The backbone of the whole LIAF mission. We’ve emerged from under the pile of 2,600 entries to put together a series of screenings that showcase the best 126 new films across 10 competitive programmes.
Animation is the most innovative of all art forms and these films demonstrate the ability to experiment with, deconstruct and ultimately reinvent film language. In these absorbing shorts you’ll encounter films about the world’s greatest inventor Nikola Tesla pondering a revolutionary new concept of electricity, an animated portrait of New York City life in flux plus an ancient Russian legend where the souls of the drowned transform into seals.
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Animated Daily (Donato Sansome, France)
Inspired by international events taken from the pages of the French daily newspaper Libération, this wildly creative animation leads us down an unexpected and troubling path.
4min, 2016
The Tesla World Light (Matthew Rankin, Canada)
New York, 1905. A portrait of visionary inventor Nikola Tesla. A spectacular burst of image and sound drawing from avant-garde cinema and animated documentary.
8min, 2017
Ossa (Dario Imbrogno, Italy)
All the world’s a stage. The dance of a puppet and the mechanism that pulls the strings.
4min, 2016
Dead Reckoning (Susan Young & Paul Wenninger, Austria)
A wild ride around Vienna’s Ringstrasse Boulevard – falling, eating and ending up on the toilet. The cycle of life and the rhythm of the city.
3min, 2017
Nothing Happens (Uri & Michelle Kranot, France/Denmark)
In the cold outskirts of town, something is about to happen. The Kranots are back with a new kind of narrative about watching and being watched.
12min, 2017
Emanations: A Visual Poem (Patrick Jenkins, Canada)
Gorgeous hand-painted ode to the relentless cycle of life, growth and decay from perennial LIAF favourite Patrick Jenkins.
5min, 2017
In a Nutshell (Fabio Friedli, Switzerland)
From a seed to war, from meat to love, from indifference to apocalypse. An attempt to capture the world in a nutshell.
5min, 2017
Starting Over (Mika Seike, Japan)
You fall down every time before you reach your goal. At each fall, the glass you held shatters, and everything starts all over again. But there are things you can only discover through repetition. The answer lies within yourself.
8min, 2016
It Is My Fault (Liu Sha, China)
A twisted commentary on technology, violence, and self-destruction utilising the medium itself to deconstruct its character’s damaged psyche.
5min, 2016
The Walker (Thibault Chollet, France)
A night in an almost deserted city. A man falls prey to his shadow.
6min, 2016
149th and Grand Concourse (Andy & Carolyn London, USA)
The diverse voices of the South Bronx and a backdrop of the rapidly changing streets. An animated portrait of New York City life in flux.
3min, 2017
Look-See (Daniel Savage & Ambrose Yu, USA)
A gorgeously simple, playful character stretches, pulls and walks through a sparse monochrome grid.
1min, 2016
The Battle Of San Romano (Georges Schwizgebel, Switzerland)
The savagery of a battle as seen in the 15th century painting ‘The Battle of San Romano’ by Paolo Uccello and depicted by master animator Georges Schwizgebel.
2min, 2017
Little Girl (Steven Subotnick, USA)
A little girl rides her bike.
3min, 2016
Among the Black Waves (Anna Budanova, Russia)
An ancient northern legend – a hunter, a seal-girl and the souls of the drowned. The sea holds many untold secrets.
11min, 2017
