London Short Film Festival

One year on from David Bowie’s untimely death on 10th January 2016, LSFF screen three Bowie short films from across three decades, from his experimental beginnings of the Sixties to his golden era of the seventies to his world domination of the Eighties, and we invite those film’s directors, Michael Armstrong, Alan Yentob and Julien Temple, for an onstage Q&A hosted by Catherine Bray (Channel 4 & Film 4).

THE IMAGE Michael Armstrong 14 min 1967

At 20 years old, Bowie was still two years away from Space Oddity when he acted in this silent mime-themed art short film, screened in London sex cinemas with an X rating.

CRACKED ACTOR Alan Yentob 53 min 1975

Originally made for BBC’s Omnibus, this documentary follows Bowie on his Diamond Dogs US tour, while he reflects on his Ziggy Stardust era and the trappings of its meteoric success.

JAZZIN’ FOR BLUE JEAN Julien Temple 20 min 1984

With an original storyline by Bowie, this extended music video for his 1984 album Tonight (featuring two tracks from this release), won a Grammy, and led to Bowie working with director Temple on Absolute Beginners the following year.