Rita Says and The Jerico Orchestra present 8 films produced over the last 3 years. These performances are a new direction for the project pushing further into queer biography and body based live art.
Play as Radicals fighting the literal demons of capitalism to keep your community safe in SoulMuppet's next game: Mad As Hell.
Motern Media Retrospective: Screening of Magic Spot and Q&A with Matt Farley.
An evening of improvised music from Decentred Quartet. The quartet is comprised of Angharad Davies (violin), Benedict Drew (electronics), John Edwards (double bass), and Tom Chant (saxophone).
Tom O’Neill discusses his ground-breaking book CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, as well as the turbulent final years of the decade and the far-reaching influence of the U.S. government’s more “creative” projects.
Check your bags and climb on board for a flight through London 's forgotten history of aviation
An evening of musical improvisation from a trio of Brandon Lopez, Mark Sanders and Tom Chant.
A night of experimental folk music. The Sprigs present their Wind in the Willows inspired ‘slap-dash free-folk’, and kindred spirits Sullow (of Shovel Dance Collective) and Resonant Bodies join forces for a collaborative performance. The night will open with a performance from songwriter Gil Shani.
Strange Attractor Press presents… Sex Is No Emergency, a celebration of the new memoir by Dorothy Max Prior. Featuring rare films, sounds and images, as well as Dorothy Max Prior in conversation.
Fashion In Film Festival presents a rare screening of Franco Rubartelli’s 1971 feature film Veruschka, Poetry of a Woman (Veruschka, Poesia di una Donna). With an introduction by Dal Chodha.
An evening of music from Nwakke, Curbside Lambsear, Gospel Ship dx
GUN TO YOUR HEAD is the sellout show from award-nominated DAKOTA COLLECTIVE, in association with HighTide.
The Spectacle of Murder in Contemporary Crime Media, presented by Dr Stella Marie Gaynor
Chiaroscuro is an immersive space and listening experience that celebrates the intersection of electronic, experimental, and alternative sonics.
Infant Tree Presents an evening of experimental music from Russell Walker, Kiran Arora, Duncan Harrison, and The Living Rainbow.
Three sets exploring the friction between electronics, physical media, and acoustic performance. Performances from Laura Phillips, Joe Bates & Amalia Young, and Lara Agar & Rosalie Warner.
Faith, Apostasy, and Lucio Fulci. Presented by Matthew Rogerson
Led by practitioner Caroline Kraabel, a participatory improvisation workshop open to all abilities, levels of experience, and instruments.
A runway presentation of London-based designer Sarah Garfield’s Collection ‘03, her largest and most extensive collection to date.
Join us for an evening exploring the two services that have kept the Thames - and the city - safe for centuries
Join Era Journal in celebrating the launch of the Spring 2025 Issue #20: EXIT TIME
The Horse Hospital has been closed since late 2024 for renovations - our first shows are on the 21st and 22nd March: come back. Featuring: Jesse Darling, Germ Lattice, Gentle Stranger, Meat Strap, Luisa D. Rozo, Anastasia Freygang, George Lynch & Andy Wyatt ( stella ), Hannah Tavener, Jackson Burton, Adam Gallagher, Mr Aka Amazing, and Labake Sabbath.
Parapraxis Magazine presents a roundtable discussion with Donald Moss, Hannah Zeavin, Francis Gooding, and Akshi Singh, returning to Moss’s 2021 essay On Having Whiteness
Narratives of Resistance is an independent group of passionate individuals who primarily seek to raise funds for Palestine and Lebanon. As the crisis continues for over a year, an increasing number of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians need relief and aid. Ticket revenue will all be donated to ‘Medical Aid for Palestinians’ as it delivers aid for both Palestinians and Lebanese.
Embodied drawing/embossing workshop and live performance with Billie M Vigne and Chloé Das Neves
Cultural Traffic presents PRELUDE: Transgression In The UK, a new book by Toby Mott that offers a visual feast of vintage material from Mott’s extensive archive, documenting the evolution of the UK’s fetish and transgressive scenes from the 1980s onwards. This collection showcases rare, pre-internet ephemera, including club flyers, posters, and fashion catalogues, capturing the raw energy and creativity of this underground scene.
