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 animation than LIAF and this snapshot of the state of British animation paints a vibrant picture of a spirited and imaginative animation nation. Before the screening there is a chance to meet many of the animators, hear them talk about their films and ask them questions about their work.
This screening is a mix of several LIAF regulars whose films have screened at the festival over the years – Will Anderson, Anna Ginsburg, Phil Mulloy and Kate Jessop – alongside some of the most promising filmschool graduates and first-time filmmakers.
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Where’s The Butter, Betty? (Will Anderson, UK)
I’m being serious now, Betty. Where IS the butter?
2018, 3min
One Liner (Matthew Lee, UK)
A has-been comedian attempts to make his comeback on board a cruise liner, but he’s only used to performing with a partner, and now he’s on stage alone.
2019, 7min
Grandad Was A Romantic (Maryam Mohajer, UK)
My grandad was a romantic man. He once saw a picture of my granny and realised she was the love of his life. So he decided to go and meet her.
2019, 5min
//-Sleeper (Jordan Buckner, UK)
In a dying industrial town a recluse wakes each day to a strange anomaly on the horizon.
2018, 7min
Margot (Sara Spanghagen, UK)
Margot worked as a nurse in Africa during 1958-1978. Her letters home to her parents tell the story of her life.
2019, 2min
Sent Away (Rosa Fisher, UK)
How to survive life in a boarding school.
2019, 6min
Ada (Dane Winn, UK)
Stranded in the Arctic with a dying man, a seamstress must find the strength to survive if she ever hopes to return home to her son.
2019, 11min
Heatwave (Fokion Xenos, UK)
In the midst of a searing heatwave two little children find a way to cool everyone down.
2019, 7min
In the Future (Phil Mulloy, UK)
The Future is bright and everyone is going to be happy.
2019, 5min
Queerer Than Thou (Kate Jessop, UK)
Who is the queerest of them all? This queer off will reveal all!
2019, 2min
Nigel (Natasza Cetner, UK)
A true story of Nigel the gannet who fell in love with a concrete statue.
2019, 9min
Better (Emily Downe, UK)
A fantasy jungle acts as a portal for idealised worlds to become external.
2019, 5min
2.3 x 2.6 x 3.2 (Jiaqi Wang, UK)
The certainty of hope and the uncertainty of disease.
2019, 4min
Exit (Luke Ramsay, UK)
How do you escape when the everyday is everything, and the way out is also the way in? Spooky!
2019, 3min
Ugly (Anna Ginsburg, UK)
A stunning collaboration with painter Melissa Kitty Jarram released for World Refugee Day 2019. Based on the poem narrated by Warsan Shire.
2019, 2min
No, I Don’t Want to Dance (Andrea Vinciguerra, UK)
These are dark times and the one critical issue yet to be addressed is how dangerous dancing can be.
2019, 3min
