This programme is a snapshot of LIAF 2025 – 10 short films that promise to inspire, delight and challenge the notion that animation is merely for the 3D CGI blockbuster genre or cute cartoons for kids. Independent animation is an art form that continues to thrive and develop as a breathtaking medley of styles, materials, techniques and production – from hand drawn, paint on glass, collage, sculpture, cut outs, puppets, abstract, sand/salt, to some of the more interesting developments in CGI – all of which can be seen in this programme.
I’m Not Sure – Luisa Zürcher, Switzerland
An insight into the filmmaker’s stay in a hospital, where she repeatedly experiences absurd,
funny moments between pain, homesickness, and disgust over her body.
2025 10 mins
Peter Hair – Arthur Studholme & Cosmo Wellings, UK
Peter, a hair living on the head of a balding man named Tim, has decided to hand in his
notice.
2025 8 mins
Retirement Plan – John Kelly, Ireland
Dissatisfied with his life, Ray dreams of the beauty and joy he will find in retirement.
2025 7 mins
Quota – Job, Joris and Marieke, Netherlands
When every global citizen is required to have their CO2 emissions tracked, it makes little
impact… that is, until they discover the consequences of reaching their designated quota.
2024 3 mins
Two Black Boys in Paradise – Baz Sells, UK
Eden (19) and Dula (18) are two Black boys on a journey of self-acceptance. Their love for
each other, and their refusal to hide it, lands them in a paradise free from shame and
judgement. Based on the poem by Dean Atta.
2025 9 mins
Psychonauts – Niko Radas, Croatia
Leaving their human hosts, mental disorders take on anthropomorphic forms and find new
refuges.
2025 48mins
Fried! – Lizzie Watts, UK
As Dev drives home from a mysterious, ageing nuclear facility, he becomes stranded at an
isolated emu farm run by old mystic lesbians. Suspicious of their intentions, Dev fears they
will sacrifice him at the local stone circle.
2025 10 mins
Angry Cars – Shaun Clark, UK
In the brutal chaos of life on the London roads, cars clash, flirt, and fume in this savage
reflection of humanity’s impatience and absurdity.
2025 7 mins
The Eating of an Orange – May Kindred-Boothby, UK
A woman living in a world of strict conformity is given an orange. She has never seen an orange. Through her sensual exploration of the fruit she unlocks a luscious realm of
orgasmic juice and copulating slugs. But will she follow her desires, or will convention win?
2024 8 mins
Ducks – A J Jefferies, UK
A perfectly normal day in the park.
2025 5 mins
