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.
doors: 8: 30pm
This is the second of two programmes tonight - the Music Video Session screens beforehand at 7pm. You can buy tickets for both programmes at a reduced price. Double Screening Special Offer: Music Video Session + Late Night Bizarre. Book tickets here:
Animation is such an unbridled artform and it unleashes some of the most unleashable imaginations on the planet. The temptation to ‘go wide’ is played out time and time again by these animators as they bring to the screen barely imaginable scenarios, crazy battling juxtapositions and boil-your-eyes imagery.
Expect a dependably depraved screening of animated specimens from the wrong side of the tracks including bug sex, drugs, animal sex, violence, monsters and bad singing.
The Bleacher - The disappearance of her sock at a local laundromat sends a fragile Rita over the edge. Hellbent on finding it, she searches deep and gets sucked into a washing machine, entering an otherworldly cycle from which she may never escape. [USA 2024 Dir: Nicole Daddona, Adam Wilder 8’00]
The Old Man and the Pee - Ernest Hemingway’s The Old man and the Sea as retold by the filmmaker's Dad in 90 seconds - with a twist. [USA 2023 Dir: Leah Shore 1’30]
Desk Bugs - A bright red desk and a blue pencil. Skulls, cups, and a modular synthesiser. When you sit at the desk, they appear. With fluffy purple bodies, they're called "Desk Bugs." [South Korea, Japan 2024 Dir: Hakhyun Kim 3’15]
Devil's Trumpet - When three teenagers inhale the powerful pollen of The Devil’s Trumpet, a rare flower said to bring on strange hallucinations, the ensuing journey exacerbates underlying emotional tensions [USA 2024 Dir: Maddie Brewer 1’50]
Missed Connections - ‘Missed Connections’ is an online forum where anyone can post their story, in hopes of reconnecting with someone they shared a passing moment with. [USA 2024 Dir: Jack Gray 5’00]
The Doldrums - A group of partygoers consider what awaits them after death. UK 2024 Dir: Chris Childs 5’05]
Chosen't - In a fantastical world, where all good stories commence, a young girl is declared "The Chosen One" by the angels, destined to face challenges and confront monsters. [Israel 2024 Dir: Yotam Goren 6’50]
Little Edy Episode 3: the Joy Ride - Little Edy and Banjo go for a joy ride. [USA 2024 Dir: Felipe di Poi 3’25]
Keep Out - Individuals live in tiny, isolated rooms away from the hazards of the outside world. They make a living through live video streaming, but one fateful day, a boy stumbles upon an unexpected secret. Hong Kong, Czech Republic 2024 Dir: Tan-Lui Chan 8’00]
Incidental 38: Strange Action At A Distance - An occult stop-motion puppet ritual of murky origin and questionable aims. [UK 2024 Dir: Robert Morgan 4’00]
Duck - Vladimir and Olga raise ducks on a small isolated farm in the countryside. They hope for a child, but this expectation soon turns into a nightmare. [Switzerland, Belgium 2023 Dir: Elie Chapuis 9’00]
Sleep Sleep Sheep - Where do sheep called to sleep come from and where do they go? [Japan 2024 Dir: Kannosuke Enomoto 5’00]
Star Tree of Arm Jouth - Rough day for Beads Kew. [USA 2023 Dir: Jack Wedge 4’20]
Confetti - Separation, fever dreaming, and a deflated celebration. [USA 2024 Dir: Amanda Therese Bonaiuto 4’10]
Detlev - A constantly freezing man in his forties drives to a lonely petrol station every evening and orders a microwaved Toast Hawaii. But when he is observed by a stranger one night, his world begins to crumble into shameful pieces. [Germany 2024 Dir: Ferdinand Ehrhardt 12’50]
you’ve got a friend in me - Boy, and as the years go by Our friendship will never die. You're gonna see it’s our destiny. You’ve got a friend in me. [UK 2024 Dir: Peter Millard 2’10]
Bug Diner - A dissatisfied marriage, a secret crush, and workplace fantasies come to a head in a diner run by a mole with a hot ass. [USA 2023 Dir: Phoebe Jane Hart 7’15]
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