The backbone of the whole LIAF mission. Somehow we’ve emerged from under the pile of 2,550 entries with enough strength and wits intact to put together a series of programmes that showcase the best 100 or so new films. Six ‘general’ International Competition Programmes, our ever popular Abstract … [Read more...] about LIAF 2014 International Competition Programme 1: Inside the Mind (15)
Archives for 2014
LIAF 2014 3 Days in Paris – Historical (15)
3 Days, 24 studios, a LOTTA coffee, a pile of films = TWO big programmes. Festival Co-Director Malcolm Turner, armed only with a tourist map and a fistful of Metro tickets, hit the streets in a mad dash to visit as many Parisian production and distribution studios as possible in just 3 days. Paris … [Read more...] about LIAF 2014 3 Days in Paris – Historical (15)
LIAF 2014 3 Days in Paris – New (15)
3 Days, 24 studios, a LOTTA coffee, a pile of films = TWO big programmes. Festival Co-Director Malcolm Turner, armed only with a tourist map and a fistful of Metro tickets, hit the streets in a mad dash to visit as many Parisian production and distribution studios as possible in just 3 days. Paris … [Read more...] about LIAF 2014 3 Days in Paris – New (15)
LIAF 2014 Barbican Framed Film Club: Amazing Animations 0-7 years + Drop-in Animation Workshop (U)
Animation, like childhood, can be just full of wonder with the biggest pleasures being the simplest ones. This programme carefully chosen for our littlest and most special audience strips away all the soft-sell toy ads and the over-the-top blockbuster-style special effects and delivers up a … [Read more...] about LIAF 2014 Barbican Framed Film Club: Amazing Animations 0-7 years + Drop-in Animation Workshop (U)
LIAF 2014 UK Premiere Feature: Rocks in my Pockets (Signe Baumane, Latvia/US) (15)
Latvia, the late 1920’s. Anna, a young woman, pretty and educated, falls in love with an adventurous entrepreneur, 30 years her senior. But with marriage comes great jealousy, and the entrepreneur hides Anna away in the forest, far from other men, where she bears him eight children. The Great … [Read more...] about LIAF 2014 UK Premiere Feature: Rocks in my Pockets (Signe Baumane, Latvia/US) (15)
LIAF 2014 Opening Night Gala Screening: McLaren’s Influences (15)
Help us celebrate the opening of LIAF 2014 with a cracking selection of highlights from right across the festival programme. We’ll take some of the hottest films from competition, mix them with some gems from the specially curated programmes and give you a chance to meet some festival guests. This … [Read more...] about LIAF 2014 Opening Night Gala Screening: McLaren’s Influences (15)
