SPECIAL EVENTS
This edition's Special Events consider the collective and our impulse of togetherness in times of uncertainty. Through archive and moving image, we look to how communing, collaborating and allyship has informed film practice, both past and present.
MOTION SUSPENDED: Outdoor Projections
16/01/21, 17:00
BFI Southbank
In the absence of gigs, LSFF presents a free AV installation of performance visuals and sonic futurism on the Southbank.
THE PHANTOM MENACE | Graeme Arnfield |
THE ANXT CODE | Sophie Clements |
IN OUR MIND'S EYE | Ben Kreukniet |
AFTERMATH | Tal Rosner |
HEY NOW | Damien Hale, Treatment Studio |
FAZ FAZ | Pedro Maia |
KISTVAEN | Marcel Weber |
THE BOMB | Eric Schlosser, Smriti Keshari |
AUTOBAHN | Sophie Clements |
A U R O R A | Marcel Weber |
PROMETHEUS | Tal Rosner |
TUTTI FRUTTI | Damien Hale |
S T A R (#DRIFT EPISODE 5, PART 6) | Simon Taylor, Tomato Studio |
LOVE COMES QUICKLY | Tal Rosner, Treatment Studio |
DROPS | Somang Lee |
WITH WARMTH AND ECSTATIC SOLIDARITY
17/01/21, 16:30
Online
This curation of short documentaries interrogates the form itself as a politically useful tool for marginalised and displaced peoples and cultures.
AT HOME BUT NOT AT HOME | Suneil Sanzgiri |
MY NAME IS ANIK | Bircan Birol |
I SIGNED THE PETITION | Mahdi Fleifel |
INVASION | Sam Vinal, Michael Toledano |
RADICAL TV: Videofreex
17/01/21, 18:30
Online
Collective television-makers Videofreex revolutionised citizen journalism in the late ‘60s, documenting protests and profiles of activists like Black Panther Party Deputy Chairman, Fred Hampton.
WOMEN'S LIB DEMONSTRATION NYC | Videofreex |
CURTIS' ABORTION | Videofreex |
TRASHING AND GASSING IN MIAMI: THE 1972 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION | Videofreex |
FRED HAMPTON: BLACK PANTHERS IN CHICAGO | Videofreex |
FRED HAMPTON: CHANT AND DEMONSTRATION | Videofreex |
…NOW, HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY: Five Shorts from Fringe!
22/01/21, 20:30
Online
Our favourite queer tastemakers hand-pick shorts on collaboration, and the joy and creativity of community.
TERROR, SISTERS! | Alexis Langlois |
BONDE | Asaph Luccas |
FLOURISH | Heather María Acs |
BEAT IS PROTEST - FUNK BY FEMALE OPTICS | Mayara Efe |
THEY LOOKED AT ME AND I SMILED | Ben Edelberg |
PROCLAIM LOUDLY WHAT IS HAPPENING: Labour Activism On Film
23/01/21, 18:00
Online
Filmmakers and labour activists band together to document the radicalisation and hard-fought triumphs of the everyday worker.
FINALLY GOT THE NEWS | League of Revolutionary Black Workers, Stewart Bird, Rene Lichtman, Peter Gessner |
CLASS OF STRUGGLE | Groupe Medvedkine |
PLATFORM: Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
23/01/21, 20:30
Online
From shamanistic incantations to testimonies of state violence, Tehuacán’s Colectivo Los Ingrávidos spin shimmering beauty out of eroded celluloid and flickering pixels.
CLASS STRUGGLE | Colectivo Los Ingrávidos |
IMPRESSIONS FOR A LIGHT AND SOUND MACHINE | Colectivo Los Ingrávidos |
COYOLXAUHQUI | Colectivo Los Ingrávidos |
TEAR GAS | Colectivo Los Ingrávidos |
HAVE YOU SEEN? (MOTHER'S DAY) | Colectivo Los Ingrávidos |
DRESDEN CODEX | Colectivo Los Ingrávidos |
ABECEDARIO/ B | Colectivo Los Ingrávidos |
FACES IN THE CROWD 3: PARALAJE | Colectivo Los Ingrávidos |
SANGRE SECA | Colectivo Los Ingrávidos |
KRISTALLNACHT | Colectivo Los Ingrávidos |
ARCANE 1: AMERICAN HOUSE | Colectivo Los Ingrávidos |
PLAGUE (SCREEN 1) | Colectivo Los Ingrávidos |