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LIAF 2025: Judges’ Award Statements

Mandy — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 10:20:17 +0000

Our esteemed Panel of Judges watched, assessed and debated the finer points of every single one of the films selected for competition. Read on to find out more about why each of our LIAF 2025 winners were awarded their accolades. Best Film of the Festival Award: On Weary Wings Go By – Anu-Laura Tuttelberg The winning film captivated us […]

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LIAF 2025: AND THE WINNER IS…

Mandy — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:23:53 +0000

Best Film of the Festival Award: On Weary Wings Go By – Anu-Laura Tuttelberg Best British Film Award: Film Film – Arturs Voblikovs Best Sound Design Award: Ploo – Thies Mynther & Peter Brokhøj (Dir. by Jon Frickey) Best Original Score Award: Dog Alone – Grilo (Dir. Marta Reis Andrade) Best Abstract Film Award: Deluge – Meejin Hong Best Late Night Bizarre […]

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LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: LONG SHORTS

Mandy — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:13:13 +0000

An Immersion in the Mise-En-Scenery: The Gentle Art of Giving A Frame We’ve probably had some version of this chat before, but just to recap – and for the sake of those new to the shenanigans – there are a number of reasons for a ‘Long Shorts’ programme. Some have to do with aesthetics, some […]

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LIAF 2025 Article: BEING HUMAN

Mandy — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:58:10 +0000

Time to talk about time “Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow is the future but today is a gift. That’s why they call it the present” Bill Keane: Cartoonist (The Family Circus) Time! It’s a uniquely human edifice. It’s a uniquely human concept. It is one of the most potent and one of the few truly universal […]

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LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: PLAYING WITH EMOTION

Mandy — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 13:21:07 +0000

Play What You Can’t Say: Scribbled Words From A Desperate Moment of Real-Time Inspiration “I went home with a waitress, the way I always do…..” Ohhh, wait….. right song, wrong verse. “I’m hiding in Honduras, I’m a desperate man, send lawyers guns and money, the shit has hit the fan” Ahhh, Warren Zevon, how we […]

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LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: FIGURES IN FOCUS – SKIN SHOWS

Mandy — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:15:11 +0000

With this edition of Figures in Focus, the title ‘Skin Shows’ is a nod to Jack Halberstam’s excellent book of the same name; a work that explores gothic horror, monstrousness, corporeality, otherness, and its representation in contemporary film. In this programme the perspective of the female body as grotesque, abject, and perverse is interrogated. These […]

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LIAF 2025: MEET THE JUDGES

Mandy — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 11:14:06 +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 Programme and British Showcase Judges […]

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LIAF 2025: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAMMES & BRITISH SHOWCASE

Mandy — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:12:48 +0000

We are 9 weeks away until the UK’s largest, longest-running animation festival returns, screening at cinemas across London and online. We can’t wait to show you what we’ve got in store this year – a veritable feast of the world’s best, grooviest, cooler-than-cool indie animation. From Friday November 28, over 10 days, we will be […]

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LIAF 2024: Introducing Award Trophies!

Mandy — Thu, 15 May 2025 10:05:15 +0000

In 2024 we were thrilled to embrace a brand new partnership with the University of Greenwich, specifically their School of Design. This collab was all about addressing the long overdue creation of LIAF award trophies. Students Marc Hawkey and Louis Dawn presented us with inspired concepts – making the process of choosing the right one […]

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LIAF 2024: Judges’ Award Statements

Mandy — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 14:07:00 +0000

This year we were so honoured to welcome our esteemed judging panel. They watched, assessed and debated the finer points of every single one of the films selected for competition. Below you’ll find out a little more about their decisions and why each of our LIAF 2024 winners were awarded their accolades. Best Film of the Festival Award: Beautiful Men – […]

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