Archives for 2015

This year Jonathan Hodgson, Ton Crone and Riccardo Iacono formed our Jury for the Best Abstract Animation Award. Read on to find out what our much-learned judges had to say about the winning film Steven Subotnick's Line and why they ultimately awarded it the LIAF 2015 Abstract Film Award. But … [Read more...] about LIAF 2015: Best Abstract Film – Behind the Scenes with the Jury

Best of the Festival Award: Me and My Moulton (Torill Kove, Canada/Norway) The latest beautifully crafted short from Oscar-winner Torill Kove tracing a young girl’s journey around her creative, unconventional and loving but hopelessly out-of-touch parents. 14’00, 2014 Best British Film … [Read more...] about LIAF 2015: And the winner is…

Welcome to International Competition Programme 6: Below the Surface - our 6th curation for LIAF 2015 competition programmes, and your 6th opportunity to vote for your favourite animation and tell us why. Please do keep picking up those voting forms and giving us your much-valued feedback. We … [Read more...] about We’ve Explored ‘Being Human’, ‘Into the Dark’ and ‘Looking for Answers’, Time to go ‘Below the Surface’

An introduction to International Competition Programme 2: Being Human, with extra info about some of the films screening, some trailers and lots of pics! Being Human screens 6pm, Sun 7 Dec. At Barbican book tickets Sometimes the simplest things are the hardest to do well. Pixilation is an … [Read more...] about Being Human

On Sunday 5pm we'll be screening the UK Premiere of Jan Balej's animated feature based on the classic fairytale 'The Little Mermaid. At Barbican book tickets Little From The Fish Shop (Jan Balej, Czech Republic) One day the Sea King and his family find themselves forced to move from their home deep … [Read more...] about UK Premiere of Jan Balej’s Little From The Fish Shop

As always, there is much brewing away in the cauldron of abstract and experimental animation the world over. No programme gets more curatorial attention (nor more feedback) than this one. LIAF’s commitment to this type of animation is more or less unique among the family of international animation … [Read more...] about Abstract Showcase: Animation in it’s Purest Form