NEW SHORTS: Lo-Budget Mayhem
16:30 Sat 11 Jan 2020
A returning crowd-pleaser, LSFF brings you the short and the strange of frugal filmmaking.
Limited budgets meet limitless ingenuity, from online exploits - with cults founded on YouTube conspiracy theories and the famously anonymous art collective NEOZOON’s latest political takedown - to Greta Gerwig-esque rom coms and unsolicited dick pics. Wild visual rides through and through, these films are testament to the magic that happens when DIY directors stretch their limited resources. Programmed by Philip Ilson. 98’
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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CULT FILM
Alastair Cummings 14 mins (UK, 2018)
A lonely bachelor seeks solace in an extra-terrestrial cult. -
LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS
NEOZOON 13 mins (DE, 2019)
A found footage film exploring the relationship between religion and speciesism by focusing on the numerous YouTube representatives of creationism and the idea that man is the undisputed pinnacle of creation. -
LONG FRIEND
Marie Dutton / Benjamin Spike Saunders 3 mins (UK, 2018)
Official music video for 'Long Friend' by Benjamin Spike Saunders. A tale of unrequited love featuring a dead raccoon and a dead badger. -
GRUBS UP!!
Jack Wormell 2 mins (UK, 2018)
Different meals from over the years mixed with different footage from over the years. -
RICE AND BREAD
Greta Griniūtė 5 mins (UK, 2019)
A monotonous night in a South London takeaway is turned upside down when a delivery driver is reminded of a contentious theory he learnt on YouTube. -
TO HAVE HAM OVER YOUR EYES
Zachary Chia 4 mins (UK, 2019)
A short film following the chronicles of a girl who lives in a huge mansion with her boyfriend after the death of her parents. -
MEET ME AT BIG TREE
Emmaalouise Smith 4 mins (UK, 2019)
A tale of summers gone by, long hot days, and that friend - known once, but never forgotten. -
THE HAIR OF LONDON
Ruyi Ling 3 mins (, 2019)
A documentary comedy about Asian students who struggling with a hair loss problem. -
WAR FOR KEYBOARD WARRIORS
Lam Can-zhao 3 mins (CN, 2019)
The Keyboard Warrior seeks to use the power imbued in his 'weapon' to effect death and destruction upon his foes - the keyboard allows for the manifestation of his true warrior nature in a safe and removed environment, from which no real-life repercussions. -
QUALITY CONTROL
Jasmine De Silva 2 mins (UK, 2019)
A film about the construction of the human body, and the impending sense of a simulated and controlled world. -
DONT FILM ME!
Lin Qiying 3 mins (US, 2018)
A funny little film about cellphones, obsession and abuses of power. -
ONE SECOND EVERY DAY
Adrian Gray / Archie Henderson 5 mins (UK, 2019)
The result of shooting one second of footage every day. -
UNSOLICITED
Meg Cook 1 mins (US, 2018)
A woman's initial excitement about getting a message quickly turns sour - a film based on the all too common experience of receiving an unsolicited "dick pic." -
SCARE
Sarah Grant 6 mins (UK, 2019)
Caught out after a one night stand, a woman's mind races with all the possibilities, opportunities and difficulties surrounding pregnancy during the excruciating 3 minutees it takes for the pregnancy test to develop. -
MOLLY'S SINGLE
Ariel Gardner 30 mins (US, 2019)
After a devastating break-up, a guilt-ridden amateur singer seeks solace through a series of encounters with prospective suitors.