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Curzon Renoir will be the host of the 2009 London Independent Film Festival.

With 44 feature film slots and space for 100 shorts, LIFF 2009 will the biggest festival we've had to date. Stretching over 9 days in Central London, LIFF 2009 will showcase the best of indie filmmaking from the United Kingdom and around the world.

Tickets available soon

Letter from festival director Erich Schultz

Filmmaker workshops at LIFF 2009

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Slamdance 12 in Jan 2009

Slamdance in Park City, Utah, is America's largest and most important independent film festival, and the sister festival to LIFF. Slamdance is now preparing to host its 11th annual festival.

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IIndependent Films for 2008I

Jetsam:
A woman washes up on shore with no idea of how she got there.

Dir: Simon Welsford

Diagnosis - Superstar:
Patients fight to keep their London mental hospital from closing.

Dir: Michael Thoubouroff

Orgies and the Meaning of Life:
The tale of a sexually obsessed stick figure.

Dir: Brad Gottfred

The Run:
A young couple from London are approached on holiday in Costa Rica to traffic drugs.

Dir: Tania Meneguzzi

De la Luna:
Ana needs a new life, but what is she really willing to give up to get a new start .

Dir: Sofia Delmotto

Automatons:
Welcome to the Robot Wars. This is the way that humanity dies.

Dir: James McKenney

Summer Scars:
A group of teenagers find trouble in the woods while cutting school.

Dir: Julian Richards

Ben's Plan:
A boy must turn to his distant brother to find their reluctant mother who is missing.

Dir: Jenna Ricker

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Streaming shorts from 2008
	Katy Harman "The Initiation" (BU Films Productions) running time: 11 min
	E. Mann "It'll be Back For You" (Mann films) running time: 40 min

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Winners announced for 2008

New categories this year

Micro-budget feature script

Sci-Fi / Horror Script

UK script

Screenplay contest homepage

	Bob Hoskins and Film London Awarded at LIFF
	Variety reports on LIFF's �50k grand prize
	LIFF winner Kill Kill Faster Faster gets distribution deal
	Ken Marshall leads producers Workshop at LIFF
	British Film Magazine reports on LIFF
	New fast track development award: indie Greenlight
	British Film Institute hosts LIFF at BFI Southbank
	Submission deadlines for 2009
	Letter from Festival director
	New sponsors for 2009
	LIFF at Cannes
	New Workshops for 2009