London Short Film Festival 2015

We kick off proceedings with the shortlist for the British Council Award for Best UK Short film.

This popular kick-off to LSFF returns to put a smile on your face for New Year. Drown the January blues with a few belly laughs, both dark and more light-hearted.

Showcasing the best of animated films sent to the Festival, all nominated for the Encounters Animation Award.

This evening’s screening and panel discussion, hosted by the London College of Fashion, will explore the multiple definitions of fashion film.

Roger Ballen is one of the most influential and important photographic artists of the 21st century, spanning over a forty year career in South Africa.

The Errorists will show several films from their philosophical popsong ouvre and perform.

We celebrate all things filmic and older formats in this programme of experimental work. Films that draw on the retro look of super-8 and 16mm screen alongside re-appropriated images.

Our popular Sunday matinee screening of the best in new experimental shorts, from stunning animations to groundbreaking artists work.

A smorgasbord style selection of musical landscapes and resonances.

Put your preconceptions aside and experience some radically new approaches to conveying the world around us.

The UK premiere of David Holmes’ directorial debut, I Am Here, featuring a post-screening discussion with David Holmes and Mark Kermode.

An award-winning explicit erotic portmanteau trilogy about the carnal power of what we wear.

Simon's short films have received many international festival awards.

FOURWALLS Short Film Project will showcase the reality of housing in London through the medium of film.

Ohio-based filmmaker and visual artist Jennifer Reeder discusses one of her own adolescent favourites, Valley Girl.

Club des Femmes explores the female gaze and fairytales in the work of two Greek filmmakers: Athina Rachel Tsangari and Konstantina Kotzamani.

This event will look at some recent music videos and discuss how a broad range of female artists are challenging objectifying aspects of the genre.

This year’s LSFF music-film commission has a special focus on women in electronic media.

By Our Selves retraces 19th century poet John Clare's journey on foot from Epping Forest up into Northamptonshire.

The Film That Buys The Cinema was born out of a very pressing concern: to secure the future of an 108 seat, completely independent Microplex Cinema in Bristol, England.

As this selection of short films shows: you can choose your friends but not your relatives; family bonds can be a hindrance and a blessing.

A session of international short films that travels the globe with a selection of young women characters, with stories of young motherhood, coming of age, and finding oneself.

A session of international short films that take us from the slums of Mumbai in 6 Cup Chai, to the Mexican cartels in Despues De La Z and beyond.

Three short stories from New York based writer/director/editor T.J. Misny, each a surreal and darkly comic exploration of how our artistic impulses have the power to unite us or alienate us.

A web series comedy that first aired online in 2012, following the lives of a lesbian couple navigating their way through modern-day Park Slope, Brooklyn

To close the 2015 LSFF, we return to the roots of celluloid in a live cinema experience bringing together a showcase of 16mm films that are Live, Performative and Expanded.

A selection of films celebrating the life and work of Chris Collins., with all proceeds going to Dimbelby Cancer Care.