Archives for 2021

At Hackney Picturehouse book ticketsONLINE: book tickets or buy a pass  Welcome to our annual deep-dive into the dark heart of animation. Here you will find films of ghosts, scary deceased dogs, insane monkeys, the horror of war and themes of revenge, suffering, and apprehension. Step in, … [Read more...] about LIAF 2021: International Competition Programme 5 – Into the Dark

At Hackney Picturehouse book ticketsONLINE: book tickets or buy a pass  This programme examines some big life moments and asks pointed questions. The ten powerful films include looks at father/son and father/daughter relationships, an honest and very personal insight into the world of an … [Read more...] about LIAF 2021: International Competition Programme 4 – Being Human

At Hackney Picturehouse book ticketsONLINE: book tickets or buy a pass  This programme takes a look at all aspects of emotion - nine stunning films riffing on love, hate, jealousy, sensuality, melancholy, anxiety, confusion and everything in between. Powerful, moving and with some vital … [Read more...] about LIAF 2021: International Competition Programme 3 – Playing with Emotion

At Hackney Picturehouse book ticketsONLINE: book tickets or buy a pass  This programme ‘From Absurd to Zany’ celebrates some of the funniest, weirdest and eye-poppingly nutty films that were entered this year including the latest films from returning LIAF favourites - Claude Cloutier, … [Read more...] about LIAF 2021: International Competition Programme 2 – From Absurd to Zany

At Hackney Picturehouse book ticketsONLINE: book tickets or buy a pass  Our annual survey of abstract and experimental animation. Animators working in this field employ every technique from hand-drawn ‘musical scores’ all the way across the scale to high definition, computer assisted image … [Read more...] about LIAF 2021: International Competition Programme 1 – Abstract Showcase

At the Barbican book tickets ONLINE: book tickets or buy a pass LIAF 2021 is back and we are super-excited to be opening our festival live and in-cinema with a celebration of radical animators making politically charged work. At a time in the UK when our right to protest is being challenged, … [Read more...] about LIAF 2021: Opening Night: Figures in Focus – Up Yours! + Screentalk