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.
Doors 8:30pm, Start 9pm
Tickets £8-10, or £13-16 for the screening double bill
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.
Total running time: approx 85 mins
Please visit https://liaf.org.uk/ for more details
I'm Glad I Know That Now Thank You: Phones
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.
UK 2026 Dir: Mike Greaney 3’40
Street Race
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.
USA, Denmark, Croatia 2026 Dir: Christopher Rutledge, Daniel Rutledge 1’40
Soul Kitchen
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.
South Korea 2026 Dir: Hakhyun Kim 3’35
Fisheye
A gas station attendant unexpectedly forms a bond with an ordinary fish. From this seemingly trivial encounter emerges a series of unsettling events.
Poland 2025 Dir: Łukasz Rygał 11’10
OHOIOrOI Syndrome
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.
South Korea, UK 2026 Dir: Taewan Kim 2’55
Procrastination Yoga!
A few exercises to procrastinate better, faster, and more efficiently.
Germany, Mexico, Poland 2026 Dir: Paulina Ziolkowska 7’35
Gummy Mummy
Don’t swallow your chewing gum... It gets stuck in your stomach for seven years
UK 2025 Dir: Lydia Reid 3’10
Roll Over and Play Dead
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.
USA 2026 Dir: Gina Kamentsky 4’40
The History of (Dog) Judo
Roy and Rexley argue over the modernisation of judo, contrasting traditional techniques with futuristic ideas involving gaming consoles and other unusual equipment
UK 2026 Dir: Andrew Kelleher 2’30
Builder
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.
Japan 2026 Dir: Ryoji Yamada 5’00
Shaky Hands
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.
USA 2025 Dir: Olivia Porrill 5’20
I'd Rather Be a Concorde
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.
Belgium, Finland, India, Portugal 2025 Dir: Javier Fabregas 7’30
Full Set
Ouuugh ugh aaah ouuu ouch my nails!!!!!!!!
UK 2025 Dir: Caitlin McCarthy 0’50
I Told You So
A darkly humorous monologue of managed madness, in which emotion corrodes quietly beneath the posture of sanity.
UK 2026 Dir: Gabriele Favaretto 6’00
A Taste of Beer
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.
China 2026 Dir: Xie Li 5’30
Klonter
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.
Belgium 2025 Dir: Levi Stoops 14’10