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Female Figures returns to LIAF for a second year, championing female animation talent in a programme of extraordinary works exploring female desire by contemporary animators and their predecessors. These stimulating works present a range of perspectives on the female body and female sexuality, … [Read more...] about LIAF 2018: Special programme – Female Figures + Q&A (15)

Come and celebrate the opening of LIAF 2018 with a very special event – an evening with two of the most entertaining and talented young animators working in the UK today. Insane pigeons, a misguided monkey, the existential crisis of an animated GIF, stifled musicians, the poetry of Robert Burns and … [Read more...] about LIAF 2018: Opening Night Gala + Q&A with Will Anderson & Ainslie Henderson – The Playful Worlds of Scotland’s Most Dynamic Animated Duo (15)

A comprehensive screening of the very best recently released British animation, including several world premieres. Check the pulse of the British animation scene, meet many of the filmmakers and see the films that will take British animation to the world. Nobody in the world screens more British … [Read more...] about LIAF 2018: British Showcase + Filmmakers Introduction (15)

These twelve films from ten different countries have been chosen especially for children aged 8 and upwards - but adults are allowed in as long as you are accompanied by a child. Here you will meet charismatic characters and encounter amazing tales such as the man who’s job it is to make sure each … [Read more...] about LIAF 2018: Marvellous Animation for 8-15 year-olds (PG)

Like childhood, animation is full of wonder and simple pleasures. This carefully chosen programme for our littlest and most special audience contains 14 wonderful short films, full of joy. There’ll be talking animals, seriously fun adventures and wondrous tales to spark those little imaginations. … [Read more...] about LIAF 2018: Framed Film Club – Amazing Animations for 0-7 year-olds (U)

London based animation director Jonathan Hodgson has been making award winning animated films since the early 1980s and is probably best known for his BAFTA winning adaptation of Charles Bukowski’s poem ‘The Man with the Beautiful Eyes’. As well as making short films he has made a name for himself … [Read more...] about LIAF 2018: Animated Documentaries – Truth, Lies, Love and Sex/The Films of Jonathan Hodgson + Q&A (15)