Lytham International Film Festival

The Lytham International Film Festival is a yearly event, showcasing the best up-and-coming creative talent from around the world.

Situated in the historic and picturesque UK seaside town of Lytham, Lancashire, the film festival runs alongside the Lytham Music Festival, which sees around 20,000 visitors in attendance. 

Film Schedule:
Friday
11:00 - 13:00 (Feature Film)
Siren Lullabies - Kristina Atovska - Macedonia

13:30 - 15:30 (Short Films)
Yanni Rachid - Allaoua - Canada 
Darwin's Fox - Ben Scharf - Germany 
Midnight Ride Alessandro - Farrattini Pojani - United Kingdom 
No Time Off For Good Behavior - Christopher Riley - United States 
When the Saints Come Marching Back - Gerardo Tassan - Argentina 
Childhood - Dave Alexander Smith, Richard Bailey - United Kingdom 
A Little Glass of Rum - United States 
Mendo's Carousel - David Michael Maurer - United States

16:00 - 18:00 (Feature Film)
The Entrepot - Hoi Kit Cheung - Hong Kong

18:30 - 20:15 (Short Films)
Erik - David Kodheli - Albania
Autotomy - Rafael Rosales Rábago - Mexico 
Sirens - Charlie White - United Kingdom 
[ technopoetics ] - Alexandre Dacosta - Brazil 
Lili - Brian Ríos - Puerto Rico 
Rain - Craig Renaud - Canada 
In My Shoes - Loay 'cielo' Tattan - Bahrain 
Journeying - Garry Jenkins - United Kingdom

20:30 - 22:15 (Feature Film)
Who Buries the Undertaker? - Andreas Schmidbauer, Tanja Schmidbauer - Germany

20:30 - 22:30 (LYIFF After Dark)
Alba - Javier Balaguer Blasco - Spain
The Handbook - Brandon Carraway - United States 
Animals - Greg Cruttwell - United Kingdom 
The Wrench - Songhuan Li, Yifan Chen - United States 
Part Forever - Alan Chung-An, Ou - Taiwan 
An Eye For An Eye - André Rodrigues - Portugal 
The Dweller in the Woods - United States
The Sickness - Ian Volner - United States 
The Trapper: Dead by Daylight - Jared Cline - United States

Saturday:
11:00 - 13:00 (Short Films)
Last Chance - Eszter Angyalosy, Dániel Szőke - Hungary
Hidden - Paul Riordan - United Kingdom 
Walls Beneath Our Feet - Antti Suniala - Finland 
John Doe - Jeff Rector, Vahe Garabedian - United States 
Soil - Sam Lembeck - United States 
Chiatura - Toby Andris - France 
Òran na h-Eala - Steve Exeter - United Kingdom 
Member's Mark - Marisa Adelina DeMarini - United States 
Wiped Out - Benjamin Agsten - Germany

13:30 - 15:30 (NAHEMI Guest Programme)
NAHEMI National Student Film Awards is an annual competition that showcases the best student films in the UK and Ireland.
Representing over fifty Universities and Film Schools in the UK and Ireland that teach Film and Media Production. We work with our partners, such as the BFI, AHRC, CHEAD, CILECT, ARRI, Kodak, Canon Cameras, Encounters, Watersprite Film Festival, and others to support our member institutions through developing policy, engaging in debate, hosting educational events, and sharing good pedagogic practice.

16:00 - 18:00 (Regional Films)
Short Stay, Long Stay - Danny Carter - United Kingdom
Frames - Darragh Mcaleenan - United Kingdom 
Granny - Francis Castelli - United Kingdom 
Fred - Bjorn Franklin, Johnny Marchetta - United Kingdom 
Borne - Claire Heather Molloy - United Kingdom 
Robbie Wrecked the Band - Chloe Ireland - United Kingdom 
Beached Chloe Ireland United Kingdom

18:30 - 20:15 (Director's Note Guest Programme)
Since its launch in 2006 Directors Notes has been regarded as one of the web's leading curatorial platforms for independent film, working with filmmakers to create in-depth feature articles which reveal the painstaking production stories behind their award winning work for a worldwide audience of industry professionals, festival curators and dedicated film fans.

20:30 - 21:15 (Feature Film)
The Bytes Dreams are Made of - Alessandro Amaducci - Italy

20:30 - 22:30 (Feature Film)
Phoenix Incident - Keith Arem - United States

Sunday: 
13:30 - 15:30 (Short films)
IYOV - Sergey Spirin, Andrei Beresnev - Georgia
My Dear Aunt Sally - Tom Procida - United States 
Return to Sender - Russell Goldman - United States 
The Fox - Andy Kastelic - United States 
Unconquered - John Parr - United Kingdom 
A Matter of Luck - Guy Shilo - Israel 
Shape of Clay - Catherine - Andre Romania 
Synthbabe - Margareta F.A. Orkan - Norway

13:30 - 15:30 (Iris Prize Guest Programme)
The Iris Prize is a film and media organisation committed to increasing audiences for LGBTQ+ stories. Main projects include the annual Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival and Iris on the Move, our UK wide touring programme. Our partnership with Film4 / All4 delivers a million viewers for our Best British programme of shorts films. Iris also runs LGBTQ+ education and community outreach projects in Wales & the UK throughout the year.

16:00 - 18:00 (Short Films)
DIG - G J Hewitt - United Kingdom 
Bill Murray Lost in Berlinale - Ana Trkulja - Serbia 
Sensibility - Ben Kernow - United Kingdom 
Cock N' Bull 3 - Nathan Adloff - United States 
The Magical World Of Miracles - Elle Van Knoll - United Kingdom 
Lunarcode: The Light - Vincenzo Carubia - United States 
LifeQuest - Richard Lounello - United States
The Chromakey Man - William Samaha - Belgium

18:30 - 20:30 (Best of Fest)
Films in this category are unlisted.
This special screening will showcase the top 7 films from this year's festival.
Each of the films screening here are competing for the Best Film Award.

21:00 - 21:30 (Awards Ceremony)
All of this year's winners will be announced at this special ceremony.
Plus an opportunity for Q&As and Interviews.