Sheamy and Katie. However, Katie is a warm hearted woman with her own emotional scars. Their intense romance is short-lived and begins to collapse when the past comes back to haunt them.