LISFF and LISA 2025 Announcement

Congratulations to our selected Filmmakers and Scriptwriters!

While we are excited to announce our long-listed Scripts and Films, we also wish to take a moment to express our appreciation for all our writers and filmmakers.  

We fully acknowledge the effort behind each project and value the passion invested in each.

You are all warmly welcomed as Filmmakers and Writers at our Film Festival events, regardless of the outcome. We support all submitters as valued members of our community. 

Together, we are louder! Together, we are stronger!

Last year, 25% of our writers and filmmakers who attended our Film Festival built strong connections that may lead to new jobs and collaborations, including links with producers, agents, film critics, and fellow writers/filmmakers.

Please note that the LISFF Screening Event is BY INVITATION ONLY and gets booked up so quickly!

All submitters will receive an invitation to our Film Festival, where they can network with other industry professionals, fellow filmmakers and writers.

Seats fill up very quickly! Please act swiftly once you receive the invitation. We'd love to see you there!

What's next?

LISA and LISFF Finalists will be announced in a week.

LISFF Screening event date and venue (in London) announcement is also coming soon. 

The winners of each category will be announced at the LISFF Screening Event!

Please note that FilmFreeway notifications will be sent after the final results are announced.

Keep an eye on our social media and website! 

Please see below the long-listed projects, in no particular order!

LISFF 2025 Long-listed Feature Films, Feature Documents and Short Films, Short Documents

Directors	Project Title
Lewis Peck	Turquoise
Scott Robinson	They Rescue Horses Don't They?
Frank Nesemann	What Liba felt
Teoman Sayin	Tapped
Hamza Munir	ANKLE BELLS (GHUNGROO)
Ilya Noyabrev	The Last Wish
Clark Birchmeier	N.I.L.ioniares
Finise Avery	Living With Grandma
Glen Janssens	Your Last Best: A Memphis Rox Story
Saro Heidari	Bint El Shalabiyah
Ari Harmon	Pursue
Dawn Reavis Martin	The Art of Eternal Love
Ankur Arun Kakatkar	Courage
Sofian Francis	Dante's Inferno - The Ascension
Jayson McNamara, Andrea Tortonese	NORITA
Radu Jude	Eight Postcards from Utopia
Iair Said	Most People Die on Sundays
Peter Hoogendoorn	Three Days of Fish
Marie-Elsa Sgualdo	SILENT REBELLION
Joel Alfonso Vargas	MAD BILLS TO PAY (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)
Jillian Abbott	Urban Garden

LISA Long-listed (Selected) Feature Screenplays, Short Screenplays and TV Pilots

Writers	Project Title
Jodie Marie Griffiths	0192 The 5
Ksenia Tolmazin	Anna's Business
Adam Howes, Harry Arthur Davies	FOXHOLE
Levi Goldmeier	Canine and Fang
Karen Criswell	The Vigil
PABLO ANDRÉS FERNÁNDEZ	The Battle of the Fishermen
Jen Charlton	Christina’s Pen Pal
Jennett Rebecca Charlton	Palestine 1946
Stefania Aronica	Funeral Shopping
Valerie Hockert	A Flood of New Beginnings
Thomas Anthony Quinn	THE LAND OF YOUTH
Paul Bagnall, Elin Margareta Nordin	The Frenzied Quill (TV Pilot)
Ella Annetts	Missions Critical
Shawn Patrick OBrick	The Butcher
Tobi Iverson	Wild Woman of the Woods
Allie Faulkner	"The Pink House."
Lisa Marie Tedesco	Olivia Colman Says My Farts Don’t Stink
Michael James Filer	The Blue Soldier
Kevin Ndango	CREDIT CARD
Dragan Veselinovic	It's Not Over
John T Frederick	YOU KNOW
Listening Raven	REZ
James Anthony Ward, James Longman	Happycrows
Gerald C Wood	The Adagio
Stephane CARPENTIER	COUNT TO 10
Emma Jane Land	Day Trip
Bert Pigg	Some Desperate Glory
Joanna Glembin	The holiday
Tom Pareto, Mike Maley	Ditlihi - The Warrior
Hannah Rose Vernot	(Pilot) Lilac of the Valley: Carnal Bloom
Andi Watson	Viv + Eddie
Dennis M OConnor	Angel of the Oaks
D. A. STENARD, DAN FITZPATRICK	THE SILVER CUP
Kristin Kay Burniston	AGGIE
Lukas Scheja	ANGELS DESIRED
Rebecca Glazer	Just Jessica
Joe Micklethwaite	Until The Light Takes Us
Curtis R Adair, Jr.	Brownie
reevanelli	Bile
Amber Morgan	Baited Silence
Carol Marie Dorn	Disclosure from a Cloakroom
Klaas Frans Mertens	Double Dutch
David Law	Into the Light of Day
Eleanor Veness	Aurora Sky
Steven Berger, Bridget Sullivan	The Grimoire
Phillip Cook	Trophies
Kat Geborys	ON THE ROCKS
Ryan C. Tittle	Western Civ
Patricia Planck, Kelly E. Nine	THE ARMCHAIR TRAVELLERS
Diego Antonio Gonzalez	A Kiskadee Tale Script
Tatenda Taderera	The Other side
Alicia Hayes	AXIOM
Genevieve Knights	The Faye Realm
Vee G Kumari	DHARMA
Sharbari Zohra Ahmed	Bombay Duck
Lizzy Esau	Add to Cart
Tyler Totten	Hook 'em Horns
Steve Brown	THE AGE OF THE EMPATH
Matthew Taub	Disco Demolition Night
Sarah-Kate O'Connor	Candyfloss
Bernardo Barreto	The Bait - Not another shark movie
Teresa Castilho	Mundane
Robert Frank Hirsch	Exchange
Nancee LaFayette	The Samurai Ghost and Ms. Jones
Richard James Hatch	American Relics
Caitlyn Michele Smith	Galactically Fluxed
Mike Gallagher	"Last Call"
Dorian Cheadera	King of the Sands
Timothy Wayne Planagan	The Cully Hill Boys
Andrea Marion	Full Throttle
Bob Dawson	XX Committee
Jordan G Read	Lineage
Benita Cullingford	Once A Thief
J flowerhead	Shangri-La-La-La
Ken Gover, Emma Gover	Kooralya
Cameron A. Straughan	Schisma
Peter Armitage	The Acting Tsar
Gabriel Eby	Revelation
Amber Shaheen Nelson, Mokotsi Rukundo	Amberica
Aniruddha Datta	EYE WITNESS