A SPECIAL evening showcasing four acclaimed David Bowie short films at Southampton's Harbour Lights in January will mark exactly one year since the death of the cultural icon.

David Bowie: Sound & Vision, curated by the London Short Film Festival, will be screened on Tuesday January 10 as part of their Discover Tuesdays strand.

First up is The Image from 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.

With an original storyline by Bowie, Jazzin' For Blue Jean is an extended music video for his 1984 album Tonight. It won a Grammy, and led to Bowie working with director Julien Temple on Absolute Beginners the following year.

Also see Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under. The fascinating story behind one of the most celebrated music videos ever made, Bowie’s 1983 single Let’s Dance was shot in the Australian outback.

Finally, it's the UK premiere of Reality, a conceptual film commissioned for Bowie’s 2003 album Reality, an abstract and darkly comic portrait of Bowie in which questions and answers chase themselves, and meaning is absurd.

See picturehouses.com for tickets and details. 50p from every ticket sold will be donated to Save the Children.