- London short film festival started in January 2004 and is still going strong now
- The next short film festival is being held in January next year and they are already accepting films now
- The festival lasts 10 days and is held at ten major cinemas across the capital
- There are over 200 short films featured a year
- Over 10 days the country's most creative independent filmmakers screened their work across London in cinemas such as the festivals home, the ICA and newcomer Shortwave cinema
- Some of the nights include 'lo budget mayhem' and 'midnight movies'
- In 2010 cinemas in central London such as Curzon, Soho, in East London Rich Mix and Vibe Live, in West London Cinephilia west and the Lexi, in South London the Roxy Bar and in North London the Roundhouse
- The festival was founded by Philip Ilson and Kate Taylor, who in 2003 organised the first Halloween short film festival at the ICA
- This was a continuation of the Halloween short film club which was started by Philip in 1994
- Only in 2008 it became the London short film festival and it gets bigger every year
- In 2010 over 6000 tickets were sold, there were 42 events over 10 nights and 10 venues, 75% of events sold to capacity, over 200 short films were screened
- The event was also featured in many magazines/newspapers such as Time out, The times, Metro, Guardian and Empire
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