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WE DARE TO FAIL: 15 Years of LSFF
12 Jan 2018 Fri, 19:00 ICA
An anniversary screening of the best of the fest across our 15 years, featuring early works from Francis Lee and Hope Dickson Leach.
OPENING NIGHT: Movements Of a Nebulous Dawn
12 Jan 2018 Fri, 19:30 ICA
A Krautrock-inspired showcase of sound and vision, with music from an evolving set of guest musicians (Faust, Wire, Boredoms) and live projections from Daisy Dickinson.
NEW SHORTS: Funny Shit
12 Jan 2018 Fri, 21:30 ICA
We kick off with our traditional Friday night opener of comedy shorts to wash away the January blues.
WITH TEETH PREMIERE: Kim Noce, Zoe Aiano and Tash Tung
13 Jan 2018 Sat, 12:00 ICA
A triple bill premiere of With Teeth's three commissioned moving image pieces, accompanied on screen by their influences and inspirations.
COMPETITION: Try To Make A Home Out Of You
13 Jan 2018 Sat, 13:00 Curzon Soho
Home is where the heart is, but isn't necessarily our happiest place as this powerful selection of our competition-worthy short films illustrate.
L.A. REBELLION
13 Jan 2018 Sat, 13:30 Rio Cinema, Dalston
A showcase of UCLA's LA Rebellion filmmakers, putting the lives and lived experiences of Black communities to film in the late '60s.
DOCUMENTARY: Character Study
13 Jan 2018 Sat, 14:00 ICA
Deep dive into the lives of those strange and wonderful people all around us in this powerful and intelligent selection of short docs.
INDUSTRY: Afternoon Tea with British Council
13 Jan 2018 Sat, 14:00 Moth Club
Experts from across the industry will meet with filmmakers to answer their questions about everything from funding to festival strategy.
COMPETITION: Pictures Snatched Out The Frame
13 Jan 2018 Sat, 15:00 Curzon Soho
A programme mulling memories - collective, rose-tinted, repressed. Watch out for small screen turns from Toby Jones and God's Own Country's Josh O’Connor.
COMPETITION: Skin Thick, Too Tough
13 Jan 2018 Sat, 16:00 Rich Mix
From the camps of Calais to the 256 bus route, a programme of trials and tribulations.
RADICAL SOFTNESS THROUGH A HAPTIC LENS: Barbara Hammer and Chick Strand
13 Jan 2018 Sat, 16:00 ICA
Radical softness and the works of pioneer feminist filmmakers, Barbara Hammer and Chick Strand, accompanied by Skype Q&A with Hammer.
INTERNATIONAL: In Passing
13 Jan 2018 Sat, 18:00 Regent Street Cinema
Tense real time dramas to meditative, languid panoramas, from Columbia to Canada.
NEW QUEER VISIONS: Don't Look Back In Anger
13 Jan 2018 Sat, 18:00 Moth Club
Is forward thinking looking forward? Touching stories about queer characters dealing with ups, downs and those balmy moments in between.
NEW SHORTS: Obsession
13 Jan 2018 Sat, 18:30 ICA
Dangerous fixations and unfathomable delusions, these shorts veer from boy band worship to obsessive parental love.
NEW SHORTS: My Masks
13 Jan 2018 Sat, 20:30 ICA
The masks we build ourselves prove essential in these short films, with turns from Broadchurch's Jodie Whittaker and Top Boy's Ashley Walter.
COMPETITION: Dreams Of You In Both Worlds
14 Jan 2018 Sun, 13:00 Curzon Soho
Cross the threshold between fantasy and reality to discover secret lives, dreamscapes and hidden worlds.
NEW SHORTS: Experiments: Celluloid Traces
14 Jan 2018 Sun, 13:00 ICA
An immersive programme of analogue experiments plentifully serving niche and nostalgia.
NEW SHORTS: A Winter's Matinee of Romantic Films
14 Jan 2018 Sun, 14:00 Rio Cinema, Dalston
A selection of sweet shorts and left-field rom-coms to melt your wintry heart. Watch out for Jack O’Connell and Holliday Grainger as star-crossed lovers.
NEW SHORTS: Experiments: Leftfield & Luscious
14 Jan 2018 Sun, 15:00 ICA
Dramas toying with convention, choreographed dance pieces and manipulated found video footage, a programme of the best short film experiments.
COMPETITION: The Audience Applauds
14 Jan 2018 Sun, 16:00 Rich Mix
From Greece to Mozambique, this programme traverses the globe inquiring into the meaning of leisure and entertainment at the start of the 21st Century.
