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LEEDSflix International Film & Screenplay Festival
We are a REAL film festival with a REAL screening of ALL our WINNING films.
Based within a stroll of Louis Le Prince’s famous Roundhay Garden Scene in Leeds, England (the first film ever shot) and run by an award-winning screenwriter/producer and a pioneering University Film Lecturer, LEEDSflix honours Le Prince’s achievements by celebrating the best in new short filmmaking and screenwriting.
LEEDSflix is run via FilmFreeway and recognises work from experienced filmmakers, local Leeds and Yorkshire based creatives and student films produced by those studying in the city and beyond. Categories include narrative short films, documentaries and short screenplays.
The winning short films from the competition are showcased at LEEDSflix Short Film Events – which take place quarterly.
Nominees: No Strings by Molly Lipson, / Lily by Scham Salomon / Diego Valazquez: A Body of Work by Walter Haussner / Forget Me Not by Kiran Daniel Suppiah
Short Film made by a Student
Winner
UPGRADE Hope Evans
Short Film made by a Student Finalists
Down by the Sea Mia Ainsley
Spectacle Shantelle-Ellysé English
Nominees: Squatters by Leo Boothman / Ikebana by Katya Iwasko / Paralyzed by Tyler Robert Norton / Project Nirvana by Jacob Barnes
Best Experimental Film
Winner
(The) Potato Head Matthew David Johnston
Best Experimental Film Finalist
Une Réflexion Margarethe Baillou
Best Short Made in Yorkshire
Winner
On Strings Tom Lee
Best Short Made in Yorkshire Finalist
Self Tape Ryan Darkfield
Nominee: Forget Me Not by Kiran Daniel Suppiah
Best Actor’s Monologue
Winner
Beautiful Boy Tim Seyfert
Best Short Comedy
Winner
Yen for Zen James Pyle
Best Short Comedy Finalist
Turn On Nathan Keith Williams
Nominees: Bonito’s Creative Epiphany by Mario Gregoriou / Easter Sunday Massacre by William Nicholas Clay / Live, Laugh, Love! by Angelina Templar
Best Short Documentary
Winner
A Hidden Legacy Tom Hopper
Best Short Documentary Finalists
The Quiet Art Johnny Phillips
The Legacy of Joseph Poole Charline Fernandez
Nominees:
Tractor Boys & Girls by Robbie Laughton / Humanity by Richard Oliver
Best Short Action/Thriller
Winner
Heist School Loïc Dewaele
Best Short Action/Thriller Finalist
Jack Dan Robbins
Best Short Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy
Winner
Upgrade Hope Evans
Best Short Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Finalist
Fruitless Orlando Solano
Nominee: Kreaster by Jacob Cooney
Best Short Documentary Made in Yorkshire
Winner
A Hidden Legacy Tom Hopper
Judge’s Choice Award
Winner
I Remember Kyle Beights
Best Short Script
Winner
Your Choice to Leave Lara Czernecki
Best Short Script Finalists
Ashlee Knows Tommy Britt
Lab Partners Tommy Britt
Nominees: Underpass by Israfil Yagubov / Notified by Gary Miceli
Season 3 Screening Event, 5th June 2025
Season 2 Winners and Finalists
Congratulations to all our competition winners and finalists.
Short Film
Winner
The Funeral Denise Taylor
Short Film Finalists
A Metre Close Karan Maini
Long Play Bernard Madill
SOBER the struggle no one else can see Pauli Janhunen
Short Film made by a Student
Winner
Overdue Sam McLeod
Short Film made by a Student Finalists
Shoebox Edward Clover
Echoes of the Violet Glade Holly Jonas, Emma Negus
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