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LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: ANIMATED DOCUMENTARIES

Mandy — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 04:14:44 +0000

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 […]

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LIAF ARTICLE: INTO THE DARK

Mandy — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:08:05 +0000

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 that […]

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LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: STOP MOTION PANORAMA

Mandy — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:08:00 +0000

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 not really Adam’s […]

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LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: FROM ABSURD TO ZANY

Mandy — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:35:47 +0000

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 you’ve heard […]

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LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: ABSTRACT SHOWCASE

Mandy — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:41:50 +0000

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 user-friendly enough amble through a couple of the […]

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LIAF 2024: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAMMES & BRITISH SHOWCASE

Mandy — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:58:27 +0000

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 those […]

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LIAF 2023 Article: Figures in Focus

Mandy — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 20:55:17 +0000

The End is Nigh. And what better way to embrace Armageddon, then watching some phenomenal animations to bring some cheer and feel some small consolation in the face of the collective despair we are experiencing. This cathartic selection of artists’ animations includes films that delve into our darkest fears and our greatest hopes. Whilst we’re […]

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LIAF 2022: And the winner is…

LIAF — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 21:23:03 +0000

Best Film of the Festival Award: The Dog Apartment – Priit Tender Best British Film Award: Shackle – Ainslie Henderson Best Abstract Film Award: Sphere – Wataru Iwata Best Sound Design Award: Luce and the Rock – Bram Meindersma (Dir. Britt Raes) Best Original Score Award: Zoon – David Kamp (Dir. Jonatan Schwenk) Best Music Video Award: […]

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LIAF 2022: Meet the Judges

LIAF — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 22:06:53 +0000

Each year we search for the finest panel of judges: educators, independent animators, producers, authors, curators and more. All are experts in their field and all possess an informed and exploratory eye for excellence in the animation world. This year we are honoured to welcome the following judges. International Competition Programmes and British Showcase Judges […]

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LIAF 2022 Article: Being Human

LIAF — Sat, 26 Nov 2022 22:08:39 +0000

“Every spectator is a plotter, if he tries to explain a word (to know!)”of mine has a prosthetic leg, and he has a 2½ year old daughter. It’s my gift to her, I wanted her to have a film where she can see someone just like her dad, being part of this world just like […]

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