DAWN SHADFORTH: Spinning Around
14 Jan 2018 Sun, 16:00 Regent Street Cinema
Kylie Minogue, Björk, The Streets, Sugababes: a retrospective of one of music video’s most quietly prolific auteurs, Dawn Shadforth.
DOCUMENTARY: This Small Island
14 Jan 2018 Sun, 17:00 ICA
This selection of beautifully observed documentaries explores the complexities and hidden communities of the British Isles.
NEW SHORTS: Animation Variety Show
14 Jan 2018 Sun, 18:00 Regent Street Cinema
The best in animation from the UK and around the world, exploring worldly concerns in a variety of otherworldly, kaleidoscopic ways.
DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST
14 Jan 2018 Sun, 18:30 Moth Club
Julie Dash's critically acclaimed portrait of the Black women of Gullah, Daughters of the Dust.
BREXIT SHORTS: Dramas From A Divided Nation
14 Jan 2018 Sun, 19:00 ICA
Short dramas from The Guardian and Headlong Theatre highlighting our nation's growing divisions post-EU referendum, pre-Brexit.
INDUSTRY: Get That Money
15 Jan 2018 Mon, 14:00 Moth Club
Funding can be a minefield, and our panel are here to bust myths and tell you the facts.
INDUSTRY: Meet the Commissioners
15 Jan 2018 Mon, 16:00 Moth Club
Your chance to ask the gatekeepers what they look for when commissioning film. Our panel will discuss how best to pitch and get your ideas heard.
NEW SHORTS: Lost In Translation
15 Jan 2018 Mon, 18:30 Curzon Soho
We’re more hyper-connected and isolated than ever. These shorts probe human interaction, complex in real life and lost to the ether.
THE FINAL GIRLS PRESENT: The Witching Hour
15 Jan 2018 Mon, 18:30 Regent Street Cinema
The Final Girls present an evening of Seventies witchsploitation docs probing our continuing cultural obsession with witchcraft and the occult.
NEW SHORTS: WTF: Outside the Box + filmmaker Q&As
15 Jan 2018 Mon, 19:00 Moth Club
A returning LSFF fixture, WTF brings the possibilities of short-filmmaking without convention or constriction to screen.
COMPETITION: When Trouble Comes To Town
15 Jan 2018 Mon, 20:30 Rich Mix
These short dramas deal in survival - from violent city streets to brutal Scottish Highlands to beauty pageants.
NEW SHORTS: Lo-Budget Mayhem
15 Jan 2018 Mon, 20:30 Regent Street Cinema
What can DIY filmmakers achieve with minimal cash and a genius idea?
INTERNATIONAL: Foreign Bodies
15 Jan 2018 Mon, 20:40 BFI Southbank
Political and thought-provoking short films taking us on a provocative global journey exploring alienation and displacement.
INDUSTRY: AR You Feeling It?
16 Jan 2018 Tue, 14:00 Moth Club
Our panel goes beyond the spectacle to explore how new AR technologies are being used to drive stories and create emotional responses in the viewer.
AUTISM FRIENDLY SCREENING
16 Jan 2018 Tue, 14:30 ICA
LSFF and Oska Bright team up once more to present an autism friendly screening of docs, dance and drama.
INDUSTRY: Millennial Magic - Changing Film Forever?
16 Jan 2018 Tue, 16:00 Moth Club
The cinematic landscape is ever evolving, and with young filmmakers now needing more inventive ways to get their films seen, we take a look at how millennials are changing the game.
NEW SHORTS: London Lives
16 Jan 2018 Tue, 18:30 Curzon Soho
A programme of shorts indulging the dirt, drama, grit and glamour of this city of smoke we call home.
BECHDEL TEST FEST PRESENTS: Mati Diop: The Life Faraway
16 Jan 2018 Tue, 18:30 ICA
Bechdel Test Fest celebrate the work of Senagalese-French filmmaker and Claire Denis's leading lady, Mati Diop
LIVES IN SIGN LANGUAGES: A Screening for Deaf and HoH audiences
16 Jan 2018 Tue, 18:30 BFI Southbank
LSFF present their first screening exclusively for D/deaf audiences, curated by LSFF's young Deaf programmer Zoe McWhinney. Save the date!
MUSLIM PUNK AND THE NEW SUBCULTURE
16 Jan 2018 Tue, 19:00 Moth Club
What happened to Taqwacore, and how is class, race, and gender tied in with Muslim resistance to Trump and Brexit?
