London Short Film Festival 2016

A perfect cross-section of new talent is pushing boundaries.

This popular opening night kick-off to LSFF returns to put a smile on your face and blow away the January blues.

A screening and Q&A giving an insight into the DIY roots of LSFF

A new documentary on Arvid Sletta, a Norwegian 'outsider' musician who has written soundtracks for Joern Utkilen's work, alongside his most recent short fiction

A timely look at the global movement of people, with a series of powerful documentaries.

The 23 Skidoo album Seven Songs was recorded in Throbbing Gristle's Hackney studio in 1981. Richard Heslop shot on 8mm, VHS and added found-footage to accompany the album.

Joern Utkilen join us for a Q&A following a screening of his work.

A retrospective of the work of filmmaker Richard Heslop.

We celebrate all things filmic and older formats in this programme of experimental and drama-based work. These shorts draw on the retro look of 16mm and degraded videotape. 

A Sunday matinee screening of the best in new experimental shorts.

A documentary programme looking at the lives of artists; from powerful outsider pop singers who release on cassette only to 18 years of B-Boy dedication, from art from the minimal daylight of Lapland to a Glasgow shipyard poet.

A musical documentary following the creative process of one of the UK’s most enigmatic musicians and performers.

A programme looking at the role of space exploration in experimental film, featuring archive footage by pioneers of early cinema alongside animation and contemporary artists’ moving image works.

A special event celebrating the work of pioneering British documentarian Mary Field, featuring a specially-commissioned work by Jessica Sarah Rinland.

A screening of short films by Jessica Sarah Rinland.

A screening of collaborations between filmmakers Fyzal Boulifa and Taina Galis.

A chance to learn about real life London and Londoners; from East End steam baths to the typical boozer, from the lifelong newspaper seller to the morning commute, from Little Italy to New Cross. 

Early evening experimental films and contemporary music are followed by a rare screening of The Savage Eye.

Memory, illness and subjective experience all play a role in this selection of introspective and personal expressions of the human condition. 

A short documentary screening exploring our role in society through the examination of institutions, social issues and our impact on the world around us.

A screening of Harmony Korine's Gummo.

A symposium and discussion on Gummo.

An event about near death experiences and how they affect people's lives.

An afternoon of film and music to celebrate the great European city in its radical and experimental 1980s heyday, before the collapse of the Berlin Wall.

An adaptation of Harmony Korine's experimental novel, A Crack Up at the Race Riots by the Belgian collective Leo Gabin.

A programme of music videos, fashion films, and other curios, directed by Harmony Korine over his 20 year career.

This screening and panel discussion, hosted by London College of Fashion, explores the question of identity in the fashion film.

This animation selection showcases the best of UK and international animated films submitted to the festival.