Announcing our 2019 competition selection.

“Super 8 is the most accessible format, the soft drug. 16mm, 35mm, 65mm – that’s what happens when you’re seriously hooked.”

Rest in peace, we guess?

Our Creative Director Philip Ilson reviews Deliaphonic​, returning to electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire's hometown for a tribute to her life and legacy.

"How does heaven look when you go there?" A photo diary on the set and out in the sticks of Zoe Aiano's With Teeth commission.

This edition's three (female!) filmmakers premiere their With Teeth commissions.

D/deaf stories, on screen. We present our next touring shorts programme tailored to Deaf and HoH audiences, fully supported with BSL and subtitles.

With a sad old year of the film industry behind us that proved so thoroughly a disservice to the women in it’s cogs, we reckoned it timely to take stock of its smaller sister - short film.

Your non-fiction fix at this year's LSFF.

Let Bechdel Test Fest's Simran Hans intro you to the dreamy short cinema of Senagalese-French filmmaker, Mati Diop.

Roger Ebert once wrote that cinema is a ‘powerful empathy machine.’ Explore LSFF's International shorts to start your own engines.

LSFF's Creative Director Philip Ilson intros the auteurs of LSFF 2018 and waxes lyrical on his favourite buzzword