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What follows is an extended introduction to LIAF 2016’s International Competition Programme 5: Into the Dark. Find out more here. Animation has always harboured a dark heart. The earliest animation enthusiastically gave vision to nightmares that people had never before seen move except in their … [Read more...] about An Introduction to International Competition Programme 5: Into the Dark

What follows is an extended introduction to LIAF 2016’s International Competition Programme 3: Looking For Answers. Find out more here. Life is a more or less constant trek involving looking for answers of various kinds. For the most part we know where to look or who to ask for most of the answers … [Read more...] about An Introduction to International Competition Programme 3 – Looking For Answers

What follows is an extended introduction to LIAF 2016’s International Competition Programme 4: New Japanese Shorts: Beyond Anime. Find out more here. Animation is such a frustratingly ubiquitous term. As a descriptor it lacks precision and in the crowded marketplace of cultural recognition the word … [Read more...] about An Introduction to International Competition Programme 4 – New Japanese Shorts: Beyond Anime

What follows is an extended introduction to LIAF 2016's first International Competition Programme: From Absurd to Zany. Find out more here. A grand welcome - one and all - to LIAF 2016. Absurd To Zany seemed as good a way to trigger this annual animation avalanche as any. Abseiling the absurd and … [Read more...] about An Introduction to International Competition Programme 1: From Absurd to Zany

Abstract animation is closer than close to our hearts here at LIAF HQ. So much so, we simply had to write an article about it. What follows is an introduction to LIAF 2016's Abstract Showcase. You can find out more about this screening here. Abstract animation plays a vital role in underpinning the … [Read more...] about Abstract Showcase: Pure, Purer, Purest