Exploring the Liminal Nightclub in Genre Film with Miskatonic and Daniel Pietersen
A Hauntological Holiday Happening Summoning Up the Ghosts of Christmas Pastwith Sophie Sleigh-Johnson, Tim Wells, Stonecirclesampler and Travis Elborough
Strange Attractor Press invite you to join us in celebrating the publication of Paradise, the final volume in Ken Hollings’ epic Trash Trilogy. The event will also celebrate 20 years since SAP’s first book event at The Horse Hospital.
Join us for an evening of performances, screenings, readings, and discussions. Featuring artists Tuna Erdem, Kell w Farshéa, InXestuous Sisters, and Istanbul Queer Art Collective, this event will also celebrate the book launch of Trans Femme Futures: Abolitionist Ethics for Transfeminist Worlds by Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift, with live readings and dialogue with the authors.
Ruth Bayer and Caroline Wise invite you to the Alchemical Goddess Ritual.
It’s back. LIAF’s annual walk on the wild side featuring the most twisted films to emerge this year. We dug deep to find the best and this is what you find when you go down that far. The ever-popular Late Night Bizarre programme is a bunch of anti-classics guaranteed to be as far away from Disney as it’s possible to get. A dirty fistful of 17 of the weirdest, wildest, most demented films hand-picked from the 2,400 entered.
LIAF’s annual collection of the hottest music videos from all over the world. Animation is an integral element in many of the best music videos - they not only entertain but also inspire, inviting viewers to experience music in a whole new way. They represent a dynamic intersection of art and technology, showcasing the limitless possibilities of creative expression in the digital age. Music videos have surged in popularity since the rise of portable screens, and filmmakers are increasingly using them as an experimental form with which to test out their artistic ideas.
Lights, Camera, Animation! This is LIAF’s annual showcase of the most dazzling animated student films selected from the best animation and film schools from all around the world. This is the first step on the animation ladder for these talented filmmakers, and the first time their wild and wonderful imaginations have been unleashed. Stop-motion, drawn animation, collage, cut-out, CGI, clay, ink and almost every other technique these animators can dream up are all on display here. 33 wondrous films in 3 hour-long programmes from the future stars of our animation universe.
Lights, Camera, Animation! This is LIAF’s annual showcase of the most dazzling animated student films selected from the best animation and film schools from all around the world. This is the first step on the animation ladder for these talented filmmakers, and the first time their wild and wonderful imaginations have been unleashed. Stop-motion, drawn animation, collage, cut-out, CGI, clay, ink and almost every other technique these animators can dream up are all on display here. 33 wondrous films in 3 hour-long programmes from the future stars of our animation universe.
Lights, Camera, Animation! This is LIAF’s annual showcase of the most dazzling animated student films selected from the best animation and film schools from all around the world. This is the first step on the animation ladder for these talented filmmakers, and the first time their wild and wonderful imaginations have been unleashed. Stop-motion, drawn animation, collage, cut-out, CGI, clay, ink and almost every other technique these animators can dream up are all on display here. 33 wondrous films in 3 hour-long programmes from the future stars of our animation universe.
Climb aboard as we explore stories of London's Watermen and Lightermen
A screening of works by Cristóbal León , Joaquín Cociña and Antonia Giesen
Much loved indie animator and frequent guest of LIAF - Chris Shepherd - has spent the last four years working on his debut graphic novel Anfield Road which will be released this October - a funny and poignant coming-of-age story set in Liverpool in 1989, the land of The La's, the Hillsborough disaster and Findus Crispy Pancakes.
In 1990’s Hungary, travel was finally possible but unaffordable. By forging international train tickets, three young men provide the opportunity for a whole generation to experience the outside world.
For the launch of an American Book of the Dead: A Wild West Séance join a quartet of similarly-spun writers emerging from a poetry tradition of spirit talkers and unseasoned hauntology.
Side-Splitting : ironic humour, sometimes wry, bordering on the sardonic, with distressed clowns, derelict funfairs and smoking promoted as pleasure with dire consequences. An off-piste revue curated by William English accompanied by a post-A.I. narcissistic clown/photographer.
