Independent animation is an art form that continues to thrive and develop as a breathtaking medley of styles, materials, techniques and production – from hand drawn, paint on glass, collage, sculpture, cut outs, puppets, abstract to some of the more interesting developments in CGI – all of which can be seen at this year’s LIAF.
We’ve emerged from under the pile of 2,700 entries to put together a series of screenings that showcase the best 97 new films from every corner of the world. They can be funny, dramatic, bizarre, subdued, scary or autobiographical. The one thing they have in common is that we think they’re the pick of the crop.
Eight international competition programmes plus our ever-popular British Showcase. Every technique, every genre, every style – this is your annual window into the international indie animation universe.
This programme ‘From Absurd to Zany’ celebrates some of the funniest, weirdest and eye-poppingly nutty films that were entered this year including the latest films from returning LIAF favourites – Sasha Svirsky, Kaspar Jancis and Leonid Shmelkov.
Here you will encounter tales of intergalactic perversity, medical paranoia, obsessive love, unusual washing machines and much more. Buckle up for a wild ride.
A livestreamed Screen Talk will follow the screening with filmmakers: Kaspar Jancis, Sasha Svirsky, Gabriel Bohmer & Leonid Schmelkov.
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My Galactic Twin Galaction (Sasha Svirsky, Russia)
Any semblance of normality is thrown out of the window when a galactic twin decides to lead a fight against evil.
2020, 6min
Push This Button If You Begin To Panic (Gabriel Böhmer, UK/Switzerland)
A man goes to the doctor about the growing hole in his head which is becoming quite beautiful.
UK premiere
2020, 13min
Tales from the Multiverse (Magnus Møller, Mette Tange & Peter Smith, Denmark)
The story of God, a single parent and amateur programmer. He’s working on a project ‘Earth’ but never seems to get a break from the kids.
UK premiere
2020, 7min
Room with a Sea View (Leonid Shmelkov, Estonia)
A strange tale of love and obsession in a flowershop.
UK premiere
2020, 12min
Disparus (Pauline Epiard, Valentine Ventura, Tiphaine Burguburu, Clémentine Vasseur, Lisa Laîné & Élodie Laborde, France)
Followed by his faithful cameraman, a shady reporter takes off on a journey to document a presumed extinct species.
UK premiere
2020, 7min
Bye Little Block! (Éva Darabos, Hungary)
A woman discovers she has to leave her beloved flat, setting off a bizarre series of events.
UK premiere
2019, 9min
Hit and Run (Hannah Brewerton, UK)
A satirical film about modern British politics and tactics of distraction.
2020, 4min
Washing Machine (Alexandra Májová, Czech Republic)
You gotta’ wash and love, love and wash.
2020, 5min
Cosmonaut (Kaspar Jancis, Estonia)
An old cosmonaut now lives his life in his flat, the same way as he lived it in a space station.
2019, 12min
Little Miss Fate (Joder von Rotz, Switzerland)
Is there such a thing as destiny and, if so, is it possible to change it? Chaos ensues when fate ends up in the wrong hands.
2020, 8min
