London Short Film Festival are proud to announce our 2019 competition selection. Whittled down from over 3000 submissions, these 48 short films from the UK and across the globe offer up a diverse and compelling portrait of the world, highlighting the ambitious and exceptional talent the industry has to offer.
Congratulations to all the filmmakers!, The LSFF Team
COMPETITION: UK BLUE MONDAY
BLUE CHRISTMAS, Charlotte Wells, UK, 15’ MOTHERING, Lucy Bridger, UK, 14’ HOLD, Christopher O’Donnell, UK, 13’ RED HILL, Laura Carreira, UK, 13’ JERK, Raine Allen Miller, UK, 9’ FACING IT, Sam Gainsborough, UK, 8’ LANDSHARKS, Aaron Dunleavy, UK, 15’
Blue Christmas, dir. Charlotte Wells
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME
KOFI & LARTEY, Sasha Rainbow, UK, 20’ BALLS, Lily Cole, UK, 13’ CIRCLE, Jayisha Patel, UK, 14’ SEED, Josh Feder, UK, 12’ THE THIRD SORROW, Myriam Raja, UK, 11’ PICKING UP THE PIECES, Sebastian Feehan/Josh Bamford, UK, 7’ COUNTY LINES, Henry Blake, UK, 21’
The Third Sorrow, dir. Myriam Raja
IT TAKES A MUSCLE
RELIC 1, Larry Achiampong, UK, 14’ INANIMATE, Lucia Bulgheroni, UK, 9’ IN THE FALL, Tom Gentle, UK, 16’ LANDLINE, Matt Houghton, UK, 12’ HELL HATH NO FURIE, Kitty Faingold, UK, 7’ TO BE A TORERO, Inma de Reyes, UK, 14’ SOME GIRLS, Cait Lyn Adamson, UK, 19’
Relic 1, dir. Larry Achiampong
FADE TO GREY
ISHA, Christopher Manning, UK, 14’ BLACK SHEEP, Ed Perkins, UK, 27’ MERCURY, Kyla Simone Bruce, UK, 14’ SALAM, Claire Fowler, UK, 14’ WAITING, Anthony Hett, UK, 12’ NORTHERN LIGHTS, Chris Paul Daniels, UK, 14’
Black Sheep, dir. Ed Perkin
COMPETITION: INTERNATIONAL A STATE OF ANXIETY
MANILA IS FULL OF MEN NAMED BOY, Andrew Stephen Lee, Philippines, 20’ OH GOD, Betina Bozek, Poland, 4’ JENY303, Laura Huertas Millan, Colombia, 6’ CONFUSION IS NEXT, Mont Tesprateep, Thailand, 22’ FEST, Nikita Diakur, Germany, 3’ THE LOST HEAD AND THE BIRD, Sohrab Hura, India, 10’ HECTOR MALOT: THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR, Jacqueline Lentzou, Greece, 24’
The Lost Head and the Bird, dir. Sohrab Hura
OUT OF HISTORY
T.R.A.P., Manque La Banca, Argentina, 16’ EVIDENCE OF THE EVIDENCE, Alexander Johnston, US, 22’ THIS MAGNIFICENT CAKE!, Marc James Roels/Emma De Swaef, Belgium, 44’
This Magnificent Cake!, dir. Marc James Roels, Emma De Swaef
UNEARTHED
THE HYMNS OF MUSCOVY, Dimitri Venkov, Russian Federation, 14’ FLORES, Jorge Jácome, Portugal, 27’ HOARDERS WITHOUT BORDERS 1.0, Jodie Mack, US, 6’ BLACK LINE, Mark Olexa/Francesca Scalisi, Switzerland, 10’ LAST YEAR WHEN THE TRAIN PASSED BY, Pang-Chuan Huang, France, 18’ WISHING WELL, Sylvia Schedelbauer, Germany, 13’
Black Line, dir. Mark Olexa, Francesca Scalisi
EN MASSE
INTERREGNUM, Adrian Paci, Albania, 17’ PRACTICE, Iyabo Kwayana, US/China, 10’ OPERATION JANE WALK, Leonhard Müllner/Robin Klengel, Austria, 16’ IMFURA, Samuel Ishimwe, Rwanda, 36’ THE FALL, Boris Labbé, France, 14’
Operation Jane Walk, dir. Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel
The full festival launches this coming Monday 3rd December.