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Genre to Medium - You Heard if from an Expert It’s hard to get a decent bead on the current state of health of the broader documentary form. Perhaps somebody should make a documentary about it. On balance, there seems to be a kind of ‘best of times, worst of times’ sense among the commentariat … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: ANIMATED DOCUMENTARIES

Salon des Disturbance – Teraphobia Stalks The Mindscape The fear of the monster, the threat of the ‘other’ and a brain hardwired to pivot towards alarm and peril as a priority in times of doubt to help kick the ol’ fight-or-flight engine into top gear straight away is as old as we are; whatever … [Read more...] about LIAF ARTICLE: INTO THE DARK

The Truly LIVING Artform Back in the mid 1990’s when Adam Elliot was studying animation at the Victorian College of Arts in Melbourne he was told more than once that stop motion animation was a ‘dying artform’ and perhaps he might want to reconsider some of his choices. Luckily (for us) that’s … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: STOP MOTION PANORAMA

Watching Watchers Watch Us As We Watch Ourselves – Absurd AND Zany Anatidaephobia  the irrational fear of being watched by one or more ducks Believe it or believe it not (but believe it), this is actually a thing! It’s a pretty crazy thing but it’s a thing. For the most part though, if … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: FROM ABSURD TO ZANY

Blurry, Fragile Windows On Fictive Realities?? Welcome to LIAF’s annual Abstract Showcase! “This is better than the Rothko gig”, says I. True enough, on one reading probably a wildly misleading proclamation to kick this off with, but hang in there because it might just lead into a … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: ABSTRACT SHOWCASE

LIAF 2024 is just over 10 weeks away and we can’t wait to share with you the amazing films we’ve been watching all year long. This years festival will take place across London at 5 wonderful venues - the Barbican, Garden Cinema, Horse Hospital, Puppet Theatre Barge and Close Up Cinema - but for … [Read more...] about LIAF 2024: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAMMES & BRITISH SHOWCASE