US short story writer Raymond Carver (1938 – 1988) is best known in cinema for the 1993 Robert Altman film Short Cuts, but with hundreds of short stories from across many published collections, LSFF is screening a programme of Carver short film adaptations. These three films will highlight the short story form adapted to the cinema, and will be followed by a panel discussion about Carver and adaptation, and will feature former Bloomsbury commissioning editor and an early UK publisher of Carver’s poems, Bill Swainson, and hosted by Jo Duncombe.

WHOEVER WAS USING THIS BED? Andrew Kotatko 21 min Australia 2016

WANT TO SEE SOMETHING? Tomas Jonsgården 15 min Sweden 2010

TROPICAL FISH Chris Rodley 30 min UK 1994

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