NEW SHORTS: Contains Sexual Content
16 Jan 2018 Tue, 20:30 ICA
One night or two. Solo or extra-marital. With or without the preceding Netflix. A programme of shorts about getting hot and heavy.
COMPETITION: Try To Make A Home Out Of You
16 Jan 2018 Tue, 20:30 Rich Mix
Home is where the heart is, but isn't necessarily our happiest place as this powerful selection of our competition-worthy short films illustrate.
INDUSTRY: Sins Of The Filmmaker
17 Jan 2018 Wed, 14:00 Moth Club
Programmers and filmmakers - a harmonious relationship when all is well. But what about when it isn’t?
INDUSTRY: 'Content' - Selling Your Soul?
17 Jan 2018 Wed, 16:00 Moth Club
‘Content’- a lucrative business, but a word that is met with disdain from filmmakers and audience alike. Our panel teach filmmakers about how content can help inform creativity. 
CREATIVE ENGLAND SHOWCASE
17 Jan 2018 Wed, 18:30 Regent Street Cinema
Creative England present a mixture of UK and London premiere work awarded from their Emerging Talent Fund.
THE HOUSE IS BLACK (KHANEH SIAH AST)
17 Jan 2018 Wed, 18:30 ICA
The only known film of Iran's greatest 20th Century Poet, Forough Farrokhzad, accompanied by her poetry and a panel on her legacy.
COMPETITION: Skin Thick, Too Tough
17 Jan 2018 Wed, 18:30 Curzon Soho
From the camps of Calais to the 256 bus route, a programme of trials and tribulations.
NEW SHORTS: Sketch Night + live comedy
17 Jan 2018 Wed, 19:00 Moth Club
The always popular Sketch Night returns with an evening of short shorts and live comedy fresh from the Fringe.
INTERNATIONAL: In Dreams
17 Jan 2018 Wed, 20:30 Regent Street Cinema
The sensual, provocative and addictive world of love, lust and desire, explored through filmmaking from across the world.
RADIO ATLAS: Risk
17 Jan 2018 Wed, 20:30 BFI Southbank
A premiere of sound documentaries exploring the thin line between freedom and risk, taking the listener to unexpected places.
NGOZI ONWURAH: Short Films
17 Jan 2018 Wed, 20:30 ICA
We celebrate pioneer of black British cinema Ngozi Onwurah’s body of work, hosting Onwurah herself on a panel discussing her legacy.
COMPETITION: Pictures Snatched Out The Frame
17 Jan 2018 Wed, 20:30 Rich Mix
A programme mulling memories - collective, rose-tinted, repressed. Watch out for small screen turns from Toby Jones and God's Own Country's Josh O’Connor.
INDUSTRY: Let's Talk About Sex
18 Jan 2018 Thu, 14:00 Moth Club
Sex and cinema have always gone hand in hand. But what are the implications of making films about getting in on? Our panel explores.
INDUSTRY: Music Video - What's New?
18 Jan 2018 Thu, 16:00 Moth Club
At a time of limitless creative possibilities when making music video, how do filmmakers keep up with the challenge of making something different?
DOCUMENTARY: Diving Into a Teacup
18 Jan 2018 Thu, 18:30 ICA
A diverse selection of docs from the surreal world of copycat towns in China to the tense last stages of a Balkans refugee route.
COMPETITION: The Audience Applauds
18 Jan 2018 Thu, 18:30 Curzon Soho
From Greece to Mozambique, this programme traverses the globe inquiring into the meaning of leisure and entertainment at the start of the 21st Century.
NEW SHORTS: Music & Video
18 Jan 2018 Thu, 19:00 Moth Club
Showcasing music videos from across the genres, including music from St Etienne, Zed’s Dead, and Douglas McGregor.
POP DOCS PRESENT: Soundtracks
18 Jan 2018 Thu, 19:00 Moth Club
Know what yer docs were always missing? Pop. The world's first music video-cum-documentary visual album.
NEW SHORTS: Gothic!
18 Jan 2018 Thu, 20:30 BFI Southbank
Ghost stories, lost souls, family secrets and fairy tales abound in these gothic-tinged shorts.
CHRIS KRAUS: Cruelty and Crime
18 Jan 2018 Thu, 20:30 ICA
From feminist readings of Antonin Artaud to Cold War sleeper agents, via dominatrices and crime scenes: the short works of Chris Kraus.
COMPETITION: Dreams Of You In Both Worlds
18 Jan 2018 Thu, 20:30 Rich Mix
Cross the threshold between fantasy and reality to discover secret lives, dreamscapes and hidden worlds.
