LSFF: Alien Extravaganza

Are we alone? The dream of space exploration, once capturing the imagination of millions, has become a concern of private corporations and the super-wealthy, hoarding heteronormative futures behind grey CGI renders. A new collaborative programme between LSFF, Nelly Ben Hayoun Stépanian Studios, Dr. Franck Marchis of SETI Institute and San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival aims to disrupt this vision, imagining a queer, colourful, experimental galaxy of new filmmaking. Arctic Diva, dir. Federico Barni, UK 2024, 17mins Between Mars and Earth, dir. Diego Marzuil, Argentina 2022, 11mins But wait… there’s more!, dir. Kialy Tihngang, UK 2023, 3mins PRIMALDIAL MAGMA_ZYGMUTROPHOOZE, dir. mirrored fatality, USA 2024, 7mins REDMAN, dir. Edith Morris, UK 2014, 1min Space Plug, dir. Marcus Anthony Thomas, UK 2023, 14mins The Burden, dir. Tish Arana, USA 2023, 15mins The Last Story on Earth, dir. Aaron Immediato, USA 2024, 19mins Br00dm0ther's e-Fable, dir. Zijing Zhao, UK 2024, 8mins This 90-minute programme of short film is specifically concerned with Alien Aesthetics, cosmic glamour, genderfluid and pluralistic futures, extraterrestrial matters and SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) research. Join us for this bold, colourful, original, experimental touring programme of short films to confront ideas of extraction, colonisation and profiteering that have wrought so much damage on Planet Earth. Following the premiering of these films at London Short Film Festival in January 2025, the shorts will travel to San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, the longest-running queer film exhibition event in the world, in June 2025.PT1H35M152025-01-19LSFF: Alien Extravaganza"LSFF: Alien Extravaganza"

Showtimes

January 19, 8:45 pm