NEW SHORTS: Lo-Budget Mayhem
20:30 Mon 15 Jan 2018
This returning programme we consider an LSFF baby - a rare chance to see what DIY filmmakers can achieve with minimal cash and a genius idea. A heady mix of genres straddling drama, comedy, docs and the downright bizarre, taking in Instagram culture, menstruation, Martin Scorsese, skateboarding and a low-budget remake of The Terminator. Includes new work by Jennifer Reeder, Johnny Kelly and Benjamin Bee. 87 mins
Regent Street Cinema
W1B 2UW
Access
Please find all access information here, or drop a line to Helen MacKenzie at access@shortfilms.org.uk for more information or special requests.
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SANE
Samuel de Ceccatty 4 mins (UK, 2012)
A lonely little boy befriends a playful cloud and spends an unforgettable afternoon. -
REPEAT VIEWING
Daniel Cockburn 5 mins (UK, 2017)
A compulsive return to a film about involuntary returning. "Repeat Viewing (After Hours)" is a double portrait: of a film, and of a person who kept coming back to it. If films are in the eye of the beholder, and the beholder changes over time, does that mean the film has changed too? -
I KNOW I SHOULDN'T LIKE IT BUT I DO
Ben Williams-Butt 2 mins (UK, 2017)
I Know I Shouldn’t Like It, But I Do, is an adapted list poem, written and directed by Ben Williams-Butt. It explores the depravity of the everyday human psyche, and the complex Freudian wants and needs of everyone – whether they like to admit it or not. -
3 SINKS
Paul Burt 5 mins (UK, 2017)
Three people living in the same block of flats go about their daily lives, oblivious of one another. Each of them wrapped up in their own story, yet perhaps more closely linked than they think. -
I HEAR YOU
Andi Haw Shuan Chu 7 mins (UK, 2017)
An alien is interviewed on how humans communicate. -
THE NAKED SCREAMING MAN
Alain Kramer 19 mins (UK, 2017)
A Naked man claiming to be from the future appears in the garden of three teenagers. What he tells them to do will determine all of their fates in his and their past, present and future. This is a comedy with many ambiguous layers to determine the truth. Sci-fi? Domestic drama? Or drug induced paranoia? You decide. -
PRICKS
Benjamin Bee 2 mins (UK, 2017)
94 year old Lily Bee has a message about what pricks potatoes can be. -
A MAGICIAN
Max Blustin 4 mins (UK, 2017)
After witnessing a man behave violently towards his girlfriend, someone decides to intervene. -
SHUVIT
Jennifer Reeder 5 mins (US, 2017)
Based on the short story SUMMER OF BONES by Rob Maigret and adapted into a script by Jennifer Reeder, this is a glimpse into a day shared by an extremely sad father and his dare devil son. Each male has experience an especially traumatic day and although they bond over a love for skateboarding, neither is able to communicate their trauma. -
THAT TIME OF THE MONTH
Hanna Mansson / Evy Samuelsson 5 mins (UK, 2017)
Welcome to That time of the Month – only this time it’s men menstruating, and it doesn’t look anything like the taboo ridden menstrual cycle we’re used to. -
IT GIRL
Simon Lex 7 mins (UK, 2017)
A chance encounter with a missing girl is the ideal catalyst for young Ian’s quest to become instafamous. -
BENEFITS
Edward Lomas 3 mins (UK, 2017)
The year is 2028; England is isolated, detached from the rest of world and run by a powerful few in a totalitarian state. We follow Adeel, a man in his late thirties as he collects his benefit cheque for the month. The welfare state is crumbling and as a result of public sector cuts all services are now fully automated. -
BLESS YOU
Daryl Grizzle 2 mins (UK, 2017)
Three Video-gaming friends share old wives tales about one of the most commonly used phrases in the English language -
KEEP RIGHT
Michael Dziennik 3 mins (UK, 2017)
When two young men find their paths to work blocked, walking down the street suddenly becomes a test of ego. Because it's important to know who is right, and who is...right? -
FERN
Johnny Kelly 6 mins (UK, 2017)
A woman loses her husband, and finds a potted plant.