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Highlights of the 7th london short film festival
Full details at http://www.shortfilms.org.uk/

• ISOLATION - atmospheric, impressionistic documentary portrait of ex-soldiers experiencing the physical and emotional scars of life after the Army. Co-director Luke Seomore, who wrote original music for the film, will be performing the soundtrack live with musicians Michael Garrad and David Stephens. Presented in association with Branchage Festival.

• Transformative Training, in association with Shooting People: Intimate 'Mastering Your Craft' sessions at the BAFTA Training Day / Howling Feedback - tips and networking with Birds Eye View & Ben Blaine & DepicT! & finance and legals with London Film Academy / Capturing Science documentary panel at the Frontline Club / Branchage Film Surgery at The Hospital and more...

• This Way Up - a Nexus animation retrospective + industry panel

• Rich Pickings presents "Lolita [complex]" exploring teenage sexuality - real, perceived and imposed - on screen; includes Sadie Benning's pixelvision work.

• Kino London Live five days of creatively driven filmmaking - includes Production Meeting + Drop-In Centre + film premiere

• The Post-Rock Years: INTROSPECTIVE - music doc featuring Mogwai, Mouse on Mars, Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo, Tortoise, Low, Spiritualized + live music from Erisian (Barcelona) & Running (London)

• KATALIN VARGA - The Musicians: Live music from Sculpture and Xylitol (who feature on Peter Strickland's directorial debut hit film), with visual accompaniment of Marek Szold's stunning KATALIN VARGA images. Plus making of KATALIN VARGA documentary.

• Talking Heads karaoke night, as part of Extraordinary Films - STOP MAKING SENSE + THE LAST WALTZ + Mat Motte live.

• Club des Femmes presents A Star Is Born - incl. films by Carol Morley & Miranda Pennell; In the age of X Factor and Xbox, Club des Femmes celebrates the amateur. Do you remember a time of singing into your hairbrush and wanting to be a contender? + Hall of Mirrors live

• You're The Stranger Here: The disturbing short films of Tom Geens + UK premiere of his debut feature LIAR. In conjunction with UK Film Council.

• Guest short film programmes - Peccadillo Queer Shorts / Branchage 48 Hour Road Movie Challenge (London premiere) / retrospective: Nick Jordan & Jacob Cartwright / UK Film Council Digital Nation

• Filmmakers-in-bands - filmmakers are a talented bunch, effortlessly crossing from the filmic to the musical: Breton (all award winning filmmakers in their own right) + (0) (featuring animators Max Hattler & Noriko Okaku) + The Glue Ensemble (featuring Ben Blaine)