London Short Film Festival

December 18, 2008

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6th London Short Film Festival Opening Night
09/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London ICA Bar
  Time: 7:30pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: No minors. Address: The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Venue phone: +44 (0)20 7930 0493. Feat: DJ set from Pens, live music from Midnight Expresso. Plus Lo-Budget Late Night Mayhem screening in ICA Cinema 1. More info »

New Shorts: Lo-Budget Mayhem

09/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London ICA, Cinema 1
  Time: 11:00pm. Admission: 8. Box office: +44 (0)20 7930 3647. Address: The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Venue phone: +44 (0)20 7930 0493 . Expect a raucous show with a selection of films ranging from bad taste depravity to no-budget lunacy. More info »

New Shorts: Funny Shit

10/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Renoir Cinema
  Time: 12:00pm. Admission: 7/ 6 (members). Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 0871 7033 991. Address: The Brunswick, London, WC1N 1AW . Venue phone: 020 7837 8402. A selection of new films to put a smile on your face for the New Year. Includes the Shooting People Award for Best Comedy Short. More info »

Darryl’s Hard Liquor and P0rn Film Festival
10/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Roxy Bar & Screen
  Time: 8:00pm. Admission: 3. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 020 7403 4423. Address: 128-132 Borough High Street, SE1 1LB London UK. Venue phone: 020 7403 4423. A delectable selection of comedy shorts from a group of kinky Canadians that will make you cringe, wince and cry with laughter whilst having simultaneous collective orgasms. More info »

New Shorts: Fucked Up Love

11/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Renoir Cinema
  Time: 12:00pm. Admission: 7/ 6 (members). Box office: 0871 7033 991. Address: The Brunswick, London, WC1N 1AW . Venue phone: 020 7837 8402. Is that a tear or a twinkle in your eye? Love is always messed up in this selection of new films. More info »

Howling Feedback: Coffee and Cake with Birds Eye View

15/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Curzon Bar Soho
  Time: 2:00pm. Admission: Free. LSFF and Birds Eye View present women-directed shorts
12/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Curzon Soho
  Time: 2:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 0871 7033 988. Address: 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 5DY London UK. Venue phone: 0871 7033 988. Birds Eye View Film Festival have teamed up with London Short Film Festival to host a selection of women-directed shorts, together with a panel of the filmmakers who made them. Free cake accompanies this early afternoon event. More info »
12/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Curzon Bar Soho
  Time: 2:00pm. Admission: Free. LSFF and Birds Eye View teamed up to present women-directed shorts

Howling Feedback: Meet with Current TV

12/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Curzon Soho
  Time: 4:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 0871 7033 988. Address: 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 5DY London UK. Venue phone: 0871 7033 988. Come along and find out about Current TV – the global television network! A networking session for DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS. that’s the place to find and share your personal stories and videos. More info »

Sound and Vision – an evening with ThinkSync Films

12/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Roxy Bar & Screen
  Time: 7:00pm. Admission: 3 after 6pm. Box office: Box office: 020 7403 4423. Address: 128-132 Borough High Street, SE1 1LB London UK. Venue phone: 020 7403 4423. ThinkSync Films are a crafty bunch of hipster cupids, bringing together the indie film and music industries in a blessed marriage of creativity. Come and see a few of the beautiful love children of this union in the shape of some tasty shorts, which include tracks from labels like 4AD, Chemikal Underground, Rough Trade, Rotters’ Golf Club, Saddlecreek, The Leaf Label, and Wichita.

Sound and Vision - Zan Lyons DVD launch

12/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Roxy Bar & Screen
  Time: 8:00pm. Admission: 3. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 020 7403 4423. Address: 128-132 Borough High Street, SE1 1LB London UK. Venue phone: 020 7403 4423. Zan Lyons fuses his own violin concertos with electronica to create a sound that arrests and compels in equal measure. Tonight Zan plunges us into the world of digital creativity as he teams up with Warp to present a selection of shorts and videos exploring the way musicians use digital technology as an entry point into filmmaking. The night will include work from Battles and Shane Meadows and will be followed by a Q&A and a live set. More info »

In The Director’s Chair (in conjunction with the UK Film Council)
12/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London ICA
  Time: 8:30pm. Admission: 5. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: +44 (0)20 7930 0493 . Address: The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Venue phone: +44 (0)20 7930 0493 . This discussion invites filmmakers like Esther May Campbell (SEPTEMBER), Michael Pearce (MADRUGADA) and Ian Clark (OUTCASTS) to put across their views on how they see their career paths developing as the next generation, alongside representatives from the UK Film Council. Followed by a screening of powerful and original longer-form short films that don’t fit the mould. More info »

