Take a break and watch a short film!
Once again London has shown its interest in new international talent within the short film industry. From Muslim Punk to Brexit, from Dawn Shadforth's music videos to Ngozi Onwurah’s pioneering work, London Short Film Festival 2018 has been a spectacular 10 days of screenings, talks and events.
How often have you been too tired to watch an entire two-hours long movie? Well, open a new page on your Notes app and write down your list of must-see short films starting from our favourites from this year's London Short Film Festival.
LSFF invited us to the screening of Foreign Bodies, a series of political and thought-provoking shorts part of the Festival's "International" section. From Brazilian protests against President Dilma Roussef to the unbalancing of a family's dynamics due to a problematic pregnancy, Foreign Bodies looked at the body as a territory for private and public battles.
After 15 years showing emerging and established new work, it is safe to say that LSFF is THE showcase of independent films in the UK. Giving visibility to female Directors and collectives, music videos from the 1990s as well as political and race issues, this year's programme was fresh, exciting and extremely relevant to our times. The programme also gave (much needed) space to LGBT issues widening the spectrum of queer characters present in today's film industry. And like every good film festival out there, LSFF's screenings were accompanied by panel discussions and Q&A with the Film Directors offering the chance to engage further with what was seen on screen.
Now is the time for our 4 faves of LSFF International: Foreign Bodies
Written / Unwritten - Romania. Dir Adrian Silisteanu
Funny and heartbreaking, this is the gripping story of a Roma family facing state bureaucracy.
The Ogre - France. Dir Laurène Braibant
Full of complexes because of his size, a giant holds on eating terrified at the idea of revealing his grotesque self but a special banquet will change that. Beautifully drawn, The Ogre was the only animation of that day's screening.
I’ll Probably Never See You Again - Slovenia. Dir Mitja Mlakar
A young woman in her late twenties is faced with the hardest decision of her life: to give birth to a possibly disabled child or to have an abortion. But is this the only decision she will have to make?
Estate - France. Dir. Ronny Trocker
On a sunny Mediterranean beach, time seems to be frozen. An utterly exhausted black man crawls painfully off the sand while around him the holiday-makers seem not to notice him.
LSFF2018
12th — 21st January 2018
BFI Southbank London
