Archives for 2014

This year, we're very pleased to be able to announce that thanks to Toon Boom Animation, the winner of our prestigious Best of the Festival award will receive a whopping £500 prize money! Toon Boom's Lindsay Watson -  long-term friend and supporter of LIAF will be with us during our Closing Gala - … [Read more...] about Toon Boom Animation to sponsor Best of the Festival Award

Surrealism A movement in art and literature seeking to express the subconscious mind by any of a number of different techniques, including the irrational juxtaposition of realistic images, the creation of mysterious symbols, and automatism; art or literature produced by or reminiscent of this … [Read more...] about Eye. Fish. Beholder – The Surrealist Exploratorium that is Estonian Animation

At The Horse Hospital book tickets This extensive retrospective of some of the best films to come from within the QAS stable shows just how important it has been to nurturing the true independent spirit of the Canadian animation scene. Fun, anarchic films happily rub shoulders with sublime abstract … [Read more...] about Quickdraw Animation Society: Retrospective… An Extended Introduction

At The Horse Hospital book tickets To fully understand the extent of the contribution that the Quickdraw Animation Society has made to the art of animation requires more - a lot more - than lining up a roster of the best and most screened films that emerged blinking into the light with a QAS tattoo … [Read more...] about Quickdraw Animation Society: Impact… An Extended Introduction

Hotel Awesome, Lasagne With A 100% Chance Of Meatballs & No Place Like Home LIAF Co-Director Malcolm Turner on his visit to Quickdraw Animation Society, which morphed into two incredible programmes celebrating 30 years: QAS 30th Anniversary: Impact and QAS 30th Anniversary: … [Read more...] about LIAF Co-Director Malcolm Turner on Quickdraw Animation Society 30th

LIAF Co-Director Malcolm Turner shares his 3 days in Paris... 3 Days in Paris - New programme 3 Days in Paris - Historical programme I’m a city lovin’ guy that doesn’t really like cities that much. I love wide open spaces but I hate the fact that there is nothing in them. As habitats, cities … [Read more...] about 3 Days in Paris by Malcolm Turner