London Short Film Festival 2014

It's not too late to have a film screened at the festival - LSFF and the cult super-8-no-editing film competition 'straight 8' invite you to road test the new straight 8 filming app, with the best 8 screening on the Closing Night.

This popular kick off to LSFF returns to put a smile on your face for the New Year.

Expect a raucous show with our regular and popular showcase of low budget filmmaking, a selection of 29 out-there gems from bad taste depravity to bizarre animation in just over 100 minutes!

Whet your appetite for the upcoming London Short Film Festival at the ICA Bar, with a free drink and DJs til late.

To mark the UK premier of The Irreducible Difference of the Other we are delighted to welcome Vivienne along to the festival to present her latest work together with one of her classic No Wave films from 1978, She Had Her Gun All Ready, followed by a discussion.

The ever-popular selection of short dramas brings us femmes with attitude.

Wild girls go through their young lives leaving a cloud of dust and mayhem in their wake as they find their way to adulthood - a selection of films that are both hard hitting and bittersweet in equal measures.

Screening tonight are three of Jane Linfoot's critically acclaimed short films that have all competed at international festivals.

A tantalising collection of non-fiction shorts which flirt around the edges of the documentary form, seducing us from the boundaries where artist film, experimental approaches or simply heightened reality give us new, unexpected perspectives.

Our popular Sunday matinee screening of the best in new experimental work, from stunning animations to groundbreaking artists work, including new films from Max Hattler, Tony Hill, Kate Jessop, Toby Tatum, Katerina Athanasopoulou and Anna Blandford.

Championing new filmmaking talent from the UK and Ireland, Collabor8te returns to LSSF with a preview of 3 new films and a panel discussion with filmmakers from each project.

Following a screening of Jonathan Romney’s new short L’Assenza, the director will be joined by Chris Petit, Charlie Lyne and Hannah Patterson to talk about how their written work has informed their filmmaking, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. Hosted by Danny Leigh.

Watch out for an all-star cast (Alice Lowe, Michael Smiley, George MacKay, Paul Kaye, Tanya Franks) in powerful family drama Pieces, and rising Brit stars Joseph Mawle and Monica Dolan in the powerful two-hander Twelve.

Originally from Germany, Eva Weber is a London-based director working in documentary and fiction.

Corporate confidence appears sky-high at the Locateco Solutions conference, but as music gradually overtakes the business speak, cracks begin to appear. Do the delegates really have ‘the answer to everything’?

This January, shun the wealth of original stories in the London Short Film Festival programme and instead join Charlie Lyne (Ultraculture), director of upcoming teen movie documentary Beyond Clueless, for a crash course in collage filmmaking, followed by live music and DJs in the Bar.

A powerful selection of international dramas by British based filmmakers, looking at the global wars and revolutions around the world in the 21st century.

Ghost Box will be screening two film pieces with music and sound by various Ghost Box artists in collaboration with the group Broadcast, followed by a Q&A with Bob Stanley (St Etienne) and Ghost Box DJs in the Bar.

Film editor Lisa Gunning (Seven Psychopaths, Nowhere Boy) has made her directing debut with a collection of films inspired by songs from Tales Of Us, the stunning new album from Goldfrapp.

Our 2014 Festival awards will be announced, and the winners screened. Join us for a celebration of British filmmaking and to raise a toast looking forward to the 12th London Short Film Festival in January 2015.

A chance to screen the best straight 8 challenge films, made using the straight 8 app and filmed across the 10 days of the Festival.