INDUSTRY: With Teeth
19 Jan 2018 Fri, 14:00 Moth Club
Following the inaugural With Teeth commissioning fund for artist video, our filmmakers reflect and explore the challenges and successes.
INDUSTRY: Female Collectives - Driving Change
19 Jan 2018 Fri, 16:00 Moth Club
In an industry still saturated with inequality, we speak to the women taking matters into their own hands by celebrating and supporting female-lead cinema.
JG BALLARD: This Is The Way, Step Inside
19 Jan 2018 Fri, 18:30 ICA
Exploring Ballard's preoccupation with the Machine, the body, the human condition and disembodiment through short screen adaptations and panel.
COMPETITION: When Trouble Comes To Town
19 Jan 2018 Fri, 18:30 Curzon Soho
These short dramas deal in survival - from violent city streets to brutal Scottish Highlands to beauty pageants.
INTERNATIONAL: Based On True Events
19 Jan 2018 Fri, 19:00 Regent Street Cinema
International filmmaking exploring the intersect and inevitable tension between fact and fiction.
IT'S ALL GOOD!: 15 Years of Domino x LSFF
19 Jan 2018 Fri, 19:00 Moth Club
15 years creating, curating and sharing an alternative point of view: Domino and LSFF host an evening of film and music.
NEW SHORTS: Death Is Not The End
19 Jan 2018 Fri, 20:30 ICA
A programme of shorts taking us beyond the veil with drama and black comedy rubbing shoulders.
WELCOME II THE TERRORDOME
19 Jan 2018 Fri, 21:00 Regent Street Cinema
In a futuristic city, racial tensions explode in the wake of a child's death.
NEW SHORTS: Midnight Movies
19 Jan 2018 Fri, 23:00 Rio Cinema, Dalston
Indulge your inner masochist and come spend the early hours with gratuitous tales of horror.
LUCILE HADZIHALILOVIC: Short Films
20 Jan 2018 Sat, 12:30 Curzon Soho
A rare chance to see the short films of our International Juror and French auteur, Lucile Hadzihalilovic with filmmaker Q&A.
DOCUMENTARY: Resistance
20 Jan 2018 Sat, 13:00 ICA
A provocative look through documentary form at personal resistance as a radical act.
LUCILE HADZIHALILOVIC: Innocence
20 Jan 2018 Sat, 14:30 Curzon Soho
Lucile Hadzihalilovic's deliciously dark debut feature follows a year in the life of the girls at a secluded boarding school, starring Marion Cotillard.
NEW SHORTS: Show Me Your Scars
20 Jan 2018 Sat, 15:00 ICA
These powerful shorts tackle our endemic melancholia, giving us complex characters baring all and attempting to take back control.HOME GIRLS: From Cookie Crew to Now
20 Jan 2018 Sat, 17:00 ICA
The representation of women hip hop artists on screen, plus panel with She Rockers' Donna McConnell and special guests.
ANIMA STATE
20 Jan 2018 Sat, 19:00 ICA
Hammad Khan's uncomfortable, in-your-face, examination of Pakistan at the close of its 70th anniversary celebrations of independence.
CLOSING NIGHT: HOME GIRLS: Live with Paigey Cakey
20 Jan 2018 Sat, 19:30 ICA
Paigey Cakey headlines our Closing Night, celebrating the legacy of female MCs and women in hip hop.
TEAROOM
21 Jan 2018 Sun, 13:00 ICA
Video artist William E. Jones re-contextualises police surveillance footage, examining the democratic space carved by cruising gay men in the early '60s.
NEW SHORTS: Highly In/Visible
21 Jan 2018 Sun, 13:30 Curzon Soho
Examining the intersections of visibility and identity, these shorts hold testament to the persistence and power of the communities coming out and demanding space.
NEW SHORTS: Award Winners
21 Jan 2018 Sun, 14:00 Rio Cinema, Dalston
A chance to see all the winning films from this year’s LSFF in one programme. Full programme announced on Sunday 21st January 2018.
THE MOON AND THE SLEDGEHAMMER + Q&A
21 Jan 2018 Sun, 15:00 ICA
Philip Trevelyan's pastoral portrait, The Moon and The Sledgehammer, plus Q&A with filmmaker Andrew Kötting and photographer Ingrid Pollard.
NEW QUEER VISIONS: Medium Rare
21 Jan 2018 Sun, 16:50 ICA
Sometimes it takes more than minutes to get inside the mixed up minds of our youth. New Queer Visions present medium length shorts, on the meaty side.Newsletter
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