It’s back. LIAF’s annual descent into the beautifully twisted, gloriously bizarre and downright unhinged. Hand-picked from 2,300 entries, these 16 anti-classics are about as far from Disney as you can get. Expect mutant minds, warped bodies, bad dreams and cinematic insanity – 16 films dragged from the darkness for one wild night only. You know you want it.
This is the second of two programmes at The Horse Hospital tonight – Music Video Session screens before at 19:00. Buy venue tickets for both at a special reduced price in our Double Bill Special!
I’m Glad I Know That Now Thank You: Phones – Mike Greaney, UK
This short film is about phones. It’s for anyone who loves their phone very much, maybe too much especially if you have phone addiction.
2026 3’40 min
Street Race – Christopher Rutledge, Daniel Rutledge, USA, Denmark, Croatia
A large meatheaded man is stopped at a red light next to an innocent baby in a stroller who accidentally taunts and intimidates him into a street race.
2026 1’40 min
Soul Kitchen – Hakhyun Kim, South Korea
The head chef awakens from his slumber and begins to cook. He cooks, and cooks, and cooks – without pause. He cooks endlessly, unceasingly, until death.
2026 3’35 min
If you buy an online ticket for this programme, this film is only viewable in the UK.
Fisheye – Łukasz Rygał, Poland
A gas station attendant unexpectedly forms a bond with an ordinary fish. From this seemingly trivial encounter emerges a series of unsettling events.
2025 11’10 min
OHOIOrOI Syndrome – Taewan Kim, South Korea, UK
Sally is in the digital world. Sally watches, listens and learns. Sally generates through the digital language. Sally wonders, is Sally OHOIOrOI? Maybe Sally is a part of OHOIOrOI.
2026 2’55 min
Procrastination Yoga! – Paulina Ziolkowska, Germany, Mexico, Poland
A few exercises to procrastinate better, faster, and more efficiently.
2026 7’35 min
Gummy Mummy – Lydia Reid, UK
Don’t swallow your chewing gum… It gets stuck in your stomach for seven years
2025 3’10 min
Roll Over and Play Dead – Gina Kamentsky, USA
I don’t know much about truth but I do know how to obey. And that’s what I love to do; kiss ass, roll over, play dead.
2026 4’40 min
The History of (Dog) Judo – Andrew Kelleher, UK
Roy and Rexley argue over the modernisation of judo, contrasting traditional techniques with futuristic ideas involving gaming consoles and other unusual equipment
2026 2’30 min
Builder – Ryoji Yamada, Japan
A rabbit-headed stranger trudges through a storm of falling labels, umbrella aloft as the city’s absurdity rains down around him. When a passing driver whisks him to a hotel, the logic of this strange world slips further out of reach.
2026 5’00 min
Shaky Hands – Olivia Porrill, USA
Darcy navigates the complexities of a recent diagnosis while attempting to be good at her job as a cocktail waitress, and understanding intimate relationships in her life.
2025 5’20 min
I’d Rather Be a Concorde – Javier Fabregas, Belgium, Finland, India, Portugal
An immigrant arrives in an unknown land where the absurd rules of an old-school video game stand in for the realities of starting over. With a Wizard for a guide, he battles bizarre encounters, pointless quests and the surreal logic of finding a place in a foreign world.
2025 7’30 min
Full Set – Caitlin McCarthy, UK
Ouuugh ugh aaah ouuu ouch my nails!!!!!!!!
2025 0’50 min
I Told You So – Gabriele Favaretto, UK
A darkly humorous monologue of managed madness, in which emotion corrodes quietly beneath the posture of sanity.
2026 6’00 min
A Taste of Beer – Xie Li, China
A son came home and told his father that he had won the school football game, so his father wanted his son’s glory to be seen by everyone.
2026 5’30 min
Klonter – Levi Stoops, Belgium
Frankie believes he is about to die with no one to say goodbye to. On his way to the stars, he accidentally turns into a planet and an explosion of life occurs on his body, including some creatures that look like him.
2025 14’10 min
If you buy an online ticket for this programme, this film is only viewable in the UK.
Our Funding Partners
With Special Thanks to The Elf Factory, official sponsor of LIAF 2026.
With Special Thanks to the Arts Council England
Event supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery.
Venue
The Horse Hospital is a three tiered progressive arts venue in London providing an encompassing umbrella for the related media of film fashion, music and art. For more information about The Horse Hospital and how to get there, find out more.
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