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 examines some big life moments with a tribute to the victims of terrorist attacks in the USA, a dance of life and death in the tropical rainforests of Mexico and Peru, a moral tale of greed set in 18th century Germany and how, for one little girl at the seaside, five minutes can seem like an eternity.
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The Flounder (Elizabeth Hobbs, UK)
One day a humble fisherman catches an enchanted fish. Can the fish help him and his wife improve their lot?
2019, 6min
Something Happened (Anne Larricq, France)
The last day of the holidays. A siren sounds in the distance, the beach is emptying. Everyone is gone… almost.
2018, 8min
Selfies (Claudius Gentinetta, Switzerland)
Embarrassing, disturbing, grinning people lose themselves in the abyss of human existence.
2018, 4min
The Juggler (Skirmanta Jakaite, Lithuania/France)
The other side of life – the scary, unknown side we never fully grasp, but we know is there, somewhere near, so close.
2018, 11min
Accents (Robertino Zambrano, Australia)
An ode to her mother’s Puerto Rican accent. A spoken word piece written and performed by Denice Frohman.
2018, 2min
The Lonely Orbit (Frederic Siegel & Benjamin Morard, Switzerland)
A satellite technicians inability to cope with his solitude causes a chain reaction in space and in his own mind.
2019, 9min
Winter in the Rainforest (Anu-Laura Tuttelberg, Estonia/Lithuania/Mexico)
In the tropical rainforests of Mexico and Peru, animals, birds, insects and flowers are fragile and resilient at the same time.
2019, 9min
Five Minutes to Sea (Natalia Mirzoyan, Russia)
For this little girl, five minutes are an ocean of boredom that stretches on and on forever and ever.
2018, 7min
Kids (Michael Frei, Switzerland)
A bunch of faceless people make decisions based on no real logic at all.
2019, 9min
What Else Needs To Happen? (Marie Lavis, France)
A tribute to the victims of terrorist attacks, a message of hope and light against the darkness roaming around us.
2018, 6min
Movements (Dahee Jeong, South Korea)
In the space of 10 minutes the African baobab tree grows 0.008 mm, the fastest dog in the world can run 12 km, and the Earth travels 18,000 km around the Sun.
2019, 10min
