The backbone of the whole LIAF mission. We’ve emerged from under the pile of more than 2,600 entries to put together a series of screenings that showcase the best 85 new films from every corner of the world. The one thing they have in common is that we think they’re the pick of the crop. This is your annual window into the international indie animation universe.
This programme takes a look at all aspects of emotion – love, hate, jealousy, sensuality, melancholy, anxiety and confusion and everything in between. Subjects range from a betrayed wife investigating her husbands mistresses, a girls online dating quest in search of love, an achingly beautiful love-story set in 1950’s Italy, a true crime story about Little Red Riding Hood and themes include social media, hipster culture, speed dating and cyber love.
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Fridge (Eugene Kolb, USA)
A woman is overcome by her carnivorous desires.
2019, 3min
Entropia (Flora Anna Buda, Hungary)
Three parallel universes, three girls living in different circumstances. A glitch in the system causes the universes to collapse.
2019, 10min
Alba’s Memories (Maria Steinmetz & Andrea Martignoni, Italy/Germany)
A heartfelt story from the perspective of an elderly woman about the beginnings of a relationship and a youthful infatuation.
2019, 6min
Per Tutta la Vita (Roberto Catani, France/Italy)
During a journey to the origins of their memory, a woman and a man retrace the most important moments of their story of love.
2018, 5min
Girl in the Hallway (Valerie Barnhart, Canada)
Why does ‘Little Red Riding hood’ give Jamie nightmares? It’s been 15 years, and the girl in the hallway haunts him still.
2018, 10min
Memorable (Bruno Collet, France)
Recently Louis, a painter, and his wife have been experiencing strange events. The world around them seems to be mutating – objects and people are losing their realism.
2019, 12min
Symbiosis (Nadja Andrasev, France/Hungary)
A betrayed wife starts to investigate her husband’s mistresses. Her jealousy is gradually replaced by curiosity.
2019, 13min
Emily (Marlies van der Wel, Netherlands)
Looking back at her lifetime devoted to a botanical life, Emily reminisces about the people she’s met and the choices she’s made.
2018, 8min
#21xoxo (Sine Özbilge & Imge Ozbilge, Belgium)
A girl’s online search for love in times of social media, speed dating, cyberlove, hipster culture and post-net attitudes.
2019, 10min
