‘There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns’.
Octavia E. Butler
Filmmaking and watching offer us a way to imagine new horizons, or alternative worlds that are already out there. What planes and dimensions exist alongside our own, and what images can we summon from there to here? A speculative fiction that reimagines the London smog through the lens of the climate crisis. Explore a cyberpunk Manila and the true roots of electronic music as memories and histories intertwine with futures and reality blurs. Is that catfish talking to me?
Costa prize-winning author Caleb Azumah Nelson (Open Water, Small Worlds) premieres his debut short film Pray. LSFF alumni Natalie Cubides-Brady (Beyond the Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie) presents her European Film Award 2024 nomination The Veiled City. Vienna Shorts FIDO winner Hito explores a dreamlike Filipino landscape.
Pray
Director Caleb Azumah Nelson, UK 2023, 19 mins
Treasure by the River
Directors Manting Huang, Hanjie Bao, China 2023, 12 mins
The Veiled City
Director Natalie Cubides-Brady, UK 2022, 13 mins
Africans with Mainframes
Director Kima Hibbert, USA 2023, 15 mins
The Distance between the Staircase and the Sky
Director Katerina Athanasopoulou, UK 2022, 7 mins
Hito
Director Stephen Lopez, Philippines 2023, 22 mins
Total running time 88 mins
LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
LSFF Competition: This Must Be the Place
Sat 20 Jan 20:45
LSFF Competition: There Are New Suns
Wed 24 Jan 20:30
LSFF Competition: Growing Up in Public
Thu 25 Jan 20:45
British Short Films on Film
Fri 26 Jan 18:15
LSFF Competition: A Trick of the Light
Sat 27 Jan 20:40
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