Howling Feedback: Shooting People presents Luck = Preparedness + Opportunity

13/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Curzon Soho
  Time: 4:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 0871 7033 988. Address: 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 5DY London UK. Venue phone: 020 7292 1686. Do you feel lucky? Shooting People reckons you make your own luck in life and work, and have gathered a series of case studies to test the theory. Filmmakers with work in the Festival share both war stories and practical tips to help you identify and seize your moment. More info »

New Shorts: Night of the Living Docs

13/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Roxy Bar & Screen
  Time: 6:15pm. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 020 7403 4423. Address: 128-132 Borough High Street, SE1 1LB London UK. Venue phone: 020 7403 4423. Night of the Living Docs is a marathon evening of documentary split into three programmes: Personal Stories (6.15pm) delves into the family histories or personal experiences of the filmmakers. Portraiture (7.35pm) gives us a snapshot of fascinating characters with amazing stories to tell, and Artistic Endeavors (9.15pm) mixes film about art and artistes with documentaries that take a more artistic approach to their subjects. More info »

Howling Feedback: London Film Academy and New Producers Alliance present Producing High End Digital Visual FX for Low Budget Productions

14/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Curzon Soho
  Time: 4:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 0871 7033 988. Address: 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 5DY London UK. Venue phone: 020 7292 1686. Hollywood’s budgets are no longer necessary for digital visual effects, but some expertise and guidance goes a long way to avoiding expensive mistakes. Here experts including Alan Marques (Goldeneye and Herzog’s Invincible) and Dave Barnard (Mirrormask) will explain the creative possibilities for maximum impact on the cheap. More info »

Ten Rounds With De Niro: London Short Film Festival Special

14/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Curzon Soho
  Time: 7:30pm. Admission: 10 per team (max 6 people). Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 0871 7033 988. Address: 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 5DY London UK. Venue phone: 020 7292 1686. Join us in the Curzon Soho bar for a special edition of the Curzon Film Quiz, in association with Faber. With an emphasis on musical-related films, we challenge you to another cinematically taxing test. Entry fee is £10 per team (maximum of 6 people) and includes free popcorn. Exclusive prizes for the winners and the losers!

New Shorts: Trick of the Light

14/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Rich Mix
  Time: 7:30pm. Admission: 7/ 6 (concs). Box office: 020 7613 7498. Address: 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA. Venue phone: 020 7613 7490. Short films with gorgeous and sumptuous images in this stunning collection of rich cinematography and beautiful animation. Will include the East End Film Festival Award for most gorgeous looking film. More info »

Electric Sheep reading reception
15/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Tenderpixel Gallery
  Time: 6:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 02073799464 . Address: 10, Cecil Court, London WC2N 4HE. Venue phone: 02073799464 . Join us on a winter’s evening to be warmed by refreshments and tasty readings. Electric Sheep writers Jason Wood, James Evans, Jeff Hilson and Virginie Sélavy will be reading pieces from the magazine’s winter issue, which focus on snow in cinema. Expect to hear about Icelandic film COLD FEVER, Christmas slasher movies, Guy Maddin’s Alpine melodrama Careful and 70s Japanese revenge tale LADY SNOWBLOOD. More info »

Branchage: Outsiders music & film

15/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Bishopsgate Institute
  Time: 6:00pm. Admission: 12 on the door 10 in advance. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 020 7392 9200. Address: 230 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4QH . Venue phone: 230 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4QH . The London Short Film Festival teams up with Branchage Jersey International Film Festival for a night of film and music that champions those people who don’t conform! More info »

4th Vauxhall Auteur Theory Award

15/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Roxy Bar & Screen
  Time: 6:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 020 7403 4423. Address: 128-132 Borough High Street, SE1 1LB London UK. Venue phone: 020 7403 4423. A showcase for the next generation of DIY auteurs. Created by Lucia Helenka, a London-based artist and filmmaker and supported by Vauxhall, the competition will showcase undiscovered, talented filmmakers with a strong personal vision and hands-on approach to filmmaking. More info »

New Shorts: London Lives

15/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Rich Mix
  Time: 7:30pm. Admission: 7/ 6 (concs). Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 020 7613 7498. Address: 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA. Venue phone: 020 7613 7490. A selection of shorts that show off all the glory and diversity of our fair city. Includes the Time Out Award for Best London film. More info »

Leftfield & Luscious
16/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Tenderpixel Gallery
  Time: 2:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 02073799464 . Address: 10, Cecil Court, London WC2N 4HE. Venue phone: 02073799464 . Pop in for these additional screenings (2pm and 4pm) of our experimental programme as we pop some artists’ film and video back in the gallery. More info »

Howling Feedback: Afternoon Tea with the UK Film Council

16/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London ICA (Bar)
  Time: 4:00pm. Admission: 8/ 7(concs) 6 (members). Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: +44 (0)20 7930 3647. Address: The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Venue phone: +44 (0)20 7930 0493 . A chance for filmmakers screening in the London Short Film Festival to meet industry guests, discuss their work and find out about further funding opportunities. Hosted by the UKFC– tea and biscuits will be served! Invite only.

UKFC Completion Fund films

16/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London ICA, Cinema 1
  Time: 6:30pm. Admission: 8/ 7(concs) 6 (members). Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: +44 (0)20 7930 3647. Address: The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Venue phone: +44 (0)20 7930 0493 . For the first time ever, the London Short Film Festival will be hosting the premiere of the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund Completion Fund shorts with a programme of eclectic shorts made by entrepreneurial filmmaking talent.

New Shorts: God’s Lonely Men

16/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London National Portrait Gallery
  Time: 7:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 020 7312 2463. Address: Ondaatje Wing Theatre, St Martin’s Place, London WC2 . Venue phone: 020 7312 2463. Travis cruised his cab around New York’s grimy streets back in the 1970s, but the disenfranchised male species continues to be unfathomable and moody in this selection of portraits. More info »

Retrospective: Kris Marshall

16/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London BAFTA
  Time: 8:30pm. Admission: 6/ Members Free. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: +44 (0)20 7292 5800. Address: 195 Piccadilly London W1J 9LN. Venue phone: +44 (0)20 7292 5800. Join us in conversation with Kris Marshall following a screening of a series of his short films, and discover his influences, ideal collaborators and the filmmakers currently rocking his world. More info »

New Shorts: Late Night Horror

16/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Shunt Vaults
  Time: 11:00pm. Admission: 10. Box office: 0207 378 7776. Address: 20 Stainer Str, London SE1 9RL (entrance in London Bridge tube station). Venue phone: 0207 378 7776. Run bleeding and screaming to the hills with a selection of the latest scary and gory horror shorts in the suitable setting of the dark and mysterious arches of Shunt Vaults. Includes the SCI-FI-LONDON horror award. Entry includes access to Shunt Lounge activities. More info »

Bridging The Gap: Home (Scottish Documentary Institute)

18/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Tenderpixel Gallery
  Time: 2:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 02073799464. Address: 10, Cecil Court, London WC2N 4HE. Venue phone: 02073799464. Since 2003 Bridging the Gap has been the only initiative for new documentary talent for cinema in the UK, offering training linked to productions. This year 7 diverse short creative documentary films were made on the theme of ‘Home’.
17/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Tenderpixel Gallery
  Time: 2:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 02073799464 . Address: 10, Cecil Court, London WC2N 4HE. Venue phone: 02073799464 . Since 2003 Bridging the Gap is the only initiative for new documentary talent for cinema in the UK, offering training linked to productions. This year 7 diverse short creative documentary films were made on the theme of ‘Home’. 2pm & 4pm

Special: Club des Femmes. Body of Work Programme 1

17/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London ICA, CInema 2
  Time: 2:30pm. Admission: 8/ 7(concs) 6 (members). Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: +44 (0)20 7930 3647. Address: The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Venue phone: +44 (0)20 7930 0493 . ALMOST OUT (Jayne Parker) – a confrontation/dialogue between the filmmaker and her mother, both naked. A brutal but caring talk between mother and daughter which is disturbing, sad and breathtakingly intense. More info »

New Shorts: Femmes Fantastique

17/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London ICA, Cinema 1
  Time: 4:30am. Admission: 8/7 concs/6 ICA members. Age restrictions: No minors. Address: The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Venue phone: +44 (0)20 7930 0493 . A selection of new films that bring us femmes with attitude. Plus the Club Des Femmes Award for Best Female Character. More info »

New Shorts: Music & Video + THE BEAT HAPPENING

17/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Roxy Bar & Screen
  Time: 4:30pm. Admission: FREE (3 after 6pm). Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 020 7407 4057. Address: 128-132 Borough High Street, SE1 1LB London UK. Venue phone: 020 7407 4057. We visit the marriage of sound with image in this selection of creative music videos and short films with a music soundtrack. The event is in conjunction with Beat Happening magazine, one of London’s most reputable music magazines with a firm grasp of the most exciting artists to come out of London and beyond, and it’s refreshingly unpretentious approach has made it a favourite of LSFF. More info »

Premiere: Tornado of Fame

17/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Roxy Bar & Screen
  Time: 6:00pm. Admission: 3. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 020 7403 4423. Address: 128-132 Borough High Street, SE1 1LB London UK. Venue phone: 020 7403 4423. The premiere of brand new documentary Tornado of Fame, which follows cabaret hip hop performer The Midnight Expresso as he tries to blag his way to fame, fortune and some of the biggest stages around. More info »

Special: Club des Femmes. Body of Work Programme 2
17/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London ICA, Cinema 1
  Time: 6:30pm. Admission: 8/7 concs/6 ICA members. Age restrictions: No minors. Address: The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. A showcase of powerful work including a film from experimental Austrian artist Valie EXPORT. More info »

Special: One Man in the Band and Beat Happening Live Music
17/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Roxy Bar & Screen
  Time: 7:00pm. Admission: 3. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 020 7403 4423. Address: 128-132 Borough High Street, SE1 1LB London UK. Venue phone: 020 7403 4423. Adam Clitheroe’s new feature documentary ONE MAN IN THE BAND is a funny and moving portrait of contemporary musicians who play as one-person acts. Followed by live sets from some of those featured in the film, including DENNIS HOPPER CHOPPERS, playing the sort of blues you get when you sell your soul at the musical crossroads, NINKI V who uses a skeleton puppet to play her theremin, and THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESSO. More info »

New Shorts 11: Midnight Mayhem

17/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London ICA Cinema 1
  Time: 11:15pm. Admission: 8/7 concs/6 ICA members. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: +44 (0)20 7930 3647. Address: The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Venue phone: +44 (0)20 7930 0493 . An action-packed, adrenaline-fuelled selection of short films: from car chases to nightmares; bad taste comedy to blood-splattered thrillers – something for all midnight movie lovers everywhere. More info »

New Shorts: Teenage Lives
18/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Rich Mix
  Time: 2:00pm. Admission: 7/6 concs. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: 020 7613 7498. Address: 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road London E1 6LA. Venue phone: 020 7613 7490. Tales from the front line of youth in the 21st century; not for the fainthearted. More info »

New Shorts: Leftfield & Luscious

18/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London ICA, Cinema 1
  Time: 4:00pm. Admission: 8/7 concs/6 ICA members. Age restrictions: No minors. Box office: +44 (0)20 7930 3647. Address: The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Venue phone: +44 (0)20 7930 0493 . Innovations from an abstract viewpoint in this selection of new films. Includes the Wallflower Press Award for Best Experimental Film. More info »

Awards Announcement

18/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Roxy Bar & Screen
  Time: 6:00pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: No minors. Address: 128-132 Borough High Street, SE1 1LB London UK. Venue phone: 020 7403 4423. A recap of the previously bestowed trophies and the announcement of the UK Film Council Best Film Award. More info »

Kino Kabaret

18/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Roxy Bar & Screen
  Time: 8:00pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: No minors. Address: 128-132 Borough High Street, SE1 1LB London UK. Venue phone: 020 7403 4423. Kino London is the newest branch of the worldwide Kino movement. Join us at this energetic screening of films they have created during the week of the festival. More info »

DAZZLE presents interfilm’s ‘Kurz in Berlin’ / ‘Berlin in Brief’
10/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London The Hospital
  Time: 4:30pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: No minors. Address: 24 Endell Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 9HQ. Venue phone: 02071709148. Dazzle, the UK’s hottest independent short film label, showcases its bijou short film collection. Often provocative, always original and sure to inspire. More info »

DAZZLE presents interfilm’s ‘Kurz in Berlin’ / ‘Berlin in Brief’ 2nd screening
17/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London The Hospital
  Time: 4:30pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: No minors. Address: 24 Endell Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 9HQ. Venue phone: 02071709148. Dazzle, the UK’s hottest independent short film label, showcases its bijou short film collection. Often provocative, always original and sure to inspire. More info »

Blog: Coffee and cake with Birds Eye View @ Curzon Soho Bar
15/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Curzon Bar Soho
  Time: 2:00pm. Admission: Free. LSFF and Birds Eye View present women-directed shorts

Blog Update
17/01/09 London Short Film Festival in London Curzon Bar Soho
  Time: 2:00pm. Admission: Free. Coffee and cake with Birds Eye View @ Curzon Soho